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31 Dec 2013 · The end of 2013 is here, which seems like a perfect time to summarize my flight activity over the last year.
31 Dec 2014 · 2014 has been a record travel year.
31 Dec 2015 · 2015 was a relatively strong year for me for business travel, with the first and last thirds of the year being particularly busy. Due to that, my total flights and hotel nights just edged above 2014’s numbers, for another record year.
31 Dec 2016 · Overall, my travel increased slightly this year. Unlike in 2015, my travel was relatively evenly spread throughout the year.
31 Dec 2017 · My 2017 travel statistics.
31 Dec 2018 · A summary of my 2018 hotels, flights, and driving.
31 Dec 2019 · My travel statistics for 2019.
31 Dec 2020 · My travel statistics for 2020. For obvious reasons, travel has been substantially lower than in recent years.
31 Dec 2021 · My travel statistics for 2021.
31 Dec 2022 · This year I spent 97 nights traveling, visited my 100th airport, flew 74 times (including my 1000th flight), and had some issues with rental cars.
31 Dec 2023 · I spent 87 nights traveling this year, picked up ten new airports, visited Iceland and Japan, and drove a go-kart through the streets of Naha.
1 Jan 2020 · My maps, charts, and other travel statistics for the entire decade of the 2010s.
A Single Flight Round Trip at DFW
7 Nov 2014 · Due to a mechanical issue, my flight had to return to Dallas.
A Water Salute and the Breaking of a Voucher Chain
30 May 2021 · I earned a United voucher from a trip I booked on another United voucher, but I finally broke that trend by taking United’s first flight between Columbus, Ohio and Portland, Maine.
10 Jun 2014 · Comair’s strike meant I got to avoid the uselessly short flight between Cincinnati and Dayton.
1 Jan 2021 · On average, I’m furthest from home in mid-February each year.
Hotel Internet Speed 2022–2023
16 Jul 2023 · A decade ago I tracked my internet speeds in hotels, and from July 2022 through June 2023 I tracked them again to see what had changed.
I’ve Flown Through One Hundred Airports
21 Jul 2022 · In 2013 I set a goal to travel through one hundred different airports. In July 2022, I finally achieved my goal.
7 Feb 2019 · Using math to figure out which of my layovers were the most out of the way relative to the net distance traveled.
31 Jan 2023 · Travel stats and photos for my January 2023 vacation, including the TWA hotel, Reykjavík, Akureyri, and mall cats.
No, I’m Not Flying From Honolulu
1 Oct 2015 · Somehow, I managed to get an already used record locator for a trip I booked, which led to some issues on the airline’s website.
16 Aug 2013 · My long-term travel goal is to fly through 100 different airports.
Percentage of Flights on American Airlines
31 Jul 2014 · For a while, over half of my total flights had been on American Airlines.
19 Apr 2020 · While I’m fortunate that my health and finances have both been well during the COVID-19 crisis, this has been the longest time I’ve been home for this long since I started traveling for work in 2009. I created a chart and some statistics about this time spent at home.
29 Aug 2014 · It’s not uncommon to have delays going through Chicago, but this Monday’s trip to Tulsa was a bit involved.
Valentine’s Day Winter Weather
17 Feb 2014 · Due to the system delays caused by Winter Storm Pax, my flights home on 14 February went through rather a lot of transitions.
11 Nov 2020 · My job has had me fly a few times since COVID-19 restrictions started, and it’s an odd experience.