In order to save time, fuel airliners to fly from departure airport to destination as close as possible to a Great Circle. A great circle is the shortest path interconnecting two points on a sphere. Since Earth is almost spherical, routes followed by aircraft follow great circles between departure and destination because they are shorter, […]
In order to save time, fuel airliners to fly from departure airport to destination as close as possible to a Great Circle. A great circle is the shortest path interconnecting two points on a sphere. Since Earth is almost spherical, routes followed by aircraft follow great circles between departure and destination because they are shorter, […]