Can aeroplanes fly clockwise and anti-clockwise around the earth?

Answer 1

Yes. But the answer is so obvious, it leads me to expound on your question. Perhaps you are not asking if they can, but if they do.

The jetstream in both the north and south hemisphere blows from east to west at temperate latitudes. Further, due to the great circle effect of navigation air traffic only would fly along the equator if travelling from one equatorial location to another at exactly the opposite side of the earth. Therefore, most air traffic spends most of its time at temperate latitudes where high altitude travel is more efficient west to east.

Therefore, the few airplanes that do circle the earth, and certainly those that have done it or attempted to do it without refueling, fly from west to east. Now whether that is clockwise or counter-clockwise depends on your spatial orientation. Viewing the earth from above the north pole that would be counter-clockwise travel. However, viewing the earth from above the south pole the direction of travel would be clockwise.

So the answer to your question most certainly appears to be a resounding, "Affirmative, ground control."

Answer 2

Umm yes. If both planes had the range to fly the circumfrence of the earth, it would depend on the upper level winds they encouter along the way as to which would make it back first. Get a good tail wind, and it will speed you up, run into a strong headwind, and it slows you down. Winds also mess with fuel consumption if you are flying into a headwind, you will use more fuel. It's generally planned for by the pilots when they do the calculations for how much fuel will be needed to fly the route they will be flying given the current/forecast conditions.

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Answer 4

Yes, but if two planes left the same air port in opposite directions traveling the same speed what plane the easy bound or west bound would make it back to the airport first? They can fly in both directions but one would have a shorter trip.

Answer 5

Planes can fly wherever pilots take them. Airlines try to optimize the routes that airplanes take from departure airports to destinations based on winds, weather, and a few other factors.

Answer 6

Why not? They do it all the time. If they couldn't there would be one hell of an expensive round trip ticket if you had to only from Salt Lake City to Denver and then had to go all the way around the world.

Answer 7

Of course, airplanes can fly in any direction possible.

Answer 8

Yes, but their clocks all turn in the same direction.

Answer 9

They can and do fly both ways.

Answer 10

yes they can fly both directions