World Air Traffic 24 Hour Period

The yellow dots are aircraft.
It is a 24 hour observation of all of the large aircraft flights in the
world, condensed down to about 2 minutes. You can tell it was summer
time in the north by the sun's footprint over the planet. You could see
that it didn't quite set in the extreme north and it didn't quite rise in
the extreme south.
Notice that as evening approaches, the traffic is predominantly from the US
to Europe and when daylight comes, the traffic switches and it
is predominantly from Europe to the US.

[@joeovip]

This is beautiful and complex at the same time. Thanks for making it available I love it.

[@nedatronics]

Stumbled in from Kenya(Peace, Love and Unity)

[@Madcrzy44]

Stumbled in from, Tallahassee FL.

[@SDLinx]

stumbled in from Crofton, MD.

[@meesposi87]

Stumbled all the way from Raleigh, NC

[@tibiasuckness]

Pretty cool video. Thanks Stumble!

[@drdallas06]

stumbled from Kingston, Ontario, Canada

[@ahb9days]

oh we're doing this.. Stumbled from Minnesota! Just picked somebody in the airport today!

[@lilipoulain1]

Stumbled from Rio de Janieo, Brazil!!! =)

[@K2Cam]

stumbled from Buenos Aires, Argentina...

[@r.a.6459]

South Atlantic and Southeast Pacific are eerily quiet. Must be rare for people at Tristan da Cunha to spot an aircraft flying over them.

[@tube.brasil]

To think there are hundreds of folks eating and watching movies in each of these dots. Amazing.

[@Arronax]

@arronaxtrance
I made a mistake in the post about FUEL CONSUMPTION, I added one more zero to the calculation of car's fuel consumption. It should go like this: 102 cars * 10 liters = 1020 liters, not 10 200 as I wrote in the original post ;) That's why you may think that cars are more consuming that an airplane over long distances.

[@emlynndav]

stumbled from Nashville, Tennessee

[@rolf86]

stumbled from Vancouver, Canada

[@taskforce58]

Watch the N.Atlantic - the surge of aircraft travelling from N.America east bound to Europe on evenings to arrive in Europe in the morning, then the bulk of traffic leaving Europe west bound starting at noon to arrive in N.America in the early evenings.

[@tangneyk]

Stumbled from Snottsdale, AZ

[@Distractions88]

wow, this is beautiful.

[@Underdog_Basketball]

stumbled on broke my foot... in santa cruz, california. What up 831! Where you at?!

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stumbled from Pleasant Hill, CA

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stumbled from Burbanks, CA,USA

[@mollymoo1991]

stumbled from Dallas TX!

[@Mormodes]

That is pretty amazing

[@tenerifeal]

simply amazing !!!!!

[@Thaddeus000]

stumbled from Las Vegas, Nevada.

[@iswima]

stumbled from Melbourne, Australia

[@StefanKlassen]

stumbled from Winnipeg, MB. CA

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Stumbled in from glasgow, scotland

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Stumbled from Houma, LA !

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Stumbled from Cullowhee, NC

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STUMBLE POWERED! GREAT STUFF!

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Stumble from Bromley, UK

[@saralydiacc]

It's a program "Stumble Upon" where by pushing the stumble button it takes you to random websites.

[@forza_rossi]

stumbled from mississauga Canada.

[@Arronax]

@sidbrown210
According to the previous data, the calculation goes like this :
FUEL CONSUMPTION:
1 airplane = 12 788 liters/hour
1 car = 10 liters/hour (average between EU and US cars)
409 passengers fits in 102 cars.
102 cars * 10 liters = 10 200 liters.
And just imagine how much would we spare if we all travelled by train.

[@CassieRose29]

Stumbled from Hempstead, NY :)

[@jaidangelica]

stumbled from Vancouver, Canada! :)

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Stumbled from Landenberg, PA

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Stumbled from Louisiana, Shreveport

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stumbled from Modena, Italy

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stumbled from San Diego California

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stumbled from São Paulo, Brasil

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Stumbled from Boise, Idaho!

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Stumbled from Tacoma, WA

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stumbled from North CA

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stumbled from Waterbury CT

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[@CanadianGujju]

U.S, Europe, Asia-Pacific and India. Based on what I see, these are the four hotspots for flights.

[@jobe4realz]

stumbled from Palmer, Alaska

[@0djin]

Stumbled from Newcastle, UK

[@bigpantsjayke]

Its interesting how its slows to almost a stop over europe and the US but in china, the flow is pretty consistant.

[@asouthav]

could you perhaps cite how this map was created, or who created it? i see that logo in the corner but cant make it out.

[@lostinshangrila]

Stumbled from Christchurch, New Zealand

[@pez42]

Stumbled from Scotland :) that is cooool!

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stumbled from bloomsburg, pennsylvania

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stumbled from Thessaloniki,Greece

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Stumbled from Kenosha, Wisconsin

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stumbled from canton, michigan, USA

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Stumbled from Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Stumbled from Brisbane, Qld, Australia

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stumbled from turlock, california

[@dbotamous]

would be a great screen saver
stumbled

[@SwedishHouseFurniture]

Stumbled from Coventry, UK

[@TheLizGang]

Fantastic!

[@lilipoulain1]

Strumbled from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!!! =)

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stumbled from orlando florida

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stumbled from Chicago, USA

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Stumbled from San Deigo, Ca

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stumbled from dallas, texas

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Stumbled from Orlando, FL, USA

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Stumbled upon, nice.

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Stumbled from San Francisco, CA

[@Arronax]

@sidbrown210 And one more thing, it's not the same when an airplane flies over a distance of 300 kilometers and 900 (or more) kilometers. I know that the air traffic is essential over oceans and seas, but when it comes to shor travel, cars and buses are way more efficient.

[@woodeye83]

stumbled from Bangkok, Thailand

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stumbled from Sacramento, california

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Stumbled from Fullerton, California

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stumbled from silver spring, maryland!

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stumbled from CA

[@MrHalfalien]

Stumbled from Melbourne, Australia

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Stumbled from London, UK

[@MartinOfHouseStark]

Stumbled from LA, CA. :}

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Stumbled from San Diego, CA

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STUMBLED FROM GOODYEAR, ARIZONA!

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Stumbled from Armagh, Ireland

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Stumbled from Davis CA

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[@Arronax]

@sidbrown210
Now I know that the distance is not the same, comparing 900 km with 100 km, but compare the fuel which is used by aircraft with the fuel used by cars. The fuel in aircrafts is way richer and more polluting than the lead-free fuel or even bio-fuel and other alternative fuels used by modern cars. Also, you should take many other factors in consideration.

[@babyfister]

Yay Stumble Button! I can see my state from here... Alaska!

[@aMonarchsVoice]

Stumbled from Detroit, MI.

[@antocostav]

Stumbled from Buenos Aires, Argentina

[@SMWssaamm]

well, if you think, even if you see even a single other airplane mid-flight, that means there's probably many planes in the sky

[@suspendedfromthemoon]

stumbled from ottawa, canada

[@terrantankz]

damn those are some big planes

[@jacob9870]

so crazy... this is just IFR traffic too
think about how many other aircraft are out there flying VFR

[@SilverwingVFX]

Stumbled from Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany