FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - JAL - Why is NRT-DEL 2.5 hours longer than DEL-NRT?
Thread: JAL - Why is NRT-DEL 2.5 hours longer than DEL-NRT?
View Single Post
Old Mar 20, 2008 | 8:50 pm
  #12  
DownUnderFlyer
Moderator: Asiana & Qantas Frequent Flyer
50 Countries Visited
3M
All eyes on you!
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: STR/SYD/SMF
Programs: QF LTG / P1 , LH LT SEN / HON, OZ LT Diamond +, Marriott LT PT, HH Diamond,
Posts: 15,107
Originally Posted by Viajero
If the runway is what accounts for the difference how come Nort/South fligths, like NRT-SYD do not experience this difference and have the same schedules year round?
NRT-SYD is 9h20m and SYD-NRT is 10h35m. So there is a substantial difference. But it is exactly the opposite of what the OP experienced so it can't be the runway and I would guess this is just the wind.

sdorling, are you sure you have your times right (Tokyo is 3.5 hours ahead of Delhi)? Because I just looked flights up and this is what I got for early April:

NRT-DEL 9h15m DEL-NRT 8h00m

This looks pretty normal to me considering the wind direction on this planet.
DownUnderFlyer is offline  
Reply