Why are flights departing Athens shorter than their returns at night? [closed]
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My flight from Athens to Corfu lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes (left at 14:55). My return flight with the same airline (Ryanair) and same type of plane lasted about 45 minutes (left at 21:10).
Same thing with flight from Athens to Mytilini airport (50 minutes (morning) while return flight (night) was 35 minutes. Unfortunately I cannot remember flight details such as departure times and airline).
I generally see this happening in domestic flights in Greece.
Why does this happen?
Best Answer
The question is really not specific enough for us to answer with any precision. There are many factors that can affect the duration of a flight, and we don't even know exactly which parts of the flight are included in the timings you cite. I will assume that they are from your departure gate to your arrival gate.
The most likely explanation seems to be that when you leave Athens your plane is generally waiting behind a line of several other planes before it can take off, and when flying to Athens this does not happen. Another possible factor is that one of the runways at Athens is much closer to the terminal than the other. If your outbound flight used the farther runway, and your inbound flight did not, that would contribute to the difference in time.
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Assuming it is the air-borne time, then, it could be because of the jet stream, plus Corfu to Athens is West to East.
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