Since I flew on December 30, I had to wait to post this until the new year. Here is my summary. It was light for me especially since I didn’t do much flying when my son was born early in the year.
Miles: 26,242 (38,310 last year)
Segments: 17 (26 last year)
New Aircraft: 777-300ER
New Airlines: none
New Airports: Wilmington, NC
Most Common Aircraft: 737-700 (4 flights, 3 on 737-800 as well)
Most Common Airline: Southwest (4 segments)
Most Common Airport: LAX (5 dep/3 arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Many tied at 2 segments
How’d you do?
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Here goes – pitifully low compared to the miles monsters that will no doubt populate the rest of these comments:
Miles: 62,501 (52,000 last year)
?Segments: 15 ?New Aircraft: 777-300, 757-300?
New Airlines: JetAirways?
New Airports: San Luis Obispo?
Most Common Aircraft: 777-200 ?
Most Common Airline: United ?
Most Common Airport: LHR
Sorry +2182 for LTN-FAO-LTN. Forgot about that.
Miles: 4305(5360 last year)
Segments: 6 (8 last year)
New Aircraft: none
New Airlines: United
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: CRJ-200 and 717 2 flights each
Most Common Airline: United and United express (4 segments)
Most Common Airport: MKE (2 dep/2 arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: all one
A fair number of segments, but not a lot of miles for me…
Miles: 13,672 (17,001 last year)
Segments: 37 (21 last year)
New Aircraft: CRJ900, C402, DC-95, 752, Metroliner
New Airlines: Delta/DL Connection, United/UAX, Cape Air, Spirit, AA/Eagle, Bearskin
New Airports: JFK, Lancaster PA, Harrisburg, Dulles, Detroit, Columbus, O’Hare, Philly, Islip, LaGuardia, Sudbury ON, Ogdensburg NY, Albany, DCA, DFW, Tulsa, Hobby, Houston-Bush, Tyler TX, Charlotte, Waterloo ON
Most Common Aircraft: Dash-8 (DH4 x7, DH3 x1, DH1 x1)
Most Common Airline: Air Canada (9 segments)
Most Common Airport: YTZ (3 Dep / 2Arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: YTZ-YUL x3
Miles (34287 mi.) and segments: http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=LIS-LHR-LIS-FRA-YYZ-LHR-LIS-DXB-BKK-USM-KUL-KIX-NRT-DXB-LIS-FRA-TXL-BRU-LIS
New aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER, Airbus A380-800, Airbus A340-300.
New airlines: Lufthansa, Air Canada, Air Asia X, Emirates, Bangkok Airways
New airports: DXB, BKK, USM, KUL, KIX
Most common aircraft: Airbus A32x
Most common airline: TAP (7 segments)
Most common airport: LIS
Most common non-directional route: LIS-LHR
Miles: 89,472 (79,838 last year)
Segments: 181 (175 last year)
New Aircraft: Boeing 717
New Airlines: Hawaiian, Island Air
New Airports: LIH, BOS, SEA, MSY
Most Common Aircraft: CRJ-200 (53 flights)
Most Common Airline: Delta (169 segments)
Most Common Airport: MSP (47 dep/48 arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: MSP/DSM (46x)
Miles: 32440 (~55000 last year)
Segments: 28
New Aircraft: Q400
New Airlines: Horizon
New Airports: PDX, IAH
Most Common Aircraft: 737
Most Common Airline: United
Most Common Airport: SEA
Miles: 27,152
Segments: 10
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: CVG
Most Common Aircraft: Boeing 767-400ER
Most Common Airline: Delta Air Lines (all 10 segments)
Most Common Airport: ATL (4 Dep / 4 Arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: FRA-ATL (4 flights)
Miles: 31,257
Segments: 27
New Aircraft: 767-400ER
New Airlines: WestJet
New Airports: YUL, YHG
Most Common Aircraft: 757-200
Most Common Airline: Delta
Most Common Airport: MSP (all departures) YYZ, SEA, SLC (destination – all tied)
Most Common Non-Directional: DTW-YUL (3 flights)
Miles: 43,063 (34,173 in 2011)
Segments: 27
New Aircraft: ERJ-190, de Haviland Twin Otter,
New Airlines: Allegiant, Wizz Air, Air Canada, Harbour Air, Lufthansa
New Airports: Munich (MUC), Bellingham (BLI), Budapest (BUD), Prague (PRG), Vancouver (YVR), Vancouver-Coal Harbour (CXH), Victoria Harbour (YWH), Chicago-Midway (MDW)
Most Common Aircraft: Boeing 737 (13 Segments) or Boeing 777-200 (16,326 mi.)
