I rendered position data of arriving and departing flights from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL/KATL) as a heatmap. I have made about 30 of these renders now for different airports and, perhaps unsurprisingly, this airport has produced by far the most uniform results.

The results look almost more like a train network in how little deviation there is in the traces, and even the file sizes speak for themselves, with this render coming in about 30% smaller than others due to there being less variation in the approach and departure traffic.

Posted by jimbob3806

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  2. Have you done EWR by any chance? I work that airspace. Throw in TEB/MMU/CDW on the same pic to really get an idea of the fucked up airspace

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