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A sentence from JapanesePod101, with the official translation.

> サンダルは、空港から空港へ空の旅をするときに便利だ。  
>  Sandals are convenient for traveling through airports.

To me 空港から空港へ sounds like "moving from one airport to another", but does this
particular phrase simply mean walking through an airport as the translation
suggests?
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Meaning of 空港から空港へ
You are correct, but there is a lot that is omitted due to implication here.
It's saying that when you travel, going from airport to airport, the
implication is that you frequently remove your shoes, so sandals are
convenient for doing so. Without that assumption, there's no other real
benefit that sandals provide over shoes.

20+, 30+, 40+ years ago, this sentence would not have carried the same meaning
when airport security was not as strict, and people would not have been taking
their shoes on and off as much.

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**EDIT** : From the comments, it seems that Japanese people frequently remove
their shoes during a flight just as they do in their homes. So the implication
of often removing shoes is likely more related to this than to airport
security measures.
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