Yflyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 755 posts, RR: 1 Posted (4 months 1 week 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1994 times:
I think the title's self-explanatory... I think really short flights are kind of fun. You don't get above 10,000ft, if that, and you feel more like you're on a flightseeing flight.
The shortest we've got from SMF is SMF-SFO, around 86 miles on a Skywest E-120.
Maverick623 From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 3807 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (4 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 1972 times:
PHX-TUS at 97nm.
There was a PHX-PRC until a couple of years ago I think, that clocked in at 76nm.
CXfirst From Norway, joined Jan 2007, 2370 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (4 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 1964 times:
From EVE but live in PER.
PER (Perth International Airport, Australia)
I believe the shortest scheduled flight is from PER to BQB (Busselton Regional Airport) at 109nm (125mi). This sees schedules services by Skywest (XR). I don't think there is anything scheduled that is shorter, but I may be mistaken.
EVE (Harstad/Narvik Airport, Norway)
The shortest scheduled flight is from EVE to TOS (Tromso Airport, Norway) at 86nm (100mi). This scheduled flight is operated by Wideroe.
However, although I would call EVE my home airport, it is only because it is the larger gateway airport with the only flights to OSL. NVK (Narvik Airport, Norway) is just as close, but is a regional airport.
NVK-ANX (Andoya Airport, Norway) at 58nm (67mi) operated by Wideroe.
Although the distance is small, the driving distance would be 182mi and 4 hour driving time due to the fjords and islands of Norway.
Akiestar From Philippines, joined May 2009, 303 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (4 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 1959 times:
As far as I know, the shortest flight from MNL is MNL-MRQ (Marinduque; 96 mi), which coincidentally is also my home province.
MNL-MRQ though has not always been the shortest flight: for several years airlines tried to make MNL-CRK work (DG and 6K/Z2 tried to make it work), but to no avail.
ThreeIfByAir From United States of America, joined Aug 2007, 427 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (4 months 1 week 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1880 times:
SEA has 3 QX Q400 routes under 100mi:
SEA-EAT: 99mi (EAT = Wenatchee, WA, which is across the mountains and not an easy drive)
SEA-YYJ: 97mi (YYJ is in Canada, of course, and across the water)
SEA-BLI: 93mi (pretty much no O&D on this route - easily driveable in less than 2 hours)
flymia From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 5672 posts, RR: 6 Reply 16, posted (4 months 1 week 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 1845 times:
Well from MIA it would be MIA-NAS multiple times with multiple airplanes, shortest time UP 737-200.
However and airpor even closer to me Watson Island Seaplane Base I flew from there to Bimini Island seaplane base. Also have done a shorter flight OPF-Boca Raton in a Cessna 206.
"It was just four of us on the flight deck, trying to do our job" (Captain Al Haynes)
SEA-EAT: 99mi (EAT = Wenatchee, WA, which is across the mountains and not an easy drive)
SEA-YYJ: 97mi (YYJ is in Canada, of course, and across the water)
SEA-BLI: 93mi (pretty much no O&D on this route - easily driveable in less than 2 hours)
Back in the old days Hughes Airwest did SEA-TIW which is what, 25 miles? Then the flight went to Olympia.
It's more like 1 1/2 hour to BLI, but yeah, I assume that's all connecting traffic as is YKM, PSC and EAT.
I assume PEK is SEA's longest flight now before Emirates starts coming in here.
SFO-OAK is the shortest flight ever that I know of that ever had scheduled jet service, tag-ons of course. It's like 11 miles.
airportugal310 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 2744 posts, RR: 2 Reply 20, posted (4 months 1 week 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1776 times:
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 18460 posts, RR: 17 Reply 21, posted (4 months 1 week 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1762 times:
Shortest from GVA is LUG (Lugano, Switzerland, near the Italian border), 118 nm. Probably one of the most scenic routes also (on a clear day) as you're over the Alps almost all the way.
Next shortest is GVA-ZRH, 125 nm.
The shortest used to be GVA-BSL, 100 nm, until LX dropped that route a few years ago when they closed their secondary hub at BSL and disposed of their ex-Crossair ERJ-145s and Saab 2000s.
