How pilots navigate the invisible highways above the North Atlantic
In the vast stretches of the North Atlantic, radar coverage disappears. Discover how aircraft avoid chaos by following a structured system of daily tracks that function as a celestial highway network.
Navigating the ocean is fundamentally different from flying over land. Because there is no radar coverage over the North Atlantic, pilots cannot rely on traditional ground-based monitoring. Instead, they utilize a set of daily tracks that serve as a predefined system of airways, effectively creating a highway in the sky to manage traffic safely.
Source: The Plane Highway in the Sky
