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Where the Shortest Commercial Flights in the World Will Take You
It’s time to celebrate the shortest commercial flights in the world.
How about Saint Martin to Saint Barts in the Caribbean? The trip is 20 miles or less than ten minutes.
In the Congo, the flight from Kinshasa to Brazzaville is just 16 miles.
And Tangier in Morocco to Gibraltar is just a six minute jet flight.
Later this year, British Airways will offer a flight from Baran to Demain in Saudi Arabia for just 54 miles.
And, the record holder for the shortest flight in the world goes to between the Scottish Islands of Westray and Papa Westray. The distance is 1.7 miles, and the flight duration is 90 seconds. But if the winds are favorable, it will only take a minute.