Season 5 · Episode 12 · First aired 4 March 2007
Airport '07
Episode 12 of Family Guy season 5 (S05E12), the 92nd Family Guy episode overall. Written by Tom Devanney and directed by John Holmquist. First broadcast on 4 March 2007.
Story
After a redneck comedy show Peter buys a pickup truck and adopts the lifestyle that goes with it. A slogan painted across the rear window blocks his view and he reverses into Quagmire's car, so he has to drive Quagmire to the airport. There Peter drains the fuel from the aircraft Quagmire is due to fly, believing it will make the truck airborne, and the plane runs out of fuel and comes down. Quagmire loses his job, spends his savings and moves in with the Griffins. Peter, Joe and Cleveland plan to put him back in work by drugging the pilots of another flight, but Quagmire misses the plane and none of the three can fly it. Hugh Hefner restores his confidence in a bar, and he talks Peter through the landing from air traffic control.
Production and reception
- Nielsen figures put the first broadcast at 8.59 million homes, with a 3.0 rating among viewers aged 18 to 49. Wikipedia, Airport '07
- Hugh Hefner voiced himself, recorded in his own den rather than the studio. A matching echo was added to the other side of the conversation to even the two voices out. Wikipedia, Airport '07
- Writer Cherry Chevapravatdumrong voiced the Thai women in Quagmire's car and taught Seth MacFarlane the Thai lines he speaks, which MacFarlane said he did not understand. Wikipedia, Airport '07
- Walter Murphy put together a forty piece orchestra to perform the musical number. Wikipedia, Airport '07
- Mayor West carrying on reading to schoolchildren as the crash is reported refers to George W. Bush on 11 September 2001, and several music cues are taken from Airplane!. Wikipedia, Airport '07
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Passenger #2, Survivor's Wife |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Prom Attendee #1 |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown, John Herbert |
| Lori Alan | Diane Simmons |
| Barclay DeVeau | Wife, Asian Girls |
| Ralph Garman | Larry, Husband |
| Hugh Hefner | Hugh Hefner |
| Mark Hentemann | George |
Principal voice credits as recorded by IMDb, which lists up to ten credits per episode, so recurring characters can be missing here. Guest voices below come from Wikipedia and TVmaze.
Guest voices
- Hugh Hefner as himself
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Adam West as Mayor Adam West
- Lori Alan as Diane Simmons
- Mike Henry as Herbert
- Phil LaMarr as Ollie Williams
- Rachael MacFarlane as Airport Employee
Season 5: episode 12 of 18
- E1Stewie Loves Lois
- E2Mother Tucker
- E3Hell Comes to Quahog
- E4Saving Private Brian
- E5Whistle While Your Wife Works
- E6Prick Up Your Ears
- E7Chick Cancer
- E8Barely Legal
- E9Road to Rupert
- E10Peter's Two Dads
- E11The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- E12Airport '07You are here
- E13Bill & Peter's Bogus Journey
- E14No Meals on Wheels
- E15Boys Do Cry
- E16No Chris Left Behind
- E17It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One
- E18Meet the Quagmires
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 5 and the episode's article (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
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- Note
- The story summary and notes were written for this site from the sources listed, by Claude in Claude Code on 2026-09-08, awaiting editorial review. Facts only; no dialogue is reproduced. Voice credits: Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Guest cast data from TVmaze (https://www.tvmaze.com), CC BY-SA.