Shortest Mainline Route

[bp]

There's a EWR-AVP route. Sometimes a Dash, sometimes a CRJ7.

Colgan(?) used to do EWR ABE in a slaab iirc
Is now a bus, and yes you can nonrev on said bus

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[Roger Roger]

It is literally quicker to drive most of these routes after you calculate all the crap that you need to do at the airport to get to the gate plus the boarding process and taxi time. That's easily 2 hours minimum before your butt even leaves the ground.

Yeah, but these aren't to get from A to B, they're to get from A to C connecting through B and not have to deal with traffic and the hassle of security at the big airport.

 

[NovemberEcho]

Colgan(?) used to do EWR ABE in a slaab iirc
Is now a bus, and yes you can nonrev on said bus

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I don't think they do that anymore although I hear it's coming back


Edit: ooooohhh a BUS bus. I thought you meant Airbus. I'm an idiot

 

[ahw01]

PHL-JFK isn't huge, just as quick on Amtrak

 

[pete2800]

@Rocketman99 loves that 27 mile WRG-PSG leg.

I came here to say this. I really enjoy the fact that we're allowed to do it squawking 1200. Takeoff from Petersburg, turn right, fly down the channel, dodge Kadin Island, and land. I've seen it done in about 7 minutes and not above 3000 ft.

 

[JordanD]

Didn't or doesn't FedEx do SFO-OAK sometimes with the MD?

 

[WacoFan]

Kansas City Municipal was TWA's headquarters. Across the river on the Kansas side was TWA's overhaul base at Fairfax airport. My Grandpa would take DC-3's, Martin's and Connie's between the two. Junior then didn't mean "reserve". Junior meant flying the engine carrier (basically night freight in a DC-3) to outstations and doing stuff like I describe above. They were paid well though.

 

[BobDDuck]

Our A330s sometimes do HNL - OGG and there is a regular HNL - LIH flight on the 767. 88 miles each.

 

[azmedic]

We have done repo flights LAX-SNA on the E175..


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[touch-n-go]

Recently did SEA-YVR in a 737-900. Distance is only about 110 NM.

 

[bkey79]

Express Jet use to do KIAH - KHOU as Continental Express. 27 miles direct. Knew a couple people that flew it, said they wouldn't even bring the gear up.

Shortest mainline flight, as mentioned, ORD - MKE. I've flown it on a 145, we got the wx before we took off and never got above 6000ft. 58 miles direct.

 

[Rocketman99]

@Rocketman99 loves that 27 mile WRG-PSG leg.

You know, I haven't flown that yet. I did just finally get to the JNU-GST flight a few weeks back.

 

[907]

I came here to say this. I really enjoy the fact that we're allowed to do it squawking 1200. Takeoff from Petersburg, turn right, fly down the channel, dodge Kadin Island, and land. I've seen it done in about 7 minutes and not above 3000 ft.

I always loved flying my C152 to Juneau, from PAWG, only to see Alaska Air scooting on by below me at 2500' enroute to PAPG.

 

[A150K]

Colgan(?) used to do EWR ABE in a slaab iirc
Is now a bus, and yes you can nonrev on said bus

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Can you nonrev on Amtrak from EWR to PHL?

 

[scooter2525]

Can you nonrev on Amtrak from EWR to PHL?

Jumpseat only.

 

[bp]

I don't think they do that anymore although I hear it's coming back


Edit: ooooohhh a BUS bus. I thought you meant Airbus. I'm an idiot

 

[BlueMoon]

Didn't or doesn't FedEx do SFO-OAK sometimes with the MD?

LAX-BUR

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/FDX3858

 

[Apophis]

Delta does ATL-CHA with MD-88's. It's only 92 miles or so.

 

[Apophis]

Express Jet use to do KIAH - KHOU as Continental Express. 27 miles direct. Knew a couple people that flew it, said they wouldn't even bring the gear up.

Shortest mainline flight, as mentioned, ORD - MKE. I've flown it on a 145, we got the wx before we took off and never got above 6000ft. 58 miles direct.

I believe Expressjet also used to do KEFD-KIAH for a little while.

 

[ahw01]

Jumpseat only.

You can get United miles for that sector