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Shortest Flight Ever?
Recently got diverted from BWI to IAD because of weather. A couple of hours later, we then flew IAD to BWI.....17 minutes wheels up to wheel down. It was my shortest commercial flight ever.
Anybody else been on a shorter flight on commercial jet service? |
Years ago there was a flight from OAK-SFO.
I think there've been a few threads about this in the past where people came up with some duesies. |
Westray to Papa Westray is about 57 seconds with favourable winds.
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My landing practice flights < 1 minute each.
I paid for them so would that count? |
DTW-LAN is a longer distance but 15-16 minutes in flight. I fly it a few times a year, when it's cheaper than taking the bus to DTW.
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TOL (Toledo, OH)- DTW 49 miles, discontinued a few years ago after years of service
FRA-EWR-JFK, EWR was a diversion. No local EWR-JFK traffic. IAH (Houston) helicopter service to several helipads. No longer in service. PHL-JFK on TWA in the 80's and 90's - 727 service DCA-PHL, which isn't that short There are a number of flights that are about 100 miles including MKE-ORD (which I haven't been aboard), CAE-CLT, LIT-MEM, SMF-SFO, etc. Some of these are primarily for connections. Another question might be "What is the shortest flight you've taken where you were O&D traffic and not connecting?" Mine was probably 100 miles on a mainline within the US (didn't want to drive late at night), about 25 miles outside the US (between islands and quicker than a ferry). |
Land's End to the Scillies is about 11 minutes.
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TLL-HEL (Tallinn to Helsinki) is 63 miles, sub-20 minutes, and has probably been done by quite a lot of FlyerTalkers.
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My shortest was Papeete, Tahiti (PPT) to Moorea (MOZ). According to the interwebs, the flight is about 11 miles and 7 minutes.
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Originally Posted by LondonElite
(Post 28683120)
Westray to Papa Westray is about 57 seconds with favourable winds.
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On AS between WRG and PSG, I actually timed it, 9 minutes wheels up to wheels down.
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Originally Posted by Toshbaf
(Post 28686515)
Another question might be "What is the shortest flight you've taken where you were O&D traffic and not connecting?"
Piedmont Airlines, 1986, Shorts 330 each way, sole pax on ORF-PHF sector. Bought a round-trip ticket for about 30 bucks, needed it to get 2 additional segments for a free-trip promo that Piedmont was running at the time. And it was true O&D - I left the airport after arriving at PHF in the morning, went home, then back to PHF for the return flight in the afternoon. |
Shortest flight
What is the shortest commercial flight you have taken?
Years ago, I took a WN flight from ISP to PVD, it was about 12 minutes in the air. |
About 10 minutes, Bahrain to Al Khobar. Enough time for 2 Gin & Tonics before prohibition set in!
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