# How many airports have you been to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 16, 2002, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035 "2002-04-16T23:17:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035/41 "2002-04-17T13:09:01Z")
Here’s my modest list: Boise Seattle Spokane Denver[sup]\*[/sup] Salt Lake City Wichita Houston Mexico City Merida, Mexico [sup]\*[/sup] Since the OP asks for how many _airports_ I have been to, this should count twice as I have been to Denver both before and after the new airport was built. ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_D\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035/42 "2002-04-17T13:25:25Z")
Ok, I think I’m about in the middle of the pack here. In no specific order and if I can’t remember the airport name, I’m just listing the city. O’Hare Midway Hartsfield Milwaukee Halifax Dorval (Montreal) Toronto La Guardia Newark San Diego Cincinnati Raliegh/Durham Orlando MIA Key West Tampa DFW Love’s Field Norfolk Cleveland (No bagpipes heard) LAX Boston St. John Yarmouth JFK Regan Seattle Anchorage 28 and a few to be named later. In October I’m flying into Johannesberg and then onto some smaller airports thru Botswana. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035/43 "2002-04-17T14:30:53Z")
Interesting exercise–I can’t remember all the proper names, but I’ll make a list anyway. First, in **Canada** : Pearson International (Toronto) Montreal (Dorval) Hamilton, Ont Halifax, NS St. John’s, Nfld Winnipeg, Manitoba Saskatoon, Sask Calgary, Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Yellowknife, NWT Vancouver International In the United States: Los Angeles International San Francisco International Honolulu International Dallas/Fort Worth Chicago–O’Hare Washington National Orlando, Fla Niagara Falls International **Outside of North America** : London Heathrow Malaga, Spain Athens, Greece Shannon, Ireland Sydney, Australia Melbourne, Australia Perth, Australia There are a few more that I’ve flown out of in small aircraft, but those weren’t scheduled flights, so I won’t count them. Anyway, there are 26. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035/44 "2002-04-17T14:33:19Z")
Ooh, this’ll be interesting. I’ll probably miss a few, especially ones I just had layovers in, but here goes: 1. Washington Dulles 2. Washington National (as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be as far as I’m concerned) 3. BWI 4. Boston (Logan, I think – not sure) 5. Chicago O’Hare 6. Tampa (Possibly another one in Florida, but I’m not sure.) 7. Atlanta 8. New York (JFK) 9. Newark 10. Detroit 11. Minneapolis / St. Paul 12. San Francisco 13. LAX 14. San Jose, Puerto Rico 15. Ixtapa, Mexico (?) 16. RDU (duh!) 17. Williamsburg, VA 18. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 19. Nassau (?), Bahamas 20. Private airstrip, Andros Island, Bahamas 21. Paris 22. Zurich (?) 23. Madrid (the only airport I’ve ever had a sleepover party in – long story) 24. Valencia, Spain 25. London Heathrow 26. London Gatwick 27. Amsterdam Schiphol 28. Milan Malpensa 29. Manchester (UK, not NH) 30. Prague 31. Rarotonga 32. Auckland, NZ 33. Nadi, Fiji ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035/45 "2002-04-17T15:02:12Z")
Just listing airports which I have flown to or from not ones I have just visited In Sweden: Stockholm - Arlanda Stockholm - Bromma Lulea - Kallax Gothenburg - Landvetter Malmoe - Sturup Sundsvall Elsewhere: Copenhagen - Kastrup Prague London Heathrow London Stansted London Gatwick London City NY - JFK NY - La Guardia NY - Newark Atlanta Sarasota-Bradenton Sarasota - some small airstrip Tampa Miami Orlando Frankfurt Singapore Brussels Minneapolis Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Cairns Paris - CDG Athens Crete Tenerife Madeira Helsinki Oslo - Fornebu Some airport in one of the gulf states can´t remember which it was only a refueling stop. That´s 37 if my math is correct. I may have missed one or two. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035/46 "2002-04-17T16:56:31Z")
LAX SAN BUR SFO Salt Lake City ORD Milwaukee Minn-St. Paul (don’t remember which) St. Lous Columbus, OH JFK Bangor, Maine Zurich Frankfurt Rome Milan Malaga Madrid 1. Not that many compared to a lot of people around here, but more than I thought. Oops, I forgot Oakland. 16. Oh wait, Santa Barbara, CA. 17. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035/47 "2002-04-17T17:50:58Z")
Just 25 for me, but our VP of sales here has been to 75 different countries, and more than 1 airport in more than a few of them (he’s up there in years so he cant remember EVERY airport, but it’s quite possible that it’s above 100 for him… ---
