National Air Traffic 24 hours

24 hours of air traffic in the National Airspace System, provided by nasa

Category:

Education

Tags:

• FAA
• air
• traffic
• controller

[jnyerere]

From this map, I would make the assumption that the bulk of pilot-in-training's knowledge comes from learning how to avoid other planes in 35,000 feet. I guess being a pilot is not as fun as I once thought it was...

[rp1226]

@jnyerere Well, if you are a pilot, you are being separated from other aircraft by a controller. So really as long as they are doing their job, you should be fine concentration on just flying the plane. Also minimum separation standards are 5 miles in En Route airspace. These traffic is primarily commercial flights that have been tracked by the FAA. General aviation pilots may not be on this map. Since they fly using visual flight rules, then they have a primary focus of see-and-avoid.

[jnyerere]

@rp1226 which brings us to the final question: which job is harder? the pilot's or the air traffic controller's?

[rp1226]

@jnyerere if pay is any indication... air traffic controller.

[xoxoclandestinexoxo]

did a 5 year old draw this map of the usa

[rp1226]

@xoxoclandestinexoxo that is how the airspace is drawn. Those aren't state lines, but actually the lines of ARTCC boundaries. Check it out on Wikipedia.

[rp1226]

LOL

[amoignis1987]

Wait...everyone is the same age and are all turning 57? Seems a bit far-fetched, to me...

[speedookuda]

they look like small insects lol

[SpongebobAllSeasons]

aaa!! me head :|

[pilotmaster72]

I'm shocked that California doesn't have bigger clump.

[OrogDeMalfur]

do we really need to fly around that much?

[avedic]

it's like mold spreading. :0

if we ever do run out of oil....we are fuuuucked