Planes used to be the only aircraft crisscrossing the sky. Now there are drones, more frequent rocket ships and — soon — flying taxis, elbowing their way into the National Airspace System.
Why it matters: Managing the congestion up above is becoming an urgent mission for America's traffic cops in the sky. While the Federal Aviation Administration has a stellar safety record when it comes to commercial aviation, its challenge is infinitely more complex today.
State of play: The FAA manages about 45,000 flights per day, including commercial airlines, cargo carriers and private planes.
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Why it matters: Managing the congestion up above is becoming an urgent mission for America's traffic cops in the sky. While the Federal Aviation Administration has a stellar safety record when it comes to commercial aviation, its challenge is infinitely more complex today.
State of play: The FAA manages about 45,000 flights per day, including commercial airlines, cargo carriers and private planes.
- At peak moments on any given day, it could be handling as many as 5,400 flights at once, an agency spokesman tells Axios.
- It's fascinating to watch these flight patterns in real time on sites like flightaware.com or flightradar24.com.
- But that's just the beginning.
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