airport operations.
The Atlantic Has a “Traffic Pattern”
The North Atlantic is one of the world’s busiest long-distance aviation corridors.
Because so many aircraft use the same general region, flights don’t simply scatter randomly across the ocean. Airlines and air-traffic controllers organize traffic into routes known as North Atlantic Tracks, or NAT tracks.
These routes are adjusted according to factors such as weather, winds, and traffic demand.
And here’s the fascinating part:
The main traffic flow changes depending on the time of day.
Flights heading east from North America toward
