flightaware
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FlightAware’s Amazing MiseryMap
That’s FlightAware‘s MiseryMap. Go there now, click on the blue “play” button and watch what happens. If you’re close to now (8:56pm EST), you’ll see what weather does directly to major airports in Chicago, New York and Atlanta, and indirectly (by delayed flights due to unavailable airplanes, mostly) to Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, etc.… Continue reading
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Storm over Boston
So here’s the storm happening right now over Boston: Also watching lightning strikes on Lightning Finder, as well as out my window, before I go outside for a better view. Check out FlightAware‘s view of KBOS (Logan airport) flight activity map: You can see flights avoiding the storm as it approaches the airport, which is… Continue reading
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USA1549 down but not out
That’s almost as far as it got. From Twitter search: Trending topics: Hudson River, Charlotte, Shorty Awards Finals, A US Airways, New York’s Hudson, LaGuardia, USAirways, Plane, MSNBC, Manhattan From FlightAware: FLIGHTAWARE BREAKING NEWS US Airways flight #1549 (an Airbus A320) from New York, NY (LGA) to Charlotte, NC (CLT) crashed into the Hudson River… Continue reading