{"id":52391,"date":"2023-11-08T23:30:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T23:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/what-is-the-jet-stream-exploring-what-caused-my-7-hour-flight-from-nyc-to-san-francisco-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T23:30:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T23:30:07","slug":"what-is-the-jet-stream-exploring-what-caused-my-7-hour-flight-from-nyc-to-san-francisco-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/what-is-the-jet-stream-exploring-what-caused-my-7-hour-flight-from-nyc-to-san-francisco-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the jet stream: Exploring what caused my 7-hour flight from NYC to San Francisco – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Imagine my surprise when I saw that my flight from New York to San Francisco last night was showing as leaving on time, but my arrival was delayed by 46 minutes. I’d never seen that before, and it turns out the jet stream is making for some very unusual flights lately. My flight ended up getting in only about a half hour late, but it was a long flight. A whopping seven hours from coast to coast, it was longer than trips to Europe I’ve had. And it’s all about the jet stream.<\/p>\n

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Jet stream creating some unusual flight patterns<\/h2>\n

It’s not just longer flights going from the East Coast to the West Coast. Flights going east are shorter because they get the opposite push from the jet stream. There have been lots of sub-six-hour flights going to Europe; also, flights from the U.S. West Coast to the East Coast get a big jet stream push and arrive early at times.<\/p>\n

Related: No your plane didn’t go supersonic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The jet stream over the Atlantic Ocean is pushing planes some 200 miles per hour faster than normal. That means some flights from New York to London were clocking in at a remarkable 778 miles per hour. Average flight speeds are about 550 miles an hour.<\/p>\n

Just one example?<\/p>\n

American Airlines Flight 106 yesterday from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to London Heathrow (LHR) clocked a flight time of just five hours and 52 minutes. On Oct. 31, it was just five and a half hours. The average flight time for that route is normally six hours and 13 minutes.<\/p>\n

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