Oct 16 2009Map Shows All Flights Over North America

This is a screenshot from the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (an organization that knows how to party) real-time map of flights over North America. Except it's not actually real-time, it's delayed 5 minutes. Of course, judging from the 2005 copyright in the lower left this may have existed for awhile. But what it lacks in newness I think we can all agree is more than made up for in, uh, little white dots. Don't let Pac-Man see it!
Flight Explorer [natca]
Thanks to e, who's contemplating flying south for the winter. Smart -- I don't jive with the cold either.
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Reader Comments
1. First - October 16, 2009 5:25 PM
First ! Wouhou =D
2. Eskimobob - October 16, 2009 5:27 PM
second
3. naas - October 16, 2009 5:32 PM
it's been a sad day on geekologie with all the firstard shit flung all over the walls.... and they think it's 'cool'
http://www.kellerpickem.com/4chan/Homerdisgust.jpg
4. smelly - October 16, 2009 5:36 PM
I like all the little shadows. So you know they are above the ground.
5. Josh - October 16, 2009 5:36 PM
I'm surprised Google didn't come out with this first.
6. naas - October 16, 2009 5:41 PM
...not too many people going to south america these days, I wonder why
7. Seventh - October 16, 2009 5:41 PM
Seventh!!!
8. CoinOperatedBoi - October 16, 2009 5:49 PM
Oh come on gotta do it.....
Old!
9. Blastphemer - October 16, 2009 5:59 PM
And this is just the commercial flights. With all of the general aviation activity, this map would be a lot dottier (that's right...i can invent words too). Here's a cool link for tracking flights from origin to destination, over a period of time, or at a given airport: http://flightaware.com . You can track commercial and/or general aviation flights there. It isn't very good at tracking foreign registered aircraft though...mostly just commercial and N-registries (US registered aircraft).
10. jaja - October 16, 2009 6:01 PM
So what ? :|
11. Joe - October 16, 2009 6:03 PM
Not as cool as the one which shows the whole world, in line form: http://www.lx97.com/maps/#
12. naminess - October 16, 2009 6:03 PM
LAME!!!!!!!!!
13. ~☻,_∫∫ ∕∕-][ Ỵ ([¦¦ ([]) ][-¦¦ ☻~ - October 16, 2009 6:10 PM
blowem all to hell
14. John - October 16, 2009 6:30 PM
Wait... White dots... Pac-man.. Planes... INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM! My god man, you've solved it. Pac-man was responsible for 9/11.
15. Richard McBeef - October 16, 2009 6:32 PM
OMG! it looks like there are a lot of planes heading towards NYC and DC.
16. Richard McBeef - October 16, 2009 6:37 PM
@3 - Have you ever thought that harassing the first tards actually serves to create more and firstier first tards?
17. naas - October 16, 2009 6:43 PM
@3 yes I have, and while doing nothing doesn't seem to help the problem I sometimes like to think that doing something might
...I also like to share those pcs & gifs with the rest of you, just because I know a lot of you find some of them humorous sometimes - and that's the kind of guy I am
If you have any solution to help them evolve for the better of all that is geekologie, I'm all ears
18. naas - October 16, 2009 6:44 PM
woa I meant @16 not @3
huge misfire, sorry
19. Richard McBeef - October 16, 2009 6:48 PM
You keep chastising the firsttards and I'll do my best to post "FIRST" for the first 5 comments to block the first tards from getting firsttarded.
20. naas - October 16, 2009 6:54 PM
whatever makes you feel purposeful Richard McBeef
21. Dishy Dishyington - October 16, 2009 7:17 PM
@naas, like your pics. Always click.
Gotta say, firstardism don't bother me none. Abusing them seems to be a kind of game, like monster rain or yo-mamma. Mr. Cow and pig are alright too.
And of course Daisy is bestest ever. Busy lately tho, solving world peace, sabotaging the Large Hadron thingy, and posing for Playboy. Hope she comes back to visit occasionally.
The only thing that bothers me are those pictures/videos/words at the top, by some troll calls himself GW. I just skip that stuff.
22. naas - October 16, 2009 7:45 PM
@21 it doesn't truly bother me either honestly, but when something so ghey & stupid goes on and on and on and on.....
