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I'm curious: how is it possible that the lower-latitude route is almost one thousand miles longer than the great-circle one, and still, one plane took just 11 m
by qnk 14y ago
I'm curious: how is it possible that the lower-latitude route is almost one thousand miles longer than the great-circle one, and still, one plane took just 11 minutes more to get to Paris than the other at almost exactly the same speed? Or maybe I'm miscalculating and the extra 2 knots of average speed make that much difference in 7000+ miles trip.
What other factors not shown by FlightAware should be taken into account in this case?
- snowwrestler 14y agoThe Jet Stream, which at times blows nearly west to east across the continental U.S., and can provide a powerful tail wind to jet aircraft. This is why the parent post references "depending on weather conditions."