Good afternoon, morning, or evening..

 

I wasn't sure where to find out this information, so I figured I'd start here with all you aviation buffs.

 

I was looking on flightaware for a flight plan from Dubai (OMDB) to Seattle (KSEA), I knew that United Arab Emirates flew non stop to and from.

 

I'm curious as to why there flight plan FROM Dubai Is only YNY J503 YDC JAKSN GLASR9, as opposed to flying TO Dubai from Seattle is STMSN DIABO J503 YDC YQU J526 YOJ YHY J526 YZF 7000N 11100W 7500N 11000W 8000N 10500W 8500N 9700W ABERI G359 SH G498 ALAGI G498 TINRI A299 BALPI A299 URG A370 AFGAN G775 ASB A117 RIKOP A419 DARAX.

 

Why does one flight plan seem abnormally short compared to what I would expect, and the other is longer, more like I would expect to see... ?

Any thoughts or ideas on that?  

 

Thanks In advance!

 

-Carl

I'm guessing because the first part of the flight from Dubai was not filed with a US system, whereas the complete flight to Dubai was. Flightaware only pulls its data from within the US.

 

Leaving from Seattle the entire flight plan would pass through a US system, whereas leaving from Dubai, only the part of the plan that's in US airspace would.