The spectacular map that shows the flight madness in the United States after Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is the most important holiday in the United States. All families get together on the fourth Thursday in November, and the entire weekend is a crazy movement between cities.

The FlightRadar24 website, famous for its real-time monitoring of air traffic around the world, has shared on its Twitter account a spectacular map showing the movement of planes last Sunday, when most people returned to their homes. cities of residence after spending Thanksgiving with their families.

As reported by the Daily Mail, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) confirmed that last Sunday a passenger record was broken in the country.

Specifically, 2.9 million people took a plane, surpassing the previous record of 2.88 million, set on June 30. It is also a 10% increase compared to the Sunday after Thanksgiving in 2022.

But despite the enormous traffic, it was a quiet day. Only 55 flights within, within or outside the United States were canceled, according to FlightAware, a tracking service.. That is 0.11% of the 51,332 flights that operated. Of course, almost 8,000 flights were delayed, including several hundred that were affected by snow in Denver and Chicago.

Airplane pilot Chris Pohl, in a post about the record on Instagram, revealed more statistics: there were 56.2 people per flight, 2,003 people tested per minute (120,199 per hour), 35 flights taking off per minute (one every 1.7 seconds) and zero accidents.