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Back to the Airstrip

Back to the Airstrip is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Borean Tundra. It is step 117 of 182 in the Borean Tundra storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Borean Tundra at 57.0, 18.7. It rewards 5 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 5,150 experience and money.

Description

Okay, I think I'm going to start making my way back to the airstrip, too. Of course, I'm moving a little slower with this leg injury.

Say, do you think you could get there ahead of me and pass on the good news to Ol' Fizzcrank? I bet anything that there'll be a reward in it for you.

Thanks, <name>!

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +350
Top Comments

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mstieler+2via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

You need to do those quests as well: What's the Matter with the Transmatter? chain, opens up: Might As Well Wipe Out the Scourge & Rats, Tinky Went into the Necropolis! "Rats..." leads to I'm Stuck in this Damned Cage... But Not For Long! After completing "Might..." & "I'm Stuck...", Back to the Airstrip opens up.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,150
MoneyGold21g
ReputationValiance Expedition+350

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeArmor Finger
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +5 Versatility
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for61 silver4 copper
TypeLeather Feet
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for34 gold24 silver
TypeMail Chest
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor17
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +16 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for48 gold3 silver
TypePlate Head
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor19
Stats+7 Strength or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for36 gold75 silver
TypeArmor Held In Off-hand
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+6 Stamina, +13 Intellect
Suited toDiscipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Mistweaver, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost
Sells to vendors for41 gold62 silver

Reputation: Valiance Expedition +350

The main armies of the Alliance in Northrend, moving against the Scourge and unified under King Varian Wrynn's command.

Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.

Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: The Late William Allerton (+150), Lost and Found (+75), In Wine, Truth (+150), A Deserter (+25), Dirty, Stinkin' Snobolds! (+250), Just a Few More Things... (+250).

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapBorean TundraTurn-in marker at 57.0, 18.7, 2 mapped points
World Map

Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

Borean Tundra Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Borean Tundra map showing where to go for Back to the AirstripTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #114 57.0 18.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBorean Tundra 57.0, 18.7/way #114 57.0 18.7
  • Objective areaBorean Tundra 73.4, 18.8/way #114 73.4 18.8

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Borean Tundra map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Borean Tundra, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:

  • Fizzcrank Airstrip, Borean TundraAlliance · about 60 yards south-west
  • Amber Ledge, Borean TundraAlliance and Horde · about 910 yards south-west
  • River's Heart, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 950 yards east

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Quest Line

Storyline

Borean Tundra

Part 117 of 182.

Previous: Let Bixie Know · Next: Dirty, Stinkin' Snobolds!

  1. 112There's Something Going On In Those Caves
  2. 113Rats, Tinky Went into the Necropolis!
  3. 114Might As Well Wipe Out the Scourge
  4. 115I'm Stuck in this Damned Cage... But Not For Long!
  5. 116Let Bixie Know
  6. 117Back to the Airstrip
  7. 118Dirty, Stinkin' Snobolds!
  8. 119Just a Few More Things...
  9. 120Hah... You're Not So Big Now!
  10. 121Plan B
  11. 122It Was The Orcs, Honest!
  12. 123Re-Cursive

Showing steps 112 to 123 of 182.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Let Bixie KnowBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    My evil twin's out there somewhere now. I'm pretty sure that she's not back at the airstrip. In fact, wherever she ended up, it's colder there than here. But I could only 'feel' her for a moment. Oh well, I'll reconfigure this thing and port myself back to the airstrip soon enough.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Dirty, Stinkin' Snobolds!Borean Tundra · Level 10-30

    Those dirty, stinkin' snobolds... they stole all of my supplies! What's a snobold you ask? It's like a kobold, 'cept they serve the magnataur; kinda take care of them. I know, weird! Anywho, wanna help me out? I know the little creeps stole off with all of my stuff.

The storyline at a glance

Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Borean Tundra map

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.

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