Alaska Airlines announced Thursday that it will soon offer direct flights from San Diego, California, to Hailey.

The Alaska flights out of San Diego will operate three times a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, beginning Dec. 19.

At 3,142 nautical miles (5,828 km) each way, Alaska's new route will be the longest passenger-carrying MAX flight of any US operator to date. When all 737 models are included, it will also be the type's longest nonstop service ever by any US carrier. Of course, it won't be short enough to make the US's 10 shortest European flights list.