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Connections players will recognize the satisfaction of making one discovery unlock another. Departure Board uses five flights and five destination airports. Each airport belongs in one gate, and the clues overlap, so consider how all five matches fit together.
Start with the gate that has the fewest possible matches. Then remove its destination from the other gates. One row may fit two cities on its own, but only one remains after another gate is solved. Do not spend a check until all five placements make sense together.
New puzzles use verified passenger routes. Estimated flight times are marked with ~ and rounded to 15 minutes; they are broad comparisons, not measured times. Earlier recorded-flight puzzles retain their measured Air time. Distance is measured directly between airports. These are selected clues, so a row without an airline clue does not rule out any airline.
American Airlines hub means the destination airport is a connecting base for American Airlines. A hub clue describes the destination, not necessarily the airline operating the flight. Several choices can be hubs for the same airline, so combine this with the other clues and gates. Home hub means the airline’s primary home airport. An Airline clue identifies the recorded flight’s carrier; it does not imply that every destination it serves is a hub.
South of Atlanta means the destination airport lies farther south than Atlanta. North means farther north. This describes the airport’s location on a map, not the flight path or takeoff direction. Several destinations may fit, so use the other gates to narrow them down.
Like Connections, Departure Board asks you to reason across the whole puzzle and use one discovery to make the next. You match five destinations to five flights using airport hubs, geography and other aviation clues. Each destination is used once, so every solved gate narrows the remaining choices.
New boards use passenger routes observed in FlightQ’s published schedule windows. Flight time is estimated from distance, not taken from a live flight. Earlier archived boards retain their original flight records. Gate labels are fictional and schedules can change.
Each row has one or two selected clues. Every board includes at least two single-clue rows. Clues mix verified destination-hub facts, geography, estimated time and distance. Several destinations may fit one row, but using each destination once lets you narrow down the whole board.
Estimated flight time is a rough gate-to-gate estimate based on distance, rounded to 15 minutes and marked with ~. Winds, routing and taxi time can change it. Earlier recorded-flight puzzles label measured airborne duration as Air time. Distance is the direct distance between airports in miles, with approximate kilometers underneath. Aircraft clues show the recorded model, such as Airbus A319. Times and aircraft can vary between flights on the same route; you never need to rule out a route just because you have not seen that airline or aircraft fly it.
Airport elevation is height above sea level in feet. A local-time clue compares the destination with the departure airport on the source reference date, including daylight saving time. Its label shows that date; use that date rather than today, because daylight saving dates vary. Same local time means their clocks agreed at that moment, even if they use different time-zone names.
Your placements, checks used, and completed result save automatically on this device and browser. You can refresh or return later. Daily and practice results are saved separately. Saving requires browser storage and does not sync between devices.
Daily, North America, Europe and Asia each change at midnight Eastern. The Daily departure city rotates among those three regions. Its city is different from the corresponding regional board, so all four boards offer a separate puzzle.
Today’s daily puzzle, the three regional puzzles and yesterday’s daily puzzle are free. Older available daily puzzles require FlightQ Premium. You can play in a desktop or mobile browser.
You have two board checks. Place all five destinations before checking. Correct matches turn green and stay locked; incorrect destinations return to the tray for your next attempt. There is no timer, and you can rearrange your choices before checking.