Get where from here?
October 14, 2008 11:16 AM Subscribe
Is there a simple way to find out where I can fly to (nonstop) from a given airport? If I don't care what airline, what day, what time, etc., -- just what airports connect with another without having to stop.
Many airports post this information on their web site for free, limited to that airport.
Many airlines post this information on their web site for free, limited to that airline.
The Official Airline Guide contains this information for most airports and airlines, but you have to pay.
posted by grouse at 11:18 AM on October 14, 2008
Many airlines post this information on their web site for free, limited to that airline.
The Official Airline Guide contains this information for most airports and airlines, but you have to pay.
posted by grouse at 11:18 AM on October 14, 2008
Also, in finding this information, remember that in the airline industry, "direct" does not mean the same thing as "nonstop." Direct means the whole journey has the same flight number but may have multiple stops or even, in the case of a change of gauge, multiple planes.
posted by grouse at 11:20 AM on October 14, 2008
posted by grouse at 11:20 AM on October 14, 2008
Response by poster: Kayak requires a destination for the search (as do Yahoo, Travelocity, etc.). The airport website itself doesn't seem to have this info. Will keep poking......
posted by Framer at 11:23 AM on October 14, 2008
posted by Framer at 11:23 AM on October 14, 2008
Is there a list of airlines at that airport? It's pretty easy to find all the journeys from a particular city in an airline timetable.
posted by grouse at 11:24 AM on October 14, 2008
posted by grouse at 11:24 AM on October 14, 2008
Best answer: If you're not concerned with a particular destination, try Kayak's Buzz.
posted by nitsuj at 11:26 AM on October 14, 2008
posted by nitsuj at 11:26 AM on October 14, 2008
I would have thought ITA Software's route language search could help, but apparently you actually have to have a destination in mind, although judicious choosing of the destination could help there. Maybe LAX (or DFW) would be a better destination. What hub doesn't have a flight to LAX, after all?
You could do something like From XNA :: X? to SEA and look at the connection point column, but you'd miss out on hubs that didn't have flights to seattle, for example.
I used to use ITA to figure out how I could take 4 or 5 flights to get to a specific destination.
The easiest (free) way would probably to go down grouse's road and use the airport's website to determine all the airlines that serve a given airport, download their electronic timetables and use that to find nonstops.
The OAG book would be by far the easiest way to get this information if money is no object.
None of this will help you with the charter airlines that do the super cheap nonstops to Vegas and similar destinations.
Or maybe open an account at FlightAware and look at the flight history for a given airport for the last month and ignore all the non-airline flights. That will lead you astray sometimes, though, as airlines will occasionally fly their planes someplace they don't sell tickets to. For example, Northwest has some of their aircraft serviced in Dothan, AL, but that airport only has service from Delta. And, of course, UPS and FDX don't carry passengers, among many other cargo airlines.
posted by wierdo at 11:42 AM on October 14, 2008
You could do something like From XNA :: X? to SEA and look at the connection point column, but you'd miss out on hubs that didn't have flights to seattle, for example.
I used to use ITA to figure out how I could take 4 or 5 flights to get to a specific destination.
The easiest (free) way would probably to go down grouse's road and use the airport's website to determine all the airlines that serve a given airport, download their electronic timetables and use that to find nonstops.
The OAG book would be by far the easiest way to get this information if money is no object.
None of this will help you with the charter airlines that do the super cheap nonstops to Vegas and similar destinations.
Or maybe open an account at FlightAware and look at the flight history for a given airport for the last month and ignore all the non-airline flights. That will lead you astray sometimes, though, as airlines will occasionally fly their planes someplace they don't sell tickets to. For example, Northwest has some of their aircraft serviced in Dothan, AL, but that airport only has service from Delta. And, of course, UPS and FDX don't carry passengers, among many other cargo airlines.
posted by wierdo at 11:42 AM on October 14, 2008
On not-preview, Buzz misses some flights from my former home airport. It doesn't show the XNA-LAX nonstop, for example.
posted by wierdo at 11:44 AM on October 14, 2008
posted by wierdo at 11:44 AM on October 14, 2008
The best source for this type of information is an OAG flight guide which lists all scheduled passenger flights. It is not free though. I do a lot of business travel and almost always consult this first before making any travel reservations. Some libraries carry them, and any travel agency will have one. If this is a one time thing I think they even have a free trial on their website. I use the paper version but I guess the electronic version works similarly - for each city it will list all flights either to that city from other cities (broken down by city) or all flights from that city to other cities, depending upon whether you are using the North American or Worldwide version of the guide. Why they differ in format I don't know. So for instance, from New York you look up the city you want to fly to, say Chicago, and it will list all flights, with the non-stops being listed first. Since each of these cities is served by multiple airports there are airport codes and of course airline codes, flight numbers, times, etc.
posted by caddis at 12:41 PM on October 14, 2008
posted by caddis at 12:41 PM on October 14, 2008
Wikipedia airport pages. Here's LAX. Here's Florence.
posted by mdonley at 1:11 PM on October 14, 2008
posted by mdonley at 1:11 PM on October 14, 2008
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posted by kate blank at 11:18 AM on October 14, 2008