Tag: Aviation
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Your Flight Almost Never Flies the Great Circle
Made with AIThe great circle is the provably shortest path between two airports — and airlines almost never fly it. I checked 107 of my own flights against their actual ADS-B tracks: on average they flew 12.9% farther than the great circle, and one hop came in 44% over. Here's why the shortest route is mostly a fiction.