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Jul 13, 2008 | 12:56 am

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Mr. Vker

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Originally Posted by RichardInSF

The westbound flights you ask about would have to be far enough north or south on the earth so that timezones are less than a jet can fly in an hour (and the the jetstream would likely make it worse!). I tried Greenland and in an admittedly inexhaustive effort, couldn't find anything. Anyone else got any other ideas?

I found one. Its a short flight across one time zone, so it doesn't involve several zones.

phx-las during standard time. SWA puts it as 1 hour gate to gate (but no elapsed time), so you must land before take off.

Last edited by Mr. Vker; Jul 13, 2008 at 10:50 am

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