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Old 22nd Sep 2010, 08:28
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Yep. Headwind costs more time than a tailwind will reduce travel time.

It's really simple to explain by looking at the extreme case. If you have a tailwind equal to your airspeed, your groundspeed doubles and you will get there in half the time. If you have a headwind equal to your airspeed, your groundspeed is zero and you will never get there at all.
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