Jamie4590
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Is there a rule of thumb concerning distances between waypoints? I have a flight plan where the first waypoint is 2700nm away. This doesn't cause me any problems but the track line arcs as its such a long distance. I was wondering if the wayponts are closer together would this actually make the distance shorter because the arc is less pronounced?

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TimH
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Joined: Aug 20, 2006 Posts: 130 Location: Ireland, 31nm from EIDW
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The arc is actually making the distance shorter, believe it or not

Its to do with the shape of the earth, if you were to go in a dead straight line it would be quite long. In the real world they also go the arc route where possible, because it shortens the route

Try reading this, I think its to do with the topic you are asking in the post

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle_route

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