The Flight Quest
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The Quest in the News: Listen to an interview on WVTF's Weekend Virginia (7/6/09, 1MB)
(note that the address at the end of the interview should be fifer.net, not .com)

THE QUEST

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

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:

  1. 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.)
     
  2. 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.
     
  3. 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.
     
  4. If asked, you must be able to identify the approximate date on which or itinerary for which you used the airport.
     
  5. You must be absolutely, positively sure you have used the airport.

GETTING STARTED

The easiest way to begin is to 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. E-mail me the list of airports and carriers you've used. Airport codes are helpful 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.

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As of March 23, 2024, the Flight Quest includes:

  • 7,985 unique visits
  • 106 people and 1 dog
  • 1,082 airports
  • 172 countries and territories
  • 151 of the 193 member states of the United Nations
  • IATA codes starting with every letter except Q.
  • 519 airports in the United States
  • all inhabited U.S. states and territories except American Samoa and the District of Columbia
     
Standing
Name
Airports
1 Joshua Jay 269
2 Heather Brown 242
3 Chris Gallaway 179
4 Leslie Tourigny 171
5 Clinton Bench 164
6 David Wasserman 154
7 Dennis Jones 153
8 David Weingart 147
9 Spencer Lucker 145
10 Craig Fifer 141
11 Brie Stoianoff 128
12 Amy Drummond 127
13 Marla Wilson 125
14 Todd Eakes 124
15 Jamie Turner 120
16 Tami Reiss 119
17 Rob Pegoraro 118
18 Matt Synder 116
19 Jeremy Pelofsky 114
20
Rachel Balsham
113
21 Christine Hall 108
Byron LaMasters
23 Samantha Neakrase 107
24 Elizabeth Jones 106
Jonathan Maer
26 Katrina Martin 103
27 Alex Crawford-Batt 102
28 Elfije Lemaitre 101
29 Rafael Lemaitre 99
Kathryn Poindexter
Adam Zuckerman
32 Brad Cheney 97
33 Elizabeth Leventhal 96
34 Chris Fillio 94
35 Nadav Kadar 93
36 Volker Hirsch 90
37 Justin Wilson 89
38 Libby Anne Russler 88
39 Abby Fifer Mandell 83
Dominic Gabello
41 DJ Harper 81
42 Claire Guthrie Gastañaga 78
43 Michael Acks 76
Joseph Gruber
45 Eddie Jones 75
Michael O'Connor
47 Christina Worden 70
Lauren Worley
49 Max Frankel 69
50 Sean Morash 67
Gina Zuckerman
52 Todd Lawson 65
Jeff Leanna
Jamie Trachtenberg
55 Yael Krigman 63
56 Rafi Krigman 62
57 Marybeth Alexander 61
58 Greg Lane 60
Dave Leichtman
60 Piotr Tomasik 59
61 Josephine Jones 58
Hope Trachtenberg-Fifer
63 Alison Keppler 57
64
Jeff Lake
56
65 Kim Bumgarner 55
66 Eric Payne 53
Leyton Pitzer
68
John Baine
50
Jordan Fifer
Eli Wilson
71
Maya Eckstein
48
Kenton Ngo
73
Jennifer McClellan
47
74
Sean Johnson
46
75
Chris Bast 45
Adam Ebbin
David Fifer
Rus Heywood
79
Joe Savukas
44
Suellen Savukas
81 Jamie Gregorian 42
82
Roxanne Krigman 41
Aaron May
Lena Wilson
85 Laura Palomino 40
86 Gabriel Botnick 39
87
Missy Neff
38
88 Bob Batt 32
Janet Kramer
Shai Mandell
91
Christie Ann Bieber
31
Rhya Marohn
Anna Weisfeiler
94
Laura Sanchez
30
95 Sofia Lemaitre 29
96 Lila Drummond
26
97 Carolyn Fiddler 25
98 Allen Tackett 24
99 Nathan Moeller 21
100 Augustine Lemaitre 17
Bo Mandell
102 Sarah Norris 16
103 Thalia Cook 12
104 Ben Gallaway 6
Sydney Marohn-Johnson
106 Tristan Jones 2

Copyright 2000-2024 by Craig T. Fifer
Rev. March 23, 2024