Only 109 Miles: United Airlines Launches New Extremely Short Route [Map]

United Airlines has resumed a very short intra-California link between Los Angeles International (LAX) and Meadows Field Airport (BFL) in Bakersfield, after last operating it in August 2014. The carrier is scheduling daily service using Embraer E175 aircraft operated by SkyWest Airlines under the United Express brand. While the published block time is about an hour, the airborne portion is much shorter—FlightRadar24 shows the fastest UA4804 so far at 24 minutes, with extra time largely tied to LAX taxiway congestion. AeroRoutes reports the flights restarted on August 11, with UA4804 departing LAX at 10:43 and UA4730 returning at 2:03.