World Air Traffic

This is really neat. A friend sent me this and it depicts current world air traffic over a 24 hour period, not sure when this happened or what day it was. Anyways, I thought maybe some members would be curious about it.

 

Thanks Rich.
It is so busy in the skies it's a miracle there is not more accidents.

 

I couldn't believe it at first, I mean I know there is a lot of air traffic, all over the world but man, the skies are indeed very busy Dougie and yes allheart, it is really scary.

 

It brings quite a few things to mind, you hear now and then the concerns of air polution from jet engine exhaust gasses, look up and on a clear day you may see one or two aircraft at various altitudes and wonder why the concern. When you see that map, it becomes a lot more obvious why there is so much concern when you consider each long distance flight burns hundreds of gallons of fuel.

On a lighter note, on the roads, to avoid a collision you have the chance to go left or right. In an airplane, there is no hedges, walls, or fences to worry about,-
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Nev.

 

You are way out, Nev.
Not hundreds of gallons, it's thousands of gallons
747-400 Flying from london to Malaysia burns up approx 31,000 US gallons of fuel.
A 747 on a 10 hr flight burns 36,000 gallons (150,000 liters) of fuel.
That has to be a lot of pollution.

 

Indeed a lot, I stand corrected, which does make for some high level of exhaust pollution entering the atmosphere every day.

Nev.