Order of Magnitude Quiz: How many travelers
Posted on November 8th, 2009
According to the Boston Globe, how many travelers fly in or out of Boston’s Logan Airport every year?
You win this quiz (and get exactly nothing as a prize) if your answer is within an order of magnitude of the right answer. (And I should periodically acknowledge that my friend Paul English invented the Order of Magnitude Quiz.)
The answer is in the first comment.
26 million, according to the Globe.
26 million, but I cheated. The answer is easily found on Wikipedia.
I count for at least ten or fifteen of those. You too, I bet.
I guessed 1000 flights, 100 people per flight, for 36M. I wonder which of the estimates is too high? Actually, if I just estimate 260 days per year…
I guessed an average of 30 flights/hour across 20 hours/day, with 100 people/flight, for 365 days = 21.9 million.