Domestic flights with international flyovers
Feb 27, 2017, 2:25 pm
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Drive onto an Alaska ferry at Bellingham, WA or in Alaska and drive off at the end of the trip. The ship does sail into Canadian waters but it is a U.S. ship and you are not formally entering Canada en route and don't need a passport unles embarking/disembarking at Prince Rupert.
FWIW, the most/more popular BC ferry route between "Vancouver" and "Victoria" does that too (entering foreign waters) albeit for a much shorter duration.
FWIW, the most/more popular BC ferry route between "Vancouver" and "Victoria" does that too (entering foreign waters) albeit for a much shorter duration.
Ummm ... no. At least not with respect to the questions I am asking.
The minute you roll onto the ferry, you are no longer driving, you're sailing.
Plus, the fact that you leave national waters means it is not a domestic voyage physically (regardless of the technicalities of immigration or any other law).
Besides, I specifically said I the OP I am not counting ATL-ANC in my list, because there is not a solely domestic land route between them.
Last edited by Kamalaasaa; Feb 27, 2017 at 2:29 pm Reason: Add material from OP
Feb 27, 2017, 3:05 pm
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OSL-KKN, and many other airports in the north (Sweden&Finland)
Galicia-SVQ (Portugal)
DRS-MUC (Germany)
INN-VIE (Germany) Even the direct trains and the Autobahn there go through Germany, as it's much quicker and less mountainous.
North Croatia-SPU/DBV (Bosnia)
Getting to DBV is actually not possible by car without crossing a border or taking a ferry until the bridge that passes Neum opens in a few years
And probably also a lot of approaches of domestic flights to airports close to the border, depending on the wind
NCE (Italy)
BSL (Switzerland, special one actually as the airport is half Swiss)
LIL (Belgium)
FKB (France)
CPH (sweden)
...
Galicia-SVQ (Portugal)
DRS-MUC (Germany)
INN-VIE (Germany) Even the direct trains and the Autobahn there go through Germany, as it's much quicker and less mountainous.
North Croatia-SPU/DBV (Bosnia)
Getting to DBV is actually not possible by car without crossing a border or taking a ferry until the bridge that passes Neum opens in a few years
And probably also a lot of approaches of domestic flights to airports close to the border, depending on the wind
NCE (Italy)
BSL (Switzerland, special one actually as the airport is half Swiss)
LIL (Belgium)
FKB (France)
CPH (sweden)
...
Feb 27, 2017, 5:24 pm
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Feb 27, 2017, 5:35 pm
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Same thing for SIN. I can't see commercial flights avoiding Malaysia airspace if taking off or approaching from the north.
Feb 27, 2017, 6:25 pm
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I believe domestic TIJ flights avoid US airspace as well, which makes for an interesting take-off as the pilot banks almost immediately after takeoff since the TIJ runway is angled towards the US border.
Feb 27, 2017, 9:07 pm
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Feb 27, 2017, 10:02 pm
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In India, there are domestic flights which fly over Nepal or Bangladesh to get to the states that are east of Bangladesh. While I am not sure that the roads are such that you could drive there, you certainly could walk from Calcutta to those eastern states without crossing into Bangladesh.
I would presume that flights from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh city overfly Laos and Cambodia.
Flights from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia would probably cross Brunei. Another case, where I am not sure if the road network exists between the two cities, but there is no intervening water. From looking at the map, the major roads do go through Brunei as well but that doesn't preclude the possibility of not going through it.
I would presume that flights from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh city overfly Laos and Cambodia.
Flights from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia would probably cross Brunei. Another case, where I am not sure if the road network exists between the two cities, but there is no intervening water. From looking at the map, the major roads do go through Brunei as well but that doesn't preclude the possibility of not going through it.
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Feb 28, 2017, 12:22 am
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Edit: Hope it is okay to post this screenshot from flightradar24.com?
Feb 28, 2017, 8:05 am
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Feb 28, 2017, 9:29 am
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Not exactly but it won't wander too far off the coast. If anything, they'll steam closer to the coast line (weather and sea conditions depending) and sheltered from the seas. I doubt if they ever sail west of Vancouver Island.