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Table 2 Differences in the flight path length, flight time, and fuel consumption for JFK-NRT

From: Estimate of economic impact of atmospheric radiation storm associated with solar energetic particle events on aircraft operations

Scenario

1 (reference)

2

3

4

5

Flight path length (km)

11,334.6

11,334.6

12,798.2

11,334.6

12,911.6

Increase (km)

0.0

1463.6

0.0

1577.0

Increase (%)

0.0

12.9

0.0

13.9

Flight time (s)

49,380

46,813

59,357

45,474

57,655

Increase (s)

−2567

9977

−3906

8275

Increase (%)

−5.2

20.2

−7.9

16.8

Fuel consumption (kg)

118,230

157,540

149,770

187,180

166,650

Increase (kg)

39,310

31,540

68,950

48,420

Increase (%)

33.2

26.7

58.3

41.0

Fuel cost increase (million JPY)

2.85

2.29

5.01

3.52

Threshold in EDR (\(\upmu {\text{Sv}}\,{\text{h}}^{-1}\))

30

30

10

10

Constraints

FL < 200

FL < 300, Lat. < 44°N

FL < 140

FL < 250, Lat. < 42°N

  1. The thresholds in EDR and constraints for each scenario (Table 1) are reproduced for reference