Do bigger planes handle turbulence better?

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asked May 9, 2020 in Aircraft by gharrison (1,530 points)
Do bigger planes handle turbulence better?

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answered May 10, 2020 by BVigdude (980 points)
Yes bigger planes and aircraft do tend to handle the turbulence a bit better than the smaller planes or aircraft do.

The bigger planes do absorb the turbulence better than smaller planes but it's not a great amount of difference between the smaller planes and larger planes when it comes to handling turbulence.

In a larger plane you're less likely to notice much turbulence than in a smaller plane.

Night flights do experience and have less turbulence than daytime flights.

The reason night flights have less turbulence is due to atmospheric heating.

So if you're afraid of turbulence it would be best to try and get on a night flight because you're less likely to experience turbulence.

Turbulence could take down a plane if the pilot was not experienced to deal with the turbulence properly.

All pilots flying commercial aircraft are well trained to handle the plane as well as deal with any weather conditions and the turbulence.

Since the airline pilot is very well trained and experienced with the plane and the turbulence the turbulence is not dangerous and cannot take down the plane.

The airline pilot would slow the plane down and then the turbulence will eventually go away.

Turbulence can seem scary and feel like the plane is gonna crash.

However the turbulence will not cause the plane to crash.

Now if you were to fly an airplane and were not experienced or trained then the plane could crash.

But on commercial airlines you have nothing to worry about and the plane will fly safely and you should reach your destination safely as well.

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