Did You Fly More Than President Obama Last Year?

By: Ben Schlappig

Published: January 23, 2015

16 comments

The Washington Post ran a fun story yesterday mapping President Obama’s 2014 travel.

Literally month-by-month they mapped out all stops that Obama made. How much did he travel in 2014?

Over the course of the year, according to our estimates, Obama traveled over 188,000 miles. That’s all movement, from the White House to the State Department or from the White House to Australia.

In terms of the monthly ranges, Obama traveled just 2,700 miles last January (poor Air Force One!), while he traveled 28,800 miles in November.

So did you travel more or less than President Obama in 2014?

While I haven’t mapped out my 2014 travels yet, in 2013 I flew 400,000+ miles, and that doesn’t include other modes of transportation (not that they contribute significantly to that total). 😉

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Rami Guest

January 24, 2015, 5:56 pm

@Lantean; I would say just the opposite; red is revenue. I remember that he actually paid to fly to GRU on that crazy trip which included visiting Brazil 3 times in one week or something like that.

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Brian L. Gold

January 24, 2015, 2:12 pm

@Craig - They were almost certainly there for the Secretary, but I'd be very surprised if they were from the Secret Service. Most cabinet secretaries who have security are protected by law enforcement organizations from their own departments (unless they fall into one of the categories in the link I posted). The only time a cabinet secretary would be protected by the Secret Service is during the State of the Union. There's always one cabinet secretary who skips the address, in case of some kind of disaster that wipes out the entire governmental leadership, and that person has Secret Service protection until the SOTU is over.

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Craig Member

January 24, 2015, 8:29 am

Old timers might remember when President Nixon flew coach on United to California once as a publicity stunt.

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Levy Flight Guest

January 24, 2015, 2:39 am

@Darin - Not to worry, Africa is getting lots of attention from China... :(

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DCS Diamond

January 24, 2015, 1:24 am

I am 100% sure that if the president had traveled 400K+ miles in 2014, his detractors would have had field day with it. Heck, he simply took his girl out for a dinner and the blogosphere went viral about it!!! (see here: http://milepoint.com/forums/threads/barack-obama-faces-elitism-claims-over-1-000-for-two-hawaiian-dinner-with-michelle.110528/ ). More to the point is: why would anyone with a "regular job" (meaning one that does not require them to travel for a living) travel 400K+ miles a year? What is the point if it is not necessary? The POTUS practically owns Air Force One. He could just order it to go wherever he chooses to travel. But why would he if there is no reason to travel? That is the difference between @Lucky's job and the POTUS's, among many others differences ;-)

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