Shortest NWA flight you have been on
Feb 28, 2006, 8:49 am
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Shortest NWA flight you have been on
I was thinking about the long CRJ thread that I started. I recently too the DTW-TOL flight. It comes up as 49 miles. Has anyone done any shorter?
Feb 28, 2006, 9:30 am
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In the 80s and early 90s, NW had an evening flight that went MSP-SNA-ONT. So although not an independent flight I've flown the 30 mile SNA-ONT leg.
tom
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Feb 28, 2006, 9:37 am
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Lax-las
Shortest NW Flight I've been on is LAX-LAS 236 Miles.
Feb 28, 2006, 9:39 am
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MEM-BNA at 200 miles. 
Feb 28, 2006, 9:45 am
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OGG-KOA - 84 miles (but it feels like forever going around the entire island).
KL AMS-BRU - 90 miles (and they still did drink and food service)
KL AMS-BRU - 90 miles (and they still did drink and food service)
Feb 28, 2006, 9:49 am
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Ogg-koa
Sept 2005, 90 miles
Feb 28, 2006, 9:56 am
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MEM-BHM 212 miles, so far on a DC-9 and CRJ, soon on a ARJ as well.
I have been delayed 4-5 hours in MEM (the time it takes to drive it) twice in the past 3 months.
I have been delayed 4-5 hours in MEM (the time it takes to drive it) twice in the past 3 months.
Feb 28, 2006, 9:56 am
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I feel like back in the mid-90s I went SYR-ROC-DTW. SYR-ROC couldn't be much more than DTW-TOL.
Feb 28, 2006, 9:58 am
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IAD-BWI 56 road miles. The flight was filled with people who'd bought tickets exBWI because they were cheaper, so of course NW wouldn't allow anyone off at IAD, you had to fly to BWI 
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Feb 28, 2006, 10:01 am
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I regularly do RST-MSP (76 miles). Often on a DC9! 
Feb 28, 2006, 10:10 am
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CLE<->DTW 75 miles (often on a 755 too during the fall football/charter season )
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Feb 28, 2006, 10:23 am
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Hahaha... About a 1/3rd of my segments last year were FNT-DTW, 56 miles. My favorite comment from the pilot is "As soon as we take off we are in DTW's landing pattern"
Feb 28, 2006, 10:24 am
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You're going to have a tough time beating the 49m DTW-TOL.
I've flown the MIA-FLL leg a few times on DL, as part of the last ATL-(MIA)-FLL run of the day. It was bookable as a $35 fare, but never took it (and this was back in the days of 1000 mile segments). Flying that MIA-FLL route was the one and only time I've been in a plane that landed *with* the wind... it took off from MIA going east, did a half-circle, and landed going west. All the other times, they did an S, or an ouside/inside circle to land against the wind.
They probably have to time take-offs to the passing of heavy's!
Steve B.
Originally Posted by RobtheAggie
I was thinking about the long CRJ thread that I started. I recently too the DTW-TOL flight. It comes up as 49 miles. Has anyone done any shorter?
Originally Posted by humanoid94
Hahaha... About a 1/3rd of my segments last year were FNT-DTW, 56 miles. My favorite comment from the pilot is "As soon as we take off we are in DTW's landing pattern"
Steve B.
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Feb 28, 2006, 10:30 am
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HNL-OGG at 101 miles. I'll get it to 95 miles when I take DTW-CLE this spring.
Feb 28, 2006, 10:40 am
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Shortest flight although not NW
The shortest flight I've ever taken is not on NWA but now defunct Air California back in the late 70s. I flew TVL - BUR - LAX, I believe on DC3, with the last leg being 18 miles. I've also taken LAX-SNA (36 miles) in the early 90s on a reroute connection by DL on SWF-ATL-SLC-SNA route that went SWF-ATL-LAX-SNA.
The shortest I've taken on NWA is DTW-TOL and back with lots of FNT-DTW, too.
HJ
The shortest I've taken on NWA is DTW-TOL and back with lots of FNT-DTW, too.
HJ