Is NYC west or east of HKG??

[hekokimushi]

Just wondering what people think.

my argument is that the globe is round.
JFK is 40.38N 73.46W
HKG is 22.20N 114.11E

so it is shorter to fly east bound from hk to nyc.
but the shortest distance (great circle) is via north pole-ish.

so... is New York east or west of HK?

[404 Titan]

hekokimushi

I think for ease of explaining to the average Joe you would say NY is east of HK (about 172 degrees longitude). West would be about 188 degrees longitude. If we were to say it was north (shortest distance) this wouldn’t hold true either once you passed the pole.

[hekokimushi]

thanks.

To clarify. so a professional pilot would say New york is north east east of Hong Kong?

[donpizmeov]

He would probably say it is a long way from Hong Kong.

Don

[K3nnyboy]

What a great question I got no ideas man, think I'd leave it to the professional....

K3n (the average joe)

[Sike]

I would probably say that that's a b.s. question that doesn't need to be asked.

[yeeyup]

Hey heko....

seems like you're still pretty active here huh?

so when are we going to that Salsa class we talked about lol? Hey! still need you to help me out with the ILS approach man! When have you got time?

Yeeyup

p.s. from the CAD open day at the Central Library

[yeeyup]

Wanna try do a sim flight from Taiwan to Hong Kong. Can anyone help me with the standard route?

I think this is the usually STAR for HK from Taiwan:

A1-Elato-Magog-Astra-Melon-Guava or TD VOR

so whats the route for Taiwan SID to HK??

[hekokimushi]

Sike

I don't think it is a BS question as i have been asked during an interview in the past. in one of the fragrant harbour airline

[K3nnyboy]

they didn't ask you that for the CPP interview did they? hmmm~~~cos im about to have my stage 2 next week LOL....

[hekokimushi]

yep cpp tech interview

[Sike]

I wasn't really saying that the question itself wasn't asked, just saying that it's a stupid question that needs to be rephrased.

[mrfox]

A stupid question?
There are no stupid questions. There are only stupid people who thinks they are too smart for questions.
I say North-East. Relative positions should be defined by differences in Longitude/Latitude.

[Jaguar7777]

Well, HK is in "The East"...so that makes NY More Easter-er.

Could also be Far-er East or Far Easter-er.

But if we take HK as the start point, then we all know that NY is more Westerner.

Got it....Great

[smallwing]

To Taiwan, expect the Ocean departure from HKG then the Tonga RNAV arrival to TPE.

I think NY depends on the wind.