How to Play the Weekly Challenge
One famous flight a week. Identify a historically significant route from aviation clues and an era hint, in five guesses.
Play this week's challenge →The rules
Each week the challenge centers on one famous flight — a record-setter, a historic first, or an iconic route. As in the daily game, you guess both the departure and the destination airport, and you have five attempts. What sets the Weekly apart is the subject matter and an extra era hint that anchors the route in aviation history.
- Duration and aircraft — your starting clues, plus an era hint.
- Domestic or international — narrows the map immediately.
- Direction of travel — a compass heading that rules out half the globe.
- The operating airline — often the decisive hint for a historic route.
- The full flight path — the exact great-circle line if it comes to it.
Strategy tips
- Lean on the era hint. Knowing whether a route is from the propliner age, the early jet age, or the modern era cuts the candidate list dramatically.
- Famous routes often involve famous aircraft — a specific type in a specific era points straight at a handful of legendary services.
- Think about firsts and records: longest, first transoceanic, inaugural jet service. The puzzle rewards aviation-history recall as much as geography.
- Use the same duration-and-direction logic as the daily game once the clues unlock.
FAQ
What is the Weekly Challenge?
The Weekly Challenge is a once-a-week puzzle built around a historically significant flight — a legendary, record-setting, or otherwise iconic route. Like the daily game, you identify both the departure and destination airports, but the answer is a famous route rather than a routine scheduled one.
How many guesses does the Weekly Challenge give me?
Five. You name a departure and a destination airport on each attempt, and after every wrong guess a new clue unlocks to narrow the route down.
What clues appear in the Weekly Challenge?
The same clue family as the daily game — flight duration, aircraft type, domestic or international, direction of travel, and the operating airline — plus an era hint that places the flight in its moment in aviation history.
How often does the Weekly Challenge change?
A fresh famous route launches every Monday at 5 AM Eastern. The previous week's route is retired once the new one goes live.
Is the Weekly Challenge free?
Yes. The Weekly Challenge is free to play with no account required. An account only saves your progress and stats.