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Old Sep 28, 2017 | 5:13 pm
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remdk
 
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ffay005 that sounds perfectly correct. Most air currents such as the Jetstream blow West to East. So flying West-East you have a tail wind and East-West a headwind.

That is the simple explanation the full explanation is very complex and includes such factors as season, hemisphere, weather features such the Monsoons etc. etc.
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