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Created by reddit user Gabberulf The map above shows the 10 busiest European air routes back in pre-pandemic 2018 from inside the EU, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway. The numbers for 2021 are as follows (with number of passengers): Madrid/Barajas – Palma de Mallorca: 1,140,759 Rome/Fiumicino – Catania: 1,060,641 Madrid/Barajas – Barcelona/El Prat: 1,013,020 …

Map created using Flight Connections All roads may lead to Rome, but all flights lead to Frankfurt. The map above shows the 330 direct flights to Frankfurt airport, the world’s best connected.

Created by Pedro Suárez The video above shows 24 hours worth of flights between Europe and the US from a pre-pandemic 2018. You can very clearly see the jet stream effects with almost all the flights to Europe following the jet stream and those to the United States either going north or south of it.

Map created by reddit user u/phaj19 The map above only shows domestic flights within countries. Large rich countries like the United States and China have loads whereas smaller countries have few to none. But perhaps most striking is how few routes there are in Africa. If you enjoyed this map please help us by sharing …

Map created by Kevin Reinhardt The amazing map above shows the world only using using airline flight routes. The original project dates back to 2014, but still looks incredible today. The main things to note is that flight routes are a proxy for population density and wealth. That’s why you see lots of routes in …