Brissie_lions From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (13 years 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 37360 times:
Do you want the long or the short answer?
The long answer - it really would depend what time of the day it is in major geographical regions such as Europe, east coast US, what day of the week, what season (i.e. winter or summer). These are just a couple of factors one has to incorporate.
JetService From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 4798 posts, RR: 13 Reply 2, posted (13 years 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 37344 times:
I've heard the number (for USA only) is in the neighborhood of 12,000. I suspect that includes commercial, cargo, general, military, etc., and also is for peak time.
Stlbham From United States of America, joined May 1999, 443 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (13 years 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 37331 times:
I was with an airline buff over this past new years and we looked up how many planes were in the air at 11:00 pm on the 31st of dec (he has certain software that shows this) and there were a matter of only a few hundred which he said was extemely low for any time of the night or day.
Fidel castro From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (13 years 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 37316 times:
i heard some where, possibly the boeing factory tour that at any given time there is at least 60,000 people airborne over america at once, so how many planes there is i just don't know
Intermod From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (13 years 3 days ago) and read 37312 times:
Those who are really interested in this may want to check out Flight Explorer (http://www.flightexplorer.com). They offer a personal version of their aircraft situation display software, which allows you to view a customizable map showing every plane in the U.S. as well as most international flights coming to or from the U.S. that are over the Atlantic or Pacific. You can also add filters so that the program only displays planes that meet certain criteria. For instance, you could view only 777s travelling to or from JFK. It really is a neat program, but it isn't incredibly cheap (something like $10/month for 10 hours of use and $2-$3 for each additional hour).
BOS-CDG From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (13 years 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 37300 times:
Five years ago, more than 4,000 flights a day were controlled by En-route facility in Paris vicinity (Athis-Mons ATC centre). This number is for sure higher now....And that's only for flights flying over Paris...
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