Ever Wondered How Long It Takes To Fly To Sydney? Here Are Some Surprising Flight Facts
I don't know about you but flying in a plane still fascinates and excites me every time I'm on board. But how much do you actually know about flying? Do you even know what the longest flight in the world is?
Here are some flight facts that'll blow.your.mind and change how you see your next holiday:
1. The flight time between Dublin and Sydney would be 22 hours if planes flew there directly. For now, the longest flight in the world is between Doha and Auckland, at a duration of 16 hours 10 minutes. Feck that!
2. Pilots and co-pilots have to eat different meals in case of food poisoning
3. A child born in US airspace is a US citizen by birth!
4. Oxygen masks on planes last between 10 and 20 minutes
5. Between 43 to 54% of pilots admitted to having fallen asleep at the controls. And a comforting third of pilots have woken up to find their partner asleep as well.
6. Only 5% of the world’s population has ever been on a plane
7. The shortest flight in the world is the Loganair Westray to Papa Westray route in Scotland. It's scheduled for two minutes, but the actual flying time is closer to one minute. Da fuq?
8. Contrary to what you may think, the FAA says there is no safest seat on the plan. But a TIME study of plane accidents found that the middle seats in the back of the plane had the lowest fatality rate in a crash.
9. Long-haul planes have a secret bedroom area for crew
10. All flight controllers and all commercial pilots who fly on international flights have to speak English.
11. The busiest airport in the world? Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta airport, with over 96 million passengers a year. Shiiiet.
12. Gatwick Airport in London only has one runway but still manages to be the best in the world at it - landing 55 flights an hour on average.
13. Oh and the best airport? Singapore Changi, for the 5th year in a row.
14. British Airways operates a “married roster” so married cabin crew can fly together. Aw.
15. These are the top 10 destinations from Dublin Airport:
- London (6 Airports)
- Manchester
- Birmingham
- New York (2 Airports)
- Paris (2 Airports)
- Amsterdam
- Frankfurt
- Edinburgh
- Brussels (2 Airports)
- Madrid
16. Australia's Qantas airlines is the world’s safest airline with zero fatalities on record.
17. Singapore Airlines has special corpse cupboards on their flights to store dead bodies. Jaysus.
