Except for perhaps movies like The Age of Innocence, it's difficult to tell a movie story without an airport scene or two. This is where Humphrey tells Ingrid to suck it up in Casablanca. This is where Efram Zimbalist picks up a heroin-filled doll in Wait Until Dark. This is where Meg Ryan reconnects with Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally. This is where Meg Ryan picks up Tom Hanks in Joe Versus the Volcano and where she meets him again in Sleepless in Seattle.
Airports are status locations for screenwriters.
Lovers say goodbye. Lear jets deliver Mr. Big to pivotal meetings. Bad guys face down good guys on deserted concourses. Airports are, by their nature, high drama. Not yet, anyway.