Topic of the Week: 2014 Flying Summary

Jan 2, 2015

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Well that’s it. 2014 is over and I had an interesting year of flying. I didn’t leave the country once, which seems crazy. But I already have two trips planned that will take me elsewhere in 2015.

For me, the most exciting part of the year was getting on the Convair 580 and flying around O’ahu on the Bellanca.

Miles: 32,199 (52,763 last year)
Segments: 33 (27 last year)
New Aircraft: Convair 580, Bellanca CH-300, A330-200
New Airlines: ‘Ohana by Hawaiian
New Airports: Savannah, Lana’i
Most Common Aircraft: A320 and CRJ-900 (5 flights each)
Most Common Airline: Delta (9 segments)
Most Common Airport: LAX (9 departures/10 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Long Beach – Phoenix (5 segments)

How did your year shape up?

Brett

76 responses to “Topic of the Week: 2014 Flying Summary”

Mark R

Jan 2, 2015 at 4:28 am

Hi Brett!
I assume you got this stats from flightmemory.com. Are you not going to post the route picture this year?

As for my year, my work doesn’t get me up in the air much, so I always make it a goal to at least fly once a year. I was lucky enough, however, to get two RTs in this year. So…

Miles: 2,013
Segments: 5
New Aircraft: ERJ-190
New Airlines: N/A
New Airports: PVD
Most Common Aircraft: CRJ-700
Most Common Airline: US & UA
Most Common Airport: CLT (4 Arr & 4 Dep)

Pretty pathetic compared to others here, but I was happy to take a quick layover in PHL on one the trips just add another TO & landing and to ride the ERJ-190 which I had yet to fly. :-)

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1. CF
  
  Jan 3, 2015 at 6:24 am
  
  I actually have kept my own database since 1994. I do put new routes into
  flightmemory but that’s about it.
  
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Chris

Jan 2, 2015 at 4:53 am

Miles flown – roughly 35,000
New planes – 747-400 extended range
New Airline – Qantas
New Airports – Brisbane, Sydney & Auckland
Longest Flight (time) – DFW to Brisbane, 15+ hours
Longest Flight (mileage) – Sydney to DFW, 8k+ miles
Most frequent airline – Southwest
Most frequent airport – BWI
Most frequent type of plane – 737(700 & 800 series)

Happy New Year – Chris

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ChuckMO

Jan 2, 2015 at 5:56 am

Segments: 15:
STL-TPA-BWI-PWM, PWM-BWI-STL, STL-LGA-RIC, RIC-ATL-STL, STL-EWR-STL, STL-ATL-MSY, MSY-ATL-STL

Airlines: Delta, Delta Connection/Endeavor (New), Delta Connection/Express Jet, Southwest

Aircraft: 737-700, CRJ-900 (New), CRJ-700, MD-90 (New), 757

New Airports: PWM, EWR

Miles Flown: 9060+

Most Delayed Flight: WN EWR-STL. 4.5 hours late.

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James Burke

Jan 2, 2015 at 6:24 am

Miles: 17,862 (27,397 last year)
Segments: 28 (37 last year)
New Aircraft: EMB-120
New Airlines: Virgin America, Sun Country
New Airports: MKE, PDX, SFO, IAG, FLL, DEN, MSP, YFC
Most Common Aircraft: Q400 (8 segments)
Most Common Airline: Porter (6 segments)
Most Common Airport: YYZ (3 Dep / 3 Arr)
Longest Segment: PDX-IAD (2327 mi)
Shortest Segment: SEA-PDX (129 mi)

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1. Jeremy
  
  Jan 2, 2015 at 6:30 am
  
  How was Sun Country?
  
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  1. James Burke
    
    Jan 5, 2015 at 6:21 am
    
    It was good – especially since the MSP-MDW route isn’t the busiest in their schedule. There were some problems with weather in Chicago (shocking!), and their ground staff was always sharing information, and were generally terrific. The in-flight product was decent – something between Delta and Frontier. If I ever have a reason to fly somewhere they can take me again, I would not hesitate to do so.
    
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Jeremy

Jan 2, 2015 at 6:26 am

5,609 mi, 9:45 h, Shanghai (Pudong) – Vancouver (International), 11-29-2014
Longest Flight (duration): 11:00 h, 5,283 mi, Vancouver (International) – Beijing (Capital), 11-21-2014
Shortest Flight (distance): 326 mi, 0:47 h, Oakland (International) – Burbank (Bob Hope), 05-10-2014
Shortest Flight (duration): 0:47 h, 326 mi, Oakland (International) – Burbank (Bob Hope), 05-10-2014
Fastest Flight: 575 mi/h, 5,609 mi, 9:45 h, Shanghai (Pudong) – Vancouver (International), 11-29-2014
Slowest Flight: 349 mi/h, 326 mi, 0:56 h, Burbank (Bob Hope) – Oakland (International), 05-11-2014
Average Flight: 1,289 mi, 2:45 h

