For several years now I’ve tracked my flights using OpenFlights. It’s a great way to see where I’ve flown and pull all sorts of fun statistics of your travels. At least if you’re into that sort of thing. It takes a certain geek level to really enjoy.
But assuming I’ve piqued your interest a little, I want to show how OpenFlights alerted me to a recent flight milestone.
My 200th SFO Flight – A Milestone
One of the easy metrics provided by OpenFlights is how many times you’ve either flown into or out of an airport. It’s not necessarily how many times you’ve visited. For example, a layover is in reality one visit, but it technically gets counted twice — there’s a flight in and a flight out.
With that in mind, last week I hit my 200th flight into or out of San Francisco International Airport. Besides being my favorite large airport in the U.S., it is the one I pass through most frequently. While I’ve not visited 200 times (given the above clarification on how OpenFlights tallies things), I’ve been there a lot. Even my home Arcata-Eureka airport hasn’t even notched half that many segments. The hop between the two (SFO and ACV) is fa and away my most flown journey.
My 200th SFO flight wasn’t just any ol’ flight, either. It could have easily been the ACV-SFO hop. But it was not. I like flying new carriers, so having my 200th SFO flight also be my first flight with TAP Air Portugal was a serendipitous coincidence. I usually only manage to travel with a couple new carriers per year these days. As things stand, I’ll likely only add one other besides TAP in 2025.
It was also my first flight in long-haul economy in years. I had a couple experiences in premium economy last year. But it was otherwise my first time in coach for an overnight flight since early 2020. Truth be told, it was about what I expected, although I have generally good things to say about TAP.
Final Thoughts
I could go on with the other stats, but I shall not bore you. I don’t expect that SFO will ever be overtaken as my most frequented airport. Well, unless I move out of state. And even then, it’ll take years.
Do you track your flight statistics? Any recent milestones?
