The world's shortest scheduled flights

The world's shortest scheduled flights

Scheduled passenger routes with published timetables in October 2026, ranked by great-circle distance between the two airports. Where several hops in the same island group or regional network qualify, only the shortest is listed, and each route appears once rather than in both directions. Flight times are the scheduled gate-to-gate times as of October 2026.

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Updated: 16/10/2026

#RouteAirlineDistanceFlight timeAircraft
1Westray (WRY) – Papa Westray (PPW)Loganair2.7 km (1.7 mi)2 minBritten-Norman BN-2 Islander
2Bethel (BET) – Napaskiak (PKA)Yute Commuter Service9.2 km (5.7 mi)10 minPiper PA-31 Navajo
3Norden-Norddeich (NOD) – Juist (JUI)Scandinavian Air Charter10.3 km (6.4 mi)5–7 minCessna 206
4Harle (EDXP) – Wangerooge (AGE)FLN Frisia Luftverkehr (Inselflieger)10.7 km (6.6 mi)5 minBritten-Norman BN-2 Islander
5Kalaupapa (LUP) – Molokai (MKK)Mokulele Airlines (Southern Airways Express)14.2 km (8.8 mi)19 minCessna 208 Caravan
6Connemara (NNR) – Inis Meáin (IIA)Aer Arann Islands16.7 km (10.4 mi)8–10 minBritten-Norman BN-2 Islander
7Tahiti (PPT) – Moorea (MOZ)Air Moana, Air Tahiti17.9 km (11.1 mi)15 minATR 72-600; ATR 42/72
8St Kitts (SKB) – Nevis (NEV)Cape Air18.0 km (11.2 mi)10 minCessna 402
9Anguilla (AXA) – St Maarten (SXM)Anguilla Air Services, Winair19.1 km (11.9 mi)10 minBritten-Norman Trislander; DHC-6 Twin Otter
10Kasos (KSJ) – Karpathos (AOK)Olympic Air21.4 km (13.3 mi)20 minATR 42
11Brazzaville (BZV) – Kinshasa (FIH)ASKY Airlines, Air France26.0 km (16.1 mi)45 minBoeing 737 MAX 8, Airbus A320 family or Boeing 787-9
12Haines (HNS) – Skagway (SGY)Alaska Seaplanes26.8 km (16.6 mi)15 minCessna single-engine
13St Barthélemy (SBH) – Grand Case (SFG)St Barth Commuter30.7 km (19.0 mi)15 minCessna 208B Grand Caravan
  1. 1. Loganair

    The hop is one leg of the Orkney inter-isles loop from Kirkwall, takes about a minute in the air and has been flown in a record 53 seconds.

    Sources: Wikipedia: Westray to Papa Westray flight (Oct 2026) · Orkney Islands Council: Inter-island air guide, summer 2026 (16 Feb – 24 Oct 2026)

  2. 2. Bethel (BET) – Napaskiak (PKA)

    Bethel is the hub for the villages of Alaska's Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta, many of which have no road connection, and Napaskiak is the closest of its scheduled destinations.

    Sources: Roame: Bethel–Napaskiak schedule data (Oct 2026) · Yute Commuter Service: Who relies on Yute's commuter flights (Jun 2026)

  3. 3. Norden-Norddeich (NOD) – Juist (JUI)

    Unlike the ferries to Juist, the flights do not depend on the tide; each Cessna carries up to four passengers.

    Sources: aviation.direct: Neue Linienverbindung sichert Luftanbindung der Insel Juist (Mar 2026) · Flughafen Juist: Scandinavian Air Charter (2026) · aeroTELEGRAPH: Scandinavian Air Charter fliegt wieder zwischen Juist und Norddeich (Mar 2026)

  4. 4. Harle (EDXP) – Wangerooge (AGE)

    The airline runs about seven flights a day in the low season and up to 25 a day in high summer between the mainland and the island.

    Sources: FLN Inselflieger: Harle – Wangerooge (Oct 2026) · aeroTELEGRAPH: FLN Inselflieger schrumpft auch die Flotte (Feb 2025)

  5. 5. Kalaupapa (LUP) – Molokai (MKK)

    Kalaupapa, on a peninsula on Molokaʻi's north shore, has no road link to the rest of the island, so the airport also handles the settlement's cargo.

    Sources: Avionio: flight 9X 922 Hoʻolehua–Kalaupapa (Oct 2026) · Wikipedia: Kalaupapa Airport (Oct 2026) · Roame: Kalaupapa–Molokai schedule data (Oct 2026)

  6. 6. Connemara (NNR) – Inis Meáin (IIA)

    Nine-seat Islanders fly from Connemara Airport at Inverin to all three Aran Islands all year, hourly in high season.

    Sources: Wikipedia: Aer Arann Islands (Oct 2026) · Galway Tourism: Aer Arann Islands (2026)

  7. 7. Tahiti (PPT) – Moorea (MOZ)

    Air Moana flies the hop as the first leg of a Tahiti–Moorea–Bora Bora circuit, so the short sector is flown by a full-size regional turboprop.

