LISTEN: 3 songs for when your flight is delayed

By Aisha Harris,

Stephen Thompson, Mike Katzif, Jessica Reedy

Published August 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM EDT

When you're stuck at the airport, you need the right soundtrack.

If you travel by plane with any regularity, you've been there: stuck in an airport because your flight is delayed. So we thought it best to give your most stressful travel moments a soundtrack. Today, we're recommending three songs for when your flight is delayed.

Aisha Harris

Aisha Harris is a host of Pop Culture Happy Hour.

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Stephen Thompson

Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)

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Mike Katzif

Jessica Reedy

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