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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 11:44 am
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KCnAtl
 
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Originally Posted by Winkdaddy
I am looing at JFK-ATL on Delta.com and notice that the flight time ranges from 2:32 hours to 3 hours. Thats a 30 minute spread. Whats up with that? Difference in aircraft speed or anticipated wait time on tarmac or something else?

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30 extra minutes in ATL while the a/c looks for a gas station that actually has gas.
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