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The flight does appear to be completely avoiding the US. Previous flight on this route: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AFL150/history/20130708/1400Z/UUEE/M

• tinbad 13y ago
  Maybe they're taking a shortcut to save kerosine? :) Interesting to see though, as I would expect for flights to Cuba always to avoid US airspace.
  • Fuzzwah 13y ago
    Great circles are the shortest route. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Circle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Circle
    • jlgreco 13y ago
      I'm sensing a great circle joke with s/kerosene/kerosine/
      • foobarbazqux 13y ago
        Please don't drag the conversation off onto a tangent.
        • foobarbazqux 13y ago
          Ok, so admittedly that was a lesser circle joke.
  • anonymoushn 13y ago
    The route that goes over the U.S. is shorter.
    • untog 13y ago
      By 18 minutes. It's hardly a huge diversion.
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  • semiel 13y ago
    I know you're kidding, but for the edification of anyone wondering why the normal route looks longer than the current route: Lines on maps are not accurate representations of the shortest distance between the points, because maps are 2d representations of a 3d globe. The shortest path is approximately along a "great circle"[1], which looks like the path in the first link. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle
  • fdej 13y ago
    The normal route is shorter. The map projection is misleading.
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• lettergram 13y ago
  It also seems to be avoiding some of the weather that past through the south-eastern states.