Most Common Airline: American Airlines (10 segments & 26,624 mi.)
Most Common Airport: LAX (8 Dep / 7 Arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: 2 each: LHR-LAX, BUR-OAK, OAK-BUR
Miles: 23,058 (21,884 last year)
Segments: 20 (15 last year)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: Southwest
New Airports: SJU, LAS, MKE, JFK, IAD, DCA
Most Common Aircraft: A320
Most Common Airline: Delta (8 segments)
Most Common Airport: DEN (8 dep/8 arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: DEN-SFO
Miles: 2,794 (paltry compared to most, I know)
Segments: 6 (2 last year)
New aircraft: None
New airlines: None
New airports: None
Most common aircraft: ERJ 145 (2 segments)
Most common airline: United (6 segments)
Most common airport: ICT (2 dep/2 arr)
Most common non-directional route: 2 tied at 2
Miles: 65,657 (79,596 last year)
Segments: 55 (53 last year)
New Aircraft: none
New Airlines: TAM, GOL, Expressjet
New Airports: STL, GRU, GIG, CWB, CGH, MIA, OAJ, LGB, SJD
Most Common Aircraft: 737-800 (16 flights)
Most Common Airline: Alaska (27 segments)
Most Common Airport: SEA (14 dep/13 arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: CLT-ILM
Miles: 34,828 miles
Segments: 22
New Aircraft: 77W, A333, E175, 739ER
New Airlines: Cathay, GoAir (India), Lufthansa (at least in my memory)
New Airports: NRT, HKG, MUC, FCO, MSP, and FRA
Most Common Aircraft: A320 and B737 tied at 5 segments each
Most Common Airline: Delta (8 segments)
Most Common Airport: DTW (10 segments)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: DTW-BWI
I just discovered openflights.org which is so amazing! Happy new year to you all!
Miles: 28,856 (54,215 last year)
Segments: 26 (65 last year)
New Aircraft: none
New Airlines: none
New Airports: SCL, MDZ, EZE, AEP, IGR
Most Common Aircraft: A320 (6 flights)
Most Common Airline: United (8 segments)
Most Common Airport: TYS
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Many tied at 2
I don’t fly for business, and took two flying vacations this year.
2012 stats:
Miles: 6,342
Segments: 4
New Aircraft: WN 737-800 routing STL-LAS
New Airline: Frontier
Home Airport: STL, 2 flights out, 2 back
Most Common Airport excluding STL: DEN
Airlines Flown: Frontier STL-DEN-PSP return. All segments A-319
Southwest STL-LAS-SAN-DEN-STL. 1 737-800, 3 737-700
Sorry, segments: 8!
Miles: 32495
Segments: 18
New Aircraft: A380-800
New Airlines: Singapore Airlines, Tiger Airways, Air Asia
New Airports: SIN,KUL,KBV,SLC
Most Common Aircraft: A320-200
Most Common Airline: Jetblue
Most Common Airport: BOS
Most Common Non-Directional Route: all one
Besides the below, it was my first long-distance helicopter trip, from Lo Manthang to KTM.
Miles: 142,788
Segments: 76
New Aircraft: Q400, Dornier 228, A300-600, Saab 340b, Airbus A380
New Airlines: Agni Air, Etihad, China Eastern, China Southern, Dragonair, Cathay Pacific, Silk Air
New Airports: Kathmandu (KTM), Pokhara (PKR), Jomsom (JMO), Chengdu (CTU), Xi’an (XIY), Hong Kong (HKG), Brisbane (BNE), Ulan Bator (ULN), Dalanzagad (DLZ)
Most Common Aircraft: 757-200 (18 flights)
Most Common Airline: United (36 flights)
Most Common Airport: ORD (39 visits)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: ORD – SEA (31 trips)
Miles: 64, 664
Segments: 39
New Aircraft: 777-200LR
New Airlines: none
New Airports: LIH, OGG, BDA
Most Common Aircraft: A330 (12 flights)
Most Common Airline: Virgin America (11 segments)
Most Common Airport: LAX (14 dep/14 arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: LAX-ATL (5 segments)
Miles: 64, 664
Segments: 39
New Aircraft: 777-200LR
New Airlines: none
New Airports: LIH (Lihue, HI), OGG (Maui, HI), BDA (Bermuda)
Most Common Aircraft: A320 (12 flights)
Most Common Airline: Virgin America (11 segments)
Most Common Airport: LAX (14 dep/14 arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: LAX-ATL (5 segments)
Mostly confined to the western US and Canada this year.
Miles: 31379
Segments: 36
New aircraft: 737-900, Emb 190
New airline: none
New airports: SEA, STL, DSM, FCA, BZN
Most common aircraft: CRJ-200 (sadly)
Most common airline: UA
Most common (non-home) airport: DEN
Most common route: DEN-SMF
Miles: 67,455
Segments: 20
New aircraft: N/A
New airlines: JAL, LAN, FlyNiki
New airports: KUL, EZE, BRC
Most common airline: Delta
Most common airport: JFK
Most common route: JFK-CDG
oops forgot HAV under ‘new aiports’ … that was interesting…
Miles: 140,301 (89,365 last year)
Segments: 114 (65 last year)
New Aircraft: 777-300ER (Air New Zealand, ANA), A300 (China Eastern)
New Airlines: ANA, China Eastern, Brussels Airlines, Icelandair
New Airports: Tokyo HND, Beijing Capital, Hangzhou, Xian, Hong Kong, Keflavik
Most Common Aircraft: A320, CRJ-900, A321
Most Common Airline: US Airways, jetBlue Airways, Air New Zealand
Most Common Airport: Long Beach LGB (lots of connections through PHX), LAX, SNA, LHR
Miles 17,950
Segments: 36
New Aircraft: Q/400, 737-800
New Airlines: 0
New Airports: 0
Most Common Airline: Southwest
Most Common Airport: DAL
Most Common Aircraft: 737-700, 737-300
Most Common Route: DAL AUS
Longest Flight: ABQ-SEA
Shortest Flight: BHM-ATL
Miles: 6,784
New Airlines: None
Most Common Aircraft: A320
Most Common Airline: Delta
Most Common Airport: SAN
Miles: N/A
New Aircraft: N/A
New Airports: AVL, JAC, DEN
Most Common Airline: United
Most Common Airport- Hometown Airport: SAN
Most Common Aircraft: A320, 737-900ER
Most Common Route: ORD-SAN
Longest Flight: ORD-SAN
Shortest Flight: AVL-ATL
Here goes:
Miles: 116,000 (122,000 last year)
Segments: 68.5 (66.5 last year)
New Aircraft: 767-300 (new United configuration
New Airlines: Jet Airways
New Airports: Hyderabad, Bangalore, Barcelona, Cannes
Most Common Aircraft: 737 (of some sort)
Most Common Airline: United
Most Common Airport: SEA (home), 2nd is SFO (connections)
Miles: 42,618 (39,914 in 2011)
Segments: 37
New aircraft: n/a
New airline: Etihad; Orient Thai
New airports: ABZ, AUH, BFS, BOD, CGN, CIA, DUS, HHN, KUL, LYS, RMI, SEN, TRN, TSF
Most common aircraft: 737
Most common airline: Ryanair (12 Segments)
Most common (non-home) airport: EWR (4 segments)
Most common route: LHR ? EWR (4 Segments)
Miles: 103,092 miles (94,500 in 2011)
Segments: 59 (46 in 2011)
New Aircraft: none
New Airlines: Qatar, Buddha Air
New Airports: Doha, Kathmandu
Most Common Aircraft: A321 (18 segments), A319 (17 Segments)
Most Common Airline: US Airways
Most Common Airport: CLT (home) DCA (work)
2012 Miles Flown: 176,039
Segments: 92
Carriers: 29 (Southwest, Delta, American, Caribbean Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Horizon, Skywest, United, Hawaiian, US Airways, Qatar Airways, Jet Airways, Jet Konnect, Air India, American Eagle, Delta Connection, United Express, Air France, Porter, Air Canada, CommutAir, British Airways, WestJet, Korean Air, Virgin Australia, Direct Air, Qantas, REX, Pinnacle)
