# What is the shortest scheduled airline flight in the U.S. (Islands excluded)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 28, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-scheduled-airline-flight-in-the-u-s-islands-excluded/198232 "2003-08-28T17:06:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-scheduled-airline-flight-in-the-u-s-islands-excluded/198232/41 "2003-08-29T15:23:12Z")
Fly less than an hour, west across a time zone, and you will arrive before you take off. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-scheduled-airline-flight-in-the-u-s-islands-excluded/198232/42 "2003-08-29T15:37:13Z")
Philly to Atlantic City. Total flight time is about 20 mins and gate to gate is posted as 32 mins on US AIRWAYs. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-scheduled-airline-flight-in-the-u-s-islands-excluded/198232/43 "2003-08-29T15:37:28Z")
Shortest flight I’ve ever been on was between Plattsburg, NY and Burlington, Vt. A little less than twenty miles. ---
**Author:** ![Robbbbb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9a140/32.png) [@Robbbbb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robbbbb)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-scheduled-airline-flight-in-the-u-s-islands-excluded/198232/44 "2003-08-29T15:47:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Achernar \* > \*\*LAX termial B to LAX terminal E? \*\* Nice try. Too bad those terminals don’t exist. LAX terminals, except for the Tom Bradley International Terminal, are numbered, not lettered. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-scheduled-airline-flight-in-the-u-s-islands-excluded/198232/45 "2003-08-29T16:21:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Do they even bother with serving the peanuts and drinks on these really short flights? Do they bother serving peanuts on _any_ flights nowadays? ---
**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-scheduled-airline-flight-in-the-u-s-islands-excluded/198232/46 "2003-08-29T18:51:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by imthjckaz \* > \*\*Minneapolis to St Cloud is 35 minutes. > > St Cloud Minneapolis varies from 35-48 minutes. > > ??? \*\* I’m guessing this they might anticipate a longer flight time on the St. Cloud to Mpls trip because it may take you longer to get into a landing pattern upon arrival in Mpls, since it’s a much busier airport. After all, how often would there be more then 1 airplane attempting to land at St. Cloud during the same 15 minute timeframe? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-scheduled-airline-flight-in-the-u-s-islands-excluded/198232.md?page=2)