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Old Mar 30, 2014 | 8:25 am
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Originally Posted by maortega15
JFK is almost always Polar with some certain exceptions. ORD does polar as well but not the same extent as JFK. There are days where ORD takes the southerly route over Canada and Alaska.
You are the expert on this, so no arguing with you - what kind of flying time is involved out of ORD on the southerly route? is it longer than polar?
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