Shortest Commercial flight?

[ATAExpress]

I'd say between ACK and HYA. 12 minutes! But, those planes use Cessna 402's

[DAL767-400ER]

Between Westrey and Papa Westrey in Orkney Islands, operated by Logan Air, 1.5mi, flight time between 1-2 minutes, depending on the wind. In general, people in Papa Westrey can see when the flight arrives at Westrey.

[MaxPower]

Between Westrey and Papa Westrey in Orkney Islands, operated by Logan Air, 1.5mi, flight time between 1-2 minutes, depending on the wind. In general, people in Papa Westrey can see when the flight arrives at Westrey.

You'll prolly get a good altitude on the plane, at crusing altitude 40 ft ;) before you finally have to descend..:lol:

[Chris@YYZ]

Between Westrey and Papa Westrey in Orkney Islands, operated by Logan Air, 1.5mi, flight time between 1-2 minutes, depending on the wind. In general, people in Papa Westrey can see when the flight arrives at Westrey.

got some ICAO codes? I wanna do that flight in FS :p

[DAL767-400ER]

EGEW-EGEP
Looking that up in FS9 took me about as long as the flight with good winds :-P .

[JordanD]

There's also LAX-SNA in an EMB-120. Not sure how long that takes exactly but it's pretty quick.

[aca_srbija]

JU used to have a flight from BEY-DAM with B733 which took about 20 mins and apparently even had an onboard catering!!!!

[uy707]

Some I remember of
LAX-SAN
American - DC10 / 707 / 727
PSA - 727-200
Western - the whole fleet
MIA-FLL
Delta - DC.8-61
Braniff - DC.8-62 / 727
Northwest - 720B / 707 / DC10
LAX-Long Beach
Continental - 727,
as with the afore mentionned Delta DC.8, when buying a ticket on this one usually culminated in having some agents suggesting you could rent a limo and give them a break !!!
PHL-IAD
United - DC.8-71
Cotonou-Lomé
Air Afrique - DC.8s / A300Bs / DC.10-30s
Nice-Marseille
RAM - 707 /727 /732
Air France - 727, also on Bordeaux-Toulouse
GVA-ZRH
Swissair - DC.8 / DC.10 / 747
TAP - 707
List goes on
Off course the mentionned routes were not the O&D, as for instance AA 707 flew further to Tulsa, but there they were.

[JordanD]

:O
Was LAX-LGB commonly flown by the 727? That's crazy!

[uy707]

^Yes it did, and topping that a stretched 200 :lol:
Alain

[JordanD]

Jeez! I don't see how they made ANY profit off of that, even back when fuel was dirt cheap. I don't see who in their right mind would pay the price for a plane ticket on that short of a flight either.:lol:

[pbateson]

Hong Kong - Macau = 5 minutes

[DAL767-400ER]

Jeez! I don't see how they made ANY profit off of that, even back when fuel was dirt cheap. I don't see who in their right mind would pay the price for a plane ticket on that short of a flight either.:lol:
Well, let's say the O&D at LAX was rather low on that flight ;) . Anyone who has ever experienced traffic in the LA basin during rush hour, especially on I-405, will seriously be contemplating boarding a flight at LGB (in the past), SNA or ONT to LAX, to have the safety of knowing that you will catch your important longhaul flight from LAX. Plus of course, SNA and ONT are cheaper as far parking goes, and less jam-packed than the departure area at LAX.

[rich7271]

Jersey to Guernsey 20mins on Shorts 360/ Trislanders - 25 mins on Flybe Dash 8

Guernsey to Alderney 15mins on Trislanders

Euro Atlantic used to fly Southmpton-Bournemouth-Southampton, I think it was 15mins each way on 733.

Rich

[aca_srbija]

Hong Kong - Macau = 5 minutes

with what a/c? :shock:

[rich7271]

with what a/c? :shock:

Maybe one on flight sim ;-). I looked it up and East Asia Airlines and Heli Express both helicopter services do a 16 min flight on the route.

Rich

[a78jumper]

YVR-YYZ is 37 miles, and in the past I have flown it on

DC8/722 with AC
732 with PW; and
732 with CP.

[uy707]

Jeez! I don't see how they made ANY profit off of that, even back when fuel was dirt cheap. I don't see who in their right mind would pay the price for a plane ticket on that short of a flight either.:lol:


Well some real planecrazy as you and I did :wink:

Alain

[uy707]

Another one I would have loved recording : AMM-Aqaba when RJ's 727-200s ruled supreme. Flight was usually undertaken at low speed, low altitude and so on because VFR was undertaken....
Some others bypassed since the opening of the thread
Damas-Aleppo
Quite a few domestic sectors across the Greek archipelago
list goes on
Alain

[uy707]

Some more popping by revisiting retrorides !!!

1981 - LGW/LHR - Sikorky 61 Gatwick Airlinks
and some more dating back to 1990 ....

