Air traffic is almost back to normal after the lengthy delays caused by the Icelandic Volcano. A visualization from Ito, IdeasInTransit, and using data from FlightRadar24 shows the slow return to normalcy across Europe’s flight system.
A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to use after being closed due to volcanic ash. Due to varying ash density across Europe, the first flights can be seen in some areas on the 18th and by the 20th everywhere is open.
The flight data is courtesy of flightradar24.com and covers a large fraction of Europe. There are a few gaps (most noticeably France) and no coverage over the Atlantic, but the picture is still clear.
The map data is CC-by-SA openstreetmap.org and contributors.
This CC-by-SA visualisation was produced by itoworld.com with support from ideasintransit.org
Airspace Rebooted from ItoWorld on Vimeo. via Infosthetics
