I just arrived in Tromso, Norway from Alta, Norway and while most people take the bus when doing that route, I decided to fly.
I don’t particularly enjoy flying, and I especially don’t like small planes. But I still decided to fly, even though I knew ahead of time it was going to be a tiny propeller plane. The reason being was that the flight from Alta to Tromso, even with a layover, was under an hour. The bus ride was about six hours. As much as I hate the idea of flying on a tiny little plane through the Arctic, a six hour bus ride didn’t exactly sit well either, so I chose the lesser of the two evils.
This flight, overall, was strange. We had a layover, but didn’t need to change planes – we were just there to pick up some passengers and drop some off. Here’s what was really nuts to me – the flight to our stopover location was only 15 minutes!
The pilot got on the PA and told everyone that because the flight was so short, we were to stay put in our seats the whole time. Basically, within moments of taking off, we already began the descent.
I asked the flight attendant how long driving to this city would take, and she said about 2-3 hours because of the snow conditions. It’s crazy how a 2-3 hour drive can take only 15 minutes by flight. I’ve been on planes like this before, but never such a short flight. The flight attendant also told me that one of their routes is only seven minutes long.
Once we landed, about five people got off, a few more got on, and within a few minutes we were up in the air again. The second part of the flight only took about a half hour or so.
Definitely a unique experience – but I highly recommend bringing earplugs if you go on one of these planes for such a short duration. You won’t have a chance to listen to music and the propellers are really LOUD. Strangely enough, even with the somewhat heavy snow, it wasn’t all that turbulent.
Note: the photo above is not mine, but shows the exact same type of plane I took. Check out the Vine below that my husband took of us getting on the plane.
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