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Mind the Map No. 1 · Monday, November 9, 2026

The five flights

Any two cities that far apart that kept the rule landed. Here are a few well-known ones.

430 miles · Must start in Africa

1Lagos ✈ Douala465 mi
2Lagos ✈ Niamey496 mi
3Cairo ✈ Damascus380 mi
4Cairo ✈ Antalya474 mi

950 miles · Both start with the same letter

1Shanghai ✈ Shizuoka1,012 mi
2Ho Chi Minh City ✈ Hong Kong935 mi
3Ho Chi Minh City ✈ Hong Kong Island935 mi
4Chengdu ✈ Chattogram949 mi

1,840 miles · Cross the equator

1Kinshasa ✈ Addis Ababa1,859 mi
2Kinshasa ✈ Khartoum1,809 mi
3Kinshasa ✈ Monrovia1,945 mi
4Lagos ✈ Kigali1,929 mi

3,230 miles · Must land in Europe

1Shanghai ✈ Yekaterinburg3,355 mi
2Shanghai ✈ Chelyabinsk3,315 mi
3Beijing ✈ Nizhniy Novgorod3,351 mi
4Beijing ✈ Kazan3,165 mi

Five new flights every day at midnight.

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