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Papa Westray. Papa Westray
Westray Airport. Westray
Grimmelius @mostget23 posted to Did You Know? in Wanderlust
The world's shortest commercial flight
50 seconds is the fastest time an aircraft was actually in the air! The journey from Westray to Papa Westray in the Scottish Orkney Islands is the world's shortest commercial route. According to Guinness World Records The operator is LOGANAIR The Record was set on 01 DECEMBER 1967 The shortest domestic scheduled flight is 2.74 km (1.7 miles) between the Orkney islands of Westray and Papa Westray. The flight takes two minutes (including taxiing) and is operated by Loganair which has been flown with Britten-Norman Islander eight-seat aircraft since September 1967. #air #GuinnessWorldRecord #GWR #Islander #Logonair #Orkney #Scotland #Travel #Westray
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