The World’s Shortest Scheduled Airline Flight

By EDW Lynch on September 4, 2012

The world’s shortest scheduled airline flight is a 1.7 mile hop between two Orkney Islands just north of Scotland: Westray and Papa Westray. Operated by Loganair, the flight duration is officially two minutes. You can watch the flight from beginning to end in this short video.

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