That was the year that was ... in air travel (78,732 miles) #2015inReview #UDC793

2015 was a record year for flying/travel  (78,732 miles), surpassing 2014 (with 70,146); here are some other recent years for to see what those looked like: 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009. 

You can look at the Google map version here, or embedded below. And here's the total view of the year's stats from OpenFlights.



Unique
Airports   25
Carriers    7
Countries  11
Vehicles   17

Distance
Total flown      78,732 mi
Around the world 3,16x
To the Moon      0.330x
To Mars          0.0023x

Journey records
Longest: DAR-ZHR   4,192 mi, 8:55
Shortest: DCA-LGA    214 mi, 01:20
Average:            1640 mi, 03:56

Airport records
Northernmost AMS (52.31°N 4.76°E)
Southernmost TNR (18.8°S 47.48°E)
Westernmost SFO (37.62°N 122.37°W)
Easternmost TNR (18.8°S 47.48°E)

Overall
48 segments
78732 miles
7 days 21:30

Airports
Ronald Reagan Washin (DCA) 20
Washington Dulles In (IAD) 16
San Francisco Intl (SFO) 6
Chicago Ohare Intl (ORD) 6
Frankfurt Main (FRA)        4
La Guardia (LGA)            4
Jomo Kenyatta Intern (NBO) 4
General Edward Lawre (BOS) 2
Schiphol (AMS)              2
Seattle Tacoma Intl (SEA) 2
Indianapolis Intl (IND)     2
Kotoka Intl (ACC)           2
Phoenix Sky Harbor I (PHX) 2
Lambert St Louis Int (STL) 2
Brussels Natl (BRU)         2
Kigali Intl (KGL)           2
Ivato (TNR)                 2
Mwalimu Julius K Nye (DAR) 2
Zurich (ZRH)                2
Licenciado Benito Ju (MEX) 2
Palm Beach Intl (PBI)       2
Denver Intl (DEN)           2 
Bradley Intl (BDL)          2
Louis Armstrong New (MSY) 2
George Bush Intercon (IAH) 2

Airlines
United Airlines 26
US Airways 9
American Airlines 4
Brussels Airlines 3
Lufthansa 2
Kenya Airways 2
Swiss Int. Air Lines 2

Planes
Airbus A319 8
Airbus A320 8
Embraer 190 5
Embraer 175 4
Boeing 737-800 3
Boeing 767-300 3
Airbus A330-300 3
Airbus A330-200 3
Boeing 737-900 2
Embraer 170 2
Boeing 777-200 2
Canadair RJ 700 1
Airbus A340-300 1
Canadair Regional Jet 1
Embraer RJ145 1
Boeing 737 1

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