Pilots employ a host of measures to avoid turbulence. This includes climbing, descending, or routing around turbulent air.

Turbulence is a natural part of flying, one that’s unlikely to disappear. With thousands of flights taking off and landing every day, almost all of them encounter some degree of bumpy air, with most ...

Atmospheric Professor Paul Williams has studied turbulence for more than a decade and told Insider climate change is causing clear air turbulence.

I'd flown dozens and dozens of times without issue before I found myself developing anxiety about flying in my early 30s. Although many people experience some amount of stress surrounding air travel, ...

Here's the thing: up to 40 percent of the population of industrialized countries experiences fear of flying, yet in 2024, airlines transported 5 billion passengers on over 40 million flights. That ...

I’m convinced about the safety of commercial air travel — considering the frequency of flights, numbers of passengers transported, the trillions of aggregate miles planes fly each year. You’re more ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A physician who writes about challenges with navigating healthcare. Aviophobia, or an intense fear of flying, is a clinically ...