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smellymotor  3 stars
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How much air traffic goes into Atlanta?

 

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Coriolus  3 stars
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Elocism posted:

wormhole

 

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Elkad  2 stars
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Registered: 2003-9-11 22:20:55
Predicted stack time in Atlanta didn't happen.

Nice jetstream can bump airspeed by over 100mph (unlikely going S on east coast).

Airline needed the plane for something else, so authorized the pilot to burn some extra fuel.


First one is the most likely. Airlines also allocate a LOT more time for flights, since they get penalized more for delays now. Which means basically every flight lands "early". It's only about 750 miles at ~550mph. So 90minutes is plenty. Anything else is just airline schedule padding.

Edit: Quick look shows 2:20 for a bunch of flights. Shaving a hour off that is easily possible.

 

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vn_nnanji  4 stars
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Anybody who talked about time zones is a doof. Get a map ffs. How do you not know Atlanta and NY are in the same time zone?

 

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Elkad  2 stars
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vn_nnanji posted:

Anybody who talked about time zones is a doof. Get a map ffs. How do you not know Atlanta and NY are in the same time zone?



Atlanta is 10º west of NYC. A time zone is only 15º, and the damn things don't go in straight lines. If you were from some non-US location, it's a reasonable question.

 

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vn_nnanji  4 stars
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False.

There are no reasonable questions of a non-US basis.

 

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eodoll  4 stars
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Daylight savings time switch
the_great_intex  4 stars
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Registered: 2002-6-27 08:18:27
Could have caught a southbound jet stream
way shorter taxi estimate for both take off and landing
shorter time required to wait for runway to clear to land
really conservative estimate

I would say a mixture of all 4. I've landed 45 mins early a number of times. In fact I don't think I've ever landed on time or late before. Though a flight from NYC to Atlanta is like... 2 hour and 15 mins tops? or something?

Some pilots will also have a faster cruise speed than the typical if the weather ahead of them is favorable for it

 

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BubbleDude  2 stars
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eodoll posted:

Daylight savings time switch

 

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