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This makes sense to me. The shortest commercial flight I ever took was from HOU to IAH†, a flight distance of 24mi/39km. I was surprised how long it took. At
by reaperducer 5y ago
This makes sense to me.
The shortest commercial flight I ever took was from HOU to IAH†, a flight distance of 24mi/39km. I was surprised how long it took. At first I thought it was because of traffic, but a member of the flight crew told me, "We go low and slow."
†This was back when Continental was all mad about the parking situation at IAH, and so if you had an outbound flight from IAH, it would let you park for free at HOU and then add on a free HOU→IAH segment. At the time, you used to get 500 frequent flyer miles just for getting into the air, so it was an option I exercised as often as I could.
- AdamJacobMuller 5y agohttps://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCM25/history/20220504/2230Z/KHOU/KIAH https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCM25/history/20220504/2... 15 minutes in the air and doesn't go over 3500ft What were they flying back on that route back then?
- reaperducer 5y agoI have no idea. I'm not an aviation enthusiast. I can tell you that the seats were all on one side of the plane. It was a proper Continental craft. Not a puddle jumper like I've been on going to remote places in the northwest.