The world’s shortest scheduled flight takes just 53 seconds.

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Operated by Scottish regional airline Loganair since 1967, the scheduled passenger flight between Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland’s Orkney Islands covers a straight-line distance of just 2.7 kilometers (1.7 miles). Flown by an eight-seater Britten-Norman Islander twin-engine aircraft, the scheduled block time is two minutes, but with favorable tailwinds, the actual airborne flight time from wheels-up to touchdown has been recorded as fast as 53 seconds.

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