Goodmorning,
Have been reading the arrivals on the BIAC-site :
Why does the FI1866 from this morning makes a stop at Halifax in Canada (fuel stop ?) ?
06/11 07:55 Varadero FI 1866 12:10
via Halifax
via Cancun
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hi, don't forget that our planet is not a plane (as in flat, not as in airplane of course ), but a sphere.
If you look on the maps that we are used to see, Halifax might seem a little of course, but if you look at specialised maps, you will see that a direct line between CUN and BRU passes really close to Halifax!
You can see that here - and compare it to this one.
If you look on the maps that we are used to see, Halifax might seem a little of course, but if you look at specialised maps, you will see that a direct line between CUN and BRU passes really close to Halifax!
You can see that here - and compare it to this one.
Last edited by killerwhale65 on 06 Nov 2004, 15:57, edited 1 time in total.
Matthias Thoen
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I am not surprised at all. In the opposite direction, I flew BRU-CUN with an intermediate stop in Oaxaca, Mexico (code?) on SLR in 1999. The route took us over the American Great Lakes, so even more west than Halifax.Flying-Belgian wrote:It sounds strange to me that a CUN-BRU takes such a northern pattern.
André
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I don't know the real reason, but I can think of a few reasons why the a/c used a northern route.
- the a/c cannot fly an etops route due technical reasons
- the a/c is weight restricted
- the a/c has to use a northern route due traffic restrictions at that time. Mind the flight has some delay. At the time of crossing the Atlantic, most traffic is going westbound, which means the eastbound fligths have to use a very southern or a very northern route. Nattracks are changed on a daily basis (both eastbound and westbound), and are mostly dictated by the winds (jetstream).
- the a/c cannot fly an etops route due technical reasons
- the a/c is weight restricted
- the a/c has to use a northern route due traffic restrictions at that time. Mind the flight has some delay. At the time of crossing the Atlantic, most traffic is going westbound, which means the eastbound fligths have to use a very southern or a very northern route. Nattracks are changed on a daily basis (both eastbound and westbound), and are mostly dictated by the winds (jetstream).