Fantastic time-lapse video showing air traffic over the UK

Following the success of the awesome European air traffic time-lapse video they released last spring, NATS, the organization that controls air traffic in the United Kingdom, has done it again.

This time is a spectacular time-lapse of air traffic over the British isles, including commercial, general aviation and military traffic.

Simply amazing! Watch it and think about it next time you are up in the air!

Following the success of our two data visualisations – Europe 24 and North Atlantic Skies – we’ve taken a lot of time to think about where to go next - it’s been a typical case of ‘difficult second album syndrome’. Both Europe 24 and North Atlantic Skies were designed to give an overview of the daily complexity and volumes of air traffic across the UK and Europe and to do so in a way that was cinematic and exciting to watch. I think we were able to do that to great effect, but we now want to take you a little deeper. We are therefore very excited to publish UK 24 – your guided tour to some of what makes UK aviation work. Find out more on our blog at: http://nats.aero/blog/2014/11/take-guided-tour-uk-skies/