# How many states have you flown within? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749 "2015-09-02T21:18:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/1 "2015-09-02T21:18:19Z")
Related to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=766843). In other words, airport to airport within the state, commercial or private, airport, air strip, or water landing. For me: Alaska California Washington Minnesota USVI ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/2 "2015-09-02T21:30:38Z")
As a destination, just New York. Before deregulation we used to drive to Buffalo and fly from there to Syracuse because my mom didn’t like to drive and it would cut a few hours from the drive to visit my grandparents. Within the state as a connector flight, you can add Florida and maybe Pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/3 "2015-09-02T21:31:47Z")
Just Colorado, California and Texas, for me. I can’t imagine it’s that common, except for commuters. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/4 "2015-09-02T21:43:05Z")
AK: Anchorage to Kenai NM: Farmington to Albuquerque WY: Cheyenne to Casper CO: Denver to Grand Junction TX: Dallas to Houston KS: Lawence to Wichita IA: Waterloo to Des Moines MO: St. Louis to Kansas City MN: Minneapolis-St. Paul to Brainerd ND: Williston to Dickinson IN: South Bend to Indianapolis MI: Detroit to Grand Rapids PA: Pittsburgh to Philadelphia GA: Atlanta to Savannah FL: Orlando to Miami In some states there were more routes, but these were the first to come to mind. Some were commercial flights, some were in a company plane when I was still doing site accident investigations, and one was with friends in a small plane. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/5 "2015-09-02T21:44:51Z")
At first I was going to answer zero, but then I recalled that the Cincinatti Airport is actually in Kentucky. I’ve frequently been on flights where the last leg of the journey was from Cincinatti to Lexington, so I’ve flown within Kentucky. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/6 "2015-09-02T21:46:58Z")
Assuming that one intra-state flight of a longer trip counts (e.g. Sacramento-\>Seattle-\>Spokane counts for Washington), then: California Oregon Washington Idaho Hawaii ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/7 "2015-09-02T21:57:13Z")
The only flight I’ve ever been on which landed in the same state as it took off from was my home state of Ohio. I’d never been on an airplane as a kid, and thought it sounded fun, so a family friend chartered a hop in a small general-aviation for me. For actual travel, it seems like it’d hardly ever be practical. EDIT: Wait, come to think of it, I might also have Texas. I went to a conference in Brownsville, once, which required two hubs. I can’t remember where the second one was, but it might have been Dallas or Houston. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/8 "2015-09-02T22:28:31Z")
Pennsylvania Ohio California ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/9 "2015-09-02T22:34:59Z")
1 if we specify airports: CA, San Luis Obispo to San Francisco. 1 more if you count: AZ, an air tour of the Grand Canyon, to/from the same private air field. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/10 "2015-09-02T22:40:09Z")
California (various airports around LA and SF) Nevada (countless Reno-Vegas flights) Texas (Houston-Laredo) New York (NYC-Syracuse) Maryland (aerobatic ride in a friend’s Stearman) Pennsylvania - had a flight from Pittsburgh diverted to Philly because of weather in Baltimore Forgot Maryland and Pennsylvania when I posted in the other thread. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/11 "2015-09-02T22:48:53Z")
California Hawaii Colorado New York ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/12 "2015-09-02T22:57:47Z")
I’ve only done this as parts of a longer trip without changing planes. I’ve flown two Columbus OH going through Cleveland and to Miami going through Orlando. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/13 "2015-09-02T23:09:07Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > 1 if we specify airports: > CA, San Luis Obispo to San Francisco. > > 1 more if you count: > AZ, an air tour of the Grand Canyon, to/from the same private air field. No need to specify airports. Besides flying from Anchorage to Ketchikan, Juneau, Sitka, Valdez, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Nome, Fairbanks, Barrow, Cape Romanzof, Tin City, Indian Mountain, King Salmon, Barter Island, Cape Newenham, Sparrevohn, Cape Lisburne, and Fort Yukon, which have designators, I’ve also flown on charter from King Salmon to Naknek Lake by float plane, and from Anchorage to Finger Lake on a ski plane. It all counts. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/14 "2015-09-02T23:41:40Z")
I’ve gone skydiving in 37 states- landed at the same airport I took off from in each one, but not in the airplane. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/15 "2015-09-02T23:44:37Z")
California, Alaska, Kansas and Texas. Kansas was strictly in private planes. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/16 "2015-09-02T23:45:18Z")
After deep thought, 4. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/17 "2015-09-02T23:49:56Z")
Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan Tennessee ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/18 "2015-09-02T23:54:27Z")
If you include non-US second-level entities, I have flown within two: Ontario (Toronto to Sault Ste Marie), and British Columbia (Vancouver to Comox). The BC trip was a long time ago, when I was a kid; I seem to recall it being some sort of medium-sized jet; these days, it would be a turboprop. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/19 "2015-09-03T00:37:20Z")
Had to think about this one. Scheduled airlines: Ohio: Akron to Cleveland California: Oakland-LAX Texas: El Paso-Houston and Dallas-Corpus Christi Florida: Tampa-West Palm Beach Missouri: Kansas City-St. Louis From/to same airport: Arizona: Grand Canyon overflight Missouri: Old Ford Trimotor ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/20 "2015-09-03T01:09:48Z")
None. Even my general aviation trips have been interstate. I simply can’t think of any intrastate flights and at my last count, I had been to well over 150 airports. And now I thought of one: 1! Colorado: Grand Junction to DIA. We were diverted to Grand Junction for 5 hours due to hail and tornado at DIA so totally unscheduled and surreal 15+ 737s+ unloading into a terminal with seemingly 3 full time employees. Pizza restaurants couldn’t make enough pizza to be delivered, but everyone took it fairly well with sharing of the electrical outlets and their letting us mill about on the tarmac (I am just so thankful it wasn’t raining there!). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749.md?page=2)