The flight is operated via Loganair, though on a much smaller aircraft than the one pictured here. (Image: Getty Images) Travelling between two of the Scottish Orkney Islands is the world's shortest flight which has achieved a Guinness World Record. While the longest flight in the world travels between New York's JFK Airport and Singapore Changi Airport , the world's shortest flight lasts for just one and a half minutes on average.
Operated by Loganair, the flight travels from Westray to Papa Westray. READ MORE The longest non-stop flight in the world lasts almost 19 hours [LATEST] Flights on the route are scheduled for one and a half minutes, however, the actual flying time is closer to one minute. The speed of the flight is faster than it takes most aircraft to reach cruising altitude.
The record for the fastest flight is 53 seconds which was flown by pilot Stuart Linklater. The pilot flew the short route more than 12,000 times before his retirement in 2013. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.
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