The ultra long haul thread prompted me to ask,
What is the shortest flight you have taken, regular scheduled service from one airport to another? Has to be an a non- prop jetliner.
Ours was ISP-PVD, 19 minutes from wheels up to wheels down on a 737
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The ultra long haul thread prompted me to ask,
What is the shortest flight you have taken, regular scheduled service from one airport to another? Has to be an a non- prop jetliner.
Ours was ISP-PVD, 19 minutes from wheels up to wheels down on a 737
45 minutes MAD-GRX (Granada, Spain) on an Iberia MD-87. Sadly we had been upgraded to business class so we only had 45 minutes to enjoy it. :(
I sat in the jumpseat from LAX to SFO on a 747, maybe 1 hour at most, another short flight was Tapei to Hong Kong (the old airport) on a 747
Several notable short flight in my logbook. MIA-FLL on a United DC-8-71, Wrangel to Petersburg, Alaska (WRG-PSG) on an Alaska 737-200 combi. TPA-St Pete r/t in about 1971 with my dad on an Executive Airlines Twin Otter.
Cheers
LGA777
Shortest flight I remember taking was JFK to BDL in a TWA 707. Don't remember just how long the flight was, I was 8 at the time. :)
Let's see, I've done PHL-LGA twice on US--on an A319 and a CRJ-100. Also did a third on a prop.
I've also done CLT-FAY (Fayetteville, NC) on a CRJ-200 and an ERJ-145. And props. About a 20 minute flight.
I was thinking, if Mario meant the shortest distance between take-off and landing, it would have to be any one of a hundred KC-135 flights. We would launch out of Grissom, go hit a receiver, fly a navigation leg, return for some pattern work, then land and taxi back to the same parking spot we left from 6, or 8 or 10 hours before. We used to refer to it as the "elevator effect" - fly around all day and end up right were you started :wink:
I flew a plane recently where I left JFK, flew a total of 19,500 miles, going as far as the Middle Eastand came back to NY, without leaving the plane (4 days). Right back on the same runway.
Otherwise, im terms of times, LGA-BOS, inthe air for 22 minutes after a rwy 4 departure sent us to Boston practially on a straight line. We only turned once to line up with the BOS runway.
Ron, how long was the flight? PS the Twin Otter does not count ;) But that is a great a/c to fly
List your shortest flight and route in an RJ or larger aircraft :)
LGA-PHL. that's the shortest that i've been on a airliner for. i've flown that on a DHC-8-200 (about 10 times), CRJ-200 and an A319. as far as short hops go, there is FRG-23N and ISP. then there's the helo flying; FBF-6N5, 6N7 and JRB. i hovered over but didn't land at 6N4. not one of those legs was more than 25 minutes.
by the way, anyone know the current code for floyd bennet? is it the jamaica bay listed on charts?
key:
23N= bayport
6N4= pan am building
6N5= west 30th st. helipad
6N7= ny skyports 40th st.
JRB= port authority downtown manhattan
I have done CVG-IND a bunch of times 20-30 minutes.
Also MKE-ATW DC-9 about 15 minutes.
Corey
ATL-JAX was my shortest flight on the B767-300. Took about 40-45 minutes.
My shortest flights include LGA-PHL, JFK-BOS, MIA-MCO.
In the Middle East - Dhahran to Bahrain - 4 minutes at 2,500 ft on a Gulf Air A320.
In the Middle East - Dhahran to Bahrain - 4 minutes at 2,500 ft on a Gulf Air A320.
WOW winner!!! What was that, some sort of repositioning flight?
No - it was a commercial flight - between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain - it was the only way I could get from Riyadh to Bahrain on that day - via Dhahran - this way back in 1997 - I expect it's no longer operating...but..who knows...
[quote="mirrodie"]Ron, how long was the flight? PS the Twin Otter does not count ;) But that is a great a/c to fly
Mario, I realize now the Twin Otter does not count, sorry.
Now that I am at work I was able to get the actual mileage off my two short flights. MIA-FLL was 20 miles, WRG-PSG was 34 miles.
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Ron Peel
Mark, if you can get me to the two 3 letter airport codes I can check the milege ?Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkLawrence
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Ron Peel
How about EWR to JFK on a TWA 707? This was their answer to NY Helicopter back in the late '70's early '80's. I believe it took us between 10-20 minutes.
I believe the current code for Floyd Bennett is NY22 for the NYPD ESU section only. The rest is considered a National Historic Park. The old code was NOP.
Ron
Dhahran - DHA/OEDR
Bahrain - BAH/OBBI
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Originally Posted by Idlewild
thanks.
Mark, unfortunately the mileage displays in our new and (improved ?) shares computer system did not recognize those cities, if we still had Sabre it would have probably worked, Rats !Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkLawrence
LGA777
For mew on an airliner it was LGA-JFK Delta 727-200 courtesey of a compressor stall on takeoff. Scheduled service though was cape air from SRQ to TPA. Otherwise I would say SRQ-VNC in a LR25D
According to the Great Circle Mapper http://gc.kls2.com/ it's 26 nm (30sm) between those two airports.Quote:
Originally Posted by LGA777
I wasn't on them but how about these?
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/COA1930
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/COA1932
These look like positioning legs. They do not appear to be scheduled service....but then again, that wasn't part of the criteria.Quote:
Originally Posted by njgtr82
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Originally Posted by lijk604