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every flight since 2011

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@ most-used airports · o airports · + routes

124flights
438,596 kmdistance
10.94×around the earth
114%of the way to the moon
555.9 hin the air
48airports
27countries
12.4%of the world
18airlines
30aircraft types

reports

records

  • longest LGW → SIN 10,872 km
  • shortest FVM → KDM 101 km
  • most flown AMS ⇄ LBA ×24
  • oldest plane 27 years Maldivian Q2 129 · 19 Oct 2025 · FVM → KDM · DHC-8-300 Dash 8
  • youngest plane 2 months easyJet U2 2251 · 22 Feb 2025 · MAN → HRG · Airbus A320neo
  • usual side right 26 of 56
  • usual row row 1 ×12
  • busiest year 2024 9 countries
  • most new 2024 6 new countries
  • average arrival 10 min late

flights per year

airports

  1. AMS Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 36
  2. LHR London Heathrow Airport 32
  3. LBA Leeds Bradford Airport 26

cabins

aircraft

  1. Boeing 777-300 ER 16
  2. Embraer 190 14
  3. Boeing 747-400 11
  4. Boeing 777-200 ER 11
  5. Airbus A320 6
  6. Airbus A320neo 6

tails · 18 airlines

countries · 27

24 of 193 UN member states █████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 12.4%

in grey: territories, which aren't UN members

KLM houses · 6

since the 1950s KLM has given its World Business Class passengers a small Delft Blue house filled with Dutch gin (jenever), each a copy of a real building. A new one comes out every 7 October, KLM's birthday, numbered for the airline's age. These are the ones I've brought home.

  1. No. 7 collected on KL856 · 26 May 2025 House in AmsterdamAmsterdam issued 1956
  2. 1650 No. 12 collected on KL755 · 5 Jun 2024 House in AmsterdamZandhoek 4–6, Amsterdam built 1658 · issued 1960
  3. 1680 No. 14 collected on KL855 · 23 May 2025 flight report → Daer de twee Zeegooden op de gevel liggenHerengracht 510, Amsterdam built 1665 · issued 1960
  4. No. 77 collected on KL765 · 26 Aug 2023 De ArendSchoolstraat 2, Breda built 1560 · issued 1996
  5. No. 86 collected on KL765 · 9 Sep 2023 Teylers MuseumSpaarne 16, Haarlem built 1780 · issued 2005
  6. AÑO1929 No. 103 collected on KL751 · 25 May 2024 Cas ÉcurySchelpstraat 42, Oranjestad, Aruba built 1929 · issued 2022

Airline logos provided by the very excellent Soaring Symbols (GitHub).

Flight data lovingly curated in Flighty.