@ryanhallyall: A 747 over the Pacific hit 789 mph this weekend. Nothing was wrong with it. It was riding a 220 mph jet stream, and that same jet is aimed at the West Coast all next week.
Pisses me off when we fly too fast. I’m trying to sleep
2026-11-08 19:19:45
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coucourenne :
This is kinda scary given if there’s a problem it’s incredibly hard to correct at that speed
2026-11-09 04:04:51
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plastic bag :
flew back from thailand and it took 9 hours instead of the usual 13
2026-11-08 22:01:14
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ryan_0157 :
The winds are no joke, 180 knots at 34,000
2026-11-08 22:09:26
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poppenheimer 🍿 :
god I love a tailwind
2026-11-08 20:40:11
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michelleg902 :
I loved the time we got home from Vegas almost an hour early because of a tail wind. ill never complain to get where im going faster!
2026-11-08 22:06:39
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Julie A :
I'm going to need this energy next week when I fly home from Seoul
2026-11-09 06:29:19
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John Christensen562 :
This explains why a passenger jet can go up to 840mph without making a sonic boom/breaking the sound barrier:
Airspeed vs. Ground Speed: Breaking the sound barrier depends on your true airspeed (how fast the plane is moving through the surrounding air), not your ground speed (how fast you are moving relative to the ground).
The Jet Stream Boost: The jet stream acts like an invisible moving river of air at high altitudes (around 35,000 feet). If a plane cruises at a normal subsonic speed of about Mach 0.82 to 0.85 (roughly 550 to 570 mph through the air) and catches a massive tailwind of 200 to 265 mph, its ground speed jumps over 800 mph.
The Limit: Because the aircraft is sitting inside a fast-moving body of air, the plane itself isn't fighting supersonic drag or creating a sonic boom. The actual airspeed remains well below Mach 1 (the local speed of sound is roughly 670–767 mph depending on altitude and temperature), meaning a plane can legally and safely travel over 800 mph over the ground without ever breaking the sound barrier.
2026-11-09 03:17:45
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Suz :
One time I made it from Chicago to Rhode Island in 45 mins. we didn't even get drinks. 🤣🫂🌈🥰
2026-11-08 21:32:22
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blahblahbl3h :
Oh my god that flight to Japan must be like 14h rn😭
2026-11-09 01:31:22
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Josh Moronstein :
There's some state trooper, with a smokey the bear hat that's way too tight, pissed off that they're breaking the speed limit up there and he can't give those pilots tickets.
2026-11-08 23:22:02
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DJ Scary G :
We flew from ATL to Amsterdam on February 8 2020. We arrived incredibly sooner than scheduled. And many other flights did.
2026-11-09 07:05:28
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mountainmamma :
Super El Nińo doing its thing!!!
2026-11-08 20:42:33
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Talisman :
mile-nour is definitely in my vocab 😂
2026-11-08 21:47:32
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Chad :
I paid for 14hrs so I better get 14hrs of flight
2026-11-09 05:32:31
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Chance Hockerson :
If more planes fly in a certain path, can it cause a difference in which direction(s) the stream is going? Like could it be manipulated?
2026-11-09 06:03:48
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DallasKula :
Thank you. Can you include Anchorage here n there. It’s Alaska.
2026-11-09 06:06:11
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♡ :
I was watching my own flight on flightradar24 coming back from Hong Kong on Friday and wondering why we were going so fast 😂
2026-11-08 20:59:58
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Muatra :
It was a godsend riding that jet stream from Haneda to Ohare. Shaved two hours off our flight time.
2026-11-08 22:50:57
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IslandGirlAqua 🌊🩵🇺🇸 :
Seems unsafe😬😱
2026-11-08 19:28:21
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J B :
My flight back from Singapore got cut by an hour this past week. Makes sense now
2026-11-09 05:10:26
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mika :
last year I flew seoul to msp and the wind got us there in close to 10 hours. it was insane lol
2026-11-08 23:53:58
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boundless117 :
I love the way you explained this
2026-11-08 20:09:42
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dadbak1 :
Good tail winds are fun. Espically when it's in something like a pc12 ( fast turbo prop) which cruises around 300 mph and your speed gets up around 450+ 😉
2026-11-08 22:10:34
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