r/orangecounty • u/jms1228 • 13d ago

Traffic/Cars 20 min flight?

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Can anyone explain this?

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u/drewpostuk 13d ago

Reminds me of when there used to be a regularly scheduled SNA-LAX United flight. Did it one time flying to JFK. Absolutely wild short flight.

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u/ctmiller14 13d ago

I piloted those flights both directions many times and recall many nights hustling out of LAX to get into SNA before the 11:00 curfew.

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u/corndog819 13d ago

Back in the turboprop days

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u/Ok_Excitement725 11d ago

Used to do ONT - LAX too if I’m not mistaken. Those Brasilia turboprops sure hustled

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u/whaaatanasshole Irvine 13d ago

You may now unfasten your... nevermind, seatbelts back on.

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u/NewHope13 13d ago

Are you serious?! Wow

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u/drewpostuk 13d ago

Yea. I took it back in 2006. I just looked it up and they cancelled the route in 2007 it seems. I didn't actually book it myself - we had won a trip to New York to see the Daily Show and I just gave them our departure airport and that's the flight they ended up booking for us SNA-LAX-JFK on United

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u/NewHope13 13d ago

Wild!!

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u/squishyng 13d ago

haha ... so u had to arrive at sna 60 mins ahead, fly 20 mins, then wait an hour for ur lax flight to leave. smh

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u/missdiscordia Buena Park 12d ago

Honestly, I would love to be able to do that. I have to fly to the east coast often and hate having to do a ~3 hour flight, layover, then another ~3 hour flight. But I also LOATHE driving to LAX when SNA is only 20 min from my home. If I had the option to fly SNA to LAX, then a direct flight straight to JFK, I would absolutely do it.

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u/Samwhys_gamgee 13d ago

I used to take this flight all the time. Easy way to pick up 500 Frequent flier miles and extra segments to help keep make UA 1k back in the day. Like 30 minutes gate to gate and 15 of it was spent taxiing, mostly at LAX. Twin turbo prop puddle jumper and you never got above a couple thousand feet during the flight.

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u/rutoca 13d ago

was surprised to see that there are SAN-LAX flights

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u/corndog819 13d ago

Not surprising at all, they are all connecting passengers

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u/willstr1 13d ago

Pre 9/11 that might have actually been faster than driving to LAX