If you're a nervous flyer then this journey might be the one for you, as it takes just under a minute between take off and landing.
There are few things worse when you're traveling than a bad flight, as experiencing turbulence in an uncomfortable seat with minimal leg room is not how anyone wants to start or end their dream holiday.
Horror stories surrounding the world's longest flights are enough to send shivers down your spine - but what if there was a faster way to get from point A to B?
While Elon Musk has promised flights across the world that take under an hour through the power of SpaceX, the world's fastest airplane journey has actually been operating since 1967, and takes a mere 53 seconds in total.
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If you happen to be traveling between the Scottish Orkney Islands of Westray and Papa Westray then you're in luck, as this 2.7km journey is indeed the shortest commercial flight you can take right now.
Operating on Loganair's Britten-Norman BN2B-26 Islander aircraft, this journey is fit for just 10 passengers, although you can't imagine that the demand exceeds the supply most days.
It remains an essential journey for anyone who currently lives on Papa Westray, which has a population of around 90 people and pales in comparison to the 600 that live on Westray.
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Most passengers on the flight are those coming from Westray to Papa Westray in order to study its archaeological sites, but there are also frequent trips from health professionals and other experts to tend to the needs of the P.W. residents.
You can catch flights both ways every single weekday, but on Saturday you can only travel from Westray with the reverse being the case on Sunday, so you'd better plan out your days just in case you get stuck!
What adds to the ridiculousness is that the entire distance is only around 150m longer than the main runway at Edinburgh Airport, so passengers there will spend more time getting off the ground than you'd spend in the air.
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Any sensible person does, of course, wonder what the other transport options are considering the ridiculousness of such a short flight, and while there have been plans for fixed links, nothing has officially commenced since they were introduced in 2014.
Instead, you can opt for a 25 minute ferry, which feels extraordinarily long when placed next to the 53 second flight - although if you still have to get to the airport two hours before it starts to lose it's charm.
It's definitely something to consider putting on your bucket list if you're a plane enthusiast, though you might end up being disappointed as the ride is over almost as soon as it has begun. Talk about an anticlimax.