《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第61期:飛越州(4)

Poor Virginia

可憐的弗吉尼亞

As someone who grew up there, it's hard for me to accept Virginia's status as the most flown-over state. If nothing else, when I'm back home with family, I'll try to remember-once in a while-to look up and wave.

一些在弗吉尼亞長大的人可能會和我一樣，很難接受弗吉尼亞是被飛越次數最多的州。如果不出意外的話，當我乘飛機回家的時候，我會記得抬頭揮個手的。

(And if you find yourself on Arik Air Flight 104 from Johannesburg, South Africa to Lagos, Nigeria-daily service, departing at 9:35 A.M.-remember to look down and say “Aloha!”)

（如果你正在從南非約翰內斯堡飛往尼日利亞拉各斯的阿瑞克航空104航班上——每天早上9：35都會有這班飛機——記得朝下看，並説一聲“Aloha！”）

1 It helps that Canada, unlike the US, has extensive commercial flight service to Cuba.

1． 不像美國，加拿大有大量飛抵古巴的商業航班。

2 This changed in 2013, when Frontier Airlines began operating a route between New Castle Airport and Fort Myers, Florida. This wasn't included in my data set, and it's possible Frontier will bump Delaware down the list.

2． 事情在2013年發生了轉機，邊疆航空公司在那一年開通了往返紐卡斯爾機場和佛羅里達邁爾斯堡機場的例行航班。不過這條數據並沒有出現在我的計算中，而且邊疆航空公司也有可能取消這一航線。

3 I'm including Rhode Island here, although it seems wrong to.

3． 我把羅德島也算了進來，雖然看上去不應該這麼做。