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For a person who doesn't like to fly, I have been to a lot of airports. I wondered, I counted, I remembered more. 71 so far. Some unusual ones, like Yakutat, Invercargill and Yellowknife. I can't exactly remember when the landing in SLC was diverted to Twin Falls, so that date may change. I mainly try to forget the terror of the attempted landing in the thunderstorm before the pilot had a better thought.
The image doesn't have anything specific to do with airports, but I did make it on the first trip with my D70, back in 2004. Read on to see the entire table. I will update it as I add to my collection, although that's not likely to be anytime soon. Road trips for me, until this book is done. After that, all destinations considered. Recommendations?
| # | Airport | Country | State | City | Date | Story | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AEP | Argentina | Buenos Aires | Oct-06 | regional airport to Bariloche | ||
| 2 | BRC | Argentina | Bariloche | Oct-06 | learning Spanish during R's meeting | ||
| 3 | EZE | Argentina | Buenos Aires | Oct-06 | int'l airport to Bariloche | ||
| 4 | SYD | AU | NSW | Sydney | Aug-04 | on the way to Perth | |
| 5 | BNE | AU | Queensland | Brisbane | Jan-04 | layover day for Whitsundays trip | |
| 6 | HTI | AU | Queensland | Hamilton Island | Jan-04 | a week in the Whitsundays | |
| 7 | PER | AU | Western Australia | Perth | Aug-04 | Margaret River after R's meeting | |
| 8 | YEG | CA | AL | Edmonton | Jun-05 | rafting the Nahanni | |
| 9 | YHZ | CA | NS | Halifax | Nov-06 | tagalong on R's meetings | |
| 10 | YFS | CA | NWT | Ft. Simpson | Jun-05 | rafting the Nahanni | |
| 11 | YZF | CA | NWT | Yellowknife | Jun-05 | rafting the Nahanni | |
| 12 | CYB | Cayman Islands | Cayman Brac | Mar-02 | to get to Little Cayman | ||
| 13 | GCM | Cayman Islands | Grand Cayman | Jan-98 | to get to Little Cayman | ||
| 14 | LYB | Cayman Islands | Little Cayman | Jan-98 | in a twin otter | ||
| 15 | CDG | France | Paris | Jun-80 | foreign exchange student | ||
| 16 | SNN | Ireland | Shannon | Jun-06 | Galway, Connemara, Inish Meain | ||
| 17 | KIX | Japan | Osaka Kansai | Nov-97 | Kyoto, Osaka, Nara | ||
| 18 | NRT | Japan | Tokyo | Aug-98 | Tokyo, Nagoya, Takayama | ||
| 19 | AMS | Netherlands | Amsterdam | Nov-89 | Amsterdam, Bruges, Paris | ||
| 20 | AKL | NZ | Auckland | Nov-03 | R's mini-sabbatical | ||
| 21 | CHC | NZ | Christchurch | Nov-03 | transfer from Invercargill | ||
| 22 | IVC | NZ | Invercargill | Nov-03 | leaving hospital after hiking trip | ||
| 23 | ZQN | NZ | Queenstown | Nov-03 | a hiking trip | ||
| 24 | BOB | Tahiti | Bora Bora | May-02 | a catamaran adventure | ||
| 25 | HUH | Tahiti | Huahine | May-02 | a catamaran adventure | ||
| 26 | MOZ | Tahiti | Moorea | May-02 | a catamaran adventure | ||
| 27 | PPT | Tahiti | Papeete | May-02 | a catamaran adventure | ||
| 28 | JNU | US | AK | Juneau | Jul-00 | Start of Tatsinshini river trip | |
| 29 | SIT | US | AK | Sitka | Jul-00 | Reward for surviving Tatsinshine river trip | |
| 30 | YAK | US | AK | Yakutat | Jul-00 | End of Tatsinshini river trip | |
| 31 | PHX | US | AZ | Phoenix | 1996 | work at the U | |
| 32 | TUS | US | AZ | Tucson | Dec-98 | work at the U | |
