Why is my outbound flight to Geneva longer than my return flight?
score:8
All times are local to the departing or arriving airport. This is always true for any flights you may take.
Since Switzerland is on European time (1 hour ahead of Scotland) the outbound flight (looking just at the times and ignoring timezones) will seem one hour longer than its actual duration as you 'lose' an hour. Similarly you 'gain' an hour on the return leg making the flight seem shorter (again if ignoring timezones) then it actually is.
As an aside, all this means that if you are flying over the dateline terminator (going east) it is possible that the scheduled departure time is later than the arrival time.
Upvote:3
'Air-side', most flight times on ATC systems and the like are based on UTC time. However, passenger-side, for simplicity, departures/arrivals are always based on the airport they're flying out of and into.
As you will no doubt be aware, the world is divided into (roughly) 24 timezones (with some irregularities). Geneva, being in Switzerland, is in a different time-zone, so your clock will change, causing you to jump ahead/behind.
Couple of really weird examples to make you feel better: - my old flatmate basically missed his birthday jumping over the international date line - in Russia, despite it covering around seven different timezones, all trains run on Moscow time. Makes it very confusing!
Upvote:4
@Kris is absolutely correct about timezone difference. In addition, you have to take into account that Earth is rotating toward East. So the planet creates enormous jet stream that blow from east to west. So either headwind or tailwind will subtract or add to the flight speed depend on the direction of your travel.
More post
- 📝 Emirates meals BHX to KUL via DXB
- 📝 Is a transit visa required in Jeddah for a Zimbabwean?
- 📝 How can I get an affordable, temporary mobile plan when I travel to the United States?
- 📝 My UK visa expires soon, what should I do now during the COVID-19 outbreak?
- 📝 VWP: How long is a short stay in Mexico with the 90 day rule?
- 📝 Tickets for occasional public transport use in Lille?
- 📝 How can I find out all the stores in a particular street before going there?
- 📝 Photographers in Latvia, Riga and Tallinn
- 📝 passport validity for travel to China
- 📝 Flying from Ibiza to Dublin on route to New York City
- 📝 What's the cheapest stable route to cross the Pacific?
- 📝 Traveling to the Bahamas now worried about robbery sexual assault
- 📝 Is it possible to travel with both travel document and home country passport?
- 📝 How do we connect in Cyprus to our flight with Emirates?
- 📝 Refused UK visa for the second time due to lack of ties. What are my options?
- 📝 What’s the best way to keep a US number on my EU mobile?
- 📝 Is it necessary to provide original of the residence permit when applying for the UK visa?
- 📝 Are there public onsen in Ogoto Onsen?
- 📝 Can I use the Thalys lounge at Bruxelles Midi with a DB first-class ticket?
- 📝 Where in Kyoto can I rent a road/touring bicycle?
- 📝 Transit visa requirements while traveling from US to India with stops in Heathrow and Frankfurt
- 📝 Can I re-book my flight in Cebu Pacific over the counter or like walk in passenger?
- 📝 Name of British Museum Exhibit on objects of civil disobedience?
- 📝 What's the full process of obtaining a Canadian visa as of 2019?
- 📝 Driving in the US but lost UK paper licence
- 📝 How to get from Antwerp to Breskens by bus (or other transport) but not train?
- 📝 Connection in Johannesburg - Can I leave the airport with a Brazilian passport?
- 📝 Buying cheap flights in Jordan
- 📝 International travel with connecting flights with different airlines
- 📝 Visa requirements for rechecking luggage in Frankfurt Airport
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Why is my outbound flight to Geneva longer than my return flight?
- 📝 Why is a flight going west longer than the same flight going west to east?
- 📝 Air Serbia denied return flight after not taking outbound one
- 📝 Return trip with less than 24h stay—what if I miss the return flight due to delay on the onward flight?
- 📝 Flight search engine for specific date for outbound flight and undefined date for return flight?
- 📝 Can airlines deny boarding the outbound flight if you are ineligible for the return leg?
- 📝 Why is a single return ticket more expensive than separate tickets for the two sectors?
- 📝 What happens if 1 person misses the outbound flight on a return ticket where there are multiple people on the same reservation?
- 📝 Why is the flight from US cities to Vietnam cheaper than from Vietnam to a US city?
- 📝 Return date earlier than Departure date on the same flight booking
- 📝 Why the flight fee from PIT to FLG Arizona is much more expensive than to Cancun
- 📝 Can't make it for outbound flight to UK, but I can make it for return flight from Europe. Will return flight be voided?
- 📝 Can I board a domestic flight in India if the name on the ticket is longer than the name in my ID card?
- 📝 Why might a multi-leg flight be cheaper than one of its legs?
- 📝 Using 2 different airlines for outbound & return flight to U.S?
- 📝 Having bought a return flight cheaper than a one-way, do I have to fly the second leg of the ticket?
- 📝 Why does the return trip of the IC Bus Antwerp-Eindhoven take almost 3 hours, whereas the outbound takes 1.15h?
- 📝 Schengen visa reservation of return flight from another country than accommodation
- 📝 Why does multiple entry visa take longer to process than single entry visa?
- 📝 Why is the flight path from Taipei to Tianjin not a straight line?
- 📝 Should I buy a return ticket if I'm staying for more than a 6 months?
- 📝 How is it possible that an indirect flight is shorter than a direct one?
- 📝 Don't use first flight, but use return flight (both flights on same ticket) -- on which airlines and under which circumstances is this possible?
- 📝 Why did Singapore Airlines decide to discontinue the longest non-stop flight in the world?
- 📝 Do I really need to arrive more than 2 hours early for a domestic flight out of MSP?
- 📝 Ditch the second leg of a return flight and avoid checked baggage issues
- 📝 How to book a Vueling ticket with different class fares for outbound and return legs?
- 📝 Why didn't my snowboard bag make it on the flight at O'Hare despite me arriving over 2 hours early to the airport?
- 📝 Why do prices of return flights from Europe to Ghana vary according to length of stay?
- 📝 What if I skip the last leg on a transit on a return flight (with a companion, but no bags)?