Would you take a 20 minute flight?

We all know there's nothing I like to talk about more than football, and Tottenham.  An article from this weekend came up regarding the mighty Spurs and their visit to Bournemouth.
White Hart Lane to Dean Court is 126 miles according to google maps, with a journey time of 2h 28 minutes, though via coach this could be over 3 hours.

Spurs however decided to fly, a flight time of 20 minutes.  Footballing wise the club are saying the decision was justified as we left with a 5-1 win and Harry 'Hurricane' Kane grabbing a hat-trick.

What about the environment though?  Can you use this Carbon Footprint calculator to work out if Spurs would have been better off driving?  Does the result justify the journey?

You could also think about what is the longest and shortest flight you have ever taken?  Did you need to take that flight or was there an alternative?

I think mine would be East Midlands to Belfast as the shortest, (somewhere around 90 minutes) I think with Paris to Shangai being the longest.

If you would like to read the article about the Spurs flight click here.