In Miles 29,653
In Kilometer 47,722
Earth Circumnavigation 1.19 x
Distance to the Moon 0.124 x
Distance to the Sun 0.0003 x

Hours 63:21
Days 2.6
Weeks 0.4
Months 0.09
Years 0.007

All 23
Domestic 19
Intra-Continental 2
Intercontinental 2
Other flights 0

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A

Jan 2, 2015 at 6:39 am

Well, I don’t do the flightmemory, etc. to track my flights like a true fanboy, but since every flight I took this year was on DL (or codeshare) they track things for me pretty well, some things from memory of course.

Miles: 21,782 (lowest in 5 years!)
Segments: 24
New Aircraft: 737-900ER
Most common aircraft: A320
New Airport: MSY, JAN
Longest Flight: MSP-LAX
Most Frequent Airport: DCA

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1. Andy
  
  Jan 2, 2015 at 8:04 am
  
  So close to silver… If I were you I would have done a small mileage run at the end. Also, as a New Orleans resident, sorry you had to experience MSY. They’re supposed to be building a new terminal that’s going to be real nice, but until then, it’s kinda shitty.
  
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  1. Dan
    
    Jan 2, 2015 at 10:12 am
    
    Why do a mileage run? Most benefits from silver can generally be had by having a cobranded credit card.
    
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    1. A
      
      Jan 2, 2015 at 12:52 pm
      
      I wasn’t that close to silver because I counted miles flown that I didn’t get FF credit for because I paid with my skypesos.
      
      Silver is a joke status because the Delta Amex gives you the same thing…not like silvers ever get an upgrade. The Gate Lice for Zone 1 boarding is insane because of that damn CC.
      
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IO

Jan 2, 2015 at 6:53 am

Miles: 0 (0 last year)
Segments: 0
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: None
Most Common Airline: None
Most Common Airport: None
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Long Beach – None

So why do I bother to comment on CFs blog? This morning, while at home, I became aware of the sound of an airplane engine and thought that normally people don’t unless it is really loud. I also thought that I am less and less enthralled with airlines. Anyhow, ’till my enthrallment is gone I’ll comment though i take no plane rides.

IO

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1. ChuckMO
  
  Jan 2, 2015 at 7:24 pm
  
  You ROCK IO!
  
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Kyle B

Jan 2, 2015 at 7:02 am

Miles: 25,022 (26,189 last year)
Segments: 32 (40 last year)
Sadly, no new aircraft, airlines, or airports this year.
Most Common Aircraft: 737-700 (16 segments)
Most Common Airline: Southwest (28 segments – The other four flights being 3 AirTran and 1 JetBlue)
Most Common Airport: PVD (8 departures/10 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Providence-Baltimore (11 segments)

Highlight of the year: Having a seat on the final AirTran flight from BOS (FL120 to ATL), and the last ever AirTran flight, FL1 from ATL-TPA on 12/28.

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Chicago Chris

Jan 2, 2015 at 7:28 am

Miles: 26,597 (down from 98,507)
Segments: 33 (all United)
New Aircraft: N/A
New Airlines: N/A
New Airports: San Juan, Aguadilla, PR, Elmira, NY, Myrtle Beach, SC
Most Common Aircraft: Q400 and E145 (tie)
Most Common Airline: United mainline (10), Republic (6)
Most Common Airport: ORD

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Jared

Jan 2, 2015 at 7:40 am

Happy New Year, Cranky!

Here’s my summary:

Miles: 55,063 (44,866 last year) – most ever for me
Segments: 33 (23 last year)
New Aircraft: CRJ-900
New Airlines: US Airways, Cathay Pacific
New Airports: SJD (Los Cabos, MX), IAH (Houston, TX), JFK (New York, NY), HKG (Hong Kong), KIX (Kansai/Osaka, Japan), NRT (Tokyo-Narita, Japan), RSW (Ft. Myers, FL), PHX (Phoenix, AZ)
Most Common Aircraft: 737-800
Most Common Airline: American (23 segments & 41,470 mi)
Most Common Airport: LAX (12 departures/12 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: LAX-SFO & LAX-JFK (2 Each)

This was the year when I got to fly business on the new AA 777-300, the AA A321T and on the upper deck on a CX 747-400.

Cheers,
Jared

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Jcgold

Jan 2, 2015 at 8:02 am

Miles: 22,448
Segments: 26
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: Icelandair
New Airports: Reykjavik, Glasgow, London Gatwick, Boston
Most common aircraft: CRJ-700 and Embraer 175 (6 segments each)
Most common airline: Delta (12 segments)
All airlines flown: Delta, United, Icelandair, Spirit, Sun Country
Most common airport: MSP (Home Base)
Most common routes: MSP-MDW and MSP-ORD (6 segments each)

Overall a heavier year for me, especially with the Icelandair jaunt.

