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 March 28, 2026, the Flight Quest includes:

10,465 unique visits
125 people and 2 dogs
1,247 airports
189 countries and territories
166 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	269
3	Heather Brown	240
4	Kara Murphy	189
5	Chris Gallaway	179
6	Clinton Bench	172
6	Leslie Tourigny	172
8	Dennis Jones	163
8	David Weingart	163
10	Amy Drummond	157
10	David Wasserman	154
12	Barbara Magid	151
13	Byron LaMasters	146
14	Spencer Lucker	145
14	Matt Snyder	145
16	Katherine Allen	142
17	Craig Fifer	141
18	Nicole Yakatan	138
19	Marla Wilson	130
20	Brie Stoianoff	129
21	Amy Kaminski	126
22	Rob Pegoraro	125
22	Todd Eakes	124
23	Jamie Turner	124
25	Tami Reiss	119
26	Rachel Balsham	118
26	Brad Cheney	118
28	Elizabeth Jones	117
29	Rebecca Geller	114
29	Jonathan Maer	114
29	Jeremy Pelofsky	114
32	Alex Crawford-Batt	109
33	Christine Hall	108
34	Samantha Neakrase	107
35	Katrina Martin	103
35	Adam Zuckerman	103
37	Kathryn Poindexter	102
38	Elfije Lemaitre	101
38	Justin Wilson	101
38	Sheryl Winarick	101
41	Rafael Lemaitre	99
41	Karen Lopez	99
41	Joyce Connery	99
44	Dominic Gabello	98
45	Elizabeth Levanthal	97
46	Libby Anne Russler	96
47	Eddie Jones	95
48	Chris Fillio	94
49	Abby Fifer Mandell	93
49	DJ Harper	93
49	Nadav Kadar	93
52	Volker Hirsch	90
52	Julie Jakopic	90
54	Joe Savukas	81
55	Josephine Jones	79
56	Claire Guthrie Gastañaga	78
57	Aaron Garnett	77
58	Michael Acks	76
58	Joseph Gruber	76
60	Michael O’Connor	75
60	Afsi Davis	75
62	Rebecca Dingus	74
62	Dave Leichtman	74
64	Suellen Savukas	71
65	Marybeth Alexander	70
65	Christina Worden	70
65	Lauren Worley	70
68	Max Frankel	69
68	Julie Merz	69
70	Sean Morash	68
71	Gina Zuckerman	67
72	Todd Lawson	65
72	Jeff Leanna	65
72	Jamie Trachtenberg	65
75	Rus Heywood	63
76	Rafi Krigman	62
76	Yael Krigman	62
78	Eli Wilson	61
79	Greg Lane	60
79	Hope Trachtenberg-Fifer	60
81	Piotr Tomasik	59
82	Alison Keppler	57
83	Jeff Lake	56
84	Kim Bumgarner	55
85	Eric Payne	54
86	Leyton Pitzer	53
87	Lena Wilson	52
87	Jessica McConnell	52
89	Jordan Fifer	51
90	John Baine	50
91	Maya Eckstein	48
91	Kenton Ngo	48
93	David Fifer	46
93	Sean Johnson	46
93	Jennifer McClellan	46
96	Chris Bast	45
97	Adam Ebbin	44
98	Jamie Gregorian	42
99	Roxanne Krigman	41
99	Aaron May	41
101	Laura Palomino	40
101	Nate Solloway	40
103	Gabriel Botnick	39
103	Hannah Greenlick	39
105	Missy Neff	38
106	Shai Mandell	37
107	Bob Batt	32
107	Christie Ann Bieber	32
107	Janet Kramer	32
107	Rhya Marohn	32
107	Anna Weisfeiler	32
112	Laura Sanchez	30
112	Lila Drummond	30
114	Sofia Lemaitre	29
114	Jonathan Saiger	29
116	Nathan Moeller	28
117	Carolyn Fiddler	25
118	Alan Tackett	24
119	Bo Mandell	23
120	Thalia Cook	17
120	Augustine Lemaitre	17
122	Sarah Norris	16
123	Sally Elizabeth Fantastic	11
124	Ben Gallaway	6
124	Sydney Marohn-Johnson	6
126	Zoey Fifer	4
127	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.