Why do you wear sunscreen on a plane?

Both flight attendants and dermatologists agree that anyone boarding a plane should wear sunscreen. The sun is more intense at higher elevations, and plane windows don't block harmful UVA rays. Beyond sunscreen, experts recommend wearing long sleeves and shutting the plane window.



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The study found that spending 56 minutes in the cockpit of a plane at 30,000 feet exposed flight crew members to the same amount of ultraviolet (UV) radiation as spending 20 minutes in a tanning bed.

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The surgeon said it's important to wear sunscreen when flying because the higher you travel in the air, the atmosphere gets thinner. The atmosphere helps to scatter damaging UV rays, so the thinner the atmosphere, this protection dwindles and the UV rays are more powerful and damaging, DeRosa added.

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The heat can affect aircraft performance, such as by reducing the amount of weight the plane can safely carry. It can even be too hot for a plane to take off. Despite this summer's record-breaking streak of 110-plus degree days in Phoenix, airlines have reported few to no cancellations at Sky Harbor in recent days.

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Airline pilots can be exposed to the same amount of UV-A radiation as that from a tanning bed session because airplane windshields do not completely block UV-A radiation, according to research. Airplane windshields are commonly made of polycarbonate plastic or multilayer composite glass.

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