Where flights meet
Daily total 0 / 300 points
Layovers with fewer nonstop links earn more points. City and country guesses earn partial credit.
Each new compass clue costs 5 points.
An unconfirmed leg may still exist outside this puzzle’s route network.
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0 / 300 points
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ARRIVAL
You’ll score 0 points for this round and see a 100-point route.
Daily scoring. Play three rounds worth up to 100 points each. Your first valid route locks that round’s score. Valid routes earn 70–100 points before deductions for place guesses and hints.
How to earn 100. Name each airport and use the least-connected layovers. We add up the number of nonstop links at each layover airport in this puzzle’s network. The lowest total earns 100 points, including ties, before hint deductions.
City and country guesses. You can use up to two city or country guesses per round. Layover looks for airports in those places that connect your route. Each city guess keeps 85% of the route points, and each country guess keeps 60%. These percentages multiply. We round down once, then deduct any hint points.
Navigation clues. A wrong route can show a free temperature reading. When it reveals a new compass direction, 5 points are deducted automatically. In one-stop rounds, a wrong guess clears the stop and appears under Previous tries. Choose Hint to reveal a country with a valid connection for 5 points.
Give up. If you’re stuck, you can end the round for 0 points and see the best route.
New puzzles. Everyone gets the same three rounds. A new set arrives at midnight Eastern.
About the data. Layover uses a screened historical snapshot of reported nonstop pairs and reviewed additions. A pair needs at least 24 reported flights, or 500 reported passengers when flight counts are unavailable. Reviewed additions also qualify. Check with an airline for current service and tickets.
Adapted from AirportMiles and its open data sources, including the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Eurostat, ANAC Brazil, Chile’s JAC, Argentina’s Conectividad Aérea (SIAC), Japan’s MLIT, Incheon International Airport, Australia’s BITRE, and India’s DGCA.
The adapted data from Colombia’s Aerocivil is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
