# How often did you fly as a child?

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**Created:** [August 2, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-did-you-fly-as-a-child/987959 "2023-08-02T14:24:50Z")\
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I had one flight with my mother when I was about 8, primarily to visit her friends (and mine) in MASS after my family moved to NM just before I turned 6.

From 10-15 I generally flew 2-3 times (round trip) a year as my parents divorced when I was 8 and split custody, and my mother moved out of state after the first two years. So Winter and Summer breaks, sometimes Spring break. I can’t recall flying for any other reasons (we were also a driving family for vacations, including driving to Colorado!) until I began to check out universities I was considering applying too, and even then, drove to several of them. Also arguably not a child at that point.

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