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Old 9th Aug 2015, 14:01
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misd-agin
 
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Planes fly wind miles. A city 7,000 nm away might be 8,000 wind miles into the wind in the winter. And 6,300 nm downwind.

Maybe LH's data is their upwind range? Downwind range is fairly meaningless if you're trying to fly a round trip. "Hey, we could fly Bermuda to XYZ." What about XYZ to Bermuda???
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