Flights across the country are breaking plane speed records due to a fast-flowing jet stream, and that means commercial jets are landing earlier and earlier at airports on the East Coast. How early?

Savior of many a cramped pair of legs, the jet stream is well known for lopping roughly an hour off long haul west-to-east flights. But it's working especially hard for travelers in economy class ...

In the United States, our weather patterns usually travel from the west to the east. Sometimes, we can see variations in that a system will move in from the northwest or southwest, but Missourians ...