Why don’t planes simply fly in a straight line across the Pacific Ocean? 🌎✈️ The answer may surprise you.

In this episode, we uncover the real science behind airplane flight paths across the Pacific and explain why routes on a map can look dramatically longer or curved instead of following a straight line. From Earth’s curvature and great-circle routes to jet streams, weather conditions, air traffic, fuel efficiency, safety, and available airports, discover why airlines carefully choose the routes your flight takes.

Is it really a longer route—or does the map make it look that way?

If you’ve ever wondered why planes don’t fly straight, why flights across the Pacific take unusual routes, how airlines plan flight paths, or why airplane routes look curved on maps, this episode will change the way you understand air travel.

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