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 Some shakes and bumps during a flight are normal, yet particular routes experience an excess of them.
 stomach-dropping turbulence
 A study conducted by turbulence monitoring firm Turbl, examined
 turbulence forecast data
 From NOAA and the UK Met Office, to pinpoint the most volatile flight paths globally.


 At number one is the route from Mendoza, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile, which has an
 eddy dissipation rate
 (EDR) measures turbulence intensity, with a value of 24.684 for this particular case. This represents an increase of 4 EDR over the second most turbulent flight path globally, which runs from Córdoba, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile.


 Most often, turbulence is
 the result of weather
 The primary reason for this disruption lies in the geographical characteristics. Specifically, it’s due to the presence of the towering Andes mountain range, located precisely along the route from Mendoza's El Plumerillo International Airport (MDZ) to Santiago's Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport (SCL), causing significant disturbances during flights. This hour-long journey crosses right through these majestic peaks, making the airflow ascend and generate waves and eddies responsible for considerable turbulence at altitude levels. Mountains exert such potent effects on aerial movements overhead that they’ve earned themselves a rather foreboding moniker:
 mountain wave
 .”


 Quite intriguingly, the top four roughest flight experiences come from flights originating in Argentina.


 At number five is the journey flying above the Himalayas, connecting Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) in Nepal with Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) in China's Lhasa.


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 Below is a comprehensive overview of the most volatile flight paths globally for the year 2024:

<ol>
 <li>
 
 Mendoza (MDZ) to Santiago (SCL)
 
 
 EDR: 24.684
 
 </li>
 <li>
 
 Cordoba (COR) - Santiago (SCL)
 
 
 EDR: 20.214
 
 </li>
 <li>
 
 Mendoza (MDZ) - Salta (SLA)
 
 
 EDR: 19.825
 
 </li>
 <li>
 
 Mendoza (MDZ) - San Carlos de Bariloche (BRC)
 
 
 EDR: 19.252
 
 </li>
 <li>
 
 Kathmandu (KTM) - Lhasa (LXA)
 
 
 EDR: 18.817
 
 </li>
 <li>
 
 Chengdu (CTU) - Lhasa (LXA)
 
 
 EDR: 18.644
 
 </li>
 <li>
 
 Santa Cruz (VVI) - Santiago (SCL)
 
 
 EDR: 18.598
 
 </li>
 <li>
 
 Kathmandu (KTM) - Paro (PBH)
 
 
 EDR: 18.563
 
 </li>
 <li>
 
 Chengdu (CTU) - Xining (XNN)
 
 
 EDR: 18.482
 
 </li>
 <li>
 
 San Carlos de Bariloche (BRC) - Santiago (SCL)
 
 
 EDR: 18.475
 
 </li>
</ol>

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Buckle up. Some shakes and bumps during a flight are normal, yet particular routes experience an excess of them. stomach-dropping turbulence A study conducted by turbulence monitoring firm Turbl,…