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FlightAware ‘Misery Map’ Tracks Travel Delays

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Key Takeaways:

  • A massive winter storm is significantly disrupting Thanksgiving travel for millions of Americans, causing airline flight delays and grounding many general aviation (GA) pilots.
  • For airline travelers, FlightAware.com's "Misery Map" offers a real-time visualization tool to track weather and flight delays at major airports.
  • General aviation pilots can find a relevant blog post by John Zimmerman of Sporty's Pilot Shop, which uses the current storm to create a fictional scenario for a GA pilot to practice go/no-go flight decisions.
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As 40 million Americans prepare to visit relatives and friends this Thanksgiving week, Mother Nature has decided to add a twist with a massive winter storm that is delaying airline flights and grounding many GA pilots.

To help travelers keep tabs on airline flight delays, FlightAware.com has created the Misery Map, a real-time weather and flight data visualization tool that overlays Nexrad radar imagery on a map of the country, with red-green graphs showing the pain at major airports. Hovering your mouse over any airport calls up more information that shows delays between various hubs.

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