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  • Your shortest and longest flights (distance)

    This has probably been done before, but haven't seen it in awhile, so...

    I used the Great Circle Mapper http://gc.kls2.com/ to determine the distances (actual miles)

    Shortest:

    CLT-FAY (118 miles) 3/23/76 Piedmont 732 (an intermediate stop, my ultimate destination was ORF)

    Next shortest: CMI-ORD (135 miles) 7/1/87 Britt Air (flying as Continetal Connection) F-27


    Longest:

    LAX-HNL/HNL-LAX 7/27/90 8/4/90 2x UA DC-10

    Next longest: JFK-LAX/LAX-JFK numerous times

    I would've never imagined HNL was further away from LAX than JFK! Especially considering that NY is 3 time zones away from LA, while Honolulu is only 2. I guess there is a bigger north/south separation between LAX/HNL than LAX/JFK.

  • #2
    My shortest flight wasn't really that short, DEN-ORD (2 hour duration). My longest flight has been from DEN-FRA about 4800 miles (9-10 hour duration).

    Rohan

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    • #3
      Shortest flight OAK - SFO 10 nautical miles.

      Longest non stop flight leg LAX - SIN 7621 nautical miles.

      Longest series of flights with out a trip to a hotel:

      LAX - DFW - EWR - LIS - THR - BOM - BKK - TYO - ANC - LAX 18731 nautical miles.

      Both the shortest and around the world flight were working as a maintenance representative, both flights were in the 1970's on a DC-8-63.

      LAX - SIN flights began in 1990 and ended in 2008. Averaged 3 RT per year.
      Don
      Standard practice for managers around the world:
      Ready - Fire - Aim! DAMN! Missed again!

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      • #4
        Shortest, any number of planes I jumped out of-two miles, straight up! Or for those military static line jumps, 1000 ft.

        Shortest commercial flight was any number of times I flew between YVR and YYJ, once on a DC-8. 39 miles

        Longest was YYC-FRA on an AC 333. 4692 miles. Second place HNL-CVG on a Delta 764ER. 4433 miles

        Longest series without hotel stay. YYZ-LHR-DXB-KBL on AC 763, EK 773, and Ariana Afghan A300B4. 8025 miles

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        • #5
          Shortest

          AVL - CLT 91 miles


          Longest

          SFO - PEK 5920 miles and 12+ hours of no sleep
          Robin Guess Aviation Historian, Photographer, Web Designer.

          http://www.Jet-Fighters.Net
          http://www.Jet-Liners.Net

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          • #6
            Shortest: HNL-Kona (164 miles)
            Longest: LAX-TLV/TLV-LAX (7568 miles)

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            • #7
              Shortest:
              CLT-FLO 86 nm

              Longest:
              DFW-BWI 1057 nm
              But one time we had to fly over ATL due to storms in the Ohio Valley region, so it extended it to 1137 nm.

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              • #8
                Shortest:
                Juneau-Sitka 95 miles Boeing 737-400/700/800/900.

                Longest:
                Fairbanks-Frankfurt 4416 miles Boeing 767-300.
                You've got to try to find what's right before your eyes-Finger Eleven


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                • #9
                  Shortest-

                  DEN-EGE 193km

                  Longest flight

                  SIN-LHR 10894km

                  Average flight- 3180km
                  My photos on J.net

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                  • #10
                    Shortest in an airliner MKY-HTI (50nm) in an F27
                    Longest YVR-SYD 6730nm (15.5hrs) in a 77L

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                    • #11
                      My shortest is Washington Natl to Bwi...Longest with stops along the way...Bwi to Kadena Okinawa..I felt bad for 3 days after that one.

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                      • #12
                        My longest filght was from DFW-LGW on AA in a 767 at 4146 nm. I was only 7 at the time so I can't remember the variant.

                        My shortest was on MQ (American Eagle) on a ATR 72 at 167nm.

                        These were both when i was 7 so I can't remember the details. However the shortest flights I do remember is LTN-DUB on FR's 738's. This is 235nm.

                        Thanks

                        Ben Leonard
                        Last edited by leonard320; 2009-04-11, 22:13. Reason: typo

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                        • #13
                          Shortest flight 158 km, 0:45 h, FRA - STR on Oct 9th 2003 with a Dash 8

                          shortest flight time Trat - Bangkok 0:35 h on Oct 18th 2008 ATR 72

                          longest flight in time and distance 17:35 h, 13.963 km, New York (John F. Kennedy) - Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi), on 24.08.2007 with A340-500



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                          • #14
                            Hmm...

                            Shortest would have been numerous flights from CGP/VGEG to CXB/VGCB - 56mi, always in a F27 with Biman.

                            Longest would be HEL/EFHK - LHR/EGLL -DXB/OMDB - DAC/VGZR, total 6773.
                            HEL - LHR - 1151 mi - BA Trident
                            LHR - DXB - 3421 mi - Biman 707
                            DXB - DAC - 2201 mi - Biman 707

                            Interesting part of the LHR-DXB-DAC was that I spent most of the LHR-DXB segement in the cockpit, including being *alone* at one point, and sitting in the left hand seat. I was 8 at the time... Incredible flight in every way, only about 30% capacity on the aircraft.

                            Kris

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                            • #15
                              Hi, all.

                              My two longest flights have been:
                              LAX - SYD: 7,488 miles (United Airlines, B747)
                              JFK - EZE: 5,282 miles (United Airlines, B777)

                              My two shortest flights have been:
                              LAX - SNA: 36 miles (United Express, EMB-120)
                              EZE - MVD: 142 miles (United Airlines, B767)

                              Cheers,
                              TFS

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