2025 Flying Summary


It’s the end of another year, and I did some good flying this year, but I just didn’t do that much of it. With the exception of a Hawaiʻi trip, it was entirely a year of going up and down the coast. But on the other hand, I am now the proud owner of Atmos Silver status which is worth… well, probably not much, but I achieved the goal and can now move on.

Maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper – copyright © Karl L. Swartz.

Miles: 10,344 (25,723 last year)
Segments: 17 (20 last year)
New Aircraft: DHC-3, A320neo
New Airlines: Kenmore Air
New Airports: Lake Union, Roche Harbor, Deer Harbor, Medford
Most Common Aircraft: Embraer 175 (5 flights)
Most Common Airline: Alaska (8 segments)
Most Common Airport: Los Angeles (3 departures/4 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Orange County – San Francisco (4 segments)

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8 responses to “2025 Flying Summary”

  1. Bobber Avatar
    Bobber

    Miles: 138,233 (last year 92,786)
    Segments: 78 (last year 51)
    New Aircraft: 737-MAX8, 737-MAX9, A340-600
    New Airlines: Virgin Australia, Alaska Airlines
    New Airports: Perth, Anchorage, Cordova, Yakutat, Marseille
    Most Common Aircraft: 763 or E175
    Most Common Airline: United
    Most Common Airport: Detroit

    Biggest flying year yet. Made it to Premier 1K for the first time (all flown miles). Fun highlights were doing part of the Milk Run in Alaska, and experiencing the A340-600 just before it gets retired from the LH fleet.

  2. Neil Avatar
    Neil

    Miles: 169,043
    Segments: 108
    New Aircraft: None
    New Airlines: Condor, Finnair, Qantas, STARLUX, Wizz Air
    New Airports: Christchurch, Düsseldorf, Faro, Hamburg, Porto, Rhodes, St. Louis, Tirana
    Most Common Aircraft: B737 Max 9 (27 segments)
    Most Common Airline: Alaska (55 segments)
    Most Common Airport: Seattle (40 arrivals/departures, excluding connections)
    Most Common Non-Directional Route: Seattle – Los Angeles (20 segments)

    Typical year for amount of flying but way more new airlines than normal!

  3. Jared Avatar
    Jared

    Happy New Year, Cranky!
    Miles: 47,937 (41,199 last year)
    Segments: 31 (22 last year)
    New Aircraft: None but I did get to fly on AA’s new Flagship Suite Preferred on a new 787-8
    New Airlines: Spirit (NK)
    New Airports: ZRH (Zürich) and STS (Santa Rosa Sonoma County)
    Most Common Aircraft: B737
    Most Common Airline: American Airlines (22 segments)
    Most Common Airport: BUR (14 times)
    Most Common Non-Directional Route: BUR-PHX (5 flights)
    Cheers to 2026!

  4. Patrick Avatar
    Patrick

    Miles: 22234 (last year 32918)
    Segments: 10 (last year 17)
    New Airlines: Korean Air
    New Airports: Incheon
    Most Common Airport: Copenhagen

    Achievement: Eurobonus Lifetime Gold (whether or not Eurobonus lasts much longer…)

  5. Matt D Avatar
    Matt D

    FAT-PHX-ONT (American)

    CRJ-700 and a Jungle Jet

    ONT-SFO-FAT (United)

    737-800 and another EMB-175

    That’s it for me.

  6. grichard Avatar
    grichard

    Miles: 58,594 (down from 68,560)
    Segments: 41 (down from 45)
    New airports: Helsinki, Vienna, Dubrovnik, Keflavik, Nuuk, Incheon
    New airlines: Finnair, Icelandair, Air Seven (charter)
    Most common city pair: STL-JAX (7 flights)

    Highlights: Nuuk-Keflavik, one of the contenders for shortest scheduled flight between geographic North America and Europe

  7. James Burke Avatar
    James Burke

    Miles: 27,922
    Segments: 25
    New Aircraft: A320Neo, A321Neo-LR
    New Airlines: PAL Airlines, Iberia
    New Airports: Comox, Barcelona, Granada, Madrid, Lisbon, Porto
    Most Common Aircraft: 737-800 / 737-Max8 (7 each)
    Most Common Airline: WestJet
    Most Common Airport: Halifax
    Longest Flight: YHZ-BCN (3,326 miles) (on a Max 8 – honestly not bad)
    Shortest Flight: YQQ-YVR (85 miles)
    Most Common Route: YHZ-YYZ (7 times)

  8. Sean W Avatar
    Sean W

    34142. Mostly AA. First time using Breeze. (aside from Government shutdown issues, it went well).
    Frist time flying to FCO.

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