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Old Dec 16, 2005 | 1:13 pm
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Based on flights to date and expected through to the end of the year.

Map of flights

Flown Miles 364,550 (approx) - Antarctic overflight mileage included in this total is based on McMurdo Station
Segments 180
(Amazingly I had an almost 8 week break from flying!)

Airlines 22 (14 new)
(AA*/AC/BD/CL*/CX*/EK*/Harbour Air*/IB*/IQ*/K2*/LA*/LH/LO*/NZ/Pacific Coastal*/QF/SB*/SK/SQ/Ted*/UA/VO*)

Airports 54 (28 new)
(ADL/AKL/AMS/ASP/AYQ*/BCN*/BKK/BNE/BUD*/CBR/CGK/CNS/CPH/CXH*/
DFW*/FAT*/FCO/FRA/HKG/ICN/JFK*/KSC*/KUL/LAS*/LAX/LGA*/LHR/LJU*/
MAN*/MEL/MUC/NCE*/NOU*/NRT/NSN/PEK*/PER/PPT*/PRG*/RAR/
SFO/SIN/SYD/TLV*/VIE*/VNO*/WAW*/WLG/YEG*/YYJ*/YVR*/ZAG*/ZNA*/ZRH*)

Countries 31 (9 new)
(Andorra*, Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Cook Islands, Croatia*, Czech Republic*, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary*, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania*, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland*, Singapore, Slovakia*, Slovenia*, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, US, Vatican City*)

Territories 3 (2 new)
(French Polynesia*, Hong Kong SAR, New Caledonia*)

(new marked *)

Shortest segment YVR-YYJ vv 39 miles
Longest segment AKL-SFO 6,512 miles

Best flight - even though I still have some flights left this year, no doubt it will be the Antarctic overflight (see trip report below).

Trip reports

Champagne and figure eights on ice

a Lit.tle sPRinG.Ly JoUrney (BUDding KiwiS Can zig-ZAG around Europe)

Big DO DOs - or a Kiwi Flyer's Month of Madness

Met lots of great FTers in DOs and when our paths just happened to cross, in New Zealand and around the world (Andorra, Australia, Germany, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, US to name just a few).

Last edited by Kiwi Flyer; Dec 28, 2005 at 2:32 pm Reason: a couple more flights added
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