How many commercial jets are in the air...?

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How many commercial jets are in the air...?

at any given time around the earths skies? At what distance must they remain from each other in their sky-lanes? Vertically and horizontally?

2006-10-30 06:35:03 · 2 answers · asked by flyingdebris1 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft

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In the U.S. in the En Route environment, the separation standards are 1,000ft vertically, and 5 miles laterally. There are exceptions to this, (i.e. Non-RVSM) but I'd be typing a full length novel to explain it.

2006-10-30 09:18:51 · answer #1 · answered by Lew W 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Not sure of the exact number of commercial jets in the sky, but if you go to:
http://flightaware.com/
they track the flights in the air throughout U.S. for example they show 4821 flights that they are currently tracking today.

2006-10-30 14:52:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