Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

This flight was over the pole. Some time ago, a pilot told me that they try to avoid polar routes because of high overflight fees. I did not realize that in addition to fuel loads and winds that overflight fees impacted the selection of the flight path. So I poked around and found that Canada, Russia and China are not part of the club (International Air Services Transit Agreement) that addresses overflight issues (and fees). Clearly for polar routes, these three countries dominate the flight path.

Learning Links
• Flight Planning (Wikipedia)
• FAA Overflight Fee History
• Fees for U.S.-Controlled Airspace
• Commercial Aviation Rights (Wikipedia)
• View Aeronautical Charts and traffic