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......may be through Chicago. Some serious headwinds aloft made this trip a little different. A friend of mine was on this flight. (flightaware.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
My Airline uses flight plans called LIDO which calculate the cheapest route based on winds and other factors. Many time "Direct" is not the fastest or cheapest. The example you gave is ann extreme example of this.
I worked that flight, thought the route was odd but the winds were 120 knots by VHP and only 30-40 knots at JOT. Winds have been strong all week almost 200kts at FL360
WOw, looks like 150+ knot headwinds at 360 accross the lower mid-west. Beat the flight the day before by 30 minutes, nice.
Yeah that's what I noticed. When I saw the flight plan, I had to look to see why. It seems like a lot more than 244 miles out of the way too!
Direct 1663 - As flown 1907
Direct 1663 - As flown 1907
Direct: 1,913 sm Planned: 2,167 sm Flown: 2,195 sm
What you smokin' old man?lol Just click on the link
What you smokin' old man?lol Just click on the link
Status
Arrived over 19 hours ago (track log & graph)
Aircraft
Airbus A321 (twin-jet) (A321/Q – photos)
Speed
Filed: 445 kts (graph)
Altitude
Filed: 30,000 feet (graph)
Distance
Direct: 1,663 nm Planned: 1,884 nm Flown: 1,907 nm
Arrived over 19 hours ago (track log & graph)
Aircraft
Airbus A321 (twin-jet) (A321/Q – photos)
Speed
Filed: 445 kts (graph)
Altitude
Filed: 30,000 feet (graph)
Distance
Direct: 1,663 nm Planned: 1,884 nm Flown: 1,907 nm
JACAL6 NALEY FLM J24 VHP BVT JOT J60 LNK J60 DBL J60 BCE GRNPA1
This the one you lookin at grandpa?
This the one you lookin at grandpa?
apparently not but was on the link.lol
You're both right, smart ones. One of you is looking at Nm and the other at Sm there is a substantial difference.
Tks for pointing that out James. I didn't see it either. I just grabbed the story ling and copied it off the FA graph. He must have ran it.
LOL, you'd think two ol geezers like us'd notice the difference!
Thanks for clearing that up James. :)
Thanks for clearing that up James. :)