Featured Map for 4 July 2019:
Football Fan Flights

The United States celebrates Independence Day today, the 243rd anniversary of the country's Declaration of Independence from Britain, or as American's oddly refer to the holiday, the 4th of July. This year there are debates about whether tanks and other displays of military might are appropriate symbols of the country. One symbol which is undeniably American is college football, even if it isn't often associated with this national holiday.

Airlines operate many charter flights to transport sports teams—and less often fan charters, especially for bowl games. Sometimes they also add extra scheduled flights, or upgauge existing flights, to handle fans going to and from the game. For the upcoming college football season, United has added nine special non-stop round-trips to help fans get to and from out-of-town college games. All of the games are on a Saturday; the extra flights operate Friday outbound and Sunday return with just a couple of exceptions.

Game Day	Away Team	Host Team	Route	Aircraft	Note
Aug 31	Oregon	AT&T Stadium (Arlington, TX)	EUG-DFW	737-900	Fri-Mon
	Auburn
Sep 7	Louisiana State	Texas-Austin	BTR-AUS	737-900
Sep 14	Alabama	South Carolina	BHM-CAE	ERJ	Thu-Sun
Sep 21	Notre Dame	Georgia	SBN-ATL	E175
Sep 28	Ohio State	Nebraska-Lincoln	CMH-LNK	E175
Oct 12	Alabama	Texas A&M	BHM-CLL	737-900
Oct 12	Southern California	Notre Dame	LAX-SBN	737-900
Oct 26	Wisconsin	Ohio State	MSN-CMH	737-900
Nov 9	Notre Dame	Duke	SBN-RDU	E175

Today's Featured Map shows these nine routes in red, with green rings marking the game location. The first game is an away game for both teams; United is not offering a flight for Auburn Tiger fans since Auburn University Regional Airport only supports general aviation (GA) flying but the route is shown in grey.

References and additional information:

• Declaration of Independence – The National Archives
• Declaration of Independence – Constitution Society
• The Whole World Is Wondering Why Americans Say This On The 4th Of July – Buzzfeed (2 July 2019)
• United Airlines
  • Nonstop to gameday: Touching down in a college town has never been easier (20 June 2019)
  
  
• Featured Map: Super Bowl Shuttles (2 February 2018)
• Featured Map: Cubs and Indians World Series (23 October 2016)
• Featured Map: Super Bowl Shuffle (7 February 2016)
• Featured Map: United Charter N194UA (25 June 2015)
• Featured Map: United States Independence Day (4 July 2010)