How Many Different Airports have You Been To?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Eleven or so.

22

Two, as far as I know I’ve only flown once in my life when I was a child and we took the train back.

23

In no order:

  1. Buffalo NY
  2. New York LaGuardia NY
  3. Baltimore-Washington MD
  4. Cleveland Hopkins OH
  5. Columbus OH
  6. Boston MA
  7. Pittsburgh PA
  8. Philadelphia PA
  9. Chicago O’Hare IL
  10. Chicago Midway IL
  11. Minneapolis-St Paul MN
  12. Kansas City MO
  13. St. Louis Lambert Field MO
  14. Atlanta GA
  15. Orlando FL
  16. Sarasota-Bradenton FL
  17. Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood FL
  18. El Paso TX
  19. Austin Bergstrom TX
  20. Dallas-Fort Worth TX
  21. Dallas Love Field TX
  22. Houston Intercontinental TX
  23. Houston Hobby TX
  24. Charlotte NC
  25. Raleigh NC
  26. Greensboro/Winston-Salem NC
  27. Denver International CO
  28. Colorado Springs CO
  29. Las Vegas NV
  30. San Diego CA
  31. Portland OR
  32. Phoenix AZ
  33. Acapulco GRO Mexico

Denver is my favorite. El Paso is the worst IMHO.

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I have no freaking clue. But I am procrastinating, so let us find out.

In the US

  1. San Francisco
  2. Oakland
  3. LAX
  4. John Wayne-Orange County
  5. San Diego
  6. Burbank
  7. Las Vegas
  8. Salt Lake City
  9. Phoenix
  10. JFK (I fucking hate this airport, btw)
  11. Pittsburgh
  12. Philadelphia
  13. Detroit
  14. Chicago-ORD
  15. Chicago-MDW
  16. Cincinnati
  17. Columbus, OH
  18. Atlanta
  19. Newark
  20. Charlotte, NC
  21. Dallas-Fort Worth
  22. Houston-GHWB
  23. DC (Reagan-National)
  24. Dulles

Mexico
25. Mexico City
26. Zihuatanejo
27. Merida
28. Cancun
29. Oaxaca

Other places
30. Birmingham, UK
31. London-Gatwick
32. Frankfurt
33. Sofia
34. Amsterdam
35. Ben-Gurion-Tel Aviv (being interrogated is fun!)
36. Bogota
37. Mumbai Int’l
38. Hyderabad, India
39. Manila
40. Legaspi, the Philippines

Crap, I got all the way to the end and realized I forgot the Hawaii ones.

Also in the US
41. Honolulu
42. Maui
43. Kauai
44. I see that there are two airports on the Big Island. Not sure which one we used.

Edited to add:
45. St. Louis, MO
46. Fiumicino-da Vinci - Rome, Italy
47. Malpensa - Milan, Italy

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Mercy. (I don’t even travel that much!) Let’s see. This list is probably incomplete and excludes any airports passed through as a little child, when I don’t remember):

  1. Winnipeg
  2. Minneapolis
  3. Washington-National
  4. Los Angeles
  5. Toronto-Pearson
  6. Thompson, MB
  7. Montreal-Dorval/Trudeau
  8. Montreal-Mirabel
  9. New York-JFK
  10. New York-La Guardia
  11. Paris-Orly
  12. Amsterdam-Schiphol
  13. Madrid-Barajas
  14. Barcelona-El Prat
  15. Halifax
  16. St. John’s, NL
  17. London-Heathrow
  18. Ottawa
  19. Cleveland
  20. Las Vegas
  21. Palm Springs
  22. Chicago-O’Hare
  23. Vancouver

By Christmas I’ll have added San Francisco and Long Beach to the list.

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I travel quite a bit for work, so that factors into it. I’m going through an atlas as I put this list together.