YVRLTN From Canada, joined Oct 2006, 1759 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (4 months 1 week 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 1742 times:
Shortest on a mainline aircraft ex YVR is to YCD at 34 miles with a Jazz Dash 8.
Some of the Gulf Islands flown by Cessna, Beaver & Otter floatplanes are even shorter, Miners Bay is the winner at 23 miles, Pender Harbour & Silva Bay are both 24 miles, Telegraph Harbour is 26 miles, Lyall Harbour is 27 miles, Ganges Harbour is 28 miles, Bedwell Harbour is 31 miles, Maple Bay is 33 miles and Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast is 30 miles.
NWADC9 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 4814 posts, RR: 12 Reply 23, posted (4 months 1 week 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 1727 times:
Commutair currently has the honor of flying the shortest route from PIT to CLE in a Q200. Back in the old US Airways hub days, B1900Ds to LBE were the shortest flights out of here.
Flying an aeroplane with only a single propeller to keep you in the air. Can you imagine that? -Capt. Picard
BoeingGuy From United States of America, joined Dec 2010, 1329 posts, RR: 3 Reply 24, posted (4 months 1 week 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1692 times:
Quoting YVRLTN (Reply 22): Shortest on a mainline aircraft ex YVR is to YCD at 34 miles with a Jazz Dash 8.
Isn't YVR-YYJ shorter? It seems like it geographically.
I wish QX would start SEA-YCD. I personally love that area. I wonder if that would work for AS/QX.
25 megassan: I once flew GF from AUH to DXB - 12 mins flight, It has of course been discontinued long time ago
26 airontario: YCD is basically a straight line due west from YVR. YYJ is quite a bit south of YVR. I seem to remember last time I was there, Wheels up to Wheels do
27 steex: The shortest flight from STL is STL-UIN at 81nm, flown with the B1900 by 9K. They fly most of the shortest routes from STL.
28 airportugal310: Semantics really, but it was a Cessna 402. Point still stands, though!
29 texan: WLG-PCN (Picton) on Sounds Air, a little under 40 nm. WLG-BHE (Blenheim) comes in at under 50 nm, while PMR and NSN are under 80. Texan
30 Viscount724: YVR-YCD is 30 nm and YVR-YYJ 34 nm (great circle). Even those short flights can sometimes be entertaining like this AC Jazz Dash 8 on January 3. Pass
31 aklrno: From AKL I think the shortest is the NZ B1900D to HLZ (Hamilton) at 58 nm.
32 einsteinboricua: At a mere 34 nm, SJU-VQS is the airport's shortest flight.
33 ATCtower: From DEN: Shortest: COS- 63 NM (Frontier, United, USAirways) Longest: MUC- 4540 NM (Lufthansa, though oddly enough I am not finding it anymore) Though
34 joffie: From MEL i think Albury or Mildura and Launceston
35 KBUF: For BUF, the shortest is BUF-CLE, at 192 miles.
36 ATCtower: Not including half the BUF flights I presume? BUF-YYZ is half the distance...
37 The777Man: For LAX: LAX-CLD at 86mi on UAX/OO EMB-120 Until a few years it was LAX-SNA at only 36mi. The777Man
38 LAX888: From ZRH: LUG 102 mi -> shortest with LX Saab 2000 (operated by Darwin Airlines)
39 roberts87: Yes, short flights are fun. I've done a few LAX-SAN flighs (89 miles), quite scenic as well, if you're seated on the side facing the coastline. Here's
40 vhqpa: For BNE the shortest flight we have is BNE-TWB (Toowoomba) 65nm operated by Skytrans Dash 8-100. I took this flight in August 2009 flight time was 19
41 airontario: I can't think of any airline that regularly flights between BUF and YYZ.
