Why Planes Don't Fly Over Antarctica

Have you ever wondered if there are things an airplane simply can’t or won’t do? It turns out that airplanes have strict rules regarding their pathways in the sky – for safety reasons, and for the sake of staying friendly with continental neighbors. Some of the places they’re not allowed to fly over might surprise you!

For example, planes won’t fly directly over the Earth’s poles and over the Pacific Ocean. You can't see planes over Tibet and over the City of Mecca. The airspace over Walt Disney World and Disneyland is also a no-fly zone. The same applies to Area 51 but we don't know why.

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TIMESTAMPS:
Antarctica 0:50
The Earth’s Poles 1:20
the Pacific Ocean 2:43
Tibet 3:19
The City of Mecca 4:09
When It’s Too Hot 4:35
George Washington’s House 5:23
Disney World and Disneyland 5:56
Pantex Nuclear Facility 6:43
Camp David 7:08
Kennedy Space Center 7:56
Area 51 8:30
Buckingham Palace 9:11
The Taj Mahal 9:46

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SUMMARY:
- Due to the windy and snowy conditions of the Antarctic mountains, this area is more prone to white-outs; the pilot wouldn’t be able to see at all!
- The Earth’s north pole has super strong magnetic fields that are constantly changing – their reach and direction can change by miles a year!
- Planes won’t fly over Tibet. This is largely due to the Himalayan Mountains. First of all, if a plane has to land in an emergency situation, mountains aren’t exactly the ideal impromptu runway.
- There’s a strong magnetic field in Makkah. As mentioned earlier, a magnetic field can cause navigational problems for pilots.
- George Washington’s House is considered a National Historic Landmark, so to prevent further damage to the historic home, even from air vibrations in the sky, the airspace above George and Martha’s house was declared a no-fly zone.
- In 2003, the Disney Corporation put “temporary” no-fly zones over both their parks, but somehow, they just stuck.
- Due to the many presidents and world-wide VIPs that visit Camp David, the airspace above the whole compound is a no-fly zone for safety reasons.
- Kennedy Space Center in Florida is a no-fly zone. There’s a lot of NASA and U.S. Airforce activity that goes on here – pretty important work. So safety for all parties is the top priority.
- Buckingham Palace is meant to protect the Queen and the royal family, so of course a no-fly zone was established above it.
- The Indian government place a no-fly zone above the area of the Taj Mahal in 2006 to safeguard this important historical building and the many tourists who come to witness its majesty.

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[BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

Hey there, Brightsiders! Which of these places would youlove to visit?

[kingtaffe]

This should have been titled "Why Planes Wont Fly Over Certain Places" instead of "Why Planes Don't Fly Over Antarctica"

[tonyr]

So at 33, 000 feet you would get a whiteout? I call BS.

[theegyptiangamedev]

Well, after seeing this i'm gonna establish a no fly zone over my new blender, I just bought it & the last thing i want is for a plane to crash into it. This is also for the safety of my cat

[knoyes]

So two things.

1. You are telling me that planes solely rely on magnetic poles in an old school compass and not computer guided systems and gps?

2. You are telling me that at 33, 000 feet there are complete white out snow storms?

I'm having a hard time with either of these.

[peterpark]

Planes do fly over pacific ocean from LAX and SFO to Asia like Japan, Korea and Hong Kong. And to Hawaii

[JoseAlfonsoChavez]

I am a pilot and I don't approve this video. Man, so many wrong facts..

[mitashah]

Airplanes aren’t allowed to fly over Lionel Messi’s house either

[seamonkey]

This was like, "babies first; dont worry about Antarctica just go away"

[researchcapt]

Runways are numbered according to how close they are aligned to magnetic North, not true North. Also, magnetic North is not located at the North pole, which invalidates your answer as to why they won't fly over the North pole. On routes between Canada and Northern Europe, they do fly very close to the poles. Commercial airliners are not 100% dependent on an accurate magnetic compass. Their primary compass is gyroscopic. The magnetic compass only serves as a backup should the gyroscopic compass fail, GPS fail and whatever ATC radar is available for vectors fails. They use chart software built into the Flight Management Computer (FMC) to determine what their course over ground needs to be which translates to the heading they need to follow to stay over their trackline. Whoever provided your information is wrong. Maybe check your information with a professional pilot next time? It is quite a disservice to provide inaccurate information to the public.

[briandeschanel]

It should be called BS side, instead of Bright side.

[peterjongsma]

An aeroplane crashed into Mt Erebus in Antarctica.
Air New Zealand.

[DKrueger]

for the Area 51 one, only their security helicopters (they have helicopters that covers the ground that the ground security can't reach) and the fighters jets they have out there are allowed to fly for testing purposes only. The only civilian aircraft that can fly over to Area 51 is the JANET lines coming in from Las Vegas, which is basically Area 51 workers from Vegas.

[dennistjr.]

Most hilarious deflection video ever! Deflecting anyone from thinking on their own! The penguins won't like it! It's just better to stay away from the poles! Great entertainment!

[philb]

There is so much wrong with this video, I'm just gonna stop watching

[OrtegaFausto]

Santiago - Sydney is an Antartica route, performed by a 4 Engine Aircraft under a maintenance program for high reliability, Performed only during the south hemisphere summer, not for weather reasons, but for comercial reasons. Inertial and GPS signals are now the primary source of navigation, per law, a regular compass is installed on every aircraft, a special permit is given for such routes that magnetism navigation is not practical. Aircraft don’t flight over the Everest because there is no airway over it, and who doesn’t like a photo of the highest mountain. Many twin engines aircraft can’t flight routes if they don’t have an airport with in 60 minutes in-route, but if is maintain under ETOPs maintenance program, the could fly up to 120 minutes of flight to the nearest airport in-route.

[perryamundsen]

I'm pretty sure that have been scenic flights over Antarctica from New Zealand since 2013.
Prior to that there were scenic flights from 1977-1979; It ran for such a short time because of the Mt. Erebus Disaster (Air New Zealand Flight 901).

[Manerean]

Title: "Why planes don't fly over Antarctica"
Air New Zealand flight 901: "Am i a joke to you?"

[jameshanley]

This video is so incorrect it should be taken down.

[centauria]

Need to look over this again Brightside, most facts on this video are wrong.