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Guess

Jan 2, 2015 at 8:06 am

Miles: 35,263
Segments: 45
New Aircraft: Embraer 170
New Airlines: None
New Airports: Anchorage, Juneau, Austin, San Jose, LA, Santa Rosa
Most Common Aircraft: 737-800
Most Common Airline: Alaska
Most Common Airport: Seattle

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Joe

Jan 2, 2015 at 8:12 am

Miles: 37,246
Segments: 44
New Aircraft: MD-90
New Airlines: Alaska
New Airports: Valencia (VLC), Dusseldorf (DUS), Jacksonville (JAX)
Most Common Aircraft: A320
Most Common Airline: Delta
Most Common Airport: BZN
Most Common Non-Directional Route: SLC-BZN

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TRC

Jan 2, 2015 at 8:23 am

Only had six RTs this year, though that felt like a lot for me. Plus, all were in a 14 week span between March and June.

Tried Frontier for the first time, with no complaints.
I did get to experience an American charter and Delta charter (NCAA Basketball tournament; I was in the band)- both of whom were better than Southwest charters in previous years, but can’t compare to Miami Air International in 2013. Delta also lost a piece of drum equipment…still not sure how they pulled that off.

Most common airport was OMA (former home base), followed by ORD (the intermediary with the new home base, MKE). OMA-ORD was my most common pairing (6 segments; involved on exactly half of my trips).

More than anything, I learned that every airline is basically the same in economy, so there’s no reason to base a purchase decision on more than price, schedule, and plane type.

As much as I’d like to fly more in 2015, I only had to pay full price myself for one of 2014’s trips, so that’s unlikely. I can only hope that there’s cheap availability on ERJ-170/175s when I do get to fly.

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1. Nick Barnard
  
  Jan 2, 2015 at 9:17 am
  
  “And plane type” True avgeek there!
  
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Ron

Jan 2, 2015 at 8:31 am

Miles: 11156 (last year: 20586) — lowest since 2006
Segments: 8 (same as last year)
New Aircraft: none
New Airlines: none
New Airports: El Paso (ELP)
Most Common Aircraft: CRJ-700, A320 (2 segments each)
Most Miles on Aircraft: 747-400 (>50%)
Most Common Airline: Delta (4 segments)
Most Common Airport: SLC (2 arrivals, 2 departures)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: LGB–SLC, SLC–BIL (2 segments each)

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Ziggy

Jan 2, 2015 at 8:53 am

Miles: 22098
Segments: 10
New Aircraft: A330-200
New Airlines: Hawaiian
New Airports: SYD, ACK
Most Common Aircraft: B757
Most Miles On Aircraft: A330-200
Most

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Ziggy

Jan 2, 2015 at 8:54 am

Miles: 22098
Segments: 10
New Aircraft: A330-200
New Airlines: Hawaiian
New Airports: SYD, ACK
Most Common Aircraft: B757
Most Miles On Aircraft: A330-200
Most Common Airline: American
Most Common Airport: MIA

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Carl Anderson

Jan 2, 2015 at 9:01 am

Miles – 65,315 most ever. (2013 – 46,423)
Segments – 77 (2013 – 46)
New Aircraft – A343, A332
New Airlines – None
New Airports – IAD
Most Common Aircraft – CRJ900, 20 Flights
Most Common Airline – Delta, 59 Flights
Most Common Airport – SLC, 38 total motions
My #1 Route – SLC-ABQ, 10 times

Personally, my best flight in a long time was my Delta flight from CDG-SLC in Economy Comfort on the A332.

Was able to hop on 2 Q400’s in a matter of weeks, after not being on them for 6 years.

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1. Carl Anderson
  
  Jan 2, 2015 at 9:05 am
  
  One edit – Total 2014 mileage is 63,135. Can’t read or write today.
  
  and I am SoCal based.
  
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CP

Jan 2, 2015 at 9:03 am

Miles: 233,314 (242,167 LY)
Segments: 171 (130 domestic/15 international/26 domestic Australia) (173 LY)
New Aircraft: A380
New Airlines: Air France
New Airports: AUS, HBA, SJC
Most Common Aircraft: Boeing 737 (60 segments)
Most Common Airline: American (82 segments)
Most Common Uni-Directional Route: DCA-ORD (15 segments)
New Routes: ABQ-SEA, ADL-MEL, BNE-HBA, CDG-IAD, DEN-LAX, DFW-AUS, DRW-BNE, DTW-MSP, HBA-MEL, JFK-CDG, JFK-SLC, LAX-SFO, LAX-SJC, MEL-DRW, ORD-AUS, SEA-SAN, SJC-ORD