  1. Chicago O’Hare
  2. Chicago Midway
  3. Green Bay, WI
  4. Madison, WI
  5. Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN
  6. Detroit, MI
  7. Cedar Rapids, IA
  8. Phoenix, AZ
  9. San Francisco, CA
  10. Sacramento, CA
  11. Los Angeles, CA (LAX)
  12. Orange County, CA
  13. Denver, CO (old airport)
  14. Denver, CO (new airport)
  15. Hartford, CT
  16. Tampa, FL
  17. Orlando, FL
  18. Miami, FL
  19. Fort Lauderdale, FL
  20. West Palm Beach, FL
  21. Jacksonville, FL
  22. Atlanta, GA
  23. Honolulu, HI
  24. Kahului (Maui), HI
  25. Kona, HI
  26. Indianapolis, IN
  27. Louisville, KY
  28. Covington, KY (Cincinnati)
  29. New Orleans, LA
  30. Baltimore, MD
  31. Washington, DC (Reagan)
  32. Washington, DC (Dulles)
  33. Boston, MA
  34. Providence, RI
  35. St. Louis, MO
  36. Kansas City, MO
  37. Las Vegas, NV
  38. Newark, NJ
  39. Albuquerque, NM
  40. New York, NY (Kennedy)
  41. New York, NY (LaGuardia)
  42. White Plains, NY
  43. Winston-Salem, NC
  44. Charlotte, NC
  45. Pittsburgh, PA
  46. Philadelphia, PA
  47. Charleston, SC
  48. Nashville, TN
  49. Dallas / Fort Worth, TX (DFW)
  50. Houston, Texas (Bush)
  51. Salt Lake City, UT
  52. Roanoke, VA
  53. Richmond, VA
  54. Seattle, WA
  55. San Miguel (Cozumel), Mexico
  56. Chichen Itza, Mexico (a very tiny airstrip)
  57. Shannon, Ireland
  58. Zurich, Switzerland
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  1. Burlington Vt
  2. Albany NY
  3. Syracuse NY
  4. Manchester NH
  5. Boston
  6. Philly
  7. Newark
  8. Laguardia
  9. JFK - Picked someone up there, never flown in or out of the airport.
  10. Balitmore - Friendly
  11. Dullus
  12. Reagan
  13. Charlotte
  14. Charleston, WV
  15. Chattanooga
  16. Hartsfield
  17. Orlando
  18. West Palm Beach
  19. Miami
  20. Jackson, MS
  21. Memphis
  22. Nashville
  23. O’Hare
  24. Pittsburgh
  25. Cincinnati
  26. Toronto
  27. Montreal-Dorval
  28. Dallas
  29. Houston Hobby
  30. Laredo
  31. LaCrosse Wisc
  32. Minneapolis
  33. Denver
  34. Las Vegas
  35. Seattle
  36. Mexico City
  37. Cancun
  38. Grand Caymans
  39. St. Louis

when I saw the question, I was thinking 20, but dang when i started thinking about it, it got close to 40. Wow, I didn’t think I was that well traveled.

28

I forgot one!

  1. Tokyo Narita
29

notfrommensa reminded me of another one, as well:

  1. Albany, NY
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This will be tough, let’s see:

  1. Atlanta
  2. San Francisco
  3. JFK New York
  4. Copenhagen
  5. Malmo, Sweden
  6. Baltimore Washington Intl.
  7. Louisville
  8. Philadelphia
  9. Columbus
  10. Cleveland
  11. Chicago, O’Hare
  12. Midway
  13. Minneapolis
  14. Laguardia
  15. DC National
  16. Washington, Dulles
  17. Seattle
  18. Portland, OR
  19. Las Vegas
  20. Los Angeles (LAX)
  21. Alexandria, Louisiana
  22. New Orleans
  23. Dallas
  24. Houston
  25. Charlotte
  26. Portland, ME
  27. Toronto
  28. Kansas City
  29. St Louis
  30. Sacramento
  31. Ontario, California
  32. Orange County, CA
  33. Phoenix
  34. Pittsburgh
  35. Newark
  36. Boston
  37. Nantucket, MA
  38. Augusta, GA
  39. Newburgh, NY
  40. Geneva, Switzerland
  41. CDG, Paris
  42. Southampton, UK
  43. Newcastle, UK
  44. Manchester, UK
  45. Gatwick, London
  46. Heathrow, London
  47. Frankfurt
  48. Munich
  49. Stuttgart
  50. Cologne
  51. Dortmund
  52. Warsaw
  53. Istanbul
  54. Cairo
  55. Madrid
  56. Barcelona
  57. Brussels
  58. Amsterdam
  59. Caracas, Venezuela
  60. Lima, Peru
  61. Buenos Aires, Argentina
  62. Guatemala City
  63. Mexico City
  64. Tampa
  65. Orlando
  66. Jacksonville
  67. Miami
  68. Sarasota
  69. St Pete/Clearwater
  70. San Diego
  71. Grand Rapids, MI
  72. Bangkok (old airport)
  73. Singapore
  74. Tokyo Narita
  75. Taipei
  76. Phuket, Thailand
  77. Chiang Mai, Thailand
  78. Denver (old airport)
  79. Denver (new airport)
  80. Salt Lake City
  81. Indianapolis
  82. Lexington, KY
  83. Louisville, KY
  84. Manchester, NH
  85. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  86. Dhammam, Saudi Arabia
  87. Zurich, Switzerland
  88. Cincinnati (CVG)
  89. Lunken Field, Cincinnati
  90. Detroit
  91. Fort Lauderdale

I think that’s about it, although I may have missed one or two. Hopefully I didn’t double count any. I’ve been everywhere, man.

