Large plane/short sectors

[TightSlot]

One of our pilots speaks with awe and reverance of a legendary night ferry sector that entered into myth and lore amongst our happy band of travellers.

767-300 - Luton to Stansted - 6 Minutes

Does this count?

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Per Ardua Ad Ibiza

[wangi]

EDI-GLA has been mentioned already (BMI flights to CPH used to do that) however this is still done today on Air Scotland's flights from GLA to Malaga and Alicante - they go via EDI. And with a B757 the equipment is a bit bigger than the CPH jungle-jet too...

L.

[Golf Charlie Charlie]

For a short time in the late 1960s British Eagle used to fly One-Elevens from Liverpool to Manchester to Frankfurt.

I think they also flew Viscounts for a while from Liverpool to Hawarden/Chester.

Also, I recall Saudi Arabian and Gulf Air flew the Dhahran to Bahrain sector in just a few minutes before the fixed causeway from the mainland to the island was built.

Someone, maybe Southwest, used to fly from Houston Intercontinental to Houston Hobby.

[10 DME ARC]

I remember last time we had this thread, the winner I think was Oakland(OAK) to San Francisco(SFO) in a L1011. Less than 10nm as the crow flies!!!

[Exel]

Didn't AAL ?? used to fly MIA - FLL with Dc10's ??

Must be about 25-20nm ??

[WHBM]

19 nm MIA-FLL. But like OAK-SFO (which was the real shorty at 10 nm, the two fields being quite clearly visible from each other) these little positioning hops have disappeared from schedules.

I believe it was Continental Express that used to do Houston International to Hobby with ATRs. Used to pick up a bit of CO connecting traffic at International. The city traffic there must be bad!

The Great Circle distance between any points can be calculated for you here:

http://gc.kls2.com/

[FormerFlyer]

BGI-UVF in a VS 744?

seemed bloomin quick anyway.

cheers

FF

[cognomultani]

shortest is mine

B 734 Italy Rome area CIA to FCO .................