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1. CP
  
  Jan 2, 2015 at 9:04 am
  
  I forgot!: Most Common Airport: DCA (70 departures + arrivals)
  
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Nick Barnard

Jan 2, 2015 at 9:27 am

New Airlines: AA, ExpressJet (UAX)
Most Flown Airline: Alaska (2 Segments)
New Airport: IAD
Worst Airport: IAD
Airport I won’t transit through again if I have my druthers: IAD
Segments Flown: 6
Miles flown: No clue, I do this by hand. ;-)
Most frequent non-directional flight: SEA-LAX with 2 flights
Airline I intended to fly but didn’t get on: US. (Bumped to UA and AA)
New Airplane Type: ERJ145LR
Most flown on airplane type: 737-800 (5 segments)

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1. FT_Roy
  
  Jan 2, 2015 at 9:42 am
  
  IAD is a place filled only with tears and misery… let me guess, you were connecting to a UA RJ?
  
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  1. Nick Barnard
    
    Jan 2, 2015 at 10:12 am
    
    Yup.. Though the UA mainline side of things didn’t look that great either.
    
    I also got to ride on one of those moon buggies.. Though that was anticlimactic.
    
    I was also surprised at how poor my former home airport (DAY) was for watching the ramp. They only had these little skinny windows that left much to be desired.. (That and I was at the airport for much longer than expected… US set their connection times up far to close and I had misconnects that were pre-emptively reaccommodated each way.)
    
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    1. Ron
      
      Jan 2, 2015 at 6:45 pm
      
      Oh yeah, I got the moon buggy treat at IAD a few years back. Though my best moon buggy ride was years ago at JFK when I was 5 years old: I got on the buggy, promptly fell asleep, and was utterly surprised when I was woken up shortly thereafter to get on the plane — I thought the buggy was the plane!
      
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    2. Kilroy
      
      Jan 3, 2015 at 11:24 pm
      
      Eh, I will take DAY anytime over CVG. Reasonably easy in and out of there, though it still can’t beat TPA in my book.
      
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      1. Nick Barnard
        
        Jan 4, 2015 at 12:26 am
        
        Been a long time since I’ve been at CVG. Flew out of A once. And the DL/Comair remote terminal once.
        
        Still CVG has to be easier than LAX.
        
        >
        
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2. Dan
  
  Jan 2, 2015 at 10:18 am
  
  IAD B terminal is actually kind of nice. Which is funny, because it’s the non-UA terminal. At least LH got smart and moved its operations from C to B.
  
  I worked for UAX back in ’01/’02, and strangely that A terminal hasn’t really gotten better.
  
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  1. Nick Barnard
    
    Jan 2, 2015 at 10:27 am
    
    I’m really quite surprised they haven’t just built a new terminal further out and knocked down the existing one.. Its not as if they’ve got a shortage of land.
    
    Though I also realize my one major complaint was the stupidity of going up stairs just to go down stairs so that there is enough clearance below, it just was stupid and annoying on my cranky lack of sleep from a red eye in a middle seat… (Have they not heard of digging down and making a ramp?)
    
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3. Dan
  
  Jan 2, 2015 at 10:20 am
  
  Also meant to say that while I live ~6 miles from IAD, I tend to fly a lot more out of DCA. I’m doing a bit of 1W flying these days, which requires me to get to ORD or JFK most of the time. AA serves neither from IAD (yeah, no ORD service even, although they do fly to MIA) but they do serve from DCA. So I find myself at DCA much more often.
  
  IAD is a rare “treat.”
  
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FT_Roy

Jan 2, 2015 at 9:29 am

Miles: 31,774
Segments: 17
New Aircraft: A330-300 (Brussels Airlines)
New Airlines: Brussels Airlines, Virgin America
New Airports: BRU, FCO, LAX
Most common aircraft: 737-800 (5 segments)
Most common airline: American (5 segments)
All airlines flown: American, Delta, Jetblue, Virgin America, Brussels Airlines
Most common airport: BOS (Home Base)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Boston – Los Angeles (6 segments)

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1. FT_Roy
  
  Jan 2, 2015 at 11:54 am
  
  And because I am an idiot, I left my US Airways trips off.
  So actually:
  
  Miles: 36,359
  Segments: 22
  New Aircraft: A330-300
  New Airlines: Brussels Airlines, Virgin America
  New Airports: BRU, FCO, LAX
  Most common aircraft: 737-800 (5 segments)
  Most common airline: US Airways (6 segments)
  All airlines flown: American, Delta, Jetblue, Virgin America, Brussels Airlines
  Most common airport: BOS (Home Base)
  Most Common Non-Directional Route: Boston – Los Angeles (6 segments)
  
