LAX-DXB: All daylight or all twilight flight?
Sep 6, 2013, 10:01 pm
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LAX-DXB: All daylight or all twilight flight?
We've booked seats on EK for next spring, and are trying to decide if the two of us should pick window seats (one of us especially likes looking out windows) or sit together in the middle section (which both of us like). We have several legs, so we're mixing it up, saving the window seats for the day time flights and the middle section for night time, when there is nothing to see.
The one leg we're a little uncertain of is LAX-DXB. It's on the A380 and leaves at 4:45pm and arrives in DXB at 7:45pm the next day. Thinking about the route and the earth's rotation, will this be an all daylight flight or twilight/ partially dark flight?
Any insights are greatly appreciated!
The one leg we're a little uncertain of is LAX-DXB. It's on the A380 and leaves at 4:45pm and arrives in DXB at 7:45pm the next day. Thinking about the route and the earth's rotation, will this be an all daylight flight or twilight/ partially dark flight?
Any insights are greatly appreciated!
Sep 8, 2013, 1:50 am
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Would think a bit of both.
16:45 in LA on west coast makes it 21:45 east coast (you don't say which time of year so presume 5 hour difference) so will be night when you head out over the Atlantic Ocean I would have thought.
However if you're travelling the middle of summer, it won't be dark for long.
16:45 in LA on west coast makes it 21:45 east coast (you don't say which time of year so presume 5 hour difference) so will be night when you head out over the Atlantic Ocean I would have thought.
However if you're travelling the middle of summer, it won't be dark for long.
Sep 8, 2013, 3:12 am
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Would think a bit of both.
16:45 in LA on west coast makes it 21:45 east coast (you don't say which time of year so presume 5 hour difference) so will be night when you head out over the Atlantic Ocean I would have thought.
However if you're travelling the middle of summer, it won't be dark for long.
16:45 in LA on west coast makes it 21:45 east coast (you don't say which time of year so presume 5 hour difference) so will be night when you head out over the Atlantic Ocean I would have thought.
However if you're travelling the middle of summer, it won't be dark for long.
Last year I was on an SEA-DXB flight and it never went dark outside and most of the flight was bright as heck as a passenger left their window shade open the entire flight. But, I think that was in the summer, you will get variations throughout the year.
Sep 8, 2013, 6:02 am
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In the spring time it you'll generally end up leaving LAX with a few hours with the sun, then when you're in northern Canadian airspace (somewhere around Yellowknife / or a bit before depending on the date) it'll start to get dark and you'll see the sunset on the horizon. The sun will then rise somewhere, but I can't remember when as I'm always asleep. That is of course if they let you keep your window shade open, in most cases they'll make you close it once the sunsets so they don't have to wake you up when it rises.
Sep 8, 2013, 7:31 am
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Also, J on the A380 is in a 1-2-1 Config, so if you want to sit together, the middle seats would be better. If you want window, I recommend the A or K seats.
Sep 8, 2013, 1:54 pm
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Business class is 2-4-2 though with the staggered nature the E and F seats are probably most conducive to being able to talk to each other though couldn't see where the OP mentioned which class was travelling in
Sep 8, 2013, 9:51 pm
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Sorry for leaving out some details:
Early May flights and we're traveling in First.
Since I'm asking, the return (DXB-LAX) will be in late May. Leaves 8:15am and arrives LAX at 2:15pm (same day): all daylight in that one?
Early May flights and we're traveling in First.
Since I'm asking, the return (DXB-LAX) will be in late May. Leaves 8:15am and arrives LAX at 2:15pm (same day): all daylight in that one?
Sep 8, 2013, 10:17 pm
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Pretty much sure that that will be daylight the whole way
Sep 9, 2013, 5:17 am
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Then it is likely your LAX-DXB flight will be entirely in daylight. The DXB-LAX flight should be in total daylight except for early-Nov to early Feb, when the High Arctic experiences continuous night.
Sep 9, 2013, 9:19 am
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Try this neat website:
http://sunflight.net/
http://sunflight.net/
Sep 9, 2013, 11:31 am
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Try this neat website:
http://sunflight.net/
http://sunflight.net/
Edited to note that according to sunflight.net, the LAX-DXB flight will be 29% night, occuring roughly about 2 hours or so into the flight.
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Sep 9, 2013, 12:17 pm
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Disagree. With the staggered seats, business effectively is 1-2-1.