A polar route is an aircraft route across the uninhabited polar ice cap regions. The term "polar route" was originally applied to great circle navigation routes between Europe and the west coast of North America in the 1950s.[1]
^For instance, Aviation Week 22 July 1957 p47 reports on "polar routes" from California to Europe granted to Pan Am and TWA.
A polarroute is an aircraft route across the uninhabited polar ice cap regions. The term "polarroute" was originally applied to great circle navigation...
while SQ23 back to Singapore sometimes opts, instead of the westward polarroute, to fly a ground distance of 16,500 km (10,300 mi; 8,900 nmi) eastward...
1954, SAS became the first airline to commence scheduled flights on a polarroute, flying Douglas DC-6Bs from Copenhagen to Los Angeles with stops in Søndre...
Since 1954 commercial airlines have flown over the Arctic Ocean (see Polarroute). The Arctic Ocean occupies a roughly circular basin and covers an area...
The polar climate regions are characterized by a lack of warm summers but with varying winters. Every month a polar climate has an average temperature...
while SQ23 back to Singapore sometimes opts, instead of the westward polarroute, to fly a ground distance of 16,500 km (10,300 mi; 8,900 nmi) eastward...
the PolarRoute from Sisimiut to Kangerlussuaq. The race was inaugurated in 1998, since then becoming an international competition. The PolarRoute passes...
Airlines and Polar Airlines. Construction of the airport started in 1931, and it was used as a stopover on the ALSIB Alaska-Siberia air route for American...
a Boeing 707-328 (F-BHSA, named Chateau de Versailles) operating the polarroute from Paris Orly via Hamburg and Anchorage to Tokyo Haneda veered to the...
the PolarRoute from Sisimiut to Kangerlussuaq. The race was inaugurated in 1998, since then becoming an international competition. The PolarRoute passes...
Transport Statistics 1960–2000 The development of the great circle or polarroute to the Far East from CP Air's Vancouver base would become one of the...
Polar cap absorption events and the associated HF radio blackout pose unique problems to commercial and military aviation. Routes that transit polar regions...
is capable of handling wide-body jets, it is a diversion airport on Polarroute 1. Since Norilsk does not have road or railroad connections to the rest...
the remainder of the jet. The strongest jet streams are the polar jets around the polar vortices, at 9–12 km (5.6–7.5 mi; 30,000–39,000 ft) above sea...
Arctic ice is melting and Polarroutes are being extensively studied, the amount of cargo shipped through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) remains low in comparison...
use it for refueling stops. It serves also as a diversion airport on Polarroute 1. Tolmachevo is the busiest airport in Siberia and the sixth-busiest...
(SAS) was flying "Polarroute" service with three round trip flights per week being operated with Douglas DC-6B propliners on a routing of Copenhagen -...
Scandinavian Airlines began the world's first trans-polarroute, flying initially to Los Angeles. The route proved to be a publicity coup, and for some years...
and Singapore–Newark nonstop routes SQ21 and SQ22. The former was an 18-hour, 45-minute 'westbound' (actually a polarroute northbound to 130 km (70 nm)...
airport serves as a diversion airport for transcontinental flights and Polarroute 2. The airport is located within the city limits. At the airport there...
closed great circle route starting on the equator and traveling at an angle between 0° (an equatorial route) and 90° (a polarroute) would be between 40...
6 μSv per hour from London Heathrow to Tokyo Narita on a high-latitude polarroute. However, dosages can vary, such as during periods of high solar activity...
the Boeing 727 in 1964. This enabled Lufthansa to launch a pioneering Polarroute from Frankfurt to Tokyo via Anchorage in May of that year. Further expansion...
Polar Electro Oy (commonly known as Polar) is a Finnish manufacturer of sports training computers, particularly known for developing the world's first...
from Los Angeles to London via the polarroute, as told from the left seat of a Connie. "Longer Range, New Routes". 16 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-07-26...
more than 15 passengers. The airport serves as a diversion airport on polarroutes. The airport is owned by the Government of Nunavut (GN) and operated...