| 33 | FAT | US | CA | Fresno | Nov-06 | Yosemite with mom | |
| 34 | LAX | US | CA | Los Angeles | Jun-80 | on the way to Paris | |
| 35 | OAK | US | CA | Oakland | 1982 | home airport #3 when I lived in Palo Alto | |
| 36 | ONT | US | CA | Ontario | 1994 | visit my sister - survived Northridge earthquake | |
| 37 | PSP | US | CA | Palm Springs | 1995 | tagalong on R's meetings | |
| 38 | SAN | US | CA | San Diego | Jun-94 | work at the U | |
| 39 | SFO | US | CA | San Francisco | 1982 | home airport #2 when I lived in Palo Alto | |
| 40 | SJC | US | CA | San Jose | 1982 | home airport #1 when I lived in Palo Alto | |
| 41 | SNA | US | CA | Santa Ana | Jun-75 | My first airport departure | |
| 42 | DEN | US | CO | Denver | 1986 | to visit friends and try skiing | |
| 43 | DCA | US | DC | Reagan | Jul-92 | DC for 4th of July | |
| 44 | FLL | US | FL | Ft. Lauderdale | May-96 | after they moved R's meeting from Sarasota | |
| 45 | SRQ | US | FL | Sarasota | Sep-05 | another R meeting on the beach | |
| 46 | TPA | US | FL | Tampa | May-93 | first tagalog meeting with R to Sarasota | |
| 47 | ATL | US | GA | Atlanta | May-96 | on the way to Ft. Lauderdale | |
| 48 | TWF | US | ID | Twin Falls | Aug-96 | diversion from SLC after aborted landing in a t-storm | |
| 49 | IND | US | IN | Indianapolis | Oct-91 | to visit my friend Marilyn | |
| 50 | MSY | US | LA | New Orleans | Oct-97 | booth at Neuroscience to launch the company | |
| 51 | BOS | US | MA | Boston | Oct-04 | on the way to Acadia | |
| 52 | BGR | US | ME | Bangor | Oct-04 | Acadia | |
| 53 | DTW | US | MI | Detroit | Jun-04 | R had a meeting, dinner at the GM car museum | |
| 54 | MSP | US | MN | Minnesota | Jun-04 | on the way to Detroit | |
| 55 | EWR | US | NJ | Newark | Jun-06 | transfer to Ireland | |
| 56 | ABQ | US | NM | Albuquerque | 1992 | San Ildefonso pueblo art fair | |
| 57 | JFK | US | NY | New York | Jun-80 | on the way to Paris | |
| 58 | CVVG | US | OH | Cincinnati | Jul-03 | on the way to Paris | |
| 59 | OKC | US | OK | Oklahoma City | 1983 | meeting the BF's parents | |
| 60 | TUL | US | OK | Tulsa | 1983 | meeting the BF's parents | |
| 61 | PDX | US | OR | Portland | Aug-98 | transfer to Japan | |
| 62 | RAP | US | SD | Rapid City | Jun-75 | My first airport destination | |
| 63 | AMA | US | TX | Amarillo | 1992 | Solo camping trip to Palo Duro Canyon | |
| 64 | DFW | US | TX | Dallas-Fort Worth | 1987 | SWA transfers | |
| 65 | ELP | US | TX | El Paso | 1991 | first trip with R | |
| 66 | HOU | US | TX | Houston-Hobby | 1987 | home airport #1 when I lived in Houston | |
| 67 | IAH | US | TX | Houston-Intercontinental | 1987 | home airport #2 when I lived in Houston | |
| 68 | BTF | US | UT | Skypark- Bountiful | Nov-02 | day trip to Wendover in Clark's new plane - I did the take-off | |
| 69 | ENV | US | UT | Wendover | Nov-02 | day trip return - R flew most of the way back | |
| 70 | SLC | US | UT | Salt Lake City | 1993 | home airport since moving to SLC | |
| 71 | SEA | US | WA | SeaTac | 1988 | mom moved here |
Comments (1)
Hey, what a cool meme. You should think about passing this airport meme around to al select group of folks to spread it around.
Posted by BWJones | June 11, 2007 8:37 PM
Posted on June 11, 2007 20:37