Multi achievement Uncommon

Departing the 10 Busiest Airports in the US

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

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Did you know that the United States contains one-third of the world’s airports, the most of any country in the world?

All 50 states and administrative territories have at least one airport, and there are almost 20,000 airports in the U.S. with over 5,000 open for public use. Some of the airports in the U.S. are also among the busiest and biggest airports in the world.

With nearly three million passengers flying in and out of U.S. airports everyday, you may wonder what the busiest airports in the U.S. are. If so, we have the answers for you...

According to World Atlas, the following are the busiest airports in the U.S., based on 2019 pre-COVID numbers:

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) (Atlanta, GA)
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) (Los Angeles, CA)
O’Hare International Airport (ORD) (Chicago, IL)
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) (Dallas, TX)
Denver International Airport (DEN) (Denver, CO)
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) (New York, NY)
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) (San Francisco, CA)
McCarran International Airport (LAS) (Las Vegas, NV)
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) (Seattle, WA)
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) (Charlotte, NC)

To complete this achievement you must depart from each of the top 10 busiest airports in the US and complete a 150 nm fligth to any destination you like.

Criteria

In order to obtain this multi-achievement you must complete each of the following achievements.

This achievement is considered uncommon, only 29.8% of eligible pilots have completed this achievement.

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Rick Pierce

Marcedk

Jeka28

TheImpossibleFace

Truckerdude

Cjgreen14

KAILUM

Nicksrun75

XBlhu

Aj949

Whip

BJ -4

Kdbagby1

Shaun Dale

HAPPILY RETIRED

HotSouvlaki

tylerdog2k5

Maximus3791

Raider50C

Ted1019

gorillaglue4

Tyler White

The Abyss Hunt

CPT_Steve95

Derrek Gardner

A total of 365 pilots have completed this achievement, but we're only displaying the most recent, would you like to see the full list?

Date	From To	Pilot	Aircraft	Landing rate	Distance	Flight time
13SEP26 2334Z	KCLT KBTR	Rick Pierce	`ASV` Boeing 737-800 B738	-221 ft/m	608 nm	01:30
13SEP26 1932Z	KATL KDFW	Marcedk	Airbus A350-900 A359	-364 ft/m	686 nm	01:38
13SEP26 1725Z	KLAX KSFO	Jeka28	Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M	-275 ft/m	311 nm	00:50
11SEP26 1647Z	KCLT KCHS	TheImpossibleFace	Cessna Caravan C208	-3 ft/m	190 nm	01:11
11SEP26 1633Z	KJFK KJAX	Truckerdude	Airbus A220-300 BCS3	-441 ft/m	826 nm	02:13
08SEP26 2314Z	KLAS KLAX	Cjgreen14	Boeing 737-700 B737	-185 ft/m	227 nm	00:40
03SEP26 1806Z	KORD VHHH	KAILUM	Airbus A350-1000 A35K	-225 ft/m	7001 nm	14:23
01SEP26 1505Z	KJFK KACK	Nicksrun75	Socata TBM-9X0 TBM9	-216 ft/m	192 nm	01:25
27AUG26 0254Z	KSEA PANC	XBlhu	McDonnell Douglas MD-11 MD11	-420 ft/m	1316 nm	02:54
26AUG26 0332Z	KCLT KORD	Aj949	Boeing 737-800 B738	-128 ft/m	599 nm	01:31
19AUG26 1537Z	KSEA EDDL	Whip	Airbus A330-300 A333	-215 ft/m	4600 nm	09:35
10AUG26 1544Z	KDFW KAUS	BJ -4	Cessna 700 Citation Longitude C700	-153 ft/m	169 nm	00:32
08AUG26 2059Z	KDFW MMUN	Kdbagby1	Boeing 737-800 B738	-314 ft/m	962 nm	02:19
04AUG26 2152Z	KDEN KDFW	Shaun Dale	Unknown/Generic Undesignated ZZZZ	-139 ft/m	587 nm	01:22
03AUG26 1811Z	KDEN KBNA	HAPPILY RETIRED	Boeing 737-900 B739	-192 ft/m	908 nm	02:15
24JUL26 2150Z	KJFK KATL	HotSouvlaki	Boeing 737-800 B738	-198 ft/m	682 nm	01:50
23JUL26 0147Z	KDFW KJAN	tylerdog2k5	Boeing 737-800 B738	-86 ft/m	420 nm	01:07
11JUL26 1858Z	KCLT KDET	Maximus3791	Boeing 737-800 B738	-142 ft/m	504 nm	05:16
11JUL26 0218Z	KLAS KGRR	Raider50C	McDonnell Douglas MD-11 MD11	-393 ft/m	1459 nm	02:56
05JUL26 0349Z	KCLT KEWR	Ted1019	Boeing 737-900 B739	-152 ft/m	568 nm	01:31

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