What is the shortest commercial passenger flight (with a flight number) in the world?
With the occasional debate about Oxford airport in the UK becoming a new London airport, and hearing of a flight that once landed at Heathrow due to fog, then flew on to Gatwick, I was wondering - what is the shortest (time) regular (ie I can look it up online and book a ticket) passenger flight in the world? I'd specify distance as well, but in theory that shouldn't matter?
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Between Norddeich, Germany and the Island of Juist there are between 6 and 10 daily scheduled flights. The distance is about 10km and the flight time listed as 5 minutes. I couldn't find information about flight numbers or plane types.
There are also a large number of on-demand and sightseeing flights out of Juist airport, allegedly making this tiny runway the second-busiest airport (by number of flights) in the state of Lower Saxony.
Juist is a very popular health spa and tourist destination, but the ferry schedule has to change with the tides, so going there by plane is often the most convenient option.
As an added curiosity, cars are not allowed on the island, so the shuttle service between the airport and the two towns is provided by horse carriage.
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Answer 2
Here it is: Papeete-Moorea: distance 18km, duration 15mn, operated by Air Tahiti.
From Air Tahiti site (fr) (select "Tahiti" on "Ile de départ" and "Moorea" on "Ile d'arrivée"), there are several flights each day (VT266, VT240, VT444).
But nothing can beat the Scottish 2.7km suggested by VMAtm!
Answer 3
Update: From April 2017 on, this flight will no longer be served.
This isn't the sortest flight in the world, but the shortest international flight:
St. Gallen-Altenrhein (ACH, Switzerland) to Friedrichshafen (FDH, Germany)
Distance: 21km / 38.5 miles
Duration: 8 minutes
Operated by: People’s Viennaline
Aircraft: Embraer170
Flight-number: PE 200-PE 203
The route that started in November 2016 actually connects St. Gallen and Cologne, but they have a stop in Friedrichshafen and you can book ACH-FDH as a single flight for 40 €.
Source 1 - travelbook.de (sorry. Only in German)
Source 2 - The airline's website (sorry, but the airline doesn't even have an english website)
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