Originally Posted by
PDXPremier
Interesting stuff about the STS airport, but would anyone who has been to the airport care to answer my question about whether or not deplaning passengers stay airside or if they're dumped directly out the exit (pre-security)?
"Flying LAX-PDX on QX (award ticket) and it stops at STS....since that's an airport I've never been to, I thought I might get off the plane for a few minutes and walk around what I assume is a small terminal, but I wanted to make sure that deplaning passengers are still airside (like EUG, BOI, GEG, etc.). If departing passengers are immediately dumped into the non-secured area, I probably will just stay on the plane rather than clear security again since the stop is pretty short. Any STS flyers care to comment?"
Every time I've flown in there, you walk right into the terminal (the non-secured side). So there's really not an airside at STS as the terminal is very small. On the plus side, the restaurant in the terminal is great with a wonderful wine selection (as one might expect in Sonoma County).