swolypinger t1_it0aczm wrote
Reply to comment by batatatchugen in TIL: Airplanes take off and land into the wind. They takeoff into the wind to reduce the groundspeed required to lift and land into it to reduce groundspeed when landing. by Key-Code-4296
Not necessarily. I had never considered it before flight school so I just assumed a tailwind would help you get up to speed faster when taking off.
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