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CONTRAILS 💨
are condensation trails (sometimes vapour trails): artificial clouds made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices which precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air. They are the cloud-like trails of water vapour that can be seen in the wake of airplanes, either from their exhaust or sometimes from their wing tips.
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🌀Contrails are created in one of two ways🌀
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1️⃣ Firstly, the airplane's exhaust increases the amount of moisture in the air, which can push the water content of the air past saturation point. This causes condensation to occur, and the contrail to form.
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2️⃣ The wings of an airplane causes a drop in air pressure in the vicinity of the wing (this is partly what allows a plane to fly). This drop in air pressure brings with it a drop in temperature, which can cause water to condense out of the air and form a contrail. Exhaust contrails tend to be more stable and long-lasting than wing-tip contrails, which are often disrupted by the aircraft's wake.
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You may have noticed the absence of contrails in the sky as fewer people are flying and with the recent fine weather it may seem the sky is bluer.
Less light pollution at night also makes the night sky appear clearer and full of stars. Did you notice? 😉

👩🏻‍✈️🧑🏻‍✈️👨🏻‍✈️ Pilot’s eye view
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😍 Most beautiful runways and airports:
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1. Telluride Regional Airport 🇺🇸
2. Donegal Airport 🇮🇪
3. Agatti Airport 🇮🇳
4. Madeira Airport 🇵🇹
5. Princess Juliana International Airport 🇸🇽
6. Queenstown Airport 🇳🇿
7. Male International Airport 🇲🇻
8. Nice Cote d'Azur 🇫🇷
9. London City Airport 🇬🇧
10. Lukla Airport 🇳🇵
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@ London City Airport