# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/21 "2015-09-03T01:28:33Z")
New York: New York City to Albany. Hawaii: Honolulu to Maui, Maui to the Big Island, and back. Washington: sightseeing helicopter at Mt. St. Helens Florida: on a flight from Panama to Miami we were forced to do an emergency landing due to a hurricane at the Key West Naval Air Station, then continued to Miami when the weather cleared. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/22 "2015-09-03T01:46:38Z")
Alaska California Pennsylvania (Including British Airways Philly-Pittsburgh, extension of a flight from London) Texas (including flights on a B-17 and a UH-1N Huey) Utah ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/23 "2015-09-03T01:51:03Z")
I forgot general aviation, which would add Florida, since I have taken a flight from Sarasota to a ranch near Orlando on a small plane. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/24 "2015-09-03T01:52:18Z")
Illinois (Peoria to Moline.) This was one leg of a trip to California–the plane stopped in Moline, then went on to Denver. Then we switched planes to L.A. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/25 "2015-09-03T01:52:54Z")
I’ve flown hundreds of times, but never from a city to another city all in the same state. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/26 "2015-09-03T02:56:48Z")
Washington Minnesota Wisconsin Montana West Virginia I drove from Boston (my home) to Providence, and boarded a 727 to Chicago. The plane had a problem and we diverted and I wound up right back in Boston. Not the same state, of course, but a short flight for such a big plane. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/27 "2015-09-03T03:30:11Z")
Within 5 states: California Hawaii Alaska Arizona Florida I realize we’re not asking for this but just for grins I wanted to see, if it’s to and from then it’s 28: California Hawaii Nevada Washington Alaska Arizona Texas Ohio Missouri New York New Jersey Maine Rhode Island Massachusetts Pennsylvania North Carolina Oklahoma Louisiana Mississippi Georgia Illinois Colorado Minnesota Wisconsin Utah Florida Indiana Virginia But my answer is 5 states. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/28 "2015-09-03T04:11:46Z")
California Washington Texas North Carolina ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/29 "2015-09-03T10:59:05Z")
Just Colorado, the little “hop” flight from Denver to Colorado Springs & back. You go up, you come down in under an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/30 "2015-09-03T11:41:11Z")
Denver to Colorado Springs. I did that hop once and forgot that. So it’s 6 states: California Hawaii Alaska Arizona Florida Colorado ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/31 "2015-09-03T11:49:43Z")
Are non US subnational entities allowed? Because then Punjab and Sindh count for me. Also England.(Newcastle to London). ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/32 "2015-09-03T13:04:33Z")
Commercially I don’t think I have ever flown just between airports within a state. The OP doesn’t specifically leave out military flights so in Army helicopters: Alabama Texas California Washington New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia Also several German states ---
**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:** [September 3, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/33 "2015-09-03T13:39:37Z")
Pretty sure Hawaii is the only one, although it’s vaguely possible that I may have had one that I’ve forgotten about, or was too young to remember (my family went to California and Florida when I was a little kid, and those are both states where you plausibly _could_ take an in-state flight, I guess). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/34 "2015-09-03T13:49:53Z")
Airline: California, Hawaii, Ohio, New Jersey, New York Private: Ohio, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/35 "2015-09-03T14:07:55Z")
Michigan. Flew from Detroit up to Marquette (in the Upper Peninsula) for a wedding reception. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/36 "2015-09-03T14:18:53Z")
4 that I can recall. NYC airports to Syracuse and Syracuse FL Miami to Orlando (odd transfer) CA San Diego to LA, LA to San Fran PA Philadelphia to Pittsburgh ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/37 "2015-09-03T16:09:47Z")
Back when TWA was still an airline and they had a hub in St Louis, I used to do the KC - STL leg on just about every business trip I took. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/38 "2015-09-04T23:03:52Z")
As best I can recall … CA, AZ, NV, WA, CO, MO, TX, OH, NY, FL, NC, VA ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/39 "2015-09-04T23:11:27Z")
To the best of my recollection…none. Every flight I recall making has been from one state to another. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749/40 "2015-09-04T23:19:04Z")
More than I would have thought: New York (between Rochester and NYC airports) Washington (between Seattle and various cities in Eastern Wa) Hawaii (Honolulu to other islands) Alaska (Anchorage to Sitka, Sitka to Juneau) Colorado (Denver to Aspen) Texas (changed planes in Dallas on way to San Antonio) Nevada (Vegas to Reno) California (various) Kentucky (Cincinnati airport to Lexington) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-flown-within/729749.md?page=3)