A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to use after being closed due to volcanic ash. Due to varying ash density across Europe, the first flights can be seen in some areas on the 18th and by the 20th everywhere is open.

Airspace Rebooted from ItoWorld on Vimeo.

The flight data is courtesy of flightradar24.com and covers a large fraction of Europe. There are a few gaps (most noticeably France) and no coverage over the Atlantic, but the picture is still clear.

The map data is CC-by-SA openstreetmap.org and contributors.

The ash cloud from the vulcano near Eyjafjallajokull is still causing trouble.

Eurocontrol still keeps the european airspace closed because of safety reasons and thousands of people are stranded at airports all over Europe.

A computer model shows how the ash cloud will spread in Europe and most intercontinental flights to the US & Canada are still not possible.

The volcano eruption at Eyjafjallajokull still blocks European airspace.

This is a special and unique situation never seen before in the history of civil aviation.

More info can be found here  

The volcano eruption at Eyjafjallajokull now threatens European airspace with it’s ash

Pictures show what impact the ash could have

Eurocontrol already closed parts of the European airspace.(Norway, Sweden, UK) and Dutch and German airspace could follow.

Not sure what this could mean for us..