Timeline for Why are planes flying in a zigzag path over Long Island when approaching JFK?
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| Dec 30, 2022 at 15:45 | history | edited | SQB |
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| Dec 5, 2019 at 21:27 | vote | accept | Matt Samuel | ||
| Dec 4, 2019 at 22:52 | comment | added | Gerry | @Sean Because it's called the National Airspace SYSTEM. It's about optimizing everyone's use of the airspace. The airspace right around an airport is the most congested so it makes sense to keep aircraft not going to or from that airport out of the way. It goes both ways. If you're in northern PA headed for KISP, you're not going to get a straight flight through the NYC airspace. You have to avoid interfering with LGA, JFK, EWR, and TEB traffic. | |
| Dec 4, 2019 at 22:06 | comment | added | Vikki | @Gerry: Why does JFK traffic have to make way for ISP traffic, rather than the other way around? | |
| Dec 4, 2019 at 20:53 | history | edited | Matt Samuel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 4, 2019 at 19:55 | history | edited | Bianfable | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
phrase title as question, update tags
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| Dec 4, 2019 at 19:51 | answer | added | Bianfable | timeline score: 7 | |
| Dec 4, 2019 at 16:47 | comment | added | Gerry | Just a guess, but it's likely a combination of routes following existing navaids and fixes (which don't line up in straight lines) and keeping inbound JFK traffic away from Long Island Mac Arthur (ISP) traffic. | |
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| Dec 4, 2019 at 15:53 | history | asked | Matt Samuel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |