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Which direction will an airplane travel faster east or west considering trade winds and earth rotation?

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Which direction will an airplane travel faster east or west considering trade winds and earth rotation?

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Aircraft (and weather) travels in the direction of the eastward prevailing winds. High altitude aircraft have to deal with the jet stream. In the US that means westward flights coast-to-coast take an hour longer than eastward flights.