Longest was ATL-CPT in a SA 744
Shortest was EIS-SJU in a AA ATR
Longest was ATL-CPT in a SA 744
Shortest was EIS-SJU in a AA ATR
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
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)
Southwest Airlines-"Once it pop's it's time to stop" Southwest Airlines-"Our Shamu's are almost real" Southwest Airlines -"We blow our top real easy" Southwest Airlines- "You can't top us..... really"
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)
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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
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.
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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.
The beehive hummm of the JT9D and GE CF680C2,the thunder of the JT8D-17,the rumble of the PW1830 and the high ,thin whine of the PW 545A are all music to my ears!
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
Overheard on JFK TOWER - S Turns are fine, U-Turns are bad....
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
Pull back and the houses get smaller!
Shortest Flight: 1987- Montego Bay, Jamaica to Kingston, Jamaica on an Aer Lingus 747 (Leased to Air Jamaica)
Longest - JFK-HKG CX 777-300 15:43
Shortest - PPT - MOZ (Moorea) VT (Air Tahiti) ATR-42 0:08
Cessna 6MA Kennedy tower, Rwy 31L, CLEAERD TO LAND!
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.
Shortest Atlanta to Savannah
Longest Long Beach - JFK - Jetblue
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