You have to travel to the airport to be able to complete the six tasks. Once you’ve traveled there, you can use a Catch Anywhere and that will count, but it’s usually not necessary.
Also, if for some reason you don’t compete all the tasks in 30 minutes, just before the time is up, you can jump to a nearby airport for ~10 coins rather than go all the way home. Camp out in the area, then spend ~10 coins to jump back and complete the tasks.
One thing that is annoying is that you can’t even see the tasks if you’re not at the airport. If you need to remind yourself what the tasks were, you can use: https://skydex.info/
IMHO, the 30 minutes for 75 coins is the best buy, even if you don’t use the full time. In 30 minutes, you can earn 175-225 coins and a bunch of items.
And yes I saw Skydex linked earlier in this thread and used it to plan my two travels.
I’ve been using the 30 minutes for 75 coins a lot this week while in the NYC area. I’m concentrating on catching new destinations, new plane types, or unique tail numbers for Delta/United/AA/SW for those trophies. So I don’t always make a lot but I do at least break even.
Also, what is the point of the catch again card? You can catch the same plane after a couple of hours - when would you need to do it more frequently than that?
If I’ve spent the coins to visit Auckland for a half-hour, sometimes the tasks will be something like “catch 2 planes with destination of Christchurch”, or “catch 2 ATR-72 aircraft”. If the clock is ticking down, and I’ve caught one of those planes but not two, I’ll use Catch Again to catch the same plane a second time (assuming it’s still in range) and that completes the task. That’s about the only time I ever use it.
Another possibility, as Cave Mike suggests, is to spend 10 coins to go to a nearby airport, wait for another flight to Christchurch (or ATR-72, or whatever), spend 10 coins to go back to Auckland, and catch the plane that completes the task.
Oh that makes sense - I hadn’t thought about maybe needing it for a slower airport.
Great recommendation. Looks like I’ve got Miami OPA Executive Airports (OPF) unlocked and it’s right between MIA and FLL. I’ll probably try that starting tomorrow as it will give good access to both those major airports.
Thanks. You’re right, it’s not ICE. The name was truncated to “U.S. Immig…” and I extrapolated incorrectly. I think it might be part of DHS/CBP nowadays.
Here’s a link to someone’s screenshot on Reddit:
There is one currently up in Yuma, AZ. The others aren’t showing on SkyCards right now.
They get hoisted up and down sorta at random. IME the Cudjoe Key one seems up more than down. You can easily see it from miles away as you travel the highway through the Keys.
It appears on aircraft EGPWS displays as a 15,000 tall narrow mountain. Which is kinda surprising to find in Florida / the ocean the first couple times you see it on your screen. “Huh? That can’t be right?!?”
We had a tethered aerostat at Cape Canaveral when I worked there. Beyond the danger a hovering aircraft would present, the thousands-feet long presents an invisible obstacle that is especially dangerous.
In the Cape’s case this was mitigated by having a general restricted flight area immediately above, though I don’t know how high that restriction went.
I appreciate the recommendation though - I just haven’t unlocked TMB, but it got me looking around and seeing where I could pick that wasn’t MIA itself.
Thank you! I love this new ability to link directly to flights - I was able to click the link this morning in my email notifications and snag the flight.
I also happened to randomly check the Falklands and grab a flight just about to land at Mt Pleasant. So 2 S. American countries added to my list and I haven’t even traveled to another airport yet!
I managed to get the LLama trophy this evening, and I didn’t have to use a Catch Anywhere to get Suriname (thanks to FlightAware I caught a flight from nearby Georgetown which I already had).
OPF airport has been a great choice - the range from there covers MIA, Ft Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach airports.
I only need Montserrat and Saint Pierre and Miquelon (which I didn’t even know existed) for the Eagle trophy, and then Bolivia and French Guiana for the Llama trophy.
I might do some island hopping since they’re so close to Miami and pick up some new plane models I haven’t come across before, and hopefully knock out everything except Saint Pierre.
Sorry for the double-post, but I forgot to ask this earlier. Does anyone know if planes are generally kept flying the same route (say MIA-ATL) day after day, or is it regularly switched up? I suppose this could vary by airline as well. Tagging @LSLGuy in case he has time to chime in.
In the pursuit of snagging enough unique tail numbers for the Delta/AA/United/SW trophies, I’m wondering if it’s my only opportunity to catch that MIA-ATL plane while I’m in the area, or am I likely to randomly find it flying across country from my “home” location?
If you go to the flightrader entry for Atlanta airport, and then click on a specific aircraft registration, you’ll see where that plane has been going.
The one linked above seems to fly from Atlanta to all over the US and then back.
