The Flight Quest - Fifer.Net

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

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THE STANDINGS:

As of July 16, 2026, the Flight Quest includes:

10,676 unique visits
126 people and 2 dogs
1,260 airports
190 countries and territories
167 of the 193 member states of the United Nations
IATA codes starting with every letter of the English alphabet
every continent except Antarctica
556 airports in the United States
all inhabited U.S. states and territories except American Samoa and the District of Columbia

Rank	Name	Airports Used
1	Joe Fox	297
2	Joshua Jay	274
3	Heather Brown	240
4	Kara Murphy	189
5	Chris Gallaway	179
6	Curt Harpold	177
7	Clinton Bench	172
7	Leslie Tourigny	172
9	David Weingart	165
9	Dennis Jones	163
11	Amy Drummond	158
12	David Wasserman	154
13	Barbara Magid	151
14	Matt Snyder	148
15	Byron LaMasters	146
15	Katherine Allen	146
17	Craig Fifer	145
17	Spencer Lucker	145
19	Nicole Yakatan	138
20	Marla Wilson	130
20	Amy Kaminski	130
22	Brie Stoianoff	129
23	Rob Pegoraro	126
24	Jamie Turner	124
24	Todd Eakes	124
26	Tami Reiss	119
27	Brad Cheney	118
27	Rachel Balsham	118
29	Elizabeth Jones	117
30	Jeremy Pelofsky	114
30	Jonathan Maer	114
30	Rebecca Geller	114
33	Alex Crawford-Batt	109
34	Christine Hall	108
35	Samantha Neakrase	107
36	Adam Zuckerman	103
36	Katrina Martin	103
38	Kathryn Poindexter	102
39	Elfije Lemaitre	101
39	Justin Wilson	101
39	Sheryl Winarick	101
42	Joyce Connery	99
42	Karen Lopez	99
42	Rafael Lemaitre	99
45	Dominic Gabello	98
46	Elizabeth Leventhal	97
47	Libby Anne Russler	96
48	Eddie Jones	95
49	Chris Fillio	94
50	Abby Fifer Mandell	93
50	DJ Harper	93
50	Nadav Kadar	93
53	Julie Jakopic	90
53	Volker Hirsch	90
55	Dave Leichtman	82
56	Joe Savukas	81
57	Josephine Jones	79
58	Claire Guthrie Gastañaga	78
59	Aaron Garnett	77
60	Joseph Gruber	76
60	Michael Acks	76
62	Afsi Davis	75
62	Michael O’Connor	75
64	Rebecca Dingus	74
65	Suellen Savukas	71
66	Christina Worden	70
66	Lauren Worley	70
66	Marybeth Alexander	70
69	Julie Merz	69
69	Max Frankel	69
71	Sean Morash	68
72	Gina Zuckerman	67
73	Jamie Trachtenberg	65
73	Jeff Leanna	65
73	Todd Lawson	65
76	Rus Heywood	63
77	Rafi Krigman	62
77	Yael Krigman	62
79	Eli Wilson	61
80	Greg Lane	60
80	Hope Trachtenberg-Fifer	60
82	Piotr Tomasik	59
83	Alison Keppler	57
84	Jeff Lake	56
85	Kim Bumgarner	55
86	Eric Payne	54
87	Leyton Pitzer	53
88	Jessica McConnell	52
88	Lena Wilson	52
90	Jordan Fifer	51
91	John Baine	50
92	Kenton Ngo	48
92	Maya Eckstein	48
94	David Fifer	46
94	Jennifer McClellan	46
94	Sean Johnson	46
97	Chris Bast	45
98	Adam Ebbin	44
99	Jamie Gregorian	42
100	Aaron May	41
100	Roxanne Krigman	41
102	Laura Palomino	40
102	Nate Solloway	40
104	Gabriel Botnick	39
104	Hannah Greenlick	39
106	Missy Neff	38
107	Shai Mandell	37
108	Anna Weisfeiler	32
108	Bob Batt	32
108	Christie Ann Bieber	32
108	Janet Kramer	32
108	Rhya Marohn	32
113	Laura Sanchez	30
113	Lila Drummond	30
115	Jonathan Saiger	29
115	Sofia Lemaitre	29
117	Nathan Moeller	28
118	Carolyn Fiddler	25
119	Alan Tackett	24
120	Bo Mandell	23
121	Augustine Lemaitre	17
121	Thalia Cook	17
123	Sarah Norris	16
124	Sally Elizabeth Fantastic	11
125	Ben Gallaway	6
125	Sydney Marohn-Johnson	6
125	Zoey Fifer	6
128	Tristan Jones	2

HOW TO JOIN:

Read the rules.
E-mail me and I’ll send you a spreadsheet of all the airports in the Flight Quest so far. That will save you hours and jog your memory.
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.
Indicate the airports you’ve used on the spreadsheet. If you don’t want to use the spreadsheet, just email me a list of airports and carriers you’ve used. Airport codes are helpful only 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.

THE 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:

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.)
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.
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.
If asked, you must be able to identify the approximate date on which or itinerary for which you used the airport.
You must be absolutely, positively sure you have used the airport.