Every ADS-B-tracked flight visualized in this print, captured on a single day.

ATL logged 2,366 flights on May 15, 2025, split nearly evenly between 1,176 arrivals and 1,190 departures across 699 unique aircraft. Traffic ran continuously from midnight through 23:59 local time, averaging 98.6 flights per hour. The busiest hour was 17:00 EDT, with 158 total movements (73 arrivals, 85 departures). Activity built steadily through the morning, with the 06:00 hour seeing a sharp jump from overnight lows to 66 flights, and hourly totals holding above 120 from 08:00 through 23:00. The late evening skewed heavily toward departures: the 22:00 and 23:00 hours recorded 82 and 83 departures respectively, against only 18 and 4 arrivals. Orlando led all routes with 46 total movements (24 arrivals, 22 departures), followed by LaGuardia at 42 and Reagan National at 40. Chicago O'Hare, Dallas Fort Worth, Baltimore/Washington, and Tampa each recorded 37 movements. Approach and departure tracks both show the Northeast as the dominant corridor, accounting for 230 arriving and 227 departing tracks. SSE and WNW ranked second and third in both directions. The 99 ground operations and 666 US-registered aircraft (out of 699 total) round out the traffic composition. International registrations included 12 Canadian aircraft, three French, three British, and three South Korean, among others. Altitude data spans from surface level to a peak of 44,800 feet, with an average of 18,515 feet across all recorded positions. The 36,000-37,000 foot band saw the highest concentration of cruising-level ADS-B points at 66,942. A secondary cluster appeared in the 3,000-4,000 foot range (76,942 points), consistent with approach and departure traffic transiting the lower airspace around the field. Average leg distance was 640.2 nautical miles at an average groundspeed of 297 knots, with total distance across all flights reaching just over 1.5 million nautical miles.