**Author:** ![chukhung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chukhung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chukhung)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035/48 "2002-04-17T19:21:58Z")
Well, I count 78 (more or less)–which isn’t the most most–but I do have a few that haven’t been listed yet. Who else has flown into the Bhairawa airport in Nepal? Or that little strip on Stewart Island, New Zealand? **North America** Cedar Rapids, IA Moline, IL Des Moines, IA Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN Chicago O’Hare, IL Chicago Midway, IL Atltanta, GA Cincinatti, OH Miami, FL Baltimore (BWI), MD Washington National, DC Washington Dulles, DC Pittsburgh, PA Denver (DIA), CO Denver Stapleton, CO Los Angeles (LAX), CA San Francisco, CA Syracuse, NY Detroit, MI Anchorage, AK **Asia/Pacific** Faaa, Tahiti, French Polynesia Moorea, French Polynesia Huahine, French Polynesia Raiatea, French Polynesia Bora Bora French Polynesia Rarotonga, Cook Islands Aitutaki, Cook Islands Atiu, Cook Islands Nadi, Fiji Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Gizo, Solomon Islands Auki, Malaita, Solomon Islands Bauer Field, Port Vila, Vanuatu Tanna, Vanuatu Noumea, New Caledonia Tongatabu, Tonga Ha’apai, Tonga Vava’u, Tonga Upolu, Western Samoa Pago Pago, American Samoa Honolulu, HI Auckland, New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand Dunedin, New Zealand Invercargill, New Zealand Stewart Island, New Zealand Sydney, NSW, Australia Brisbane, QLD, Australia Townsville, QLD, Australia Cairns, QLD, Australia Darwin, NT, Australia Perth, WA, Australia Broken Hill, NSW, Australia Melbourne, VIC, Australia Hobart, TAS, Australia Narita, Japan Taipei, Taiwan Hong Kong (Kai Tak) Hong Kong (Chek Lap Kok) Singapore Bali, Indonesia Yogyakarta, Indonesia Bangkok, Thailand Phnom Penh, Cambodia Siem Reap, Cambodia Kathmandu, Nepal Bhairawa, Nepal Bombay, India New Delhi, India Calcutta, India **Europe** Frankfurt, Germany Zurich, Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland Istanbul, Turkey Paris (CDG), France London Heathrow, England Longdon Gatwick, England ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035/49 "2002-04-18T01:03:20Z")
All these exotic locales and only one other person ( **Honey** ) has been to my home airport. The reason I started this thread is because tomorrow I’m making a mad dash in the United terminal of O’Hare from gate B12 to C2. I have a 45 minute layover. Wish me luck! ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035/50 "2002-04-18T01:31:10Z")
Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge Yellowknife Vancouver Victoria Winnipeg Toronto Montreal Quebec City Ottawa San Jose San Francisco Las Vegas Reno Phoenix Seattle Minneapolis Salt Lake City Detroit Norfolk Des Moines ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035/51 "2002-04-18T01:50:49Z")
I don’t fly all that often, but still have a decent list: Albany Internations (home base these days) JFK (New York) Islip, NY Mattituck, NY (private plane) Westerly, RI (private plane) Reagan National Airport (DC) O’Hare San Franciso Honolulu Hartsfield (Atlanta) Philadelphia Pittsburgh Toronto Montreal Freeport, Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas Orlando ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035/52 "2002-04-18T04:10:43Z")
**Bunky Hunt** tried to corner the silver market many years ago. He failed, but congress became interested enough that they called a hearing about it. During the hearing, Bunky was asked how much money he was worth. His answer was something like this: **"If you know how much money you are worth, you’re not worth very much."** ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035/53 "2002-04-19T03:10:09Z")
Here goes: **Military** Luke AFB Davis Monthan AFB Minot AFB ( **UncleBill** Get me the hell outta here, please) McGuire AFB Wright-Patterson AFB Tyndall AFB (Silver Flag) Little Rock AFB Langley AFB Barksdale AFB McChord AFB McConnell AFB Lajes Field, Azores Sigonella NAS, Italy And two airfields in the Middle East I can’t name (security, ya know). **Civil** Newark, NJ Phoenix (Sky Harbor), AZ Falcon Field, Mesa AZ Sedona, AZ Prescott, AZ (Went to school here: Great town!) Columbus, OH Dayton, OH Minneapolis, MN Minot, ND (Yes, it’s supposedly an _International_ airport - with three NorthWest flights daily) Detroit, MN Baltimore, MD Kuwait City Int’l Airport (KCIA) Norfolk, VA Chicago O’Hare, IL That’s about all I can remember. Tripler Can I count missile silos as airfields? ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035/54 "2002-04-19T03:11:59Z")
Oh crap, Add: **Civil** Teterboro, NJ (many many times) Essex County Airfield, NJ Morristown Municipal, NJ Greenwood Lake Municipal, NY and a small airstrip outside of Bridgeton, NJ. Tripler If you let me count missile silos, the list goes up. ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035/55 "2002-04-19T20:03:17Z")
I used to travel quite a bit. In no particular order: LA Moline, IL Ontario, CA Dallas/Fort Worth Orange county Houston Brackett Field McAllen, TX Burbank Oklahoma City San Diego Tulsa San Jose Yuma San Francisco Phoenix Travis AFB Texarkana, AR Anchorage Shreveport, LA Portland Atlanta Salt Lake City Ft Meyers Birmingham, AL New Jersey Huntsville, AL Washington Dulles Dothan, AL NY JFK Reno Pittsburgh Las Vegas Chicago O’Hare Charlotte, NC Boston Bangor, Maine London, Gatwick Minneapolis Paris, DeGaulle St. Louis Seattle Detroit Paris, Orley Richmond, VA Brussels Cozumel, Mexico Frankfurt Nice, France Munich Athens Cairo Tehran, Iran Tabriz,Iran Esfahan, Iran Calcutta Bombay New Dehli Bangkok Hong Kong Tokyo Nagoya Osaka Saigon Da Nang Phouc Vin Honolulu Cincinnati Orlando, FL Amsterdam Shannon, Ireland Belfast, Ireland There may be a couple I’ve missed.[ul] [/ul] ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035/56 "2002-04-20T00:40:38Z")
Looks like 48 in the United States (I probably missed a few, actually) and 4 outside the U.S. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-airports-have-you-been-to/104035.md?page=2)