Tri-County International Airport

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Aliens: "The mystic portal. Oooh!"
Buzz: "Once we go through, we just need to find that case."

—Squeeze Toy Aliens and Buzz Lightyear, before they enter the maze of conveyor belts

Tri-County International Airport is an airport in Toy Story 2, where Al McWhiggin heads over to catch his flight to Japan. Unbeknownst to him, Buzz Lightyear, Hamm, Mr. Potato Head, Rex, and Slinky Dog have followed him in a hijacked Pizza Planet delivery truck.

After the toys arrive at the airport, they use a pet carrier to head into a maze of conveyor belts to find Al's case with Woody inside. Buzz finds the case and opens it, but is punched off the ramp by Stinky Pete. Woody then fights the Prospector for harming his friend. The Prospector reopens the tear in Woody's arm and is just about to finish Woody when he gets stunned by a flash camera that the toys use to help Woody gain the upper hand. After the toys capture the Prospector, Woody instructs them to shove him into a Barbie backpack so the Prospector will learn "the true meaning of playtime." When a Barbie backpack emerges out into the baggage claim area, a little girl named Amy picks it up and is surprised to see Stinky Pete. She has plans to do a makeover on the Prospector.

Later, Woody and Buzz mount Bullseye, who emerged out of the case in time, and gallop across the airfield to rescue Jessie. Woody jumps onto a luggage transporter and follows Al's case into the plane, where he finally frees Jessie and extracts her from the plane seconds before takeoff.

After the toys return home, a luggage transporter can be seen across the street, implying that the toys stole it from the airport to get back home in time. The following day, due to the incidents at the airport, a sobbing Al, dressed in a chicken suit, is seen in a TV advertisement for Al's Toy Barn.

Trivia

• When the toys enter the airport, the announcement "Passenger Leon Krich" can be heard from the PA, a pun on co-director Lee Unkrich.
• When a Barbie backpack with the Prospector emerges out into the baggage claim area, the announcement "LassetAir Flight A113 now arriving from Point Richmond at gate three" can be heard from the PA. LassetAir is a reference to director John Lasseter. Flight A113 is a reference to a classroom at CalArts. And Point Richmond refers to Point Richmond, CA, where the Pixar studio was located before moving to Emeryville.
• The general appearance of this airport seems to be inspired by the look of the real-life San Francisco International Airport. San Francisco is actually right across the bay from both Point Richmond and Emeryville.