Flagstaff/Grand Canyon - 54 nm - America West-DeHavillandCanada Dash 8-100

Philadelphia/Baltimore - 91nm-25 mnts US Air Express-Shorts 330
Puerto Plata-Santo Domingo/Las Americas - 115nm - 727-200 - DO

Washington/DCA-Baltimore - 37miles - 17 mnts - US Air Express - Dash 8

Baltimore/Philadelphia - 91 miles - 24 mnts - US Air Express Jetstream 31

Philiadelphia-Washington/Dulles - 127 miles - 34mnts - United - DC.8-71

Keep you posted when unburrying more :lol:
Alain

[JordanD]

I think Southwest flies MDW-IND which is 147nm. Not that short for an RJ but I guess pretty short for a 737. There's also MDW-MKE 70nm. But that's flown with an RJ. SDF-CVG used to be flown by MD-88's and 727's. About 74nm.

[ptbodale]

Any Embraer flight.

(I couldn't resist).

[DAL767-400ER]

Some local ones not yet mentioned include HAM-GWT, 96nm (varying equipment and airlines, varying from Do-228 up to DHC-8-300s), HAM-BRE, 56nm (SF-340s operated by OLT), HAM-HAJ, 71nm (don't remember plane type), and HAM-TXL, 136nm (LH planes, and DL 763 as a tag-on to US-HAM flights.

[JordanD]

I forgot about KONT-KLAX operated by Skywest with EMB-120's. I think that's around 50nm.

[uy707]

Time to keep opening the souvenirs' bag

The milk run from Douala/CMR to N'Djamena/Chad with enroute stops at Yaoundé, N'Gaoundéré, Garoua and Maroua
Airlines & equipment
Air Afrique, until '72, DC.4, DC.6B, Caravelle 11R and NAMC YS11s (probably the far best suited !)
Air Cameroun, until their demise in '71, Curtiss C.46, DC.4, L.1049G
Cameroon Airlines, DC.4, CV.440, 737-200s and 737-300
Now the segments shorter than 150 nautical miles
DLA-YAO - 109
NGE-GOU - 119
GOU-MVR - 85
MVR-NDJ - 110
Time of travel varied from 3 hours to 7 depending of the equipment.
Slower : the C.46 surprinsingly in a tie with the YS11 !
Fastest : the Baby Boeing.
More to come
Alain

[JordanD]

I've also heard back in the days before simulators were common UPS used to do training flights at LEX, 51 nm from SDF. I'm assuming they would have had to fly back and forth between LEX and SDF when they finished their training.

[uy707]

^Right, so some extra NON-commercial flights undertaken by airliners there and then
Orly-Le Bourget & vv
Orly-CDG & vv
and the shortest of all CDG-LBG & vv,
termed as POGO, empty leg ferry hops mostly involving AF fleet member due for/out of scheduled checks as all three shops are focused on specific types.
ORY-BVA & vv
CDG-BVA & vv with series of touch and goes in between, before Ryanair advant, these represented an un-escapable source of revenues for Beauvais/Tillé.
Alain

[ptbodale]

YUL to YMX. Numerous Cdn airlines had to ferry acft between those Montreal stations.

[JordanD]

There are cargo airlines that fly 747's from SFO to LAX. That's not really a short flight but I guess it is for such a large aircraft. Any idea why they do this? I'm sure if they can make it to SFO from Asia they can just as soon make it to LAX. Do they do that much business? Or are they pretty much flying to LAX empty? The one I saw do this was Nippon Cargo Airways.

[Electric-Jet]

There are cargo airlines that fly 747's from SFO to LAX. That's not really a short flight but I guess it is for such a large aircraft. Any idea why they do this? I'm sure if they can make it to SFO from Asia they can just as soon make it to LAX. Do they do that much business? Or are they pretty much flying to LAX empty? The one I saw do this was Nippon Cargo Airways.

Over my house a lot I see a cargo 747 that goes from JFK to EWR. It flys by low because it's so close.

[JordanD]

Over my house a lot I see a cargo 747 that goes from JFK to EWR. It flys by low because it's so close.
What airline is it?

[Electric-Jet]

Its a Kalitta Air.

[ATLcenter]

YVR-YYZ is 37 miles, and in the past I have flown it on

DC8/722 with AC
732 with PW; and
732 with CP.

Isn't that Vancouver to Toronto? That's got to be far longer than 37 miles :-P

[ASpilot2be]

How about JNU-SIT on Alaska. It is 20 minutes on a 737.

[pkonowrocki]

Paper airplane flying ffrom my desk to my bud's desk on math class - flight time approx. 10secs

[Greg J.]

A long time ago, I think there was a flight from sfo-oak. It would have been easier driving over the Bay bridge than to take that flight.

[JordanD]

I heard on a.net it was a UA 727 that did that flight.

[Greg J.]

I heard on a.net it was a UA 727 that did that flight.
I remember now! Thanks

[JordanD]

What time period was it? I'm assuming definitely not during the oil crisis. I don't even know when that was exactly. :lol:

[Greg J.]

It was a long time ago. I think the flight may have been going to OAK for maintainence.

[Pilatus]

My shortest flight was in August 1995 on a United Airlines B741, from BWI to IAD, appr. 10 minutes airborne. But this was not a sheduled service (divertion).
Shortest sheduled flight probably was from Ilulissat to Aasiaat, Air Greenland Dash-7, appr. 15 minutes airborne.

[Horizoncapt]

Mine would be between Orange County California and Los Angeles California

SNA-LAX flight took about 15 min on a United Express EMB-120

fun little flight