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Brian

Jan 2, 2015 at 10:04 am

Miles: 62,242
New Aircraft: N/A
New Airlines: LAN Peru, Indonesia AirAsia, Cathay Pacific
New Airports: Lima, Cuzco, Denpasar (Bali), Yogyakarta, Jakarta, Spokane
Most Common Airline: Delta
Most Common Non-Directional Route: JFK-LHR (twice)

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Bandito

Jan 2, 2015 at 10:11 am

Miles flown: 47,906
Segments: 22
New aircraft: 777-200ER, 737-600
New airlines: SAS, American
New airports: SFO, ARN, DFW, KID
Most common aircraft: A321-231(10 segments)
Most common airline: US Airways
Most common airport: PHX
Most common route: PHX-SNA(6 times)

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1. Bandito
  
  Jan 2, 2015 at 3:28 pm
  
  KIX not kid stupid autocorrect.
  
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D-ROCK

Jan 2, 2015 at 10:12 am

Segments: AUS-LAX-OGG-LAX-CLT-ORF-MIA-LAX-PHX-SAT,AUS-DFW-LAX-AUS,GRK-DFW-LAX-LAS-LAX-PHX-DFW-PHX-LAX-DFW-DEN-LAX-DFW-LBB-DFW-LAX-PHX-DFW,AUS-LAX-JFK-YUL-PHL-LAX-PDX-DFW

Mileage: 36,272 (41,733 last year) over 36 segments (36 segments)
Airlines Flown: AA,DL,US,F9,AS,VX
Most common airline: AA (Hit Gold Status) 16 segments (US 12 segments)
New Airlines: None
New Airports: OGG, CLT, ORF, MIA, JFK, YUL, PHL
New Aircraft: A321T (AA), E175 (DL), CRJ200 (US), B772 (AA)
Most common (non-directional) routes: LAX-DFW 5, PHX-LAX 4, AUS-LAX, 3 DFW-PHX 3, LAX-OGG 2, LAX-LAS 2
Most Common Airport: LAX (home airport) 22 arrivals or departures

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Rico

Jan 2, 2015 at 10:20 am

Miles: 19,492
Segments: 18
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: Alaska
New Airports: SEA, LAS, SAN (new home airport!)
Most Common Aircraft: 737-7
Most Common Airline: Southwest (4 segments)
Most Common Airport: SAN (4 departures/5 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: SAN – LAS (4 segments)
Most memorable flight: DCA-ATL-SAN one-way with wife, baby in car-seat, and cat under seat on Airtran 717 and SW 737. No fuss from baby or cat!

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Dan

Jan 2, 2015 at 10:24 am

I’m doing this all by hand:

Miles flown: ~25,000
New airlines: MH, MAS Wings, JAL, and maybe a UAX carrier that I didn’t pay attention to.
New airports: ICN, HND, KIX, ITM, BKI, SDK

My flying consisted of the circle the pacific trip I put together with AA miles, which counted for 13 segments, and 4 more domestic segments to visit family.

Next year is probably going to be more miles (and new airlines, airports, and products) as I’m planning a trip to Australia in a couple of months, and over Xmas/NY a trip to Vietnam.

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Dan

Jan 2, 2015 at 11:21 am

2014 Segments: 7 PVD-ATL, ATL-MLB, MLB-CLT, CLT-PVD, JFK-NAP, SUF-FCO, NAP-JFK
2014 Total Mileage: 11,598 mi
2014 Airlines: Delta, US Airways Express/PSA (New), US Airways, Meridiana/Air Italy (New), Vueling (New)
2014 Aircraft: MD-88, A319 (New), A320 x2 (New), CRJ-200 (New), 767-300ER
2014 New Airports: CLT, JFK, NAP, SUF, FCO
2014 Most Delayed Flight: IG 3941 JFK-NAP 2 hour delay due to ATC strike in France delaying inbound flight
All time most common airport: ATL
All time most common non-directional route: ATL-MLB

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1. Dan
  
  Jan 2, 2015 at 11:25 am
  
  Just to clarify:
  NAP-Naples Capodichino Italy
  SUF-Lamezia Terme, Calabria Italy
  IG-Meridiana Operated by Air Italy
  
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Al B

Jan 2, 2015 at 12:10 pm

Miles: 23,983
Segments: 22
New Aircraft: Bellanca CH-300 (I was also fortunate enough to visit Hawaiian HQ), 737-800, 737-900
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None (new runway at CMH; new terminal at IAH)
Most Common Aircraft: A330-200 (4 segments)
Most Common Airline: United (16 segments)
Most Common Airport: LAX (6 departures/6 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: LAX–HNL (4 segments)
Longest Segment: LAX-HNL (2221 according to Great Circle Mapper)
Shortest Segment: 0. Taxied around DFW on August 16, burned enough fuel while waiting out a storm behind 15 or so planes that there wouldn’t be enough to fly around the storm once we got clearance. So we returned to the gate where they discovered a maintenance issue. Fun afternoon.
Shortest Segment (flown): HNL-ITO (188)

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Matt B.

