Why does it take 19 hrs by flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong but takes 12 hours while coming back

Why does it take 19 hrs by flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong but takes 12 hours while coming back?

Air Travel - 11 Answers
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Trade Winds....
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Pacific Jet Stream?
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Time zone......
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That's easy. It's downhill coming back.
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If the route is the same, the shorter time coming back has to do with the curvature of the earth.
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I'm not sure, but I think it's because of the wind. The wind blows in different directions in different areas, it also can blow harder in some areas. So I think when you fly on an airplane to Hong Kong that maybe flying higher up will get you there faster than coming back to Los Angeles.
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not so big difference
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shouldnt be such a big difference, where did you get those humbers? but the winds could make it a quicker but not by that much.
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Depends on what you mean: 1. The aircraft travelled across the Atlantic over Europe on one flight and across the Pacific on the other way. 2. If it is just the timezones, you were flying backward to a later timezone and then came back towards the earlier one.
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the jet stream usually goes in an easternly direction, take when i went to lax from lhr , it took around 11 hours going and about 9.5 hours coming back. i think a difference of 7 hours is strange though. mabe you are allowed to take a beeter route one way .
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Different flight plan, the curvation of the earth means the pilot is making a big arc back to Los Angeles

How long would a flight from Los Angeles to England take

How long would a flight from Los Angeles to England take?
Does this mean its a "long-haul" flight? From Gatwick I mean TO Gatwick
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About 9-10 hours. It is long haul.
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At a guess 10 hours? Pretty long huh? I went on a flight to Turkey and that was 5.5 hours and bloody hell it felt like two days lol
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Between 10 and 13 hours.
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Las Vegas to Manchester is an 11 and half hour flight. Los Angeles is about 500 miles away so would be roundabout 12 and half hours
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very long
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I thought it was closer to 15 hours...depends what stop offs you have and how long for i guess. If you think that's bad, I flew from the UK to Australia...32 hours!!!
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idk. forever?

how long is the flight from los angeles to vermont

how long is the flight from los angeles to vermont?

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it could be roughly 7 hours on Airtran to 9 hours on delta. That is with stops.
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what are the cheapest airlines to get from los angeles to europe

what are the cheapest airlines to get from los angeles to europe?
I was about to book a roundtrip flight from los angeles to london for $421, fees included, but the deal expired. What are some cheap airlines that fly there (comfort doesn't matter at all) or some great places to find good deals? Are there any airlines that are cheap and largely unknown?
Other - Europe - 2 Answers
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www.AA.com Travelocity Virgin Atlantic kayak Priceline
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Delta Air Lines or United. Use expedia.com. If you want a cheap trip to Europe my recommendation is Budapest with Delta, preferably thru NYC JFK. Have a nice flight durovcik