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Commercial polar routes?
Folks,
I am a sailor and not an airline pilot. Recently I had a lunch with a 747 captain and the subject of polar airline routes came up. I maintained I didn't think any commercial routes went directly over the pole or north of 80 N.Lat because the great circle routes from say San Francisco to London didn't go that far north. He said they did indeed fly much further north on such a route due to prevailing winds etc.... It still seems incredible that this is true because the normal position of the North Polar Jet is considerably below 60 N.Lat. Anyhow how would a London-Seattle route go? ....or even Berlin to San Francisco? In short, are there any commercial routes flying over 90 North? Bill www.nyx.net/~wboas |
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