To join the conversation, please log in. Don't have an account? Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout. The airline is bringing its brand new cabins into the 21st century - adding a feature that will finally fix one of the most annoying things about flying. As Australia begins to open up to the world, a new study shows many of us have no interest in dusting off our passports. Best of shopping Premium Membership. In the know quiz. Rosie Gizauskas. Wind speeds tend to be more reduced early in the morning, which helps make the turbulence less likely.
In addition, storms tend to weaken at night, further reducing the risk of turbulence. Both of these factors conspire to make flight paths which are undertaken earlier or later in the day a better chance to avoid turbulence than those with mid-day weather conditions.
This entry onto the list may cause some confusion, because surely most flight takes place with commercial planes going to and from cities. It is not as though most planes are flying to an open patch of land in Wyoming. However, those who suffer from a severe fear of turbulence may wish they did, because cities can cause some of the same problems regarding air hitting the plane at odd angles as can mountainous regions. That is because skyscrapers and similar large buildings can cause the same issue in terms of air direction.
The air whistles through these buildings and then comes upward at angles which can make it difficult on planes in terms of turbulence.
This is another example of the weather and natural conditions of an area being used to the benefit of flight crews when planning out their flight paths for smoother flights. While the Middle East has a lot of different areas, and there are plenty of more mountainous regions, there is still plenty of dry, open desert land over which pilots can fly for a more turbulence-free flight.
That said, this alone does not clear pilots of potential problems. For one thing, desert storms and similar occurrences can not only cause turbulence, but severe navigation problems for pilots as well. Africa may seem like an unlikely place to be considered as being an area of calm and stability, but that is the case for flight crews when it comes to some of the larger desert areas on the continent. These places tick all the boxes necessary to reduce the risk of turbulence. The continent is also home to Mt.
Los Angeles is the polar opposite of a city like London in many ways, not least due to its weather, climate, and the turbulence it experiences in flight paths — or lack thereof.
That extends to other cities in that region of the Continental US as well. Flights to drier, calmer areas such as Los Angeles, Phoenix, and dry flat non-mountainous areas within the American Southwest are all good examples.
In trying to find the least turbulent flight routes, therefore, it is necessary to get as far away from that kind of weather as possible and instead embrace calm weather routes that do not feature these issues.
Most of the time weather conditions such as thunderstorms are the cause of disruption during flights, but jet streams caused by large aircraft can also impact a journey. When a plane transitions from an area of fast jet stream to slowing moving area, or vice versa, turbulence can occur - this is known as Clear Air Turbulence CAT and is the most common type.
Often pilots will try to either avoid these areas if they are flying into a headwind, or against the direction of travel or use them if they are flying into a tailwind, or towards the direction of travel to help reduce fuel usage. Writing on askthepilot. The main concern for pilots will be the comfort of passengers, so often will result in them slowing down or rerouting to escape any wind tunnels.
In June , a cabin crew was sent crashing into the ceiling of a plane due to turbulence. It moves north and south with the seasons.
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