♪ Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard
♪ Their shadows searching in the night
♪ Streetlight people-oooOOOooooOOoOOoaa, living just to find emotion
♪ Hiding, somewhere in the night
23. Iris - October 16, 2009 8:01 PM
@21 come on man, wtf? gw is the best.
24. naas - October 16, 2009 8:09 PM
@23 I do believe that was a joke
25. Iris - October 16, 2009 8:13 PM
@24, and 21
my bad.. I do apologize if it was.
26. Osama - October 16, 2009 8:49 PM
oh yeah this perfect for my next terrorist attack!!!!
27. Dishy Dishyington - October 16, 2009 10:11 PM
@25, it's ok. Just a joke. GW is my huckleberry.
28. gizmoduck - October 16, 2009 10:14 PM
1-27
FALCON PUNCH!
falcon kick!
FALCON PUNNNNNCH!!
29. Iris - October 16, 2009 10:23 PM
@27 yay and yeah just standing up for him.
30. HyperSystem - October 16, 2009 11:38 PM
GW is awesome. The file name is "da plane da plane"
31. noidkiller - October 17, 2009 12:31 AM
some of the planes look like a flock of birds.
32. A.V.M. - October 17, 2009 8:56 AM
Check
http://www.omsa.gavaciutat.cat/esp/aeroport/impacteacustic.asp
For realtime-3D track of flights of Barcelone airport as well as realtime noise measurements.
33. Stefan - October 17, 2009 10:12 AM
The shadows are nice. But they are in the south of the planes, so the sun is in the north?
34. ObamaPacman - October 17, 2009 11:27 AM
@33
Holy shat are you saying the shadows are all wrong, in a logical way?
Have to agree in this case.
@21
Lol good job. Hope daisy falls into the Hadron Collider.
@23
Iris, your sarcasm is detector broken? Have to award you n00b of the week. =p
35. DH - October 17, 2009 1:19 PM
@34 if daisy fell in the Hadron Collider... :|
we'd get a fake blackhole.
36. Iris - October 17, 2009 1:34 PM
@34 Uh.... No, the sarcasm was just that good?
Btw, check your grammar :)
37. rad to the power of power of me - October 17, 2009 2:31 PM
haha Mexico fail.
38. rad to the power of power of me - October 17, 2009 3:32 PM
oops! my bad it's a NORTH American map.....not including Central America...
@21 she did all those things before breakfast now she's working on the truly perplexing of questions like What the hell are those big red plastic balls on power lines for? or What causes muscle spasms? or Why do we yawn? or If you're not thinking of anything does that mean you don't exist? or Why do firstards post second or even seventh? i could seriously go on forever?
by the way, good comments people really way to go!
39. ObamaPacman - October 17, 2009 4:25 PM
@36
Doh!
I is can haz rase 4 knob of the weak awalled
(translate: I'll race you for the noob of the week award)
40. mexican - October 17, 2009 4:27 PM
@37 --> man, Mexico is part of North America! (didn't you take geography lessons?) But apparently The National Air Traffic Controllers Association only controls traffic in US and Canada.
The fact that we speak spanish does not makes us from central america.
http://www.destination360.com/north-america
http://weather.yahoo.com/North-America/NORTHAM/regional.html
41. Iris - October 17, 2009 4:35 PM
@40
i said grammar not spelling
but i see your inadequate in both
so I'll just let you have it, looks like you already won by a landslide
42. Iris - October 17, 2009 5:06 PM
@39 my bad
43. ObamaPacman - October 17, 2009 6:48 PM
@40
Don't you know they use rolodex in Mexico?
(It's a Gabriel Iglesias joke)
@41
Yeah I know about the grammar goof.
I think you are winning by a landslide though, due to your latest entry. ;p
Unless I add IS somewhere here.
44. Eskimobob - October 18, 2009 3:04 AM
@3 I used to find the first thing stupid. But then i saw it so much that it kinda became a challenge for me. One day im going to be the first to post and then. well after that who cares.
45. ted - October 18, 2009 11:20 PM
46th
@41 you mean "you're" not "your".
way to go...everyone has a red pen.
there is a time lapse of this map from 9/11.
all the planes disappear in a hurry. @26- rot in hell.
46. Jaded Icon - October 19, 2009 7:56 AM
@ 28
My hero! You saved the day again!
47. Geekolojew - October 19, 2009 8:13 AM
Must See!!!
http://alturl.com/obg7
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