Jan 2, 2015 at 12:43 pm

Miles Flown: 25,095 (44,246 in 2013)
Segments: 12
New Airlines: QF, NH, KA
New Airports: DFW, ADL, MEL, LOP, HND
Most Frequent Airport: CGK
Most Frequent Airline: Air Asia
Most Frequent Airplane: A330
Longest Route: HKG-ORD

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David M

Jan 2, 2015 at 12:45 pm

Miles: 68,496 (42,876 last year)
Segments: 32 (23 last year)
New Aircraft: 777-300 (non-ER), A340-600, E195
New Airlines: Cathay Pacific, Fiji Airways, Frontier, Lufthansa CityLine, Tyrolean dba Austrian (had previously flown Austrian itself)
New Airports: Hong Kong, Nadi, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Sofia, St. Maaarten, Sydney
Most Common Aircraft: 757-200 (4 segments)
Most Common Airline: US Airways (5 segments)
Most Common Airport: San Diego (7 departures/6 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: nothing interesting, never flew a route more than a single round trip

Notable flight: DL2014 – Delta DC-9-50 celebratory retirement flight MSP-ATL 06JAN14

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USBT

Jan 2, 2015 at 1:46 pm

Miles: 141,788
Segments: 54 (20 Intl, 30 US/Canada, 4 overseas internal)
New Aircraft: 777-300ER, 777-200LR
New Airlines: EVA
New Airports: None, though new terminals Mumbai T2 and Heathrow T2
Most Common Aircraft: 777 (6 on 772-ER, 4 on 77W, 1 on 77L)
Most Common Airline: United (37 segments)
Most Common Airport: PDX (12 departures/12 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: PDX-SFO (14 segments)

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Hendikins

Jan 2, 2015 at 2:56 pm

Miles: 53,058
Segments: 27 (7 Australian domestic, 2 UK domestic, 2 New Zealand domestic, 3 US domestic, 13 international)
New aircraft: ERJ175, 777-200ER, 777-300ER, A340-300, 757-200, A321
New airlines: Hawaiian, LAN Chile, Cathay Pacific
New airports: HNL, HKG, ORD, GLA
Most common aircraft: A340-300 (6 segments)
Most common airline: QF (8 segments)
Most common airport: SYD (6 departures/7 arrivals)
Most common route: SYD/AKL (3 segments in each direction)

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LT_DT

Jan 2, 2015 at 3:03 pm

Miles: 41,729
Segments: 42
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: ‘None
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: 737, ERJ-145
Most Common Airline: United (36 segments)
Most Common Airport: IAH
Most Common Non-Directional Route: IAH-DCA

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yo

Jan 2, 2015 at 4:13 pm

Actually had a few real flights that weren’t non rev, a quickie RT to SFO and a one way PHX-BWI (drove back!). Two or three non revs to Hawaii, a Cancun, and a few San Diego trips. Not much, sadly. But got some fun planned for 2015 on American.

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Jeff

Jan 2, 2015 at 5:37 pm

169,504 miles on 140 flights.

New airports included BDL, PVD, MDT, CHS, TUL, SAT, GRB, SDQ, CDG, AVL, BUF, CA and a few more.

No new airlines, one new type (A318-100)

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Doug Swalen

Jan 2, 2015 at 6:09 pm

Miles: 28,686
Kilometers: 46,165
Hours 58:16
Days 2.4
Weeks 0.3
Months 0.08
Segments: N/A
New Aircraft: ATR-72
New Product: EVA Royal Laurel Class
New Airlines: EVA, Garuda Indonesia, Island Air
New Airports: DSP, LBJ, TPE, LOP
Most Common Aircraft: ATR-72, 737
Most Common Airline: United, EVA (tie)
Most Common Airport: SFO
Most Common Non-Directional Route: SFO-HNL

Longest Flight (distance): 6,464 mi, 12:03 h, San Francisco (International) – Taipei (Taoyuan International), 08-29-2014
Longest Flight (duration): 12:03 h, 6,464 mi, San Francisco (International) – Taipei (Taoyuan International), 08-29-2014
Shortest Flight (distance): 76 mi, 0:38 h, Denpasar (Bali) (Ngurah Rai International) – Lombok (International), 09-07-2014
Shortest Flight (duration): 0:38 h, 76 mi, Denpasar (Bali) (Ngurah Rai International) – Lombok (International), 09-07-2014
Fastest Flight: 536 mi/h, 6,464 mi, 12:03 h, San Francisco (International) – Taipei (Taoyuan International), 08-29-2014
Slowest Flight: 120 mi/h, 76 mi, 0:38 h, Denpasar (Bali) (Ngurah Rai International) – Lombok (International), 09-07-2014
Average Flight: 2,049 mi, 4:10 h

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1. Nick Barnard
  
  Jan 2, 2015 at 7:23 pm
  
  Those speeds… are they ground speeds or speeds based on a great circle route and time?
  
