This Summer Gave U.S. Airlines A Glimpse Of What Might Come

heat waves on a runway

Aircraft manufacturers provide performance data for runway-length calculations based on factors including heat and aircraft model.

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Soaring temperatures recorded across swaths of the Northern Hemisphere this summer broke official records for June and July. The two months were each Earth’s hottest June and July on record—in 174 years of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recordkeeping—with the average global...

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