The Flight Quest
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The Quest in the News: Listen to an interview on WVTF's Weekend Virginia (7/6/09, 1MB)
(note that the address at the end of the interview should be fifer.net, not .com)

THE QUEST

The quest is simple: to use as many airports in the world as possible.

RULES

A. You may join the Flight Quest whenever you like. There is no minimum number of airports to participate.

B. In order to count an airport as having been used:

  1. You must have taken off from or landed at the airport in any aircraft of any type. It is not sufficient to have simply visited the airport (to give someone a ride, take a tour, eat at a restaurant, etc.)
     
  2. For the purpose of the Flight Quest, "airports" are any named locations at which aircraft routinely takeoff and land, including airstrips, carriers, seaplane bases, and designated landing zones (however unfurnished). Airports may be temporary or permanent, but do not include arbitrary locations such as a crash site (unless otherwise at an airport), a random clearing in which a hot air balloon landed, or the ocean into which a hang glider landed.
     
  3. Notwithstanding the definition of airport, an "aircraft" is any vehicle intended to travel through the air in free flight. An aircraft can be powered or unpowered, but may not be attached or tethered to a structure or to the ground.
     
  4. If asked, you must be able to identify the approximate date on which or itinerary for which you used the airport.
     
  5. You must be absolutely, positively sure you have used the airport.

GETTING STARTED

The easiest way to begin is to review your calendar and find the places you've visited. It will be fairly easy to identify the origin and destination airports, but you may have to review your ticket stubs, e-mail confirmations, frequent flyer statements, or other documentation to figure out connecting airports. E-mail me the list of airports and carriers you've used. Airport codes are helpful if you're sure about them, but I can look them up if you don't know them. Please be sure to include the city or airport name in addition to the code.

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As of October 21, 2024, the Flight Quest includes:

  • 9,125 unique visits
  • 114 people and 1 dog
  • 1,299 airports
  • 175 countries and territories
  • 154 of the 193 member states of the United Nations
  • IATA codes starting with every letter except Q.
  • 531 airports in the United States
  • every continent except Antarctica
  • all inhabited U.S. states and territories except American Samoa and the District of Columbia
     
Standing
Name
Airports
1 Joe Fox 297
2 Joshua Jay 269
3 Heather Brown 242
4 Kara Murphy 190
5 Chris Gallaway 179
6 Leslie Tourigny 172
7 Clinton Bench 166
8 Dennis Jones 154
David Wasserman
10 David Weingart 153
11 Spencer Lucker 145
12 Craig Fifer 141
13 Nicole Yakatan 138
14 Amy Drummond 134
15 Byron LaMasters 130
16 Brie Stoianoff 128
Marla Wilson
18 Todd Eakes 124
Matt Synder
20 Jamie Turner 122
21 Rob Pegoraro 121
22 Tami Reiss 119
23 Jeremy Pelofsky 114
24
Rachel Balsham
113
25 Jonathan Maer 110
26 Christine Hall 108
27 Elizabeth Jones 107
Samantha Neakrase
29 Brad Cheney 106
30 Alex Crawford-Batt 103
Katrina Martin
32 Elfije Lemaitre 101
Sheryl Winarick
34 Adam Zuckerman 100
35 Rafael Lemaitre 99
Kathryn Poindexter
37 Elizabeth Leventhal 96
Libby Anne Russler
39 Chris Fillio 94
Dominic Gabello
41 Nadav Kadar 93
42 DJ Harper 91
43 Volker Hirsch 90
Justin Wilson
45 Abby Fifer Mandell 86
46 Claire Guthrie Gastañaga 78
47 Michael Acks 76
Joseph Gruber
Eddie Jones
50 Michael O'Connor 75
51 Rebecca Dingus 74
Aaron Garnett
53 Christina Worden 70
Lauren Worley
55 Max Frankel 69
Julie Merz
57 Dave Leichtman 67
Sean Morash
Gina Zuckerman
60 Todd Lawson 65
Jeff Leanna
Jamie Trachtenberg
63 Josephine Jones 63
Yael Krigman
65 Rafi Krigman 62
66 Marybeth Alexander 61
67 Greg Lane 60
68 Piotr Tomasik 59
69 Hope Trachtenberg-Fifer 58
70 Alison Keppler 57
71
Jeff Lake
56
72 Kim Bumgarner 55
73 Eric Payne 53
Leyton Pitzer
75 Eli Wilson 52
76 Jordan Fifer 51
77
John Baine
50
78
Maya Eckstein
48
Kenton Ngo
80
Jennifer McClellan
47
81
David Fifer
46
Sean Johnson
83
Chris Bast 45
Adam Ebbin
Rus Heywood
86
Joe Savukas
44
Suellen Savukas
Lena Wilson
89 Jamie Gregorian 42
90
Roxanne Krigman 41
Aaron May
92 Laura Palomino 40
93 Gabriel Botnick 39
94
Hannah Greenlick
38
Missy Neff
96 Shai Mandell 33
97 Bob Batt 32
Janet Kramer
99
Christie Ann Bieber
31
Rhya Marohn
Anna Weisfeiler
102
Laura Sanchez
30
103 Sofia Lemaitre 29
104 Nathan Moeller
27
Lila Drummond
106 Carolyn Fiddler 25
Jonathan Saiger
108 Allen Tackett 24
109 Bo Mandell 18
110 Augustine Lemaitre 17
111 Sarah Norris 16
112 Thalia Cook 12
113 Ben Gallaway 6
Sydney Marohn-Johnson
115 Tristan Jones 2

Copyright 2000-2024 by Craig T. Fifer
Rev. October 21, 2024