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daeguowl

Jan 3, 2015 at 3:10 am

Miles flown: 76,546 (PY 50,2343)
Segments: 18 (PY 23)
New aircraft: None
New airlines: Turkish
New airports: IST, AMM
Most common aircraft: 777-200ER (10 segments)
Most common airline: OZ (9 segments)
Most common airport: ICN (14 Segments)
Most common route: ICN-LHR (4 returns) ICN-SYD (2 returns)

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AJ

Jan 3, 2015 at 3:57 am

Miles: 22,264
Segments: 21
New Aircraft: Boeing 787-8
New Airports: Perth
Most Common Aircraft: 737-800
Most Common Airline: Virgin Australia (18 segments)
Most Common Airport: Melbourne (MEL)

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MeanMeosh

Jan 3, 2015 at 8:48 am

Miles: 38,536
Segments: 31
New aircraft: None
New airlines: Qatar Airways, Virgin America
New airports: DOH, SAT, PBI, SMF
Most common aircraft: 737-700 (7 segments)
Most common airline: WN (16 segments)
Most common airport: DAL (4 departures, 5 arrivals)
Most common non-directional route: STL-DAL (2 segments)

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1. MeanMeosh
  
  Jan 3, 2015 at 8:05 pm
  
  Correction, that should be 30 segments. I’m an accountant that can’t count…
  
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Jason H

Jan 3, 2015 at 4:05 pm

Miles flown: 52,491
Segments: 25
New aircraft: None
New airlines: JAL
New airports: ICN, HND, SGN, TYS
Most common aircraft: 737 (8)
Most common airline: DL (11)
Most common airport: SFO (9)
Most common route: OAK-SEA (3 each direction)

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zponline

Jan 4, 2015 at 1:23 am

Total Number of Flights/Segments: 50
Total Number of Miles: 60,152
Total Number of Unique Days Flying: 31
Total Number of Airports: 20
Most Frequent Airport Visited: ATL (Atlanta, US)
Total Number of Airlines: 6 (Delta, Turkish, US Airways, Saudia, KLM,United)
Most Used Airline by Number of Flights/Segments: 1. Delta (25); 2. Turkish (9); 3. US Airways (8)
Most Used Airline by Miles: 1. Delta (23,994); 2. Saudia (15,675)
New Airlines in 2014: Saudia; Turkish; United
New Airports in 2014: DUB (Dublin, IE), FRA (Frankfurt, DE), IST (Istanbul, TK), JED (Jeddah, SA), PRG (Prague, CZ), RUH (Riyadh, SA), TXL (Berlin, DE)
Busiest Routes: DCA/ATL (9 Flights); DCA/BOS (8 Flights)
Most Departures: ATL (10); DCA (9)
Longest Flight: IAD/JED (6,578 Miles – flown twice)

The move from Washington, DC to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in September changed my flying habits a lot! :)

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Bobber

Jan 4, 2015 at 12:41 pm

So damn close:(
Total miles: 74,609 miles on United (about 2100 on EasyJet) – so missed Prem Plat by 391 miles
New Airports in 2014: YEG
New Aircraft: Boeing 787-8
Most Common Aircraft: 777-200
Most Common Airline: United
Most Common Airport: LHR

Didn’t think Mrs Bobber would appreciate me making an LHR-FRA mileage run on Boxing Day…..

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David

Jan 4, 2015 at 12:56 pm

Only approx 300 more airports in my home continent still to collect…. !

Miles: 33,670 (27,655 last year)
Segments: 76 (51 last year)
New Aircraft: Beechcraft 1900D, Britten Norman Trislander, CRJ 100, CRJ 900, Embraer 135, Jetstream 31, Jetstream 32
New Airlines: Aurigny, Blue Islands, Croatia Airlines, Eastern Airways, Estonian Air, Eurowings, Germania, Hex Air, Hop, Links Air, Naysa, Skywork Airlines, TUIfly, Van Air Europe, Vueling
New Airports: Alderney, Ancona, Antwerp, Basel, Bern, Brive, Caen, Chania, Charleroi, Clermont-Ferrand, Deauville, Doncaster, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Erfurt, Genoa, Gloucester, Groningen, Humberside, Isle of Man, Jersey, La Coruna, La Gomera, Le Puy, Liverpool, Lourdes, Malmo, Munster-Osnabruck, Nantes, Osijek, Paris-Orly, Parma, Poitiers, Pristina, Quimper, Santiago de Compostela, Skelleftea, Tenerife-North, Turin, Umea, Vaxjo, Zweibrucken
Most Common Aircraft: A319 (20 flights)
Most Common Airline: Easyjet (18 segments)
Most Common Airport: London-Stansted (8 departures/6 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: London-Luton – Dortmund (3 segments)

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1. Martin J
  
  Jan 6, 2015 at 11:47 pm
  
  I flew Germania for the first time last year too. BER-CPH
  Never heard of them before!
  
