When was the last time you flew out of Lambert Airport?

Last week:

 19%

Last month:

 33%

Last year:

 34%

A couple of years ago:

 14%

I have never flown out of Lambert Airport:

 1%

What was your first reaction when you heard Mayor Francis Slay's recent announcement that Lambert Airport's terminal would be getting a major face-lift over the next five years?

"What took so long?":

 35%

"Hallelujah!":

 28%

"Just don't ruin the historic terminal building!":

 13%

"Who's going to pay for this?":

 18%

"Any chance we could get an Ikea there?":

 6%

Do the new security screening processes in place at Lambert Airport -- and other US airports -- make you feel safer when you travel by air?

Yes, much:

 6%

Yes, some:

 45%

No, not really:

 48%

What do you like most about air travel?

Getting somewhere faster than driving:

 67%

Getting somewhere without having to drive:

 15%

The frequent flyer miles:

 3%

Finding my bag at baggage claim:

 4%

Getting chosen for a random strip search:

 1%

Nothing:

 9%

Have you heard or read much about backscatter x-rays, the new security technique that will let security personnel see right through your clothes?

Yes:

 74%

No:

 26%

Do you think that backscatter x-ray machines should be used all the time so that body searches are not necessary?

Yes:

 28%

Only when suspicious items are found on initial screening:

 55%

No, they're intrusive or unnecessary:

 16%

Where do you most often get your airline tickets?

A travel agent:

 10%

From the airline's ticket counter or an airport kiosk:

 3%

An on-line discount site:

 28%

Directly from the airline website:

 54%

My partner, spouse, or faithful assistant:

 4%

I never fly:

 1%

Do you believe that, in general, airlines are giving you the service you expect for the money you paid for the ticket?

Yes:

 41%

No:

 54%

I haven't been on a plane in a while, so I don't know:

 5%

What do you miss most about air travel these days?

Free meals:

 32%

The mesmerizing sound of propellers:

 1%

Pillows and blankets:

 5%

Getting to smoke in-flight:

 5%

Getting offered magazines:

 2%

The sense of luxurious travel:

 39%

Nothing:

 16%

Which of these elements do you most hate on a plane?

A snoring neighbor:

 1%

A talkative neighbor:

 6%

A crying child:

 28%

Sitting in a crowded row:

 50%

The bathrooms:

 3%

The air quality:

 9%

The food:

 2%

What of these elements do you most love on a plane?

Those little liquor bottles:

 30%

The airline magazines/catalogs:

 11%

The in-flight movies:

 29%

The headsets:

 6%

Talkative fellow-travelers:

 6%

Flight attendants:

 17%

Do you feel it is fair for airlines to charge more for that second checked suitcase?

Yes, more weight should cost more money:

 41%

No, they don't charge less for skinny passengers:

 59%

Which travel item do you not leave home without?

My portable DVD player:

 4%

My iPod:

 21%

My laptop:

 30%

My lap dog:

 2%

My travel pillow:

 5%

Ribs from Smokin' Al's:

 2%

A trashy book or magazine:

 36%

Which would you least like to find next to you in the middle seat of the airplane row on a long flight?

A baby:

 48%

A lawyer:

 6%

An angry badger:

 21%

An ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend:

 9%

Channel 2's Elliot Davis with a TV camera:

 16%

Which would you most like to find next to you in the middle seat of the airplane row on a long flight?

Ram's quarterback Mark Bulger:

 14%

The Loop's Joe Edwards:

 16%

Singer Erin Bode:

 19%

Post-Dispatch's Bill McClellan:

 28%

Writer Maya Angelou:

 23%

Which is your favorite airport movie?

Casablanca (1942):

 26%

Airport (1970):

 9%

Airplane (1980):

 32%

Trains, Planes, and Automobiles (1987):

 17%

Die Hard 2 (1990):

 9%

The Terminal (2004):

 5%

Snakes on a Plane (2006):

 2%

What is the most convenient way to get to St. Louis from Kansas City?

A plane:

 12%

A train:

 15%

An automobile:

 69%

On a racing bicycle as part of The Tour of Missouri, September 11-17:

 4%