Why does it take longer to fly from Rabat to London than the reverse?
I know flying from Boston to London is faster than the reverse probably due to the direction of the wind. But why does it take 4 hours to fly from Rabat to London while only 2 hours from London to Rabat?
[Edit: the screenshot was from the official website of Ryanair, of the ticket I booked]
Is it because of some properties of our earth or regulations?
Best Answer
When calculating time duration, you must convert the local time to UTC+0.
The Ryanair site is not doing that, thus the incorrect result.
The flight to Rabat takes 5 minutes longer than the return flight to London.
- on the 8th of May 2022, Rabat will switch to UTC+1
| City | Date | local time | Time Offset | UTC time | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 2022-04-26 | 17:30 | UTC+1 | 16:30 | 0 |
| Rabat | 2022-04-26 | 19:00 | UTC+0 | 19:00 | 150 minutes |
| Rabat | 2022-04-30 | 19:45 | UTC+0 | 19:45 | 0 |
| London | 2022-04-30 | 23:10 | UTC+1 | 22:10 | 145 minutes |
On the Time and Date AS site, select a time zone as a starting point to search for any city/place (independent of whatever time zone it may be in):
- Central European Time – CET Time Zone
- Search for city or place...
The result will show you the
- present, past and expected future
time zone switches of that city/place as an UTC offset: (UTC-/+z)
This can then be used to create the above table.
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