The world’s shortest commercial flight takes only 47 seconds to reach its destination!
Every day, the people of Orkney Islands, in northern Scotland, hop on a plane that takes them from Westray to Papa Westray and then back. Covering a distance of merely 1.7 miles (nearly 2.7 km) in less than two minutes, it is famous for being the world’s shortest scheduled flight. However, under favorable wind conditions, the…