# What Plane Is Flying Over Your House?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 9, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230 "2014-03-09T00:26:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/41 "2014-03-11T01:33:56Z")

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…there’s a UPS plane labelled as Tokyo to Anchorage flying eastward over Saskatchewan. I have no idea WTF that plane is doing but it ain’t getting to Anchorage this way!

Wait a minute, there’s a plane from Seoul to Anchorage doing the same thing. I’m guessing it’s just not updating for the leg from Anchorage to wherever?

I’m amazed how many of these planes are going over Saskatchewan! I tend to think planes in our airspace are from Canadian airports going to either Saskatoon or Regina airports, but there’s a plane from Paris to LA and another from Chicago to Tokyo.

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**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/42 "2014-03-11T05:28:10Z")

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> [@kushiel](#):
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> …there’s a UPS plane labelled as Tokyo to Anchorage flying eastward over Saskatchewan. I have no idea WTF that plane is doing but it ain’t getting to Anchorage this way!
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> Wait a minute, there’s a plane from Seoul to Anchorage doing the same thing. I’m guessing it’s just not updating for the leg from Anchorage to wherever?
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> I’m amazed how many of these planes are going over Saskatchewan! I tend to think planes in our airspace are from Canadian airports going to either Saskatoon or Regina airports, but there’s a plane from Paris to LA and another from Chicago to Tokyo.

Depending on the route, intercontinental routes from the US can spend a lot of time over Canada.

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**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/43 "2014-03-12T18:01:32Z")

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Mostly they’re C-17’s, but thanks!

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**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/44 "2014-03-12T23:08:25Z")

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Oh, wow! Thanks for sharing this, **FGIE**! 🆒

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