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For example a plane flying from New York to Seattle WA will spend less time than a plane flying from Seattle to New York?
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No. This is because the atmosphere rotates with the earth. What really affects the flight time is the winds aloft. Winds at 30,000 feet can exceed 100 mph, and thus, affect the length of time it takes to fly depending if you are flying with or against the winds.theoretically it does, but impossible to determine, because of wind, airspeed vs groundspeed, weather, turbulence, altitude, air density, temperature, the jetstream. etc
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all of these have an affect on aircraft speed over the ground.
arrivial times are a best guess, based on all available information. and still usually wrong.
Why do planes sometimes take circuitous routes ?
Yes it does. Stephen hawkings wrote about this in his book "The universe in a nutshell". a plane traveling west records more time then a plane traveling east. If you care to look it up, its called the "twins paradox"Now would the time even be noticable? i highly doubt it. Your talking a few milliseconds difference.
But being said, this would be flying with no tail/prevailing winds. Since the general rotation of the earth creates weather, then of course there may be a big difference in time. If your flying with 200 mph tailing winds, then you may be measuring the difference in minutes.
I hoped this helped.
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Yes, that's why with tailwind the flight time is shorter.How fast does a airplane go on take-off?
Only in the sense that the rotation has an effect on the predominant direction of the the winds in the northern and southern hemisphere. But the main difference is the winds aloft and how they affect groundspeed. The winds in the United States more often than not are out of the west.Where can I find out how much is the salary of a pilot in different airlines ?
No actually it's quite the opposite. In the Northern hemisphere aircraft flying from west to east take less time to travel than ones flying from east to west, & it's not directly due to the rotation of the earth. The major influence is the prevailing winds, & for aircraft that can fly in the stratosphere, the jet stream.What is the best flight learning summer camp for a 13 year old?
You have to realize that aircraft move through the atmosphere, & the atmosphere rotates along with the earth for the most part.
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If you are talking about the international time difference ...I arrived in Los Angeles from Sydney before the time my plane was tl leave (but it was still 14 hours in the air)
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There are air currents at different altitudes. Some airline pilots liked to vary their altitude during flights to take advantage of tailwinds. that would help flying time and fuel costs
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To add to Sul's answer (which is correct). The force that makes the winds travel the way in which they do is called the "Coriolis effect."how can i fixt the date on my reservation?
You can read a great article about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/coriolis_ef...
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