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.

What's your shortest flight?

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World's shortest commercial flight!

What's the SHORTEST flight you took ON A JET?

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What is your shortest commercial flight?

Is this the World's Shortest flight - 6 miles?

Westray to Papa Westray is about 57 seconds with favourable winds.

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.

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.

TLL-HEL (Tallinn to Helsinki) is 63 miles, sub-20 minutes, and has probably been done by quite a lot of FlyerTalkers.

My shortest was Papeete, Tahiti (PPT) to Moorea (MOZ). According to the interwebs, the flight is about 11 miles and 7 minutes.

Yup. Tons of fun. It was ~1:20 when I did it a few years ago. http://blog.wandr.me/2010/07/the-wor...flight-and-me/

On AS between WRG and PSG, I actually timed it, 9 minutes wheels up to wheels down.

Norfolk VA (ORF) to Newport News VA (PHF) and return, 23 miles each way.

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.

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!