Shortest Mainline Flight
Feb 3, 2011, 8:51 pm
#31
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Again, not mainline, but I used to take CO's Dash 8 BGM-ELM, as well as US ACY-PHL on Short 360's and Beech1900's. Both routes 46 miles
Feb 4, 2011, 8:58 pm
#32
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Done this one a few times, which seems silly but usually connecting or going from one meeting to another on the same roundtrip. Cheaper than renting a car, etc. Funny thing is that pre departure drink and snack basket was more consistent than longer flights.
Feb 5, 2011, 8:31 am
#33
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Feb 6, 2011, 2:33 pm
#34
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I flew it both on the 757 with 24 and the 321 with 26 seats. IIRC, the 757 would continue on to LAX as the same flight number after BWI-LAX was dropped.
May 6, 2011, 11:19 am
#35
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It's also the only flight that I, as a Silver, can get almost a guaranteed upgrade.
May 6, 2011, 1:28 pm
#36
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May 7, 2011, 12:43 am
#38
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BDL to PHL has 737 service not the shortest, but still pretty short. Impossible to clear an upgrade as a silver though.
May 7, 2011, 12:53 am
#39
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i did the sfo-oak a few times back in the early 90s. was an 11 mile flight that on a bad day took 45 minutes from lift off to landing. Still better that the bus.
May 7, 2011, 1:10 pm
#40
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There was one daily A319 on CLT-GSO during the last furniture market. 85 miles.
There's also plenty of CLT-RDU flights, and at least one E190 on PHL-LGA in addition to the aforementioned PHL-BWI.
There's also plenty of CLT-RDU flights, and at least one E190 on PHL-LGA in addition to the aforementioned PHL-BWI.
May 7, 2011, 1:14 pm
#41
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OGG-KOA, 88 miles and in a 777.
May 7, 2011, 3:26 pm
#42
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Wrong airline, dude. But since we're straying off course a little, I'll add that I used to fly Piedmont's ROA-LYH route back in the late 1970s. It was a whopping 43 miles and was on a 737-200. It generally continued on to RIC, but depending on schedule changes, would sometimes continue direct from LYH to LGA.
Now THOSE were the days my friends.
Now THOSE were the days my friends.
Jan 19, 2014, 10:53 pm
#43
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I did some searching and it looks like I'm taking the current shortest mainline flight on US from BWI-PHL at a whopping 90 miles in an Airbus A319. I notice it has a better on-time rating then the Express flights plying the route and needs to sometimes do a few curves in its route to eat up time. It also doesn't use the F terminal gates - which is important since I have a 46 minute connection to an SFO flight with just a backpack.
Jan 20, 2014, 12:08 am
#44
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I did some searching and it looks like I'm taking the current shortest mainline flight on US from BWI-PHL at a whopping 90 miles in an Airbus A319. I notice it has a better on-time rating then the Express flights plying the route and needs to sometimes do a few curves in its route to eat up time. It also doesn't use the F terminal gates - which is important since I have a 46 minute connection to an SFO flight with just a backpack.
Jan 20, 2014, 5:45 am
#45
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That's right- I've flown on it a couple times now GSO-CLT. Nice to have such a large aircraft even for a short flight, and it's always been packed to the gills when I've flown it. Makes for an easier upgrade to F with the extra seats. AFAIK, there are now two regular weekday flights with A319s on this route- an early morning departure GSO-CLT as well as an afternoon turn. One plane overnights there to operate the 7:30am departure after flying in from CLT the night before.
Speaking of GSO-CLT, it seems to be a very elite-heavy route. Upgrades as a gold are typically not easy for this short flight. I always see long lists of names on the upgrade standby list.
Speaking of GSO-CLT, it seems to be a very elite-heavy route. Upgrades as a gold are typically not easy for this short flight. I always see long lists of names on the upgrade standby list.