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  2. Flight length - Wikipedia

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    In aviation, the flight length or flight distance refers to the distance of a flight. Aircraft do not necessarily follow the great-circle distance, but may opt for a longer route due to weather, traffic, to utilise a jet stream, or to refuel. Commercial flights are often categorized into long-, medium- or short-haul by commercial airlines based ...

  3. Great-circle distance - Wikipedia

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    A diagram illustrating great-circle distance (drawn in red) between two points on a sphere, P and Q. Two antipodal points, u and v are also shown. The great-circle distance, orthodromic distance, or spherical distance is the distance between two points on a sphere, measured along the great-circle arc between them. This arc is the shortest path ...

  4. Flight planning - Wikipedia

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    A Tarom Boeing 737-300 and United Airlines Boeing 777-200 taxiing to depart London Heathrow Airport. Flight planning is the process of producing a flight plan to describe a proposed aircraft flight. It involves two safety-critical aspects: fuel calculation, to ensure that the aircraft can safely reach the destination, and compliance with air ...

  5. Available seat miles - Wikipedia

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    In passenger transportation, available seat miles (ASM) or available seat kilometers (ASK) [1] is a measure of passenger carrying capacity. It is equal to the number of seats available multiplied by the number of miles or kilometers traveled by a vehicle. In the airline industry an available seat mile is the fundamental unit of production for a ...

  6. Distance measuring equipment - Wikipedia

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    Distance measuring equipment. In aviation, distance measuring equipment (DME) is a radio navigation technology that measures the slant range (distance) between an aircraft and a ground station by timing the propagation delay of radio signals in the frequency band between 960 and 1215 megahertz (MHz). Line-of-visibility between the aircraft and ...

  7. List of busiest passenger flight routes - Wikipedia

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    Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, EVA Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines 3: Jakarta (CGK) Singapore (SIN) 27,046: Singapore Airlines, Garuda, Lion Air, Jetstar Asia, Indonesia AirAsia, Scoot, Batik Air 4 Hong Kong (HKG) Shanghai (PVG) 20,678 China Eastern Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Spring Airline, Juneyao Airlines 5 Jakarta (CGK)