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0 pointsjelliclesfarm5y ago0 comments

I finally shelled out the $ for the paid version of a flight radar app because I was curious. The friendly skies are mostly empty. 85ish% of all flights in and out of Bay Area is from/to China.

I always had the free version but the paid version will ping me every time a flight goes over me(my phone actually) and for a mere $6.99/month, I can find out the air traffic of the area. It’s an affordable hobby for covid. I highly recommend it.

I don’t know what it really means but just an observation.

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gene915y ago

You may be looking at freight flights. There are 8 (4 until recently) pairs of commercial passenger flights between US and mainland China per week. 2 of those starts/ends Bay Area.

jelliclesfarmOP5y ago

That’s what I thought too. The really tiny number of other flights illustrates how much air traffic has diminished. Fascinating.

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