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West Virginia
195.40
Kansas
52.30
Mississippi
42.10
Iowa
39.00
Kentucky
35.60
Wyoming
30.90
Virginia
28.60
New Mexico
26.90
Arkansas
26.40
Alabama
18.80
South Dakota
18.80
Nebraska
18.00
Indiana
16.80
Oklahoma
14.40
South Carolina
14.40
Rhode Island
10.60
Connecticut
9.00
Idaho
9.00
Ohio
7.10
Tennessee
6.90
Pennsylvania
6.00
Maryland
5.90
North Dakota
5.70
Montana
5.40
New Jersey
4.80
Missouri
4.70
Louisiana
4.20
North Carolina
4.20
Vermont
4.20
Utah
3.70
Nevada
3.30
Arizona
3.20
New Hampshire
3.10
Wisconsin
3.10
Oregon
2.50
Colorado
1.90
Michigan
1.60
Illinois
1.50
New York
1.30
District of Columbia
0.80
Georgia
0.60
Minnesota
0.40
Texas
0.30
Massachusetts
0.20
Washington
0.20

Flyover States 2024

Flyover States 2024

In the United States, some travelers use the term "flyover states" to describe a specific region of the United States. Although some people define the term differently, it's commonly defined as the interior region or geographic center of the United States located between the East and West Coasts. This includes the Midwest, Great Plains, and Mountain States.

These states are known as flyover states because most travelers fly over these states without touching down when traveling from coast to coast. The term "flyover country" is also used when American travelers fly over a country and view it by air without landing in the country. To determine the most common flyover states, ChampionTraveler conducted a study analyzing the ratio of destination flights to flyovers.

This data showed that West Virginia is the most flown-over state. According to the data, there were nearly 2,400 flights to the state compared to over 466,000 flights over the state, a flyover-to-destination ratio of 195.4.

The next state on the list is Kansas. Kansas had over 9,700 flights to the state compared to over 507,000 flights over the state. This is a flyover-to-destination ratio of 52.3, a fraction of West Virginia's.

In third place, Mississippi had over 10,000 flights to the state compared to over 423,000 flights over the state. Other flyover states on this list include: Iowa, Kentucky, Wyoming, Virginia, New Mexico, Arkansas, Alabama, South Dakota, and Nebraska.

Flyover States 2024

Notes:
- As the designation "flyover state" is unofficial, the list of flyover states will vary from source to source.
- A "flyover ratio" is a statistical measure of the ratio of flights that fly over a state compared to the number of flights for which that state is the destination. A higher flyover ratio implies that a state is a flyover state.
- However, flyover ratio is influenced by geography. For example, a state such as Maine, tucked away in the northeast, is so rarely flown over that its flyover rate cannot be calculated. By comparison, states such as Alabama and Utah may have an inflated flyover ratio due to their proximity to popular destinations such as Florida and California.

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State
General
Statistical
Flyover Ratio
Flights Over
Flights To
West VirginiaYesYes195.40466,3642,387
KansasYesYes52.30507,6389,703
MississippiYesYes42.10423,60510,068
IowaYesYes39.00499,96512,817
KentuckyYesYes35.60576,29316,178
WyomingYesYes30.90244,7167,917
VirginiaNoYes28.60921,97732,205
New MexicoYesYes26.90575,86221,399
ArkansasYesYes26.40394,87614,974
AlabamaYesYes18.80447,93123,843
South DakotaYesYes18.80151,2688,052
NebraskaYesYes18.00414,41222,970
IndianaYesYes16.80661,13839,282
OklahomaYesYes14.40433,73230,020
South CarolinaNoYes14.40435,37830,263
Rhode IslandNoYes10.60139,54413,151
ConnecticutNoYes9.00194,47821,501
IdahoYesYes9.00193,89121,500
OhioYesYes7.10611,89685,730
TennesseeDebatedYes6.90564,57281,729
PennsylvaniaYesYes6.00658,666110,556
MarylandNoYes5.90581,60299,031
North DakotaYesYes5.7061,08810,726
MontanaYesYes5.4091,71017,004
New JerseyNoYes4.80587,842122,974
MissouriYesYes4.70487,271104,404
LouisianaYesYes4.20284,21567,165
North CarolinaNoYes4.20676,605162,329
VermontNoYes4.2015,6813,708
UtahYesNo3.70418,604114,239
NevadaDebatedNo3.30546,578167,198
ArizonaYesNo3.20567,688176,531
New HampshireNoNo3.1019,6726,364
WisconsinYesNo3.10158,71951,257
OregonNoNo2.50174,41271,099
ColoradoDebatedNo1.90461,304245,548
MichiganYesNo1.60241,652155,896
IllinoisDebatedNo1.50537,712352,071
New YorkNoNo1.30327,887246,409
District of ColumbiaNoNo0.8084,969111,168
GeorgiaNoNo0.60254,667391,889
MinnesotaYesNo0.4060,761138,461
TexasDebatedNo0.30175,684565,292
MassachusettsNoNo0.2020,946125,110
WashingtonNoNo0.2026,831148,410
CaliforniaNoNo0.0014,562740,782
FloridaNoNo0.003,177452,180
AlaskaNoNo35,897
DelawareNoNo383,906
HawaiiNoNo102,602
MaineNoNo7,299
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Flyover States 2024

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