These Are the World's Stormiest Flight Paths—No. 1 Sails Through the Infamous "Mountain Wave" Airzone

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Buckle up.

Some shakes and bounces during a flight are normal, yet specific paths tend to experience far more turbulence than others. stomach-dropping turbulence A review conducted by Turbuli, a company specializing in turbulence detection, was examined turbulence forecast data From NOAA and the UK MetOffice, to pinpoint the most volatile flight paths globally.

At the top spot is the journey from Mendoza, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile, which has an eddy dissipation rate (EDR) measures turbulence intensity—and this particular instance has an EDR value of 24.684. This figure represents a difference of four whole EDR units over the second most turbulent flight path globally, which runs from Córdoba, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile.

Most often, turbulence is the result of weather The primary reason for the turbulence experienced during flights from Mendoza’s El Plumerillo International Airport (MDZ) to Chile’s Santiago Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)—a journey lasting approximately one hour—is due to flying directly over the formidable Andes mountain range. As air ascends these towering peaks, it generates atmospheric waves and eddies, resulting in significant disturbances higher up in the airspace. These phenomena caused by mountains impacting airflow overhead are rather poetically referred to as “ mountain wave .”

Quite intriguingly, the top four roughest flight experiences come from routes originating in Argentina.

At number five is the journey crossing above the Himalayas, flying from Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) in Nepal to Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) in Lhasa, China.

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Below is the complete list of the roughest flight paths globally for the year 2024:

  1. Mendoza (MDZ) to Santiago (SCL)

    EDR: 24.684

  2. Cordoba (COR) - Santiago (SCL)

    EDR: 20.214

  3. Mendoza (MDZ) - Salta (SLA)

    EDR: 19.825

  4. Mendoza (MDZ) - San Carlos de Bariloche (BRC)

    EDR: 19.252

  5. Kathmandu (KTM) - Lhasa (LXA)

    EDR: 18.817

  6. Chengdu (CTU) - Lhasa (LXA)

    EDR: 18.644

  7. Santa Cruz (VVI) - Santiago (SCL)

    EDR: 18.598

  8. Kathmandu (KTM) to Paro (PBH)

    EDR: 18.563

  9. Chengdu (CTU) - Xining (XNN)

    EDR: 18.482

  10. San Carlos de Bariloche (BRC) - Santiago (SCL)

    EDR: 18.475

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