Got clients who are nervous flyers? It would pay to avoid booking any flights between Mendoza and Santiago, after a new study named it the most turbulent route in the world.
Turbli analysed 10,000 routes connecting the 550 largest airports in the world and ranked them, evaluating turbulence recorded on each route during the year. Each route was given an eddy dissipation rate (EDR), with 0-20 light turbulence, 20-40 moderate, 40-60 strong and 80-100 extreme. Mendoza to Santiago came out on top with an EDR of 24.684, and while this is still only moderate, it was well ahead of any other route. Cordoba to Santiago was second with an EDR of 20.214, while Mendoza featured again in third and fourth, with its flights to Salta coming in with an EDR of 19.825 and to San Carlos de Bariloche at 19.252. In fifth was Kathmandu-Lhasa, with an EDR of 18.817. Rounding out the turbulence top 10 was Chengdu- Lhasa (18.644), Santa Cruz-Santiago (18.598), Kathmandu-Paro (18.563), Chengdu-Xining (18.482) and San Carlos de Bariloche-Santiago (18.475).
. . . Local Routes
In Oceania, the turbulence levels were much lighter, with the most turbulent routes that of Christchurch to Wellington with an EDR of 14.46, though it was closely followed by Brisbane to Sydney at 14.178. Rounding out the top five were Hobart-Melbourne, Melbourne-Sydney and Brisbane-Nadi.
Check out the results HERE.
