aroundtheworld76

I've done DUT-ANC and the return many times in the Saab and a few times in a King Air. ANC-DUT is much more problematic. A typical busy season morning would see Saab's leaving every 15 minutes from ANC. Inevitably the winds would force a fuel/wait out the weather in DUT stop in CDB. Six Saab loads of people would crowd into the one room/one bathroom/one coffee pot CDB terminal for a few hours until they realize that the weather in DUT was not going to clear. Then everybody gets back in the Saab's, heads back to ANC to try again the next morning.

I can only recall twice that we made it from ANC-DUT without a stop. DUT-ANC is a wind assisted cakewalk in comparison.

To save weight, they would often load the pax on the Saab's, but put luggage in a Metro and fly it separately.

JVPhoto

I've been fortunate enough that it has only been Great Lakes flights between Denver & Telluride on a Beechcraft 1900 and occasionally some SFO/MRY & LAX/SBA on Brasilia 120 all with travel time under about 55 min.

CubsFanJohn

I stand corrected. Proves how much I know or I don't know

rockrich

Lockheed Electra ORD LGA early 1960's

ibrandsguest

DCA-GSP, and that was enough.

DrJohn999

HPN to BUF on (I think) Allegheny Airlines, circa 1975. Had a 150 kt headwind, as announced by the pilot. We dropped to ~ 7500 ft to avoid, could see cars on the NY Thruway "passing" us as their ground speed was greater than ours! Had to stop at ROC to refuel. Don't remember how long it took total but I sure remember that flight.

OxfordBlue

Looks like Icelandair are about to for the record, certainly in Europe anyway.. they've announced direct flights from BHD (Belfast City) to KEFlavik (why, beats me unless they are feeding the North American routes) in a Bombardier Q400: flight time 2:55!

News release here

Gardyloo

LED-TAS in a fabulous Aeroflot TU-114 eggbeater -

DesertNomad

6:45 from Vilanculos to Pemba in Mozambique.

Fraser

Some good nicknames for that one:

"SA 227 Metroliner: San-Antonio sewerpipe, Texas Sewer Pipe, Death pencil, The Screamin Weenie, Texas Lawn Dart, Swetro (It got very hot in the summer), Baltimore Whore (no visible means of support, skinny lil 'ol wings), Terror Tube, "That noisy ....ing thing", Widow maker, Kerosene Crowbar, Fear tube, Necroliner, Buzzbomb, Metrowhiner, Death Tube, San Antone Sewer Rocket.... With Garrett Grenades."
http://www.b737.org.uk/aircraftnicknames.htm

OTD

PHL-DAB, Eastern Air Lines Lockheed Electra. Probably had three or four intermediate stops; I remember DCA was one of them.

Duke787

SEA - RNO and return on the Q400 is the longest for me

mmff

When? What aircraft? Commercial or private? If commercial, what airline? Thanks!

mcwobby

Only counting nonstop, scheduled flights on modern aircraft:

Perth (PER) to Karratha (KTA). Can't recall exact plane. Was a 3 hour flight. Plenty of regional Australian flights in Queensland and WA that are quite long, but also happened a long time ago.

Next year I'll be flying Suva (SUV) to Funafuti (FUN) which is a close to 3 hour flight on an ATR 72.

Fraser

FHB-OFP (Fernandina Beach, FL to Hanover County Airport, VA)
541 miles
Sole passenger on private King Air 350. Lovely!