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Daniel

Jan 4, 2015 at 3:35 pm

182 Flights
164,790 Miles
365:16 Time in Air (15.2 Days)
Longest Flight: 7,502 mi, 14:29 TIA; LAX-SYD
Shortest Flight: 0 mi, 0:08 TIA; DAY-DAY
Average Flight: 905 mi, 2:00 TIA
Airports: 43
Airlines: 16
Aircraft Types: 31
Routes: 104
Countries: 7
Most Flown Airlines: Delta Air Lines (112)
Most Flown Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-88 (31)
Most Flown Route: ATL-DAY (25)
New Airlines: CommutAir, Envoy Air, Virgin Australia, Thai Airways, Kenya Airways, Cathay Pacific, KLM Cityhopper, AirTran Airways
New Aircraft: Bombardier Dash 8 Q300, Embraer ERJ-140, Fokker 70
New Airports: VPS, HIJ, FWA, CLE, PIH, ICT, OKC, MEL, BKK, BRU, TPA

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1. Hajime Sano
  
  Jan 23, 2015 at 12:35 am
  
  You have me intrigued. Can you tell us more about that 0 mile, 8 minute trip from DAY to DAY?
  
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luiz

Jan 4, 2015 at 6:17 pm

I live in Brazil, so my frequent airlines and airports are diferent from most of you.

31 flights
46035 miles
(also 31 in 2013, but only 19242 miles)

most common airline: Azul (11)
most common non-directinal route: CNF VCP (4)
most common airport: CNF (22) – CNF in my hometown Belo Horizonte is the second hub of Azul, after VCP.
new airports: DOH, HKG, CKS
new airlines: Qatar, Cathay Pacific

I had my longest flight ever in 2014 on a trip to Hong Kong
DOH GRU, 7365 mi

And I use openflights.org to track my flights. Have nicer maps than flightmemory.

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1. Martin J
  
  Jan 6, 2015 at 11:46 pm
  
  I love openflights maps but I have 1038 flights in flightmemory. I tried to download and transfer but proved to be a nightmare
  
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Brian

Jan 5, 2015 at 8:13 am

Miles: 32,237 (8,033 last year)
Segments: 23 (12 last year)
New Aircraft: B712, B772LR
New Airlines: Hawaiian
New Airports: OGG, KOA, DFW, DXB
Most Common Aircraft: MD88 and CRJ-900 (4 flights each)
Most Common Airline: Delta (14 segments)
Most Common Airport: DSM (5 departures/5 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: DSM-ATL (4 segments)

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Martin J

Jan 6, 2015 at 11:44 pm

Miles: 77,519 — second lowest since 2006- 3 times around earth
Segments: 44
Airports: 22
New Airlines: Finnair, Germania, KBZ (Burma),
New Airports: Chiang Mai, Copenhagen, Danang, Hanoi, Helsinki, Mandalay
Most Common Aircraft: B737 (9)
Most Miles on Aircraft: Airbus 330 30,000miles
Most Common Airlines: Qantas (20), Emirates (5), Air Asia (5)
Most Common Airports: Sydney (17 flights), Canberra (14), Bangkok (13)
Most Common Routes: SYD-CBR (7), SYD-BKK (3)

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1. Martin J
  
  Jan 6, 2015 at 11:48 pm
  
  Oh should have said: 12 airlines in total
  
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GRW

Jan 7, 2015 at 6:29 pm

Miles: 26,812 (26,999 last year)
Segments: 13 (12 last year)
New Aircraft: Embraer 190
New Airlines: Alitalia
New Airports: Rome FCO, Bologna BLQ, Mendoza MDZ, Medford MFR
Most Common Aircraft: A320 and B772 (3 flights each)
Most Common Airline: Alitalia (4 flights)
Most Common Airport: PDX (3 departures/1 arrival)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: AEP-RGL and FCO-BLQ

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dwh

Jan 31, 2015 at 4:47 am

Late to the party, but I hadn’t actually looked at my flying for the year:

Miles: 46,617 (58,234 last year)
Segments: 36 (47 last year)
New Aircraft: Sadly none
New Airlines: Alitalia, Vueling, easyJet, SAS
New Airports: Rome, Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Milan-Malpensa, Paris-CDG, Long Beach, St. Louis
Most Common Aircraft: Boeing 737 multiple variants (6 flights)
Most Common Airlines: Delta and Delta Connection (19 flights)
Most Common Airport: Washington DCA (7 departures/7 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Washington DCA-Salt Lake City (4 segments)

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