The last passenger-carrying flight was on October 28.
10 shortest transatlantic flights: winter
They are shown below. They all involve the periphery of Europe, whether Iceland or the Azores, the mid-Atlantic archipelago that’s an autonomous region of Portugal.
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The shortest link remains from Terceira to Boston. Azores Airlines’ winter flights from the US operate on Mondays. S4272 leaves Boston at 21:15 and arrives in Europe at 06:10+1 local time. The aircraft then continues to Porto on a one-stop, same-plane, same-flight-number basis.
On Tuesday, after leaving Porto, S4279 departs Terceira at 17:55 and arrives in Boston at 20:05 local time. This setup is because the operating aircraft is flown as follows: Ponta Delgada-Boston-Terceira-Porto-Terceira-Boston-Ponta Delgada.
Last winter, Keflavik-Toronto Hamilton and Keflavik-Baltimore made the cut, but Terceira-New York JFK and Ponta Delgada-Montreal pushed them out.
The details below are based on the Great Circle. As many routes are nearly the same distance, real-world operations will change the order.
Nautical miles (km)
Route
Airline (aircraft; winter flights)
Comments (only about winter operations unless stated)
1,997 (3,698)
Terceira-Boston
Azores Airlines (A321neo; weekly)
Overnight back to Portugal
2,081 (3,854)
Ponta Delgada-Boston
Azores Airlines (A321neo; five to six weekly)
Overnight back to Portugal. On four days a week, flights continue to/from Praia, Cabo Verde. It is the only same-aircraft, same-flight-number service between North America and Africa by a European carrier
2,097 (3,884)
Keflavik-Boston
Icelandair (767-300ER, 737 MAX 8, 757-200ER; daily to 11 weekly); PLAY (mainly A320neo but also A321neo; five weekly to daily)
Some Icelandair flights still operate during the day back home, leaving Boston at 11:35 and getting to Iceland at 21:50 local time
2,139 (3,962)
Terceira-New York JFK
Azores Airlines (A321neo; weekly)
The first winter flights. Overnight back to Portugal
2,178 (4,034)
Ponta Delgada-Montreal
Azores Airlines (A321neo; mainly twice-weekly)
The first winter flights. Overnight back to Portugal
2,219 (4,110)
Keflavik-New York Stewart
PLAY (mainly A320neo, but also A321neo; five weekly to daily)
Overnight back to Iceland
2,222 (4,115)
Ponta Delgada-New York JFK
Azores Airlines (A321neo; three to four weekly)
Overnight back to Portugal
2,253 (4,173)
Keflavik-New York JFK
Icelandair (767-300ER, 757-200ER; daily)
Overnight back to Iceland. Delta operates summer seasonally.
2,258 (4,182)
Keflavik-Toronto
Icelandair (737 MAX 8, MAX 9, 757-200ER; daily to 10/11 weekly around the holidays)
Overnight back to Iceland. Air Canada operates summer seasonally
2,260 (4,186)
Keflavik-Newark
Icelandair (737 MAX 8, MAX 9; daily)
Overnight back to Iceland. United serves the route summer seasonally
Related Iceland’s PLAY Makes Drastic Cuts To North America & Strikes Partnership With GlobalX In Miami
PLAY cited an increased supply of seats on the transatlantic market, which negatively impacted demand for its hub-and-spoke model flights via Iceland.
This shorter summer service existed…
If this analysis also considered summer schedules, Keflavik-Halifax would be the shortest transatlantic offering. At just 1,785 nautical miles (3,305 km), Icelandair operated it three times weekly in 2024 on the 737 MAX 8.
Photo: Vincenzo Pace | Simple Flying
The carrier served it between 2007 and 2018, but it returned to its route map on May 31, 2024. Flights left Nova Scotia at 21:30 and got to Iceland at the fun time of 04:45+1. This was entirely to maximize connectivity across Europe. Barring any changes, it will resume the top spot in summer 2025.
In the past, an even shorter scheduled route existed. At 1,781 nautical miles (3,298 km), WestJet operated St John’s-Dublin on 737-700s summer seasonally from 2014 to 2018.
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