Hilarious airport photos

Make your own bed

There’s just something magical about airports. But despite all that excitement and anticipation, often the weirdest things and most annoying mishaps take place in them. These pictures hilariously captured some of those moments.

Welcome home, dad!

Imagine coming home to this lovely sight! We’re not sure where her husband had been, but landing after a long trip to be greeted by your wife and newborn child is easily the best welcome home gift ever. The sign is a funny touch too, not that this woman needs to worry for even a second her husband won’t think she’s absolutely glowing. We wish these sweet parents all the best on their new journey into parenthood.

Welcome home, dad!

Make your own bed

We have all been in those moments when you’re waiting for your flight but have many hours to wait. What better way to use that time than to sleep a little, right? Well, you would be correct but the fact is that it is super hard to find a comfortable spot. But this guy found a way to kind of lie down and get a 3-star snooze. He probably woke up with a neck ache though..

Make your own bed

The coolest pilot ever

This makes for a truly epic picture (but we probably don’t have to tell you – don’t try imitating it!). This woman is actually a pilot, and as such she has some special access at the airport, and around aircrafts. Her name is Maria Pettersson, and this native Swede loves her job just as much as she loves yoga. So she often combines the two, taking pictured of herself doing yoga in (or on) planes. Unsurprisingly, her Instagram page is very popular!

The coolest pilot ever

Forrest is that you?

We wish we had been there to witness the live version of this unbelievable photo! This guy on an air tram looks exactly like Forrest Gump. Do you think it was someone who was purposefully dressing up like the Tom Hanks character, or was it sheer happenstance? We have no idea but we sure would have loved the chance to ask him. You think he can run like Forrest too? How about sailed on a shrimp boat?

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Forrest is that you?

Honey, I missed you

This stunning couple surely got some stares (and smiles) at the airport. The girlfriend had thought of a bold and flirty way to welcome home her soldier boyfriend, and it seems like he was more than excited to see her (and her sign). Not that we can blame him. It’s not easy being deployed in foreign lands, and finally getting to see his beloved sweetheart must have been a moment he had been longing for.

Honey, I missed you

Where is my luggage?!

This reminds us of the countless times we were waiting for our luggage to come out but were the last ones to get it. Not to imply airport staff are losing peoples’ suitcases on purpose, but man is it hard to deal with when you are on your way somewhere only to be stopped by the fact that you have none of your belongings. This girl is more than frustrated to be in this situation, that is pretty obvious.

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Where is my luggage?!

Obligatory airport faceplant

Flying usually happens in the strangest of hours. The fact that you have to arrive hours in advance and sit in uncomfortable chairs as you wait to board is enough to drive any child into a near (if not full on) tantrum. Here we see a poor little child whose energy has entirely run out and has proceeded to faceplant on the airport floor. Hey, girl, we feel you. We have all been there at one time or another.

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Obligatory airport faceplant

Classic writing tools

We have sure seen plenty of laptops in airports, iPads and such as well. But never have we seen something as cool as this. A woman decided it would be the right time and place to open up what sure has to be a very heavy case with her type writer inside. She just had to open it up and keep on writing on A4 paper with black ink and a special white out in case of errors. Talk about throwback Thursday!

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Classic writing tools

A romantic move

Popping the question in public is popular these days – but there is something extra special about getting down on your knee at a bustling airport. Most of us are tired and cranky after a long flight, and all we want is to hug the loved one waiting to pick us up. This girl got a lot more than a hug from her boyfriend, and as is obvious from the picture – her and everyone else were beyond moved.

Metal detector warrior

We like this guy’s style. He is trying to play around and defeat that mighty machine that is the metal detector! Good for you sir, but we sure hope that security didn’t take your shirt as a threat, otherwise this fellow would have found himself in a little side room getting strip searched while his travel companions were kept waiting. But that’s just our theory, after all, he may have come out of it entirely unscathed.

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Metal detector warrior

Greatest translation ever

Just to make this clear, this sign reads: “For restrooms, go back toward your behind”. Excuse us while we just laugh to ourselves for a second. Whether this airport sign meant to or not they ended up being very literal with their words. English speaking tourists were sure to find this sign as hilarious as we did. You think they bothered to tell anyone at the airport that their sign is a little more than they bargained for?

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Greatest translation ever

When you forget your eye cover

There is nothing worse than forgetting your eye cover when there is a ton of light, be it artificial or natural. This guy found a perfect solution to the problem – he took his newspaper and made an eye cover right then and there! Good thinking. This is what we like to call airport survival methods at their finest. Now we hope that he ended up buying a real eye cover for the flight he would eventually be on, not sure if you are allowed to cover yourself in a newspaper on a plane.

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When you forget your eye cover

Creepiest advertisement ever

We aren’t sure if this is super creepy (we are leaning towards that) or a brilliant marketing move on behalf of the company, but this piece of luggage with hands coming out of it can stop anyone coming in the general direction of it. Whether they like it or not, the ad got people’s attention, that’s for sure. We would go ahead and try to see if there was something in the carry on but that’s just us.

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Creepiest advertisement ever

Machine baby

Woman! Don’t take your eye off your baby when you put him on the conveyor towards the luggage and security screening! We are sure she got the baby out of the container in time but wow, ask someone to hold your child or something, don’t put him or her like that. Although, now that we think about it, what would the x-ray personnel see if the baby did go through? That would be one shocking moment.

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Machine baby

Unfortunate sign

Ah, the case of an extremely unfortunate sign. Of course, we obviously know that this sign means that both of these places are in the same direction, rather than literally together in some weird, unsanitary combination. However, we still do find it very fortuitous – or unfortunate, depending on your point of view – that the sentence could be construed as one rather than not two… meaning that there is actually male toilet drinking water to be found to your left.

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Unfortunate sign

No duh!

The fact that humanity needs a sign such as this one means that we need to take a long hard look at ourselves. OF COURSE the force from a plane during takeoff and landing will throw us to the ground and probably kill us, it’s a plane for crying out loud! Alas, we humans are not the brightest tools in the shed and need warning. Oh what a sad that this is.

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No duh!

Kid carrier

This is one of the more brilliant ways to carry your child through the airport when they are too tired to move and too big to be carried. We think there should be a patented roller thing or other that can hold a child so they can sleep but can still be taken wherever the parent feels like it. Oh, there is something like that already, a stroller.

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Kid carrier

Timed kisses

Well, this airport sure has some nerve telling people how long they can kiss for! While we do agree that a kiss lasting more than three minutes should be taken to a more private location, it’s not their place to straight up tell people that by way of an intrusive sign! Also, why three minutes? Who is the person who set that time limit to three exact minutes?

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Timed kisses

Passing through security

I am here to save the airport! Is probably what this guy was saying to the airport security person he is talking to. She is probably ready to call for backup since he is a grown man in a tight knight costume walking through airport security, but still, A for effort, dude! We have only one question, though, did he ring when he went through the metal detector?

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Passing through security

Landing fail

This pilot surely got fired after this fail landing. This looks like it could be a part of a movie or something but it is actually a candid photo from an onlooker at an airport. We hope no one was actually on the plane as it skidded into the hanger, guess it’s lucky that it’s still in one piece and not engulfed in flames!

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Landing fail

Put a leash on that child!

This mother of two thought she had it all figured out when she put her sons in leashes, didn’t she? Well, her little guys are smarter than she gave them credit for and they managed to STILL driver her insane. Here we see the proof that she was outnumbered and they were misbehaved. Could the person taking this photo help her out instead of stopping for a second and snapping the photo?

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Put a leash on that child!

UM. A person going through luggage machine.

Is this a joke? We have always wanted to go in one of the luggage conveyer machines! No fair! This guy got to see the true behind the scenes as he went through there. The security person in charge of scanning the luggage sure wasn’t expecting to see bones and such on his screen, he must have jumped out of his skin!

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UM. A person going through luggage machine.

The perks of being super skinny

Not that we condone or judge a certain look for women, but the fact that this woman could get through hand rests is downright disturbing. She must have been very intent on getting a snooze in at the airport, and this was the only way she thought she would get one. She does look to be comfortably and deeply asleep, and hopefully she woke up well-rested before her flight (if she didn’t miss it, that is..).

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The perks of being super skinny

WOOOOO!

Very much like the little girl who passed out on her father’s roller luggage, this young little one is having the time of her life riding her father’s hand luggage! Just look at her grabbing on for dear life and screaming with joy (or is it a temper tantrum and we totally missed the mark?). Either way, we kind of want to ride someone’s luggage too…

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WOOOOO!

Placement error

This one is just a case of super unfortunate placing and coloring of a flight neck pillow. This woman was just getting off of her flight and had no idea that her pillow resembled something entirely different when placed on the back side of her body. The guy taking this photo must have gotten a good laugh in though, and so are we.

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Placement error

All in one area

Women’s bathrooms are usually known as cleaner than men’s but does that then mean that they have to have their bathroom also turned into a severe weather area? We think not! Fine, we know that the airport didn’t actually mean that the two be placed together on purpose and literally in the same place but we like to think they were that funny.

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All in one area

Forgive me father for I have sinned

What did this poor nun do to get that kind of search? Honestly, this one kind of threw us for a loop. There are scans these days that remove every piece of clothing from a person without having them actually take their clothes off, but this poor nun had to be subjected to a full pat-down too? She sure must have prayed.

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Forgive me father for I have sinned

Watching the Avengers with an audience

When waiting for a flight, this man decided he would watch the Avengers movie. Little did he know that there were three other children who love the movie too and would stand for as long as it needed in order to see the film. The guy took it in stride though and took a photo of the three taking in the film. Cute!

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Watching the Avengers with an audience

Nice legs, dude

A. stop looking at the woman in such a creepy way. B. Nice legs! We love this optical illusion of this woman’s legs on this guys body, it took us a second to understand it but once we got it we had a pretty good laugh. Do you think he knows that he is half Jessica Rabbit and half Ed Sheeran?

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Nice legs, dude

Bachelor party T-Rex

What happens when you are waiting for your best friend to fly in for his bachelor party? You put your best dinosaur costume on and wait for him while looking like a total buffoon, of course! This guy did just that at an airport as each of his friends was dressed in other sorts of costumes. We hope to find the photo of them all together!

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Bachelor party T-Rex

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