Countries: 20 (USA, Trinidad and Tobago, Germany, Singapore, Japan, Canada, Qatar, India, Maldives, France, England, Italy, Montenegro, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia, Korea, Indonesia, Australia, Panama)
States: 14 (FL,CA,NY,PA,HI,AZ,CT,MI,TX,RI,GA,CO,OH,IL)
Link to routes and airlines http://www.johnnyjet.com/2012/02/johnny-jets-2012-flights/
Miles: 190,619 (86,651 last year) record year for me, lots of international travel
Segments: 147 (83 last year)
Most Common Airline: Delta
Most Common Airpot: BZN (home), SLC (connector)
Miles: 50,000+ (unknown last year)
Segments: 40 (unknown last year)
New Aircraft: none
New Airlines: none
New Airports: Kansas City, Osaka KIX, San Diego, Houston IAH, Maui,
Most Common Aircraft: 757-200 (15 flights)
Most Common Airline: United (all segments)
Most Common Airport: SFO (5 dep/3 arr)
Most Common Routes: SFO-LAX and ORD-DTW (4 segments)
1,138,958 miles reported so far.
47,456 ave.
Anybody want to work out the CO2 emissions on our recklessness!?
OK, scratch that and add another half a million (blame Robert and JJ).
Super simple flying year for me, just two transatlantic round-trips.
Miles: 30214 (last year: 33054)
Segments: 8 (last year: 14)
New Aircraft: 747-400 Combi
New Airlines: none
New Airport: Istanbul
Most Common Aircraft: 747-400 (2 passenger, 2 combi)
Most Common Airline: Delta and KLM tied at 4
Most Common Airport: LAX, JFK and AMS tied at 4 (2 dep/2 arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: all tied at 2
Wow, I thought a lot more would be in the 100,000+ range
Miles: 14,674 (+1400? on La Costena)
Segments: 9 (+4 on La Costena)
New Aircraft: Cessna Grand Caravan
New Airlines: La Costena
New Airports: MIA, MGA, Bluefields, Corn Island, Bilwi
Most Common Aircraft: 737-800
Most Common Airline: American
Most Common Airport: SEA
Miles: 13,250 (57,906 last year)
Segments: 10 (27 last year)
New Aircraft: 767-400ER; Avro RJ100
New Airlines: Swiss, US Airways
New Airports: EWR, FCO, PHX, VCE, ZRH
Most Common Aircraft: Tied: E170 and A320 (2 flights)
Most Common Airline: United (6 segments)
Most Common Airport: Tied: DSM, ORD (2 dep/2 arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: DSM-ORD
Miles: 74,012 (5,735 last year) all domestic
Segments: 80 (8 last year)
Carriers: 13
New Aircraft: Q400, 777-300ER, CL-600, 767-400ER
New Airlines: Allegiant, GoJet, CommutAir,
New Airports: GTF, BZN, MSO, FCA, SFO, LAX, AZA, BUF, HLN, CLT, IAD, PHX, GEG, TUL,
Most Common Aircraft: CRJ-700 (14)
Most Common Airline: United (62) (Express 36 (Skywest (16), mainline (26))
Most Common Airport: ORD (32)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: ORD-BZN
I just took a new job that involves pretty much no travel at all, so sadly, this is probably the last year I’ll have any fun flying numbers to speak of – and the year I finally lose that coveted elite status for good :(
Miles: 38,633
Segments: 33
New Aircraft: 737-800; ERJ-145
New Airlines: Copa, plus ExpressJet if you count regionals separately
New Airports: SCL, PTY, MDW, OKC, DXB (an airport I hope to NEVER have to deal with again…)
Most Common Aircraft: Technically the 737, though through a variety of variants which I didn’t keep proper track of
Most Common Airline: WN (13 segments)
Most Common Airport: home base – DFW; non-home airport – STL
Most Common Non-Directional Route: DFW-STL
Oops, forgot the most important “other” factoid – flew in the upper deck of a 747 for the first time :)
Miles: 61,9071 (39,119 last year)
Segments: 98 (66 last year)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: Nashville (BNA), Midland/Odessa (MAF)
Most Common Aircraft: 737-700 (44 flights)
Most Common Airline: Southwest (79 flights)
Most Common Airport: DAL
Most Common Non-Directional Route: DAL/OKC (6 segments)
I fly once a year. Depressing, yes, but what is one going to do?
