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In August, the United States is expected to see around 2,400 international departures each day, with widebody aircraft accounting for about 860 of those flights, or 35 percent. While widebody planes are often associated with long-haul travel, some of the shortest international routes in the US this month will also use these large twin-aisle jets.
According to OAG data analyzed for August schedules, several airport pairs have minimum block times—measured from chocks-off to chocks-on—that are notably brief for widebody operations. The shortest such route is between Miami and Cancun, where LATAM offers a weekly Boeing 787-8 service with a minimum scheduled block time of 1 hour and 40 minutes. American Airlines also operates the route using a Boeing 777-200ER from August 1-5 but lists a slightly longer minimum block time of 1 hour and 48 minutes.
Other short international widebody flights include Miami to Punta Cana (2 hours and 30 minutes on LATAM's Boeing 787s), Miami to Bogotá (3 hours and 35 minutes on Emirates' daily Boeing 777-300ER), Los Angeles to Mexico City (3 hours and 45 minutes on Aeromexico's Boeing 787-8), Newark to San Juan (4 hours and 2 minutes on United's Boeing 767-400ER), Los Angeles to Toronto (4 hours and 40 minutes on Air Canada's Boeing 787-8), New York JFK to Mexico City (5 hours and 10 minutes on Aeromexico's Dreamliners), Boston to Keflavik (5 hours and 15 minutes on Icelandair's Boeing 767-300ER), and Los Angeles to Montreal (also at least one daily flight at exactly that duration using Air Canada’s A330-300 through August 11).
