# When did you take your first commercial flight? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 5, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-take-your-first-commercial-flight/1002517 "2024-06-05T13:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 40
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Related thread, with my answer: > [@How often did you fly as a child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-did-you-fly-as-a-child/987959/31): > > 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 Color… (said flight would have been @ Summer of 1982) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-take-your-first-commercial-flight/1002517)._