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I’ll probably miss a few, but here goes:

US:

  1. Los Angeles (LAX)
  2. San Francisco
  3. New York (JFK)
  4. New York (LGA)
  5. Dallas-Fort Worth
  6. Chicago
  7. Honolulu
  8. Kona (Big Island)
  9. Washington (Dulles)
  10. Washington (Reagan National)

Canada:
11. Toronto
12. Vancouver

UK/Europe:
13. London (Heathrow)
14. London (Gatwick)
15. London (Stansted)
16. Venice, Italy
17. Paris (CDG), France
18. Frankfurt (Hahn), Germany
19. Madrid, Spain

UAE:
20. Dubai
21. Bahrain

Asia:
22. Mumbai, India
23. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
24. Penang, Malaysia
25. Dili, East Timor
26. Colombo, Sri Lanka
27. Bangkok (Don Muang)
28. Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi)
29. Hong Kong (Kai Tak)
30. Hong Kong (Chek Lap Kok)
31. Singapore (Changi)
32. Singapore (whatever the main one was before Changi opened)
33. Tokyo (Narita)

New Zealand:
34. Auckland
35. Wellington
36. Christchurch
37. Queenstown

Australia (sorted by state):
38. Darwin, Northern Territory
39. Gove, Northern Territory
40. Alice Springs, Northern Territory
41. Dunk Island, Queensland
42. Hamilton Island, Queensland
43. Cairns , Queensland
44. Townsville, Queensland
45. Brisbane, Queensland
46. Gold Coast, Queensland
47. Sunshine Coast, Queensland
48. Mount Isa, Queensland
49. Grafton, New South Wales
50. Taree, New South Wales
51. Port Macquarie, New South Wales
52. Cessnock, New South Wales
53. Parkes, New South Wales
54. Dubbo, New South Wales
55. Albury, New South Wales
56. Sydney, New South Wales
57. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
58. Melbourne, Victoria
59. Hobart, Tasmania
60. Launceston, Tasmania
61. Adelaide, South Australia
62. Port Lincoln, South Australia
63. Perth, Western Australia

I only counted ones I have been to on scheduled commercial flights. There are a bunch more I’ve visited in light aircraft.

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  1. Tullamarine, Melbourne
  2. Singapore (1 hour stopover)
  3. Heathrow, London
  4. Aberdeen, Scotland
  5. Avalon, Melbourne
  6. Hobart, Tasmania
  7. Adelaide
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:: waits for someone to mention Antarctica ::

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  1. Tokyo Narita
  2. Cancun
  3. Vancouver
  4. Calgary
  5. Toronto
  6. Ottawa
  7. Montreal Trudeau
  8. Dublin
  9. London Heathrow
  10. London Gatwick
  11. Paris CDG
  12. Amsterdam
  13. Frankfurt
  14. Munich
  15. Stuttgart
  16. Hannover
  17. Brussels
  18. Budapest
  19. Prague
  20. Hamburg
  21. Honolulu
  22. Kona
  23. Maui
  24. San Francisco
  25. Oakland
  26. San Jose
  27. Los Angeles
  28. Burbank
  29. Orange County
  30. San Diego
  31. Portland
  32. Seattle
  33. Anchorage
  34. Las Vegas
  35. Phoenix
  36. Albuquerque
  37. Salt Lake City
  38. Dallas/FW
  39. Houston/Bush
  40. New Orleans
  41. Kansas City
  42. St. Louis
  43. Minneapolis
  44. Chicago/ORD
  45. Chicago/MDW
  46. Indianapolis
  47. Lexington, KY
  48. Memphis
  49. Atlanta
  50. Miami
  51. Charlotte
  52. Myrtle Beach
  53. Washington/IAD
  54. Washington/DCA
  55. Cincinnati
  56. Cleveland
  57. Pittsburgh
  58. Philadelphia
  59. Newark
  60. New York/JFK
  61. New York/LGA
  62. Ithaca, NY
  63. Elmira, NY
  64. Long Island, NY
  65. Boston
  66. Aspen, CO

So, 66 in all.

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[ol]
[li]Sacramento[/li][li]San Francisco[/li][li]LAX[/li][li]John Wayne[/li][li]Burbank[/li][li]Seattle-Tacoma[/li][li]Oakland[/li][li]San Francisco[/li][li]San Jose[/li][li]Minneapolis[/li][li]Dallas[/li][li]Atlanta[/li][li]Miami[/li][li]Denver[/li][li]Maui[/li][li]BWI[/li][li]National[/li][li]Dulles[/li][li]Philadelphia[/li][li]JFK[/li][li]LaGuardia[/li][li]Cincinnati[/li][li]London Gatwick[/li][li]London Heathrow[/li][li]Paris Charles de Gualle[/li][li]Amesterdam[/li][li]Geneva[/li][li]Cancun[/li][li]Mexico City[/li][li]Guatemala City[/li][li]New Delhi[/li][li]Kathmandu[/li][li]Yaounde[/li][li]Douala[/li][li]Garoua[/li][li]Bamako[/li][li]Addis Ababa[/li][li]Beijing[/li][li]Shanghai Pudong[/li][li]Chengdu[/li][li]Xi’an[/li][li]Kunming[/li][li]Jinhong[/li][li]Guilin[/li][li]Chongqing[/li][li]Guangzhou[/li][li]Haiko[/li][li]Hong Kong[/li][li]Ulaan Bataar[/li][li]Manila Ninoy Aquinas[/li][li]Kalibo, Philippines[/li][li]Puerto Princessa, Philippines[/li][li]Bangkok[/li][/ol]

There are a probably a couple US hubs that I’ve forgotten.

