November 28, 201213 yr Can anyone tell me what the shortest routes these planes fly in real life operations. And can you include flight plans if possible please. Rob lambert
November 28, 201213 yr Norwegian flies the -800 from Copenhagen to Karup. Block time 45 min. Thomas Danielsen - FAA Commercial Pilot, JAA ATPL
November 28, 201213 yr American Airlines, Miami-Tampa B738, 38min http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL1234/history/20121128/1230Z/KMIA/KTPA
November 28, 201213 yr Air Austral uses their 737-800 F-ONGA for a couple of short fun routes like FMEE-FMMI and FMCZ-FMCH. Ben Weaver SWA8485
November 28, 201213 yr I have flown KLAX-KSNA several times but of coure that is not scheduled. That happens when the plane missed the KSNA curfew the night before and diverted to KLAX. In addition to KMIA-KTPA we also have KLAX-KSFO, KMIA-KMCO, KDFW-KIAH, KORD-KMSP and I don't know if we still do it but we did do KJFK-KBDL for a long time. Those are all pretty short trips. Tom Landry
November 28, 201213 yr Also...My personal favorite short route with the NGX is KDEN-KASE. I don't believe any of the major airlines use the 737 for this route but I know there is a private BBJ 737 at DIA that flies this route pretty often. Fun, challenging and very scenic with Aerosoft and ImagineSim payware! Ben Weaver SWA8485
November 28, 201213 yr Both SAS and Norwegian uses the 737-800 on BGO - SVG which is usually about 30-35 minutes. If the wind is perfectly aligned and they fly from rwy 17 at BGO to rwy 18 at SVG it's only about 86nm long.
November 28, 201213 yr KAL 1907 from Jeju to Gwangju is 30 minutes and that's usually flying at 250 or less so the FAs can do a service. Apparently, it can be done in 19 minutes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/KAL1907/history/20121119/1005Z/RKJJ/RKPC Matt Cee
November 28, 201213 yr Alaska used to run the 900 from YVR to SEA (120nm) once daily. CYVR JAWBN KSEA i7-13700KF, 32gb DDR4 3200, RTX 4080, Win 11, MSFS 2024
November 28, 201213 yr I have flown KSAN-KLAX on Southwest but at the time is was a 734. Not sure if that is now flown with the NG. 109nm. Mark CYYZ
November 28, 201213 yr Commercial Member Every once in a while, you'll see an AAL or DAL 738 repo from IAD to DCA. Remember, aircraft size follows route density and operational requirements, not the length of the route. It can be as short as the airline needs it to be. Shorter routes are often vectored anyway. Here's an example: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASQ5940/history/20121128/0245Z/KIAD/KRIC The filed route was HAFNR GVE FAK, but the only part of the route it actually overflew was HAFNR. So, even if you did have a route for some of those short flights (talking 50-100nm here), depending on the controllers/facility, they'll just vector you to push you through the system faster. Some facilities can't (N90 - NY TRACON, or SCT - SoCal are generally so complex/busy they wouldn't want to take on the extra load). In other cases, there's just no real valid route. Those IAD-DCA repositioning flights I mentioned usually file AML as the route, which is a VOR on the field at IAD... If it's not an oft-used route, there normally isn't a preferred route, and you just make it up as you best see fit. I don't understand why people seem to be so scared about making their own routes around here (wrote a tutorial, but it still hasn't been approved going on 8 days now), but that might be because I've been doing it since FS5.0 with my neighbor's old Jepp charts. Kyle Rodgers
November 28, 201213 yr In the southern lands, and with Orbx on board then YSSY-YSCB is good for a short practice it all route. Normally flown at ~ FL200. James Cleverley Perth, Western Australia "yes that's the furthest place from anywhere"
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