Overview

• Traveler Casey from Chicago posted video of Hattiesburg Laurel Regional Airport’s petite conveyor, with bags making a single loop before pickup.
• The clip has drawn more than 8 million views as viewers reacted to staff opening a door and placing bags onto the short carousel by hand.
• Casey noted she retrieved her luggage plane-side but stopped to film the “fun-size” baggage claim after arriving.
• Brands joined the online banter, with Booking.com questioning the need for a belt and KLM joking it exists “for the vibes.”
• Reports situate the airport, established in 1967 and serving a 10-county region, within comparisons to other tiny airports such as Morgantown, Barra, Tenzing-Hillary, Saba, and Agatti.