Unit 6: Aviation Geography and Terminology

Unit 6: Aviation Geography
and Terminology

Known worldwide geography in relation
to airline routing

,P3: Explain how to calculate elapsed flying times, giving accurate examples

Elapsed flying time is calculated to find any flight schedule. We first change the departure timing and
the arrival timing to GMT time then finding out how many hours they are away from the GMT time
whether they are ahead of the GMT time( UTC + ) or behind the GMT ( UTC - ).




For example

Flight from LHR to BOM (LONDON HEATHROW TO – MUMBAI)

LHR

Flight departure timing 12 OCT-2020

Scheduled 09:10 BST actual 09:16 BST

Terminal 2, Gate B36

BOM

Flight arrival times 12 Oct-2020

Scheduled 22:45 IST ESTIMATED 22:55 IST

Terminal 2 Gate D20

Flight time

Total flight time 9h50m

, (Changing 22:55 to GMT, Mumbai is 5hours and 30mins ahead from London Heathrow airport and
(Changing 09:16 to GMT, London is 1hour ahead from the GMT)

LHR> GMT +1 09:16 > 10:16 BOM> GMT +5:30 22:55 > 17:25
We need to calculate the time from 10:16 – 17:25 which is 7h: 9mins in between

Elapsed time: 7h9min




Example 2: flight from Toronto to Dubai (YYZ TO DXB)



Flight details

Flight takes off at DXB then arrives at
YYZ with Emirates

DXB

Departure Dubai united Arab Emirates

Thursday 25th may 2020

Scheduled 09:10 Actual 09:21

From Gate B31

YYZ

Departure Toronto, Canada

Thursday 25th may 2020

Arrived on time 15:05 EDT Estimated
15:05

Terminal 1