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Old 29th Aug 2019, 03:38
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Question How much of the range of an airplane is used for a flight?
Hi, I am an aviation enthusiast. I am very curious about this.

So the 777-200 has a listed range of 9,700 km (See Wiki for 777 pls)
Suppose air distance between city A and city B is 9510 km. Would airlines fly this distance?

I.e. My question is, what is the maximum percentage of a range of an aircraft used by a flight?

So, for example if the air distance from city C to city D is 9690 km will it be allowed to fly from C to D
with only 10 km left of the full range??

How are these things decided??
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