page_title: Westray to Papa Westray flight
section_title: Flights
hierarchical_section_title: Westray to Papa Westray flight / Flights
caption_attribution_description: English: Britten-Norman Islander owned by Loganair taxiing at Papa Westray
context_page_description: The Loganair Westray to Papa Westray route is the shortest scheduled passenger flight in the world. Flights on the route are scheduled for one and a half minutes, and actual flying time is closer to one minute. The record for the fastest flight is 47 seconds. The route is flown by Loganair, a Scottish regional airline that serves Scotland's Highlands and islands.
context_section_description: Flights between Westray Airport and Papa Westray Airport occur daily in both directions, except on Saturdays, when only flights from Westray to Papa Westray are available, and on Sunday, when only flights from Papa Westray to Westray are available. The total distance covered by the flights is 1.7 miles (2.7 km), which is about the same length as the runway at Edinburgh airport. The flights are always combined with flights from and to Kirkwall Airport (27 mi (43 km) distance), flying in a narrow triangle.
  Pilot Stuart Linklater flew the short hop more than 12,000 times, more than any other pilot, before he retired in 2013. Linklater set the record for the fastest flight between the islands at 53 seconds.
caption: Loganair aircraft taxiing at Papa Westray airport
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