# Given that earth is rounded, why there is no quick flights from Japan to America?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 31, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-that-earth-is-rounded-why-there-is-no-quick-flights-from-japan-to-america/611282 "2012-01-31T06:30:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-that-earth-is-rounded-why-there-is-no-quick-flights-from-japan-to-america/611282/101 "2012-02-03T07:57:09Z")

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Oh… right. I hate clicking through pages so I usually set it the max.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-that-earth-is-rounded-why-there-is-no-quick-flights-from-japan-to-america/611282/102 "2012-02-03T21:57:50Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Quoth **TriPolar** :  
> Bartender: We don’t serve faster than light neutrinos in this establishment.

So a neutrino walks into a bar…

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**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-that-earth-is-rounded-why-there-is-no-quick-flights-from-japan-to-america/611282/103 "2012-02-04T18:09:19Z")

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If you ever have an opportunity to do so, there are direct flights from Washington DC to Tokyo where you spend a lot of time flying over the Canadian Rockies and Alaska. The trip is around 14 hours and can be all daylight, and it was one of the most spectacular flights I’ve ever taken in terms of scenery. It’s also very cool to fly over the Grand Canyon, which you end up doing on most flights into Vegas from points East. I also enjoy flying over Manhattan at night.

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**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-that-earth-is-rounded-why-there-is-no-quick-flights-from-japan-to-america/611282/104 "2012-02-04T22:45:56Z")

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> [@andygirl](#):
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> If you ever have an opportunity to do so, there are direct flights from Washington DC to Tokyo where you spend a lot of time flying over the Canadian Rockies and Alaska. The trip is around 14 hours and can be all daylight, and it was one of the most spectacular flights I’ve ever taken in terms of scenery.

[Cool route](http://www.gcmap.com/map?P=IAD-HND&MS=wls&MX=540x540&PM=*).

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