A number of Aviation World Records have been set over the years by 737 crews. Most of these records are "speed over a commercial route" records flown by airline pilots during their scheduled flights.

Your Challenge - Chicago, IL (USA) to Boise, ID (USA)

Let's see how you would do on the "Chicago to Boise" leg. The record has already been established... and superseded as follows :

Speed over a commercial air route Current record: Performance: 838.93 km/h Pilot : Mario Jerez (USA) Aircraft : Boeing 737-500 (N926UA) Airline : United Airlines Date of flight : 06 April 1997 Previous record: Performance: 769.01 km/h Pilot : Vaughn B. Cordle (USA) Aircraft : Boeing 737-300 (N373UA) Airline : United Airlines Date of flight : 13 February 1993

ACARS report for the Mario Jerez flight : ACARS-FLIGHT DATA - - - LEG 1 - - - FLT NO 1069 EVENTS TIME FOB DATE 05 OUT 03:14 026.6 DEPT ORD OFF 03:34 DEST BOI ON 06:19 ALTN / IN 06:23 007.7 UA1069-05 ORD-BOI 06:27 04/06/97 .N926UA

Pre-flight check

Before you take off, we have a few recommendations and information for you :

• the rules governing "speed over commercial air route records" can be consulted on the FAI Web Site. They make an interesting reading for anybody who wishes to challenge the existing record.
• this record was flown during a scheduled flight, which means that the pilot did not have any opportunity to wait for optimal weather and air traffic constraints. He had to cope with the conditions he faced at that time. You should bear this in mind when comparing your own performance to the above mentioned ones.
• the official record distance used by FAI for the Chicago-Boise course is 2307.06 km . The flight time to use to compute the speed is the time between take-off and touchdown.