Two Closest Airports Served By The Same Airline

RebelDJ · Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:39 pm

The title may not be obvious, but with the recent news that KLM are soon to stop serving Cologne (CGN), which is only around 65km from Dusseldorf (DUS), and well served by road and train links, I was wondering if this was the shortest distance between airports served by the same airline.

Can anyone get closer than 65km?

chrisjake · Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:45 pm

Southwest and others serve both CLE and CAK which are about 64km apart.

Back in the day, Wright Air Lines and later Comair and Continental Express both flew into CLE and BKL which is only 18km apart.

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steex · Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:45 pm

Quoting RebelDJ (Thread starter):
Can anyone get closer than 65km?

There are plenty of metro areas served by multiple airports closer together than that. I don't know that it's the closest, but for example, LGA-JFK is listed as 17km. SFO-OAK is similar at 18km.

Another thing to keep in mind is places on small islands that are connected by air service. WRY (Westray) and PPW (Papa Westray) show up as a mere 3km apart, and they famously have nonstop service between them (obviously on a single airline).

Aeroflot777 · Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:46 pm

Probably quite a few examples of this with metropolitan cities that have multiple airports.

Driving distance between SFO and OAK is 31.6 miles or 50.86 km.

Distance between SFO and SJC is 33.8 miles or 54.40 km.

Now of course, this is driving distance. SFO and OAK are much closer to each other than that if drawn a straight line across the water.

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EIDL · Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:46 pm

EWR and JFK for many, many airlines

LAXintl · Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:47 pm

You have 5 commercial airports in LA basin served many cases by same airlines.

Closest ones are:

LAX-LGB - 22mi / 35km driving distance
LGB-SNA - 21mi / 33km driving distance
Be closer if you simply use straight line distances

Its even closer in NYC such as between JFK-LGA which is 12mi/19km driving distance

deltaffindfw · Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:47 pm

Delta serves DAL and DFW. 15 miles?

starbucks · Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:47 pm

BA, LH, TK serve both AMS and RTM, about 45km apart

seat1a · Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:49 pm

Interesting topic, thank you.

Southwest at LAX and BUR comes to mind. BUR is about 33 miles north of LAX (or about 54 km). I'm certain someone else here will be able to come up with something closer?

Now if Horizon Air started service at BFI, that would be close!

marktci · Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:50 pm

Even if we use the criteria of foreign airlines, WestJet, for example, flies to FLL, MIA (30 miles), and PBI (45 miles).

Prost · Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:50 pm

ORD & MDW are 27.6 miles apart, at least DL. serves both.

blueflyer · Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:54 pm

I'm assuming you mean airports serving different cities, otherwise there are plenty of examples: LGA and JFK (Delta, American, jetBlue) are 17 km apart as the crow flies. DAL and DFW are 18 km apart. MDW and ORD, LGW and LHR, etc...

Of airports in different metropolitan areas, I can think of DCA and BWI 48 km apart (American, Delta, United, etc...).

Crosswind · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:01 pm

British Airways, Lufthansa and Swiss all serve LHR, LGW, and LCY airports.

LHR-LCY 36 km
LHR-LGW 41 km
LGW-LCY 43 km

Several other airlines serve 2 of the 3 airports.

Regards
CROSSWIND

jetblue1965 · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:03 pm

Here's another set of really close airports by straight line but really far by land/sea travel :

Zhuhai ZUH - Macao MFM - HongKong HKG - Shenzhen SZX

Gazdon121 · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:03 pm

STN - LTN is about 34 miles and served by easy jet

SCQ83 · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:04 pm

In two different countries

Windsor-Detroit: 34 km, served by Air Canada Express

Damman-Bahrain: 86 km, many airlines (EK, QR, EY, TK...)

steady eddie · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:05 pm

LUTON - STANSTED 23 Miles as the crow flies, both are easyJet and Ryanair bases.

also not sure if anyone serves all three of Taba / Eilat / Aqaba any more but at one of my former airlines we certainly flew to all three at different times, total of 13 miles apart, in 3 different countries

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IADCA · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:14 pm

Quoting blueflyer (Reply 11):
Of airports in different metropolitan areas, I can think of DCA and BWI 48 km apart (American, Delta, United, etc...).

Given what BWI is short for, you'd get some pushback on people who say it's purely a Baltimore airport.

If you can cross water for two completely separate cities, HKG and MCM is less than 40 km by air. EDI and DND are less than 60km, and Loganair flies to both.

TheReckoner · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:17 pm

Qatar serving both DXB and SHJ which are about 16km apart.

sassiciai · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:24 pm

SIN and Johor Bahru are about 42km apart by road (Google maps) and a lot less as the crow flies! Air Asia serves both

timpdx · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:25 pm

Seoul Gimpo and Incheon are 20 mi 33km apart. Both served by KE and OZ and another 10 airlines like ANA that serve both. These may be the two closest airports that have such a large number of overlapping airlines serving both airports.

LGAviation · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:26 pm

BZV and FIH on ET at 25 km, in fact ET connects the two on a short hop over the Congo river

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flflyer · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:29 pm

How about FLL and MIA, 18 nautical apart

slowrambler · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:33 pm

Quoting LGAviation (Reply 21):

BZV and FIH on ET at 25 km, in fact ET flies between the two

Ah, just beat me. Historically it's very common to serve Brazzaville and Kinshasa as part of a triangle routing (KQ does it too).

