Last month, using scheduling data made available by Cirium , an aviation analytics company, Simple Flying took a closer look at the shortest mainline and regional domestic routes operated by each of the 'big three' US legacy carriers : American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines. Some of these were shorter than 100 miles, but, at the other end of the spectrum, the same operators also have domestic flights longer than 4,000 miles.

While the mainland of the United States of America is a huge land mass in its own right, it is the presence of the island state of Hawaii , located far to the west in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, that results in such long domestic flights. The longest of these originate in the east of the US, as we shall explore.

American Airlines

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