Why London-Los Angeles Flights Curve Over Greenland Instead Of Flying Straight West

The most direct route between London and Los Angeles takes an aircraft over northern Ireland, southern Greenland, Hudson Bay in Canada, and the Rocky Mountains before finally arriving in LA. You might think that it would just be a straight line, but this isn't the case because the Earth is curved.

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