I just took this photo of a contrail in the distance out of my window.
![](https://www.metabunk.org/sk/20150124-173137-e10du.jpg)
While this is admittedly a terrible photo, what is remarkable about it is that when I looked in FlightRadar24.com, the only plane that matched was an A380 that was 115 miles away.
![](https://www.metabunk.org/sk/20150124-172028-67izp.jpg)
The distance also matches the plane being about 1 or 2 degrees above the horizon, and me being at about 1,100 feet.
That's probably about as far as I'm going to see from here. But I was wondering if anyone has that beat? What the farthest contrail you've seen, and been able to identify the plane?
![](https://www.metabunk.org/sk/20150124-173137-e10du.jpg)
While this is admittedly a terrible photo, what is remarkable about it is that when I looked in FlightRadar24.com, the only plane that matched was an A380 that was 115 miles away.
![](https://www.metabunk.org/sk/20150124-172028-67izp.jpg)
The distance also matches the plane being about 1 or 2 degrees above the horizon, and me being at about 1,100 feet.
That's probably about as far as I'm going to see from here. But I was wondering if anyone has that beat? What the farthest contrail you've seen, and been able to identify the plane?
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