Questions tagged [routing]
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Why does a flight from Melbourne to Cape Town need to go via Doha? [migrated]
Looking at tickets for, say, a flight from Melbourne (MEL) to Cape Town (CPT) I found none without an airport stop - i.e. at Doha (DOH).
I understand that the "direct" route (great circle) ...
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Are there passenger flights with stops in the middle?
Train and bus lines usually have a number of stops along the way where some passengers can get on and off, while the rest stay onboard and continue to their destinatiom. For sufficiently long routes, ...
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What might this P-68 be doing? [duplicate]
Right now (28 May 2020, 0910 UTC) this Partenavia P-68 is repeatedly flying, alternately, northbound and southbound over Rome, Italy, in regular straight paths about 45 km long, some 400 meters apart. ...
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Why was the Iraqi airspace closed on 12 Mar 2020?
I was onboard BA105 on March 12, 2020 (London LHR to Dubai DXB), which was rerouted (I hope this is the correct term) to fly over Egypt. See the inflight map photo below:
Close to arrival, the crew ...
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Why don't aircraft fly direct via oceanic airspace from UK to Iceland?
Whenever I watch the routes of aircraft flying between BIKF (Keflavik, Iceland) and e.g. EGLL (Heathrow, UK), they make a small turn in between to avoid oceanic airspace. See for example this flight ...
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Do stratospheric business and military jets use the North Atlantic Tracks?
The North Atlantic Tracks (NATs) are the airways generally used by airliners taking approximate great-circle routes between North America and Europe; due to the wild swings in wind strength and ...
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Why would a flight take a detour on clean weather?
I was in a flight recently (march 22nd) from SBCF to SBGR (Brazil). It's usually a 1h10m flight, but mine took roughly 20 minutes more. I saw the flight path in FlightAware and there's an unexpected (...
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What are the FAI rules for circumnavigating the world?
If I want to solo circumnavigate the world by plane as the youngest pilot, what are the FAI requirements regarding the routing?
Most standard routings include the Hawaii to California leg, which is ...
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Why is Iceland an efficient connection point between London and Boston/NYC?
Air connections thru Iceland (Keflavik) have been increasing explosively in recent years. Keflavik is used as a transfer point on trans-Atlantic itineraries.
The highest-traffic city pair involving ...
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Why would a flight from Frankfurt to Madrid fly over London?
While enjoying the sunshine at the bank of the river Main in Frankfurt (Germany) this evening, I saw a LATAM B787-9 depart over the city center towards the north. This was slightly surprising, as the ...
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Why did my IAH-SYD flight avoid Mexican airspace?
I'm on UA101 tonight, the very long IAH-SYD nonstop operated by United. If we look at Flightaware's routing for the flight (verified by the seatback moving map display) it's clear that we departed ...
