From The Runway Up: An Airport and Aviation Podcast

What Do AUS, RDU, and TYS Have in Common? A Podcast!

From The Runway Up: An Airport and Aviation Podcast

Show Notes

Episode Description

In celebration of International Podcast Day, we bring you a podcast episode all about airport podcasts. We speak with the podcasts hosts from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (podcast: The Austin Approach) and Raleigh-Durham International Airport (podcast: The Fly Angle) about their airport’s podcast: why they started them, what topics are most-popular, and how airport podcasting fits into their overall airport communication plan. These podcast hosts also share best practices for podcasting, as well as their favorite podcasts to listen to on their morning commute.

Guests in this Episode

Mentioned in this Episode

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport’s (AUS) website

Raleigh-Durham International Airport’s (RDU) website

AUS’ podcast: The Austin Approach

RDU’s podcast: The Fly Angle

Popular podcast episodes mentioned in this podcast from The Austin Approach:

The Austin Approach Winter Weather Update

Let there be rock! And R&B! And country!

Popular podcast episodes mentioned in this podcast from The Fly Angle:

RDU CEO Mike Landguth Shares His “Lessons Learned” From The Past Year

Popular Triangle Brewery on Tap at RDU

Favorite (non-aviation) podcasts mentioned by our guests:

Talent Development Hot Seat

Dateline Podcast

Song Exploder

We Interrupt This Broadcast

Serial

The Disconnect

Hidden Brain

Music in this Episode

Birdy by KV https://soundcloud.com/kvmusicprod

Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0

Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/dSCbsObNJo0

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