Are flights turbulent simply flying over the rockies or taking off/ landing nearby?
I suffer motion sickness easily and I always heard that the rockies cause turbulence, I am not sure though if it is when crossing over them or taking off landing from airports in Denver. Below in the link they talk about the rockies causing turbulance but not sure it is due to landing/taking off nearby them or even if crossing them at high altitude, I am flying from Las vegas to Kansas city and will be crossing a part of them so wondering what I should expect, many thanks! http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/print.main?id=1201339
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It is mainly because many clouds break up over the rockies and the plane simply cant dodge all of them. I learned this in science
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when the sun heats the ground, hot air rises and creates thermals and that is the basis of turbulence, with all hills and mountains you get the air rising up the side of the hill or mountain so it creates wind shears or othere forms of turbulence... that said, you get good days and bad days, but never forget airplanes are designed to fly through turblence that the human body would give up on, and the pilots will always slow down to minimise the bumps! so if you hit turbulence, breath slowly, and look at a fixed point, ie the overhead locker, or a toilet sign, thus fooling your mind into thinking it is crazy and nothing is wrong!! turbulence isn't nice, but, how many planes have come down due to turbulence?!
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Mountain ranges are a common source of turbulence, since they interfere with the flow of wind over the surface of the planet. The higher one is, the less likely it is that one will be disturbed by turbulence, but with big mountain ranges it can be hard to avoid turbulence entirely. In general, anywhere there are large air masses moving in different directions and/or at different speeds, there will be some turbulence in the areas where they touch. Mountains can produce these situations, and so can heavy weather or jet streams (high speed air currents that exist at high altitudes). Turbulence usually doesn't cause motion sickness. Only about one in a thousand passengers becomes airsick overall on commercial flights, so it's much less common aboard aircraft than it is in cars or on boats.
Title : Are flights turbulent simply flying over the rockies or taking off/ landing nearby
Description : Are flights turbulent simply flying over the rockies or taking off/ landing nearby? I suffer motion sickness easily and I always heard that...