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Depending on the time of year the flights from SFO to HKG will fly north along the coast to Alaska, then over to Siberia and down the Asia coast. This is a 15hr
by Rapzid 10y ago
Depending on the time of year the flights from SFO to HKG will fly north along the coast to Alaska, then over to Siberia and down the Asia coast. This is a 15hr+ flight to avoid the Jet Stream. The flight back is 4+ hours shorter!
- acchow 10y agoActually, 3 hours shorter coming back to SFO :)
- hueving 10y agoKeep in mind the route you described is basically the great circle route so it's the route you would take in no winds. http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=sfo+-+hkg http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=sfo+-+hkg
- ptaipale 10y agoAlaska and Siberia are still a bit off from the SFO-HKG great circle route. From closest point there is about 1500 km to the Siberian mainland (unless you count Kamchatka as Siberia, and even that is still some 500 km off so you don't really come "over" Siberia.). But yes, it wouldn't be that much a detour to go nearer Alaska and over Kamchatka.