Trajectories

The Trajectories sample illustrates the use of the trajectory painter. Flight trajectories are dynamically animated over time, or can be filtered based on attribute information. Density styling is automatically applied. All calculations are performed client side.

Air traffic analysis with LuciadRIA 3D

The data was kindly provided by Flightradar24 , recorded from 10 a.m., January 13, 2015, to 10 a.m., January 14, 2015 (GMT). It includes:

40,000 flight trajectories
1,500,000 recorded positions

Terrain data and imagery is served by LuciadFusion , Hexagon's image and vector tiling solution. The data is most detailed in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

What you can do

Use the free text search field to filter on any airport or airline.
Drag the time indicator to manually set the time. Use mouse wheel or pinch over the indicator to change replay speed.
Change the replay speed using the mouse wheel or pinch over the indicator.
"Airspaces" button displays a selection of 1,200 controlled airspaces in the United States.

Where you can go

Go to any airport by typing its name in the search field, or use the bookmark buttons.
Filter on Heathrow and zoom in to see the holding patterns. Observe how air traffic ends around midnight.
Filter on Los Angeles or San Francisco : notice that most flight are domestic. Zoom in in 2D to see that flight paths align perfectly with the runways.
Filter on Lufthansa or All Nippon Airways : see their home airports and destinations.

See TrajectoryPainter for details on how to style trajectories.