Sometimes I Go to the Airport Without a Flight

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Sometimes I drive to KLIA just because I feel like going there.

Yes, the airport.

Even when I’m not taking a flight.

I go alone, get a coffee from Coffee Bean, have a club sandwich at O’Brien’s and walk around.

That probably sounds like quite a drive for coffee and a sandwich. Fair enough. 😂

But I like being there.

The Departure Board

One of the things I enjoy is looking at the big departure board.

The places. The flight times. All those flights leaving from the same airport and heading somewhere different.

It’s such a simple thing, but I like standing there and looking at it.

Usually, when you check that board, you’re trying to find your own flight. On these visits, I can just look.

No gate to find. No boarding time to keep checking.

My plan is much simpler. Walk around, have my coffee and enjoy the airport for a while.

I already enjoy going to cafés and spending time on my own. At KLIA, I get to do that somewhere I have a soft spot for.

Coffee Bean and an O’Brien’s club sandwich are part of the visit.

I don’t need someone to come with me. I’m happy going alone and taking my time.

There isn’t a big activity planned. I’m just there, doing something I enjoy.

And sometimes that’s enough for a day out.

Then there’s the view of the planes and the runway.

I love watching that.

I don’t have a very clever explanation for it. It just gives me a nice feeling.

Some places are like that, aren’t they? You enjoy going back, even when you aren’t going there to do very much.

For me, KLIA is one of those places.

The airport and I have many beautiful stories. There are memories attached to it that make it more personal than it might look from the outside.

Those stories deserve their own space. For now, I wanted to share this small habit of mine.

I wasn’t even sure whether it was worth writing about at first.

But it’s part of my life. And if I’m sharing my journeys here, I think there’s room for the drive to the airport too.

Even when the only journey I’m taking that day is the drive there and back.

So yes, sometimes I go all the way to KLIA for a coffee, a sandwich, a walk and a view of the runway.

And I come home happy I went.

Beyond The Horizon