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Does earths rotation affect an aircrafts flying time?

April 26, 2017affect aircraft earth flying rotation time

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Does earths rotation affect an aircrafts flying time?

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Not really. The Earth’s rotation does affect the jet stream winds, and the jet stream generally increases the ground speed of an aircraft headed east, and decreases the groundspeed for an aircraft headed west.