Like getting in a few rounds of golf. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport has a course on its southwest corner that will rent clubs to anyone stuck at the airport for several hours. There's also a course just down the road from the new Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin. The Austin airport itself offers free concerts on Friday evenings, when the airport is usually bustling. Travel at Denver International Airport, where this year's delay champion, UAL Corp.'s United Airlines, accounts for about 70 percent of all flights, has been an unqualified disaster this summer.
Some travelers opt for more direct stress-relief.
If you, God forbid, are stuck from weather delays, this is a great alternative to divert attention. Some people opt to keep the equipment through their return trip, while others who take it on the plane can return it if there's a kiosk at the arrival destination. Petersen isn't the only one who has had that idea. Bill Vogel, owner of the Pittsburgh airport's Touch N Go store, said he has approached USAirways about distributing vouchers to passengers so they can get massaged while they wait. The airline, which has a major hub at the airport, wasn't interested, he says.