What are your longest and shortest flights flown?

[Matt Molnar]

What are the longest nonstop flight segments you've ever flown? The shortest?

We can break it down into domestic and international as well.

Longest international: FCO-IAD | Ethiopian 777-200LR
Shortest international: SXM-MIA | American 757-200

Longest domestic: JFK-LAX | Various
Shortest domestic: LGA-EWR | Delta A319

[PhilDernerJr]

Shortest: JFK-LGA on a 757-200
Longest: JFK-FRG (Bishkek) on a 767-300

[heeshung]

Longest international: JFK - PVG (Shanghai Pudong) | China Eastern A346 [16hr30min]
Shortest international: SHA (Shanghai Hongqiao) - TSA (Taipei Songshan) | Air China B738 [1hr30min]

Longest domestic: MSP - HNL | Northwest A333 [8hr30min]
Shortest domestic: HNL - OGG (Kahului) | Hawaiian B712 [20min]

JFK to Farmingdale in a 763? That would be a sight. Bishkek is FRU I think.

[disco stu]

Longest flight-JFK-TLV
Shortest flight-ISP-EWR on CO Express in '94

Not shortest, but pretty short--Flew WN several times BWI-ISP this year, and will be again in about 2 weeks, and flew PHL-ISP-PHL on US Express back in 2003. All 3 shortest flight segments were connecting to/from west coast flights.

[eric8669]

Longest Flight: JFK-HGK
Shortest Flight: JFK-BOS

[MarkLawrence]

Longest International: ATL-JNB - SAA B744
Shortest International: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia - Bahrain - Gulf Air A320 (4 minutes @ 2,500')

Longest domestic: FLL-SFO - Virgin America A319
Shortest Domestic: LEX-CVG - Delta B727 (in first class too!!!)

[gonzalu]

Longest:
International: JFK-AMS KLM B747
Domestic: EWR-HNL Continental MD-11

Shortest:
International: JFK-POP B6 A320
Domestic: LAS-LAX UA B757

Not sure if LGA-BOS is shorter than LAS-BOS...

[Landing Lights]

Longest International: ORD-YVR, UAL B747 (I don't get out much!)
Shortest International: MIA-BZE, AAL B738
Shortest International Transfer: PLJ-BZE, MYD C208

Longest Domestic: SFO-EWR, COA B747
Shortest Domestic: MSN-MKE, CHQ E145 (16 minutes)

[727C47]

longest intl HNL -Tarawa 15.5 hrs DC3 on a ferry trip to Bangkok in'91

longest intl turbojet ANC-HKG 10.6 hrs 747-200F

I will have to peruse the logbooks for the shortest....

[moose135]

Longest international flight (time): EGUN - KGUS: RAF Mildenhall - Grissom AFB, 9.2 hr, KC-135 (in the pointy end)
Longest international flight (distance) KJFK - FCO: Kennedy to Rome (Leonardo Da Vinci), TWA 747

Longest domestic flight: KGUS - KSKA: Grissom AFB - Fairchild AFB, 8.4 hr, KC-135 (again, in the pointy end)

Yes, I've flown JFK to LAX and SFO several times, and while those are longer distances, throw in an air refueling and a nav leg, and you see why it takes 8+ hours to go from Indiana to Washington. As a point of reference, my next longest domestic flight? 7.9 hours, KMER - KMER: Depart Castle AFB, tank a B-52, fly a nav leg, a couple of hours of pattern work, then park in the same space where we left from. Like riding an elevator all day.

Shortest airline flight: JFK-BDL: Kennedy to Bradley, TWA Convair 880. :-)

[Ychocky]

Longest international: KL691 - AMS-YYZ - KLM 747-406 PH-BFG
Shortest international: LHR-CDG,CDG-LHR - Air France A321 F-GTAL, F-GTAT

Longest domestic: YYZ-YOW - Air Canada A320 Unknown Reg :(
Shortest domestic: LHR-MAN,MAN-LHR - British Airways A320 G-EUUG, A319 G-EUPO

AMS-YYZ isn't really long haul!

YYZ-YOW is under an hour in the air yet my longest domestic.

The LHR-MAN segment was spent longer on the taxiway at Heathrow than in the air!

[cancidas]

longest: LUF-RMS in the back of a C-5A.
shortest: prolly FRG-FRG with one trip around the pattern

[megatop412]

Cool survey!

Longest: JFK-LHR on VS B744

Shortest: HOU-SAT on WN B733

Moose you'll have to tell us about your Convair 880 trip sometime

[Spunker]

International longest has to be AMS to MIA on a Martinair 763, shortest was FRA to AMS on a KLM 734
Domestic longest is BOS to LAX on Jet Blue and the shortest is PHL to nearby Wing's field in Blue Bell PA on a TriIslander

[lijk604]

Longest & Shortest International Flight - KLGA-CYYZ - Air Canada A319/E175

Longest Domestic - KJFK-KHNL - United B747-100
Shortest Domestic - KISP-KBWI - Southwest 737-300

[TravelBuddha]

Longest was ATL-CPT in a SA 744
Shortest was EIS-SJU in a AA ATR

[clear_prop]

Longest: SFO-HKG on Cathay Pacific
Shortest overall: PAO-NUQ (Palo Alto to Moffett Field, 4nm) flying in for a Young Eagles day
Shortest airline: HOU-AUS on Southwest

[hiss srq]

Shortest either SRQ-LAL-SRQ in a CJ1 (back seat) or SRQ-VNC in a C172 fromt seat
Longest JFK-FCO Alitalia 742

Shortest International FMY-NAS C172 (front)
Shortest International Airline ATL-MBJ JM A310 in 2002 (spirit of Manderville)

[yankees368]

Longest: JFK-LAX on a Delta 757
Shortest overall: Around the LA coast on a Grumman HU-16 Albatross
Shortest airline: DTW-LAN (75mi) on Northwest DC9-30, and later Delta CRJ1/200

[snydersnapshots]

Not sure if LGA-BOS is shorter than LAS-BOS...

