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Mar 19, 2008 | 4:16 pm

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Originally Posted by sdorling

...Looking at the schedules, NRT-DEL-NRT is non stop yet the outbound dayflight has a 10:00 scheduled flight time. The return overnight flight only has a scheduled duration of 07:25.

What is the reasoning for such a difference in duration for a sub-4000 mile flight?

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And the answer is ... the absurd runway situation at NRT. The extra time is taxi/wait time for getting off the ground at NRT. Typically 30+ minutes delay. Inbound gets priority so does not suffer from the same delay. JL got tired of having a late arrival into DEL so they incorporated this (accurately) into their schedules. The rest of the difference is due to winds, of course, which does amount to almost 2 hours for a 3679 mile flight. The rest is NRT airport delay.

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