    Sources: Avionio: flight NM 914, Air Moana (Oct 2026) · Roame: Papeete–Moorea schedule data (Oct 2026) · Tahiti Tourisme: Air Moana (2026)

  8. 8. Cape Air

    The hop links the two islands of one country and connects with Cape Air's flights to St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands.

    Sources: SKNIS: Cape Air introduces new service to St Kitts (Oct 2024) · Roame: St Kitts–Nevis schedule data (Oct 2026) · Avionio: Nevis arrivals (16 Oct 2026)

  9. 9. Anguilla (AXA) – St Maarten (SXM)

    Anguilla Air Services still uses the three-engined Trislander on the route and sells it as a connection for travellers arriving on international flights into St Maarten.

    Sources: FlightStats: Anguilla Air Services 620, AXA–SXM (16 Oct 2026) · Anguilla Air Services: home page (Oct 2026) · Roame: St Maarten–Anguilla schedule data (Oct 2026)

  10. 10. Kasos (KSJ) – Karpathos (AOK)

    The leg is part of an island-hopping service that links Sitia in Crete with Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes.

    Sources: Roame: Kasos–Karpathos schedule data (Oct 2026) · Avionio: flight OA 94 (Oct 2026) · Wikipedia: Kasos Island Public Airport (Oct 2026)

  11. 11. Brazzaville (BZV) – Kinshasa (FIH)

    The two capitals face each other across the Congo River, the only place where two national capitals grew up on opposite banks of a river.

    Sources: Kvikr: non-stop flights Brazzaville–Kinshasa (17 Oct 2026) · Roame: Brazzaville–Kinshasa schedule data (Oct 2026) · Wikipedia: Brazzaville (Oct 2026)

  12. 12. Haines (HNS) – Skagway (SGY)

    Daily flights across the upper Lynn Canal link two towns that are otherwise connected by the Alaska Marine Highway ferry.

    Sources: Alaska Seaplanes: flight schedule, fall 2026 (3 Oct – 25 Nov 2026) · Wikipedia: Haines, Alaska (Oct 2026)

  13. 13. St Barthélemy (SBH) – Grand Case (SFG)

    Several flights a day link St Barth with Grand Case on the French side of St Martin, a slightly shorter crossing than to Princess Juliana on the Dutch side.

    Sources: FlightStats: St Barth Commuter PV 122, SBH–SFG (16 Oct 2026) · Avionio: flight PV 126 (Oct 2026)

Sources (33)
  1. Wikipedia: Westray to Papa Westray flight (Oct 2026)
  2. Orkney Islands Council: Inter-island air guide, summer 2026 (16 Feb – 24 Oct 2026)
  3. Roame: Bethel–Napaskiak schedule data (Oct 2026)
  4. Yute Commuter Service: Who relies on Yute's commuter flights (Jun 2026)
  5. aviation.direct: Neue Linienverbindung sichert Luftanbindung der Insel Juist (Mar 2026)
  6. Flughafen Juist: Scandinavian Air Charter (2026)
  7. aeroTELEGRAPH: Scandinavian Air Charter fliegt wieder zwischen Juist und Norddeich (Mar 2026)
  8. FLN Inselflieger: Harle – Wangerooge (Oct 2026)
  9. aeroTELEGRAPH: FLN Inselflieger schrumpft auch die Flotte (Feb 2025)
  10. Avionio: flight 9X 922 Hoʻolehua–Kalaupapa (Oct 2026)
  11. Wikipedia: Kalaupapa Airport (Oct 2026)
  12. Roame: Kalaupapa–Molokai schedule data (Oct 2026)
  13. Wikipedia: Aer Arann Islands (Oct 2026)
  14. Galway Tourism: Aer Arann Islands (2026)
  15. Avionio: flight NM 914, Air Moana (Oct 2026)
  16. Roame: Papeete–Moorea schedule data (Oct 2026)
  17. Tahiti Tourisme: Air Moana (2026)
  18. SKNIS: Cape Air introduces new service to St Kitts (Oct 2024)
  19. Roame: St Kitts–Nevis schedule data (Oct 2026)
  20. Avionio: Nevis arrivals (16 Oct 2026)
  21. FlightStats: Anguilla Air Services 620, AXA–SXM (16 Oct 2026)
  22. Anguilla Air Services: home page (Oct 2026)
  23. Roame: St Maarten–Anguilla schedule data (Oct 2026)
  24. Roame: Kasos–Karpathos schedule data (Oct 2026)
  25. Avionio: flight OA 94 (Oct 2026)
  26. Wikipedia: Kasos Island Public Airport (Oct 2026)
  27. Kvikr: non-stop flights Brazzaville–Kinshasa (17 Oct 2026)
  28. Roame: Brazzaville–Kinshasa schedule data (Oct 2026)
  29. Wikipedia: Brazzaville (Oct 2026)
  30. Alaska Seaplanes: flight schedule, fall 2026 (3 Oct – 25 Nov 2026)
  31. Wikipedia: Haines, Alaska (Oct 2026)
  32. FlightStats: St Barth Commuter PV 122, SBH–SFG (16 Oct 2026)
  33. Avionio: flight PV 126 (Oct 2026)

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