AZ LAX-MAD return via FCO.
777 and A320.
(Of note: my LAX-FCO 777 carried the Pope at one point.)
Sadly, being in school, I don’t fly.
Miles: 38,200
Segments: 39
New Aircraft:
New Airlines: none
New Airports: SAN, FLL
Most Common Aircraft: 737-800
Most Common Airline: Alaska(20 segments)
Most Common Airport: ANC
Most Common Non-Directional Route:
Missed qualifying for MVP Gold by 2800 miles, and would have had them if I hadn’t miscalculated and made the last trip of 2012 on a miles award ticket. Rats!
Total Miles: 224,772 (v. 198, 567 in 2011)
Segments: 181 (149 domestic U.S., 12 intercontinental, 4 intra-continental, 16 domestic Australia) (v. 187 in 2011)
New Aircraft: None
New Airports: SYR (visited a total of 43)
Most Common Aircraft: 737
Most Common Airport: DCA
Most Common Route: DFW-DCA
Most Common Airline: American
Miles: 89,572
Segments: 59
New Aircraft: none
New Airlines: none
New Airports: BCN, SAN, DUB
Most Common Aircraft: tied, 757 & 737-800
Most Common Airline: United
Most Common Airport: EWR
Most Common Route: EWR-SFO-EWR
Miles: 45,996
Segments: 32
New Aircraft:777-200ER, A321, A330-200, A340-600
New Airlines: Lufthansa, Vueling, Easyjet.
New Airports: DXB, FRA, BRN, ORY, ATL
Most Common Aircraft: 737-700
Most Common Airline: COPA (23 segments)
Most Common Airport: PTY
Most Common Non-Directional Route:PTY-MDE (5 segments)
In Miles 13,207
Hours 32:36
Domestic 17
Longest Flight (distance): 1,670 mi, 3:32 h, New Orleans (Louis Armstrong) – Los Angeles (International), 06-17-2012
Longest Flight (duration): 3:52 h, 1,463 mi, Dallas/Fort Worth (International) – San Francisco (International), 11-16-2012
Shortest Flight (distance): 337 mi, 0:44 h, Los Angeles (International) – Oakland (International), 06-17-2012
Shortest Flight (duration): 0:44 h, 337 mi, Los Angeles (International) – Oakland (International), 06-17-2012
Fastest Flight: 540 mi/h, 1,233 mi, 2:17 h, Los Angeles (International) – Dallas/Fort Worth (International), 11-12-2012
Slowest Flight: 314 mi/h, 680 mi, 2:10 h, Seattle (Seattle-Tacoma International) – San Francisco (International), 03-03-2012
Average Flight: 777 mi, 1:55 h
Miles: 55,708
Segments: 31
New Aircraft: 747-400
New Airlines: China Airlines (CI), JetBlue (B6), Allegiant (G4)
New Airports: Carlsbad (CLD), Brussels (BRU)
Most Common Aircraft: 757-200 (6 segments)
Most Common Airline: SkyWest (5 segments)
Most Common Airport: LAX
Most Common Non-Directional Route: LAX-HNL (4 one way segments, 2 each direction)
Interesting side note: I flew on special livery airplanes on all three new airlines: CI SkyTeam, B6 Red Sox, G4 Blue Man Group.
