if I fly opposite the direction of the Earth’s rotation at the same speed of the rotation, will I stay in the same time of day as the days pass?

Question

How does time even work?

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Answer 1

Yes. I’ve actually done this on a west-flying jet; it stayed just before sunset for 8 hours as we chased the sun. Another time the my plane had really good tailwinds on one leg of the journey and we got to celebrate new year’s twice during the flight.

Chasing the sun, it would be the same time until you hit the international date line, at which point it would suddenly be the next day at the same time.