Sun Country's Shortest Flight Part One: Eau Claire, WI to Minneapolis, MN (FULL FLIGHT) (4K)

Flight Info:
Airline: Sun Country Airlines
Flight Number/Callsign: SY557/SCX557
Aircraft Regestration: N842SY
Aircraft Age: 11.8 Years, (Feb 2012)
Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-8K5
Route: EAU-MSP
Flight Date: December 29, 2023
Scheduled Departure Time: 11:25 AM CST (1725z)
Actual Departure Time: 11:29 AM CST (1729z)
Departure Runway: 22
Scheduled Arrival Time: 12:14 PM CST (1814z)
Actual Arrival Time: 11:51 AM CST (1751z)
Arrival Runway: 30R
Flight Time: 0 Hours 22 Minutes
Seat Number: 22F

[@andrewsewraviation3991]

Amazing work! Keep on pursuing your passions that you enjoy! I know you’re doing great, and continue persevering with the challenges within the best of your abilities! My best of hopes for much prosperity, and despite the gaps for me not being present, I got your back! 🍀👍✈️

[@pauletteyoung4411]

22 minutes ?!?!? That’s crazy!

[@136ronald]

Young Aviation as usual superb filming!!!🙂

[@johnvitrano5401]

I wish every flight was 22 minutes!

[@PLANEMANIA747]

View 😍 Beautiful video ❤

[@Absolute_ZEN]

ХОРОШО спасибо большое пилотам и вам ))) Well thank you much to the pilots and to you )))🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩

[@jobaecker9752]

Just enough time to watch a few commercials!

[@Cessna65866]

Hmm no flight control check?

[@JeffEdlund]

Wow, didn't know Sun Country did service to Eau Claire. So given that it's about an 1 1/2 hours travel - via highway - is it justifiable ? Were there wait times, etc in Eau Claire? I'm guessing Sun Country must be making $$$ for cargo being shipped to/from ....

[@YoungAviationProductions]

It's all really about money. EAU is an Essential Air Service airport, which are smaller airports that get government subsidies to fly from smaller communities to bigger airports. SkyWest used to hold the EAU bid to fly to ORD under United, but SC took that over in Dec 2022 with flights to MSP. Not sure it it applies to this specific route, but sometimes the subsidies are so much that airlines can actually make a profit flying empty aircraft on the EAS routes. This flight actualy originated in Ft. Myers, FL, stopped in EAU before continuing to MSP. This flight had approx. 80 passengers on it, with only 10-15 flying the EAU-MSP leg, the rest originating in FL and continuing to MSP. On the return leg, (which I'll be posting next friday) there were about 30 people on the flight, with only 3-5 deplaning in Eau Claire, the rest continued on to Ft. Myers, along with filling the entire plane, which has 180 seats for the EAU-RSW route. It was truly a strange experience to see a tiny wisconsin airport fully filled with people waiting to go to FL.