Miles: 8,005 (12,044 last year)
Segments: 12 (12 last year)
New Aircraft: ERJ-140
New Airlines: American Eagle, Allegiant, Frontier, Republic
New Airports: EUG, TUS, BLI, DEN, CID, DFW
Most Common Aircraft: 737-700, CRJ-700, ERJ-140 (2 each)
Most Common Airline: Skywest (3 segments)
Most Common Airport: LAX (3 dep/2 arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: LAX-TUS, 2 segments (All others unique!)
Miles: 11964 (4087 last year)
Segments: 13 (4 last year)
New aircraft: ERJ-145, 757-300, MD-88
New airlines: (none)
New airports: PHX, MSP, BDA, DTW, ATL
Most common aircraft: 737-800, 3 segments
Most common airline: Delta, 8 segments
Most common airport: BOS – 3 departures, 4 arrivals
Most common non-directional route – BOS-MSP, BOS-BDA, ATL-SRQ – 2 segments each
Miles: 21,775 (25,727 last year)?Segments: 34 (33 last year)?
New Aircraft: 767-200ER (United)?New Airlines: none?
New Airports: Austin, TX
Most Common Aircraft: 737 (24 flights: 16 -700, 6 -300, 2 -500 )?
Most Common Airline: Southwest (21 segments)?Most Common Airport: BOS (8 dep/8 arr)?
Most Common Non-Directional Route: BOS-BWI (7)
Miles: 91,959 (Less last year)
Segments: 71 (less last year)
New Aircraft: 330-200, E190
New Airlines: Allegiant, Hawaiian, Island Air, SWISS
New Airports: ACK, AZA, BCN, FLG, JAC, HYA, KOA, ONT, TLV, ZRH
Most Common Aircraft: A319 (15 flights), 321 (12 flights), CR9 (12 flights)
Most Common Airline: US Airways (61 segments)
Most Common Airport: PHX (22 dep/22 arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: PHX-FAT
Well…..
Mileage:150k+
Segments: 198 – about average
New aircraft – none for me – 747-400 – including QFs longreachers (x4);777-300; 737-300,500,700,800,900;767;757;DC10;A330;A319;A320;A340;King Airs;DH8;ERJs, CRJs, Skytrain
New Airline:Swiss
Most Common A/C: 737-700
Most Comon Airline:WN
Most Common Airport: STL
Most Common Route:STL-DAL
Furthest Airport: DRW
Miles: 63,085
Segments: 36
New Aircraft: none (787 in a week though)
New Airlines: Virgin Atlantic, Nok Air
New Airports: SJC, YUL, KIX, UTH, LGW, EDI
Most Common Aircraft: B777 (6), B737 (5)
Most Common Airline: United, Alaska (7 each), Singapore (6)
Most Common Airport: PIT (7), OAK, SEA, BKK (6 each)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: OAK-SEA (4)
Actually, I forgot that I flew an MD-90 for the first time last year (MSP-ATL)
And fwiw, also flew a DC-9 for what will probably be the last time ever (same trip, ATL-PIT)
Miles: 14,827
Segments: 19
New Aircraft: CRJ-900
New Airlines: Pinnacle
New Airports: EWR
Most Common Aircraft: Airbus 320 (5 times)
Most Common Airline: United (9 times)
Most Common Airport: PDX (10 times)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: PDX-DEN
63,000
segments 38
new aircrafts lufthansa?
new airlines virgin-nice
new airports-ams/munich
comon craft???
common airlines delta/united/common airport atlanta/
Posting to be the one totally different travel patterns
Miles: 3,615
Segments: 2
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: SLC
Most Common Aircraft: Airbus 320 (both flights)
Most Common Airline: JetBlue (both Flights)
Most Common Airport: JFK (both flights)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: JFK-SLC, DEN-JFK (my two flights)
I should add that I traveled by ground for 12,056 miles on Amtrak, 2,775 miles on VIA Rail Canada and about 2,500 miles on intercity buses (mostly Greyhound, MegaBus plus a few Amtrak California buses).
