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Sep 06, 2013 (newstodate): The Reykjavik Oceanic and Area Control Center saw record breaking monthly traffic in August.
A total of 13,039 aircraft transited the area that is one of the largest and most remote in the world covering 5.4 million sq. km.
The Iceland Air Traffic Control Area ranges generally from the Greenwich meridian in the east to west of Greenland and from the North Pole to south of the Faroe Islands, close to Scotland, an area equivalent to most of the European land mass, excluding Russia.
The distance flown in the region by these aircraft amounts to a total of 18.6 million km, carrying up to an estimated 4 million passengers.
The earlier monthly record was set in July 2011 when 12,400 aircraft transited during that month.
This increase is the result of upper air wind conditions and air traffic hike on the North Atlantic and polar routes.
A total of 13,039 aircraft transited the area that is one of the largest and most remote in the world covering 5.4 million sq. km.
The Iceland Air Traffic Control Area ranges generally from the Greenwich meridian in the east to west of Greenland and from the North Pole to south of the Faroe Islands, close to Scotland, an area equivalent to most of the European land mass, excluding Russia.
The distance flown in the region by these aircraft amounts to a total of 18.6 million km, carrying up to an estimated 4 million passengers.
The earlier monthly record was set in July 2011 when 12,400 aircraft transited during that month.
This increase is the result of upper air wind conditions and air traffic hike on the North Atlantic and polar routes.