Flight times

Why is it that a flight from L.A. to Orlando takes the same amount of time that a flight from Atlanta to Salt Lake City?

Published on Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Why is it that a flight from L.A. to Orlando takes the same amount of time that a flight from Atlanta to Salt Lake City? There's something going on there that I just don't understand. Prevailing winds? Differing altitudes? Rotation of the earth?