Hopefully I’ll fly a bit more this year since all my traveling earned me AGR Select+ Status with UnitedClub access.
Miles: 55,000
Segments: 29
New Aircraft: A321 (Aeroflot), 737-800 (United)
New Airlines: Brussels, Aeroflot, Siberian (S7), Spirit
New Airports: SVX, SVO
Most Common Aircraft: B777
Most Common Airline: United
Most Common Airport: IAD
Most Common Non-Directional Route: DCA – ORD
Most airports for a single round-trip itinerary: 9 (IAD-DME-SVX-SVO/DME-FRA-DEN-LAS-SFO-BWI)
Miles: 76,890 ( last year)?Segments: 35
Longest Flight (distance): 10,894 km, 12:36 h, London (Heathrow) – Singapore (Changi), 11.05.2012
Longest Flight (duration): 13:30 h, 10,894 km, Singapore (Changi) – London (Heathrow), 22.12.2012
Shortest Flight (distance): 238 km, 0:50 h, Canberra (International) – Sydney (Kingsford Smith), 12.04.2012
Shortest Flight (duration): 0:50 h, 238 km, Canberra (International) – Sydney (Kingsford Smith), 12.04.2012
Fastest Flight: 902 km/h, 10,894 km, 12:05 h, London (Heathrow) – Singapore (Changi), 12.09.2012
Average Flight: 3,490 km, 4:23 h
New Aircraft: CRJ700
New Airline: American Eagle
New Airports: Bangalore, Albuquerque, London City
Most Common Aircraft: 747-400 (10 flights)
Most Common Airline: British Airways (13 segments)
Most Common Airports: SYD and SIN (10 each)
Most Common Routes: SYD-SIN and MEL-HBA (3 each)
New Aircraft: CRJ700 (American Eagle)
New Airline: American Eagle
Miles: 42,396
Segments: 28
New Aircraft: none
New Airlines: Cathay Pacific, Bangkok Airlines, Thai Air Asia, Thai Smile
New Airports: HKG, BKK, CNX, HKT, KBV
Most Common Aircraft: 737-800
Most Common Airline: Alaska (15 segments)
Most Common Airport: SFO (9 dep/8 arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: SFO – PDX
Miles: 24,456 (22,410 last year)
Segments: 30 (23 last year)
New Aircraft: Beechcraft King Air 350, Douglas DC-8-62 Combi, Embraer 145
New Airlines: Air Transport International, Pinnacle, ExpressJet
New Airports: Ontario, CA (ONT), Sacramento Executive (SAC), Sacramento McClellan (MCC), Long Beach (LGB), Lincoln, CA (LHM), Detroit (DTW), Hewanorra, St. Lucia (UVF), Washington-National (DCA), South Bend, IN (SBN), Quebec City (YQB), Boston (BOS), Seattle (SEA)
Most Common Aircraft: 737-700 (5 flights, 4 on 737-800 as well)
Most Common Airline: Delta (9 segments)
Most Common Airport: SMF (7 dep/7 arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: SMF-PHX (4 flights)
Miles: 8,866
Segments: 10
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: jetBlue
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: A-320 (5 segments)
Most Common Airline: jetBlue (4 segments)
Most Common Airport: EWR (2 dep/3 arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: None
All in all a pretty unexciting year compared with years past!
Miles: 34,434
Segments: 14
New Aircraft: A340-500, A340-600, DHC-8 Dash 8
New Airlines: Etihad, Aegean, Olympic Air, Air Berlin
New Airports: Phuket (HKT), Abu Dhabi (AUH), Athens (ATH), Milos (MLO), Crete Heraklion (HER)
Most Common Aircraft: A320-200
Most Common Airline: Jetstar (4 Segments)
Most Common Airport: MEL
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Several tied on 2.
Miles: 158,950
Segments: 159
New Aircraft: 787-8 (yes!)
