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Answers for Wed 4 Nov 2026

Spoilers below. Each flight and route is real, taken from airport route tables on Wikipedia.

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Blackout Flight

Flight 1: Montreal (YUL) → Cancun (CUN)

Cancun, Mexico. It left Montreal (YUL) at 07:55 local time: 2,969 km, flown by Air Canada.

Flight 2: Sydney (SYD) → Istanbul (IST)

Istanbul, Turkey. It left Sydney (SYD) at 07:55 local time: 14,973 km, flown by Turkish Airlines.

Flight 3: Paris (CDG) → Muscat (MCT)

Muscat, Oman. It left Paris (CDG) at 09:15 local time: 5,578 km, flown by Oman Air.

Flight 4: Hong Kong (HKG) → Sydney (SYD)

Sydney, Australia. It left Hong Kong (HKG) at 11:20 local time: 7,394 km, flown by Cathay Pacific.

Flight 5: Arrecife (ACE) → Stuttgart (STR)

Stuttgart, Germany. It left Arrecife (ACE) at 06:40 local time: 2,932 km, flown by Eurowings.

Hub Hop Golf

Fog closed: Paris (CDG), Istanbul (IST), London (LGW), Madrid (MAD).

Hole 1: Shannon (SNN) → Bucharest (OTP) · par 3

Sharpest route (2 legs): SNN → AGP → OTP · obvious: SNN → LHR → OTP

Hole 2: Macau (MFM) → Delhi (DEL) · par 3

Sharpest route (2 legs): MFM → BKK → DEL

Hole 3: Nairobi (NBO) → Rhodos (RHO) · par 3

Sharpest route (2 legs): NBO → AMS → RHO · obvious: NBO → AMS → MUC → RHO

Hole 4: San Juan (SJU) → Funchal (FNC) · par 3

Sharpest route (2 legs): SJU → EWR → FNC

Hole 5: Moscow (VKO) → Nassau (NAS) · par 4

Sharpest route (3 legs): VKO → ADB → LHR → NAS