43 vatveng: ORF-DCA on US, 143 mi. It used to be ORF-PHF on US when US had a couple of Dash-8 flights from CLT that served both local airports with one flight, bu
44 srbmod: Shortest flights out of ATL: ATL-AHN (Athens, GA): 58nm ATL-MCN (Macon, GA): 69nm Both are operated by Georgia Skies (Pacific Wings): View Large View
45 DocGATTACA: Actually Tioman (TOD) is a little closer at 102 miles. I've flown there a few times from SIN on a Berjaya Air (J8) DHC7. Very nice place, I can recom
46 LH7478i: Hey, this is my first post after following this forum since about 2005. From my home airport Luxembourg ( LUX ) its a very short hop of 50 miles to Sa
47 CairnterriAIR: From BDL to either JFK or LGA. I think the distance is around 106 miles.
48 USAIRWAYS321: From BOI, the shortest flight is BOI-SUN, at 84nm, served by QX Q400s. US Airways doesn't serve COS, just codeshares on UA flights.
49 Viscount724: Not now but there used to be. Back in the 1970s/80s there were up to a dozen or so flights a day YYZ-BUF on Eastern and US Air DC-9s, 727s, BAC 1-11s
50 RogerThat: DFW - Waco: 89 miles. AA/Eagle's current equipment is an ATR, switching to ERJ in Feb due to the ATR's retirement.
51 seb146: I think the shortest flight from STS is LAS. Only four cities are served on QX from here: LAS, LAX, SEA, and PDX.
52 MCO2BRS: The shortest flight from BHX is IOM with BE at 164mi Cheers, MCO 2 BRS
53 BAViscount: Shame there's no longer an air link between LHR and LGW, that was only 26 miles!
54 Viscount724: At one time there were several flights a day SFO-OAK (10 nm) on aircraft as large as 707s and DC-8s. I also once flew MIA-FLL (18 nm) on an Eastern A
55 B737900: Flown many, many times SIT - JNU on Alaska Airlines. I would say 100 miles or so. Back in the late 1960's I flew SFO-OAK. That was just across the San
56 flyerboy1990: CLE–PIT CAK-CVG These are what I can think of. Unsure of mileage...
57 Checo77: Lima Jorge Chavez Airport I think it must be: LIM-HUU (Huancayo) at 160mi- not sure though if there are scheduled flights. LIM-ATA (Huaraz) at 187mi i
58 CGKings317: I like to call the YCD-YVR route the "Strait shooter" in reference to the Strait of Georgia that separates YVR and the mainland with Vancouver Island
59 afterburner: CGK-TKG: 104 nm. The shortest regular flight from CGK is to TKG and the shortest regular flight from TKG is to CGK. Which one is my home airport? CGK
60 TCASAlert: EMA-DUB (182nm), served by FR Not that short really
62 nkops: ACY... shortest scheduled is to BOS (238nm), if you include charters it would be the 5x weekly to FRG on Charter Air E120 at 93nm
63 directorguy: When I used to live in Saudi Arabia, the shortest flight was DMM-BAH, operated by A320s and A340s, at 47nm. I think the shortest commercial flight to
64 A330NZ: From my birth city - PMR PMR-WLG Operated by NZ B1900D 81 miles From where I currently live - CHC CHC-HKK Operated by NZ B1900D and Q300 95 miles
65 777ER: WLG-BHE is 50miles on a 1900D, WLG-PPQ is 31miles on a Cessna Grand Caravan
66 Longhornmaniac: From AUS it's IAH, clocking in at 122 nm. It used to be SAT, which is only 57 nm. Flown as a tag-on on SAT-SLC on DL M90s. Cheers, Cameron
67 mickster: Since no one has mentioned it yet ... VIE GRZ 81nm VIE LNZ 96nm VIE BUD 116nm VIE KLU 127nm (all flights operated by VO for OS on a combination of DH4
68 ZaphodB: Delta used to do (maybe still does?) a late night tag-on of the last ATL-MIA service to FLL (30 miles) and I can count either of those as my home airp
70 aerorobnz: AKL-GBZ is 56nm. Not much less - thought it would be way less than AKL-HLZ surprised to find so close in distance.
71 BoeingGuy: I was on that flight about 13 years ago into MIA. I was told the tag-on to FLL was to avoid high RON fees at MIA.
72 flyingfool: Make that AMS-EZE with 6176NM (SIN = 5679NM) AMS-EIN is already scrapped yeeaaaars ago. At the time it was operating, it was indeed the shortest sche
73 Viscount724: But further than DUS-AMS (97 nm) and BRU-AMS (85 nm).
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