Well, not exactly true, for safety reasons, but it wouldn’t be worth downloading an audiobook or opening up your laptop for some online gaming. That’s if you’re a passenger on one of the shortest commercial airline flight in the world.
You’d be in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. Taking a scheduled Loganair flight from Westray to Papa Westray, your expected flying time would be less than one minute and thirty seconds. With a backing breeze, the 1.7-mile distance has been achieved in 52 seconds. The route has been in service since 1967; apart from local residents, it’s also popular with students and their teachers visiting the many architectural sites on Papa Westray.
And you’d probably have taken off, flown, and arrived, in the time you’ve spent reading this!
Source: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/846019/worlds-shortest-scheduled-flight-orkney-island-westray-papa
