OT: what's the shortest commercial, major airline, flight in the USA?
Mar 13, 2006, 7:32 am
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Originally Posted by mlsrar
Hazarding a guess, I might say FNT-DTW, at 56 miles.
I actually saw this question posed on another forum where DFW-DAL and SFO-OAK were put forward but of course these are not direct flights. I am sure with the knowledge in FT we will get a definative answer for a direct flight
Mar 13, 2006, 12:26 pm
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Originally Posted by rdore
(Mileages from flyingfish)
AA flys MKE-ORD at 67
US flys ABE-PHL at 55
NW flys TOL-DTW at 49
DL flys DAY-CVG at 54
UA flys SNA-LAX at 36
AA flys MKE-ORD at 67
US flys ABE-PHL at 55
NW flys TOL-DTW at 49
DL flys DAY-CVG at 54
UA flys SNA-LAX at 36
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Mar 13, 2006, 1:02 pm
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ACA/United used to fly IAD-BWI at 45 miles. As a "no cost" connection, it was a great way to increase your sector count. When faced with poor weather or bad delays, they'd often send passengers by taxi instead!
Sadly, it is no more.
Sadly, it is no more.
Mar 13, 2006, 1:24 pm
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Not in the US, but before there was a causeway between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, there used to be regular flights from Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to Bahrain. (I couldn't find any flights now, so they may no longer exist.) The causeway is about ~ 15 miles and my recollection is that the entire flight was about 20 miles, airport-to-airport. At the time I lived there (mid-1980s), I think people used to describe the flight as one of the most expensive on a per-mile basis.
Mar 13, 2006, 7:43 pm
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Another one for the list - ACK - Nantucket Memorial Airport to HYA - Barnstable Muni-Boardman/Polando Field Airport
34miles with hourly service
Outside the US, it's Loganair's two-minute flight between the islands of Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland's Orkney Islands. There is no meal service.
34miles with hourly service
Outside the US, it's Loganair's two-minute flight between the islands of Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland's Orkney Islands. There is no meal service.