Osubuckeyes · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:35 pm

ORD and MDW are about 15mi apart as the crow flies. HOU and IAH are about 24 miles apart. FLL-MIA are 21 miles. GRB-ATW are about 21 miles. LAX-LGB is 17, LAX-BUR 18, SNA-LGB 19.

Marcus · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:37 pm

SAN and TIJ are 25 miles or 40 kilometers appart

heavy747 · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:40 pm

GIG and SDU are approx 9 miles apart (14kms or so). GRU and CGH a little further away at 19 miles (30 and a bit KMS).

jetblue1965 · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:42 pm

Quoting heavy747 (Reply 26):
GRU and CGH a little further away at 19 miles (30 and a bit KMS).

The ridiculous thing is that that 19mi straight line from CGH to GRU can easily be like 1:15 of driving time during rush hour.

BestWestern · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:45 pm

Quoting jetblue1965 (Reply 13):
HongKong HKG - Shenzhen SZX

24 miles (38 kilometers, 21 nautical miles)

Andy33 · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:45 pm

LPL and MAN are 50 road kms apart, Several airlines serve both airports, including easyJet.

heavy747 · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:47 pm

Quoting jetblue1965 (Reply 27):

No doubt! I remember always leaving the "city" super early for my evening flights back to North America, always in fear of the bumper to bumper traffic throughout..

ScottB · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:47 pm

Quoting Osubuckeyes (Reply 24):
HOU and IAH are about 24 miles apart.

IIRC CO/CO Express simultaneously served both EFD & HOU briefly and those two airports are 8 miles/12 km apart.

TripleDelta · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:50 pm

There's also SPU and BWK, 42 km straight-line distance, served by OU (mind you, BWK is an island). Second up are PUY and RJK at 62 km.

falstaff · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:52 pm

Quoting SCQ83 (Reply 15):
Windsor-Detroit: 34 km, served by Air Canada Express

Both offer flights to YYZ and it is cheaper to fly out of YQG.

slcdeltarumd11 · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:52 pm

Allegiant serves both Plattsburgh and Burlington VT 20 miles apart. They really are the same market, just Plattsburgh is easier for the Montreal people and they have to be in Burlington to get that local traffic. It really is the same market just Allegiant serves both for different reasons and i think gets some deals from both airports, so it makes sense

mozart · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:56 pm

Westray and Papa Westray in the Orkney Islands. 2.7 kilometres apart. Incidentally also the world's shortest flight. Both served by Loganair.

DCAYOW · Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:59 pm

Volaris serves SAN and TIJ 18 miles / 29 kms apart.

edina · Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:03 pm

LIN & MXP.....51km.....BA from LHR and a few others??

neutrino · Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:10 pm

Quoting sassiciai (Reply 19):
SIN and Johor Bahru are about 42km apart by road (Google maps) and a lot less as the crow flies! Air Asia serves both

As the crow flies, Batam's Hang Nadim is much closer to Changi Airport. About 20+km versus around 40km (estimates).
And there's more airlines flying into both SIN and BTH as well. Offhand; Batik Air, Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air and Malindo Air; at least.

RobertS975 · Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:13 pm

Quoting Marcus (Reply 25):
SAN and TIJ are 25 miles or 40 kilometers appart

Not sure that any one carrier serves both airports?

My contribution to the list is MIA and FLL. And in Rio, we have GIG and nearby SDU.

jetblue1965 · Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:15 pm

Quoting RobertS975 (Reply 39):

Quoting Marcus (Reply 25):
SAN and TIJ are 25 miles or 40 kilometers appart

Not sure that any one carrier serves both airports?

I think Volaris does.

LAXintl · Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:17 pm

Quoting RobertS975 (Reply 39):
Not sure that any one carrier serves both airports?

Volaris to name one.

Andy33 · Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:20 pm

PIK and GLA, 51km by road. Both served by Ryanair,
BHX and EMA, 58km by road. Both served by Flybe, TOM, TCX, Ryanair etc.

AVLAirlineFreq · Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:34 pm

UA serves MFE and HRO (about 30 miles driving distance) and HRO, and HRO and BRO (about 41 miles).

ordell · Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:40 pm

Just remember, LA and SF may have close airports as the crow flies, but getting there by car is anything but easy, especially LAX and SNA

In the case of SFO and OAK, back when I flew into the Bay Area regularly I switched to OAK because SFO would be routinely flogged in and delayed, while the flight into OAK was always clear. Ditto SJC.Landing at SFO might have been more convenient and a few miles closer, but landing in San Jose or Oakland would always be on time and that more than made up for lost time on the road.

flightsimer · Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:41 pm

Westray and Papa Westray in Scottland are both Served by Loganaire and are only 2.7km apart straight line distance. This also happens to be the worlds shortest airline flight at 30 seconds-2 minutes long...

delimit · Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:48 pm

Quoting ordell (Reply 44):
LAX and SNA

LAX, LGB and SNA are all on the 405. Getting between them is easy. Now, fast...that depends...

Getting to LAX from a huge chunk of Los Angeles is pretty easy really. It's one of the most convenient big airports out there.

jetblue1965 · Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:50 pm

Quoting flightsimer (Reply 45):

It's probably a lot cheaper to just build a taxi way bridge between the 2 islands instead of operating such a flight

UAEflyer · Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:53 pm

NRT & HND may count in

dubaiamman243 · Wed Dec 23, 2015 7:09 pm

BA DXB & AUH app. 150 km

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