New airlines: none
New Airports: Providentiales/Turks and Caicos (PLS), Southwest Fla (ECP), Grand Island (GRI), Sioux City (SUX), YQT (Saskatoon), YQR (Regina), Billings (BIL)
Total airports to date: 277
Miles: 119589
Segments: 38
New Airlines: Virgin America & America Airlines
New Airports: Asheville, NC & Geneva Switzerland
Most Common Aircraft:
Most Common Airline: Virgin Australia (16 segments)
Most Common Airport: Brisbane Australia
Miles: 230,000 (I estimated non-program flights with 2x Jet Blue and 4x Porter)
Segments: 78
New Aircraft: none
New Airlines: Jet Blue, Jet Airways (India)
New Airports: Dallas FW, Aspen, Co.
Most Common Aircraft: 767, 777
Most Common Airline: 1. Delta (25 segments); 2. KLM (17 segments); 3. AA (13 segments)
Most Common Airport: JFK
Most Common Non-Directional Route: JFK – LHR tied with JFK – AMS
Forgot to list Montego Bay, Jamaica as a new airport…
Okay, I’ll play along. Nice to see so many others keep such fastidious logs of this stuff.
Miles: 44,190 (38,026 last year)
Segments: 37 (31 last year)
New Aircraft: none (that I remember)
New Airlines: Austrian (missed Malev by 3 days)
New Airports: Toronto (YYZ), Nuremberg (NUE), Stuttgart (STR), Vienna (VIE), Budapest (BUD), Amsterdam (AMS), Basel (BSL), Zurich (ZRH)
Most Common Aircraft: A319 or A320
Most Common Airline: United (27 segments)
Most Common Airport: ORD (5x), SJC (4x), FRA (4x)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: DEN-ORD
Longest Leg: DEN-FRA (5020 miles)
Shortest Leg: VIE-BUD (133 miles)
Miles: 221,351 (102,008 in 2011)
Segments: 137 (68)
New Aircraft: Airbus A380, Bombardier Q400, CRJ700, CRJ900
New Airlines: Air France, Asiana, Royal Air Maroc, Singapore, Thai, Turkish
New Airports: Albuquerque (ABQ), Paris (CDG), Cleveland (CLE), Seoul (GMP; ICN), Istanbul (IST, Prague (PRG), Providence (PVD), Richmond (RIC), Yeosu (RSU)
Most Common Aircraft: Boeing 757 (33 flights)
Most Common Airline: United (81 segments)
Most Common Airport: BOS (58x)
Most Common Route: BOS-SFO (16x each way)
Longest Flight (distance): 6,922 mi, 12:06 h, Hong Kong (International) – San Francisco (International), 07-15-2012
Longest Flight (duration): 12:06 h, 6,922 mi, Hong Kong (International) – San Francisco (International), 07-15-2012
Shortest Flight (distance): 180 mi, 0:54 h, Zurich (Kloten) – Frankfurt (Rhein-Main), 07-08-2012
Shortest Flight (duration): 0:38 h, 227 mi, Charlotte (Charlotte/Douglas International) – Atlanta (Hartsfield Jackson), 10-04-2012
Fastest Flight: 572 mi/h, 6,922 mi, 12:06 h, Hong Kong (International) – San Francisco (International), 07-15-2012
Slowest Flight: 160 mi/h, 200 mi, 1:15 h, Boston (Logan) – Newark (Liberty), 04-12-2012
Average Flight: 1,616 mi, 3:32 h
A little late
Miles: 137,024 (104,097 last year)
Segments: 160 (172 last year)
New Aircraft: Airbus A330-300, Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Boeing 777-300
New Airlines: Hawaiian Airlines, Frontier Airlines, KLM, All Nippon Airways
New Airports: ALB, RSW, BDL, SUN, LIT, OGG, FUK, ASE, KIX, FNT, BIL, YUL, AMS, CTS, HND
Most Common Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-88 (53 flights)
Most Common Airline: Delta Air Lines 10(4 segments)
Most Common Airport: DAY (35 dep/36 arr)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: DAY-ATL (46 flights)
Miles: 54,098
Segments: 42
New Aircraft: Boeing 787
New Airlines: All Nippon Airways
New Airports: NRT, HAV
Most Common Airline: United (34 segments)
Most Common Airport: IAH
Most Common Non-Directional Route: IAH-HRL (6 flights)