Does travel time between one city and another depends on what kind of aircraft Im flying in.?

Answer 1

maybe :) are you going north south or east west?

Answer 2

It depends on if you're comparing travel time in a Cessna 172 versus a Boeing 737 or if you are comparing a Boeing 737 versus an Airbus 320.

I'm going to answer on the assumption that by "different aircraft" you mean a Boeing versus Airbus or a 757 versus a 737. In other words, you're comparing one _airliner_ to another airliner...

If this is the case, then then the answer is that travel time between cities doesn't change much based on the specific type of airliner.

Most of the narrow-body airliners--Boeing 737, Airbus 320's--those sorts of planes, travel at around .77mach which translates into about 540mph. A few airplanes in the commercial fleet today will cruise around at .84mach which would probably net around 600mph. Airliners are capable of speeds in excess of typical cruise speeds, but most airlines cruise at somewhat less than max speed in order to save fuel. The Airbus I fly at work _could_ cruise at .80, but our normal cruise setting is .76 or .77mach.

Let's use a flight length of 1200 miles as an example.

The 540mph airplane could theoretically travel the distance in 2 hours, 14 minutes. The 600mph airplane could theoretically travel the same distance in 2 hours. If ALL the other variables remain the same, then yes, the 600mph airplane will reduce travel time between 2 cities as compared to a 540mph airplane.

HOWEVER...

The reason I used the word "theoretically" in both sentences is that these times would require both planes to immediately leave the gate, immediately start traveling at full cruise speed and maintain this cruise speed until they came to a complete stop at the destination.

Obviously, from the time a plane leaves the gate to the time it actually leaves the ground (taxi time) can be anywhere from 5 minutes at a small, uncongested airport to over an hour on a bad day at LaGuardia. On top of the taxi time, add in variables for changes to routing by air traffic control, gate availability on arrival, winds enroute, etc. you can see where there are a lot of things that can and do add up to the total travel time between one city and another.

In the final analysis, once you're traveling at 500+mph, all the other little variables change the total travel time between 2 cities much more than whether you're traveling at 540mph versus 600mph.

Hope this helps...

Answer 3

some complicated answers here. simply put, it won't change much. maybe a few minutes. the wind speed ands direction are the most important factors when actually in flight. if the wind is unexpectedly blowing hard or the wrong direction (such as a headwind) you might be re routed to compensate for it which would cause the pilot to increase or decrease speed. congestion around a given airport might be a factor but most of the time (99.5% or so the flights are on time.) they've been doing this flight thing awhile so it's pretty much down to a science.

Answer 4

No. It deppends on the block times. Airplanes fly on immaginary highways. They fly at certain speeds to keep their distance from each other. The FAA sets out the block times and Airplanes have to stick to times set out.

Answer 5

how ought to it no longer? my pal flies an f22 raptor at 2000 mph he will shuttle 2000 miles in an hur remember grade college math in case you're in a airplane going 500 mph tat comparable trip takes for hours pay attention to the pilot whilst he tells you the way rapid you're going and calculate the flight time from that

Answer 6

not just the aircraft but the direction of wind ,route ,weather ,speed ,and distance tooo!

Answer 7

Are you seriously asking this question? Did you READ your question?

THINK before posting something like this . . . . Of COURSE it does. Do all cars go the same speed?

Answer 8

I would say yes, the faster you go, the sooner you get there. Some airplanes are faster than others.
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Answer 9

Yes, of course!

Answer 10

yes as well as weather and traffic.