Longest Scheduled Nonstop Commercial Flight?
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ek crew will get 24 hours in lax once it goes daily. just enough time to fall into a zombie-like sleep then stay in the same state for the flight back 
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the hawk: East or West are not applicable for LAX-DXB. As you can see with the tool mentioned above, initial heading is 6° North and you go very close to the North Pole.
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questions on how long a statute mile are welcomed!
To turn things around, what's the shortest commercial flight between two different airports?
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Acknowledged - No East / West for LAX-DXB routes. I was calculating relative position via latitude only - obviously not applicable here.
Curiously, LAX and EWR are approx 600 miles apart (when considering SIN-EWR at 8285 miles, and SIN-LAX at 7621 miles). All via the magic of great circle routes.
Many thanks to all for the info exchange.
(My personal shortest jet flight . . LSV (Nellis AFB) - LAS (Las Vegas) in a B727 . . . (eight minutes total block time, chalk to chalk).
Curiously, LAX and EWR are approx 600 miles apart (when considering SIN-EWR at 8285 miles, and SIN-LAX at 7621 miles). All via the magic of great circle routes.
Many thanks to all for the info exchange.
(My personal shortest jet flight . . LSV (Nellis AFB) - LAS (Las Vegas) in a B727 . . . (eight minutes total block time, chalk to chalk).
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My personal shortest scheduled jet flight was MBJ KIN with BA.
Everyone belted up and no service for the whole leg - most strange especially in a 747.
Plymouth - Newquay was another short belt up and shut up leg.
Everyone belted up and no service for the whole leg - most strange especially in a 747.
Plymouth - Newquay was another short belt up and shut up leg.
Paxing All Over The World
I did the MBJ~KIN in 1989 as the route was: LGW~BDA (IIRC)~MBJ~KIN.
In a BD Saab (I forget the model number) there was DND~EDI which I clocked at 11 minutes wheels to wheels and we could see EDI almost as soon as we lifted off. That was 1998.
With regards to JNB to ORD and over water, I have not done the route but I thnk SAA transists at Abuja or similar in West Africa. I sit to be corrected.
In a BD Saab (I forget the model number) there was DND~EDI which I clocked at 11 minutes wheels to wheels and we could see EDI almost as soon as we lifted off. That was 1998.
With regards to JNB to ORD and over water, I have not done the route but I thnk SAA transists at Abuja or similar in West Africa. I sit to be corrected.
