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Guess both airports of each mystery flight within five tries.
Each day SkyQ gives you three mystery flights — one easy, one medium, one hard. Your job is to guess both the departure and destination airports of each flight. You have five guesses per puzzle.
If you came here looking for the SkyQ game, start with Play SkyQ. This guide explains the clues and strategy once you are ready to improve your streak.
You start with two clues: the total flight duration, and the aircraft type. From there, each wrong guess unlocks a new clue in this order:
Green — correct airport in the correct slot (departure or destination).
Yellow — correct airport but you swapped departure and destination.
Gray — wrong airport. The display shows how far off and in which direction.
SkyQ is a daily flight guessing game. Each day you get three mystery flights — easy, medium, and hard difficulty. You have five guesses per flight to identify both the departure and destination airports. After every wrong guess, a new clue unlocks to narrow it down.
Clues reveal in order: (1) Flight duration + aircraft type, (2) Domestic or international, (3) Direction of travel, (4) Operating airline, (5) Full flight path. You see the duration and aircraft from the start; the rest unlock one per wrong guess.
You win by guessing both airports correctly within five tries. A correct airport in the right slot turns green; a correct airport in the wrong slot (e.g., you put SFO as departure but it's actually destination) turns yellow. Wrong airports give you distance and direction to the correct one.
Easy features well-known routes between major hubs (JFK-LAX, LHR-CDG). Medium mixes in secondary hubs and less obvious city pairs. Hard is for experts — regional routes, long-haul links between second-tier cities, or unusual city pairs that still operate daily.
12 AM Eastern Time, every day. You can play yesterday's puzzles in practice mode anytime.
No. Every daily puzzle is playable immediately. Creating a free account only saves your streak across devices and lets you compete on leaderboards.
Yes. Every daily puzzle is free to play. Premium adds unlimited practice, advanced stats and global comparisons, the full Travel Passport, beta access, and an ad-free experience.
Use the duration clue first. A 1-hour flight rules out most international routes. An 11-hour flight rules out most domestic. The aircraft type is huge: widebodies (777, A350, 787) signal long-haul; narrowbodies (737, A320) signal shorter regional. Watch for specific aircraft tied to specific routes — the A380 only flies on a short list of routes.