Originally Posted by
Dr. HFH
Slightly OT, but this raises an interesting point and one of my pet peeves. Why do they list aircraft range in terms of distance?
Originally Posted by
Dr. HFH
Why not list aircraft "range" in terms of the number of hours it can fly on a full tank? At least it could list that relatively accurately and more precisely.
Because ‘range’ is the term used in relation to ‘distance’, while ‘endurance’ would be the term used for the amount of time the aircraft can keep flying with a given amount of fuel and is a compulsory field in the flightplan. And yes, ‘range’ will depend on ‘endurance’ for reasons you describe, as will Estimated Elapsed Time with regard to the amount of time that a flight will take on a given day due to the same variables..