36

Look at me…I’ve already forgotten Lijiang and Yibin in China. That makes 55.

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  1. Newark
  2. Laguardia
  3. Kennedy
  4. Logan
  5. Providence
  6. Burlington VT
  7. Trenton
  8. Philadelphia
  9. Princeton
  10. Pittsburg
  11. Baltimore
  12. Dulles
  13. Reagan
  14. Richmond
  15. Charlotte, NC
  16. Atlanta
  17. Miami
  18. Nassau
  19. Bermuda
  20. Barcelona
  21. Madrid
  22. Heathrow
  23. DeGaulle
  24. Amsterdam
  25. Frankfort
  26. Berlin
    27 Stuttgart
  27. Tokyo
  28. Honolulu
  29. LAX
  30. John Wayne
  31. SFO
  32. Oakland
  33. San Jose
    ]35. Santa Barbara
  34. Portland
  35. Seattle
  36. Vancouver, BC
  37. Montreal
  38. Fairbanks
  39. Aruba
  40. Staniel Kay, Bahamas, (an airstrip, actually, does that count?)
  41. A nature preserve in Venezuela, near Angel Falls
  42. Las Vegas
  43. Salt Lake City
  44. Phoenix
  45. Albuquerque
  46. El Paso
  47. Dallas
  48. Houston
    51 Austin
  49. Lafayette, LA
    53 Baton Rogue
    54 New Orleans
    55 Little Rock
    56 Wichita
    57 Minneapolis
    58 Chicago O’Hare
  50. Chicago Midway
    60 Indianapolis
  51. St. Louis
    62., 63: Denver - Stapledon and the new one
  52. Dakar, Senegal
  53. Accra, Ghana
  54. Lagos, Nigeria
  55. Leopoldville, Congo. (the name when I was there.)
    68 Columbus, OH
    69 Nashville
    70 Cleveland, OH
  56. Detroit
  57. Maui
  58. Willard Airport, Champaign IL
    74 Shreveport, LA
  59. Opa Locka, FL
  60. San Diego
  61. Rochester, NY
    78 Orlando, FL
    79 Corpus Christi, TX
    80 Caracas, VZ
    81 Oklahoma City.

I’m sure I’ve been through Kansas City some time, but not sure enough to include it.

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  1. Ottawa
  2. Boston Logan
  3. Toronto Pearson
  4. Calgary
  5. Vancouver
  6. Edmonton
  7. Montreal Trudeau
  8. Amsterdam Schiphol
  9. Berlin Tegel
  10. Denver
  11. Albuquerque
  12. Chicago O’Hare
  13. San Francisco
  14. San Jose
  15. Dallas-Fort Worth
  16. Frankfurt
  17. Bologna
  18. Paris CDG
  19. Marseille
  20. Katowice
  21. Krakow John Paul II
  22. Brussels
  23. Rome Fiumicino
  24. Rimini
  25. Münster-Osnabrück
  26. Düsseldorf
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I may be missing some…

The main airport and a small airfield in San José; Liberia (Costa Rica)
Buenos Aires (querido… ah no no, Argentina)
Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Miami, Louisville, Philadelphia, Dulles-whatever-it’s-called-now (they seem to change its name often), Los Angeles, San Francisco, two in Houston, JFK, Newark, Austin (USA)
Frankfurt (Germany)
Basel trifecta, it’s actually in France but serves three countries (Switzerland/France/Germany)
CDG, Marseilles, Bayonne (France)
Zurich (Switzerland)
Milano’s actual airport and one of the other ones “nearby”; Venice (Italy)
Palma de Mallorca, BCN, ZGZ, Murcia, MAD, Reus, Pamplona, Bilbao, Valencia (Spain) - expecting to add Seville any day now, but it’s a trip to Bilbao
Heathrow, two other of London’s airports, Edinburgh, Glasgow, the one which claims Glasgow but is not and which Ryanair flows out of (the UK)
DF (Mexico)

Comes up to 41.
You guys are making me feel like a total homebody.

40

About 12. I haven’t flown very frequently in my life.

Most of the main Australian, New Zealand, and Fijian airports, and a couple of small airfields for one-off short-hop journeys.