I'm thinking it probably is... (Sorry....couldn't resist!)

Longest:
FRA-IAH, B767 (11 hrs)

Shortest:
PUW-LWS (Pullman, WA-Lewiston, ID), BA-3100 Jetstream (15 min)-"Positive, rate; gear-up, and just keep reading until you finish the after-landing checklist"

[Mateo]

Longest commercial: TLV-EWR (CO 772 and LY 744)
Longest commercial domestic: SFO-JFK (AA 762, AA D10)
Shortest commercial international: EWR-YUL (AC CRJ, AC D93, BTA ER4)
Shortest commercial domestic: JRS-ETH (Jerusalem to Eilat on an Arkia Dash-7)
Shortest commercial domestic US: EWR-DCA (CO M80-standalone, BTA ER4-connection)
Shortest segment domestic: ALB-SLK (part of EWR-ALB-SLK, on a Saab 340 in 1989(?))

Longest private: SAN-ABQ (in a Bonanza)
Shortest 2-point private: Unknown, probably some combination of Morristown, Somerset, Blairstown, and Sky Manor - one of those flights where it takes longer to run the checklists than you're actually in the air.
Shortest private international: YUL-BTV (to clear customs before heading onwards)

[LGA777]

Longest International: LAX-HKG Cathay Pacific 744
Shortest International: ABZ-EDI BA ATP or FRA-TXL LH A-300
Longest Domestic: IAD-SEA UA 777
Shortest Domestic: MIA-FLL UA DC-8-71

Extra Credit Part 1
Longest Day Trip
LGA-GSO US F-28
GSO-PHX US 727-200 Ferry flight (aircraft was being returned to lessor so we flew around GSO for almost 2 hours before proceeding on to PHX)
PHX-PIT US 733
PIT-LGA US 733

Extra Credit Part 2
Longest trip ever to get from Point A to B without any extended stop overs
SIN-HKG-YVR-JFK on two Cathay Pacific 744 connected in Kai Tak !

Very fun and cool thread.

Cheers

LGA777

[jerslice]

Longest intl: IAD-ADD
Shortest intl: CPT-JNB...though maybe Florence to Paris

Longest domestic: LAX-BOS
shortest: BFI-PAE

Extra credit part two:
SEA-SFO-IAD-ADD-JNB-PLZ...no stopover longer than 3 hours. Total time was something like 48 straight hours.

[727C47]

shortest KYIP-KYIP ,probably .2 ,in the C47 , had to shutdown the No.1 engine after takeoff when the main bearing went, just feathered the prop,turned downwind,base,final and landed,that flight was just an extended checklist.

[Ari707]

Longest Int. JFK-HKG CX B 777-300
Shortest Int LHR-AMS BA B737-200

Longest Dom. JFK- LAX AA- DC-10, B747
Shortest DOM CLT-ROA US F100

[AJ]

Do diverted flights count?

Shortest flight - VCP to GRU (49 miles), COPA 737-800 - originally PTY to GRU diverting to VCP
Shortest scheduled - EWR to LGA - New York Helicopter - Dauphin
Shortest International - Manilla to Cebu - Philippines 744
Longest scheduled - EWR to HKG (4x this year)

AJ

[JHNA57]

Shortest Flight: 1987- Montego Bay, Jamaica to Kingston, Jamaica on an Aer Lingus 747 (Leased to Air Jamaica)

[ISP Pilot]

Longest - JFK-HKG CX 777-300 15:43
Shortest - PPT - MOZ (Moorea) VT (Air Tahiti) ATR-42 0:08

[bonanzabucks]

Longest:
JFK-HKG/Shenzhen with UA way back when they flew this flight. Flight was about 15 hours and it seemed like it would never end. We actually landed in Shenzhen (which is right across the border from HKG) because they closed HKG due to a typhoon and we were running out of fuel. We were stuck in Shenzhen (on the plane!) for about 10 hours because we had two FAs from Taiwan and they technically would have been arrested if they got off on Mainland soil since they had Taiwanese passports. So the pilot wouldn’t let any of us out. All the while, we were waiting for a replacement crew, which apparently wasn’t allowed across the border from HK into China, so the pilot ended up taking off and flying to HKG anyways…in gale-force conditions.

Shortest:
Shenzhen-HKG on UA: continuation of the flight above. Something like 15 minutes, if even that.

[Vinny Ohare]

Shortest Atlanta to Savannah
Longest Long Beach - JFK - Jetblue

[AirtrafficController]

Shortest flight: KFRG-KMGJ via P28A
Longest Flight: KJFK-EPWA via B763

[seahawks7757]

PUW-LWS. 27 miles.
SEA-FLL. 2717 Miles.