How is it that a flight to Washington from Savannah is 2h while a flight to New York from Savannah is 2.5h, is the 300mile distance condensed into 30m ?

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I don’t know much about planes or physics, maybe someone smarter can help.

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Yes.
Jet airliners travel at up to 600mph. The time on the ground (taxiing, takeoff, landing) and acceleration to cruising speed and altitude is more or less the same regardless of destination (barring changes related to the jet stream, airport runway layouts, traffic etc) so actual flight time is generally about one hour for 600 miles.