The drop
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Press drop to fall through the sky at a random spot on Earth.
Could you hit a plane falling from 50,000 feet?
About 9,000 to 24,000 planes are in the air at any moment, and almost all of them fly below 45,000 feet. Fall from 50,000 feet at a random spot on Earth and you pass every one of their altitudes. How close do you come?
How it works
- The planes are a real moment of air traffic: every aircraft OpenSky Network was tracking at one moment, with its position, altitude, speed and heading.
- You drop at a random point on Earth and fall at a skydiver's real speed, faster in the thin air up high (about 3 minutes to the ground). The planes keep flying while you fall.
- As you pass each plane's altitude, the game measures how far away it is. A hit means you land inside its outline, wings and tail included.
Drops
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Your closest
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Plane positions: OpenSky Network. Types: OpenSky aircraft database. Outlines from each type's wingspan, length and wing area. A hit is about 1 in 90 million.