Departures

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Posted on 29 May 2015
==Puzzle==
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Hint 1
You'll find an anagram for something to do with air travel.  I was almost going to say it has the same initials as Greatest Common Multiple, but I don't think there is any such thing. Clicking on the image will help you get one of the words by yourself and if that's not enough, you might want to collaborate with someone else or try other Internet-connected devices you have.
Hint 2
Find a total for all 19 segments. Don't use Songshan or Ministro Pistarini, use other ones instead. Try different units of measure.
Solution
Path #1: The blue letters in the "Airline" column on the Departures board are "ERRGCECM" and in the "Destination" column they are "RIAPLATEP".  "ERRGCECM RIAPLATEP" is an anagram containing the words "GREAT CIRCLE" which leaves the letters "RM PAEP", an anagram for the word "MAPPER".
Path #2: Clicking on the image takes you to one of three different pages on the Ancient Societies site, depending on the operating system:
1 of 3: http://www.AncientSocieties.com/kjr9feek3i/
 Begin at London Heathrow...
 5801 sinGapore
 7364 ameRican
 6798 dElta
 328 guAngzhou
 2033 Taipei
2 of 3: http://www.AncientSocieties.com/qj9debozk3/
 ...end at Sydney...
 7381 ameriCan
 103 manIla
 268 london heathRow
 7743 ameriCan
 5 auckLand
 7860 dElta
3 of 3: http://www.AncientSocieties.com/mwrx9z3pv/
 ...stopping at all points in between.
 7366 aMerican
 1 Aukland
 4091 paPeete
 77 Paris
 5815 taipEi
 4011 aiR New Z.
Reading the blue letters from each flight for the flight numbers on each of those three screens results in the three words "GREAT CIRCLE MAPPER".
Convert the destinations for each of the flights on the Departures board to their airport codes.
 London Heathrow LHR
 Manila MNL
 Auckland AKL
 Paris CDG
 Sydney SYD
 Auckland AKL
 Sydney SYD
 Guangzhou CAN
 Nadi NAN
 Hong Kong HKG
 Melbourne MEL
 Taipei TPE - don't use TSA - Taipei Songshan / Sung Shan
 Brisbane BNE
 Buenos Aires BAI - don't use EZE - Ministro Pistarini International
 Taipei TPE
 Seoul Incheon ICN
 Taipei TPE
 Papeete PPT
 Brisbane BNE
 Sydney SYD
The top result in a Google search (at least mine) is the Great Circle Mapper at GCMap.com.  Use it to find the total Great Circle distance for all of the flights in the order listed, beginning at London Heathrow, ending at Sydney and stopping at all points in between, as directed by the three different pages listed above.
: LHR-MNL-AKL-CDG-SYD-AKL-SYD-CAN-NAN-HKG-MEL-TPE-BNE-BAI-TPE-ICN-TPE-PPT-BNE-SYD
The total distance is 95,485 miles, but stl.la/95485 doesn't work. Trying different units, stl.la/82974 for 82,974 nautical miles doesn't work either, but 153,669 kilometers does work. The solution is stl.la/153669.
Reward
http://www.AncientSocieties.com/8s2c9p7j5p/
(The official solution has 3 "A"s and 2 "R"s in the list of blue letters, but it should be 3 "R"s and 2 "A"s.)
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