Yesterday I flew from Berlin Schonefeld to Manchester on flight FR1144.
As Berlin is slightly more southerly than Manchester I perhaps naively, thought that the course would have been either westerly or westerly with a slight northerly component however, this was not the case - see below:
fr1144.JPG
The course that the flight took was westerly with a slight southern component, making landfall about 10 or so miles north of Southend. After that, it continued inland in the same direction and didn't turn onto a north westerly course until it was a few miles south of Chelmsford.
My initial thought was that this was might have been a one-off due to traffic and air traffic control on the day but looking at the last 7 flights, they have all done the same.
Anyway, sorry if my question is a bit dumb but I'm really curious to know so can anyone suggest a reason for the flight consistently taking what (to me at least) looks like a longer route than is necessary?
TIA,
Mike
As Berlin is slightly more southerly than Manchester I perhaps naively, thought that the course would have been either westerly or westerly with a slight northerly component however, this was not the case - see below:
fr1144.JPG
The course that the flight took was westerly with a slight southern component, making landfall about 10 or so miles north of Southend. After that, it continued inland in the same direction and didn't turn onto a north westerly course until it was a few miles south of Chelmsford.
My initial thought was that this was might have been a one-off due to traffic and air traffic control on the day but looking at the last 7 flights, they have all done the same.
Anyway, sorry if my question is a bit dumb but I'm really curious to know so can anyone suggest a reason for the flight consistently taking what (to me at least) looks like a longer route than is necessary?
TIA,
Mike
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