Where are the busiest commercial passenger airports in the USA, and how are they distributed across the country ?
This Google Earth KML file mashes up a geographic database of FAA (Federal Aviation Authority) airport codes, with passenger boarding totals (enplanements) for the year 2006.
Download the file here:
2200 Airports (USA) (150kB)
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Google’s LatLong blog has announced a bunch of changes to the default Google Earth Sky Layers. Some of my files are closely tied to the update, so here’s a quick list of the KML addons directly affected. Check out Gearthblog’s post for the other main additions:
Planet Locations
Firstly I’ve updated my Orrey animation. This is the file that shows a simplified, top down [...]
Here’s a couple more of these Google Earth, Interactive Flight Route Maps. Australia, including 171 airports, and 875 scheduled domestic routes. And one for New Zealand with 36 airports and 193 flight paths.
New Zealand Flight Map (50kB)
Australia Flight Map (300kB)
These operate on exactly the same principle as the flight map for the UK and Ireland. Simply open the file with [...]
Since I put together the Google Earth animated flights from USA airports (more of those coming up soon!), I’ve been meaning to check out the same thing without the time element - a KML file where routes only display as you hover the mouse over various airports. Essentially a Google Earth, 3D equivalent of those interactive flight maps you see on airlines’ websites.
As [...]
A couple of updates to my recent Google Earth GPS-satellite visibility animation:
Firstly, you can now change the viewing location to anywhere on Earth. To do this, right click on the Location folder (with the blue dot) in the side panel and select Refresh. The animation will then centre on the current view.
Secondly, the visualization displays a Screen [...]
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