Ready to Land in Hawaiian Paradise (iWitness Contributor manvog) Business Travel Facts & Figures: Air traffic controllers in the U.S. handle around 44-million flights each year. The agency first began controlling the nation's airspace in 1958. Airport Conditions for: Atlanta | O'Hare (iWitness Contributor qkbbem) Above Orlando, FL Business Travel Facts & Figures: The FAA reports that airliners carried approximately 776-million passengers in 2008! There are currently around 4,000 jet airliners flying in the U.S. to handle that load. Airport...

Historic Post Office Buildings Post offices joined the list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places as a group for the first time. The National Trust for Historic Preservation cited the bureaucratic process for disposing of thousands of post offices, saying developers and community groups interested in rehabilitating the historic buildings end up walking away when they don't get timely or clear answers from the Postal Service. The annual list of America's most endangered historic places includes a variety of...

NEW YORK (AP) -- To snag the best airfares, travelers need to be adventurous and willing to pick up at a moment's notice. OK, now let's be realistic. Most people making summer travel plans need just that: plans. They get a week off, maybe two, and aren't going to spend hard-earned cash on a last-second whim. But great deals are still within reach for those who have even a little flexibility in choosing where and when to travel. The average...

From New York’s JFK to Amsterdam’s Schiphol, airports that offer the best odds for snagging a date—or staying terminally single. (Encounter Restaurant) Annie Balart was flying home to New Orleans when a fellow traveler caught her eye at the airport’s baggage claim area. “We did an equal amount of checking each other out from across the carousel,” she admits. The guy, Wes Michaels, decided that if their bags came out at the exact same time, he would work up the...

Lost luggage and rude attendants may make you want to scream. Here are the U.S. airlines that people complained about the most. (AirTran) When Andrew Schrage discovered that his seatback TV wasn’t working on his JetBlue flight from Chicago to Boston, he didn’t wait until he landed to complain to the airline. Schrage, an editor at the website MoneyCrashers.com, tweeted @JetBlue before the plane took off, and the airline responded—with a $50 voucher. Twitter may be changing how we complain...

Amazing Shots Around the World We enlisted a slew of experienced travel photographers to help identify the less famous, yet equally photogenic travel destinations. (Ethan Welty/Aurora Photos) You've photographed Paris and San Francisco and the Taj Mahal -- or if you haven't, you know you want to. So we enlisted a slew of experienced travel photographers to help identify less famous, but equally photogenic, alternatives. NORTH AMERICAMaruata Bay, MexicoInstead of Puerto Vallerta For great coastal shots of Mexico without all...

Nature's swimming pools are key to beating the summer heat. Fortunately, you'll find them everywhere, from New York to California. (Sona Shah | Travel Leisure) Standing in the sunshine on the rocky bank, with rivulets of cool water dripping from your hair and swimsuit, you wait your turn at the base of the old oak. You're up. You grip the fraying rope, get a running start, swing out over the pool of clear water, and release. Cannonball! In summertime, when...

Thick clouds are produced from marine layer in southern California. (Getty Images) The kids are either on summer vacation or about to be if you live in Midwestern cities such as St. Louis, Minneapolis or Kansas City. The family decides it’s time to go on a memorable summer trip to meet Mickey Mouse. You start a checklist of which Disney destination to choose. Generally, the distance to either Disney location in Anaheim, CA or Orlando, FL is within the ballpark...

The Corn Palace in South Dakota is one of many reasons why the state's tourism is in full swing. (Getty Images) SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) -- More than half a million people have visited the state's main tourist attractions so far this year as the state's tourism industry prepares for its busiest season of the year. Ashley Worth with the South Dakota Department of Tourism says 518,000 people have visited South Dakota's National Parks -- Mount Rushmore, Wind Cave, Jewel Cave,...

Flying trapeze lessons, hot-air balloon races, swing-dance parties: Get your kicks at America’s coolest city parks. (Courtesy of Denver City Park) Sure, New York’s Central Park has a lot to offer, but when it comes to cool, the park just can’t compete with the thrill of swinging yourself off a 23-foot-high trapeze platform on Governors Island. Adding to the island’s cool factor is an expanding lineup of art installations, food-truck festivals, and rock concerts on a sandy beach—all this with...

Airports across the country are slowing down again—and some more than others. Find out which hubs are most likely to delay your flight. (Mira / Alamy) When technology consultant Steve McHargue travels to Panama on business, his biggest complaint is the airport where he frequently gets delayed. “If I came home via a connecting flight thorough Anchorage,” says the Dallas area native, “and had to rent a husky team and race the Iditarod to get to my connecting flight, and...

Plan ahead and you could save a couple hundred dollars on flights and hotels to popular destinations like New York, experts say. (Getty Images) It's tough to think about Thanksgiving and Christmas travel when the weather is calling you to the beach, but now is a good time to do just that. Airlines already have released schedules and fares through New Year's Day, and it's no secret bargains are tougher to find as popular travel times draw near. Plan ahead,...