Watch: flights converge along total solar eclipse’s path of totality

Emily Rahhal
·1 min read

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Monday’s total solar eclipse drew tourists from all over the world into the path of totality, where day turned to night for up to four minutes and 27 seconds.

Nowhere is the travel more evident than in this video, generated by air traffic tracker Flightradar24, that shows the moment flights converged along the path of totality.

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The video shows flights darting around the country starting at 8 a.m. By 3 p.m., a clear line mimics the path of totality, which passed through 15 states between 1:40 p.m. and 3:32 p.m., according to NASA.

Then, the flights disperse, returning sun chasers all across the country, the video shows.

In New York, Buffalo was the most-booked spot to view the total solar eclipse, according to Airbnb. New York as a whole was one of the most-booked states in the country to view the celestial event.

Emily Rahhal is a digital reporter from Los Angeles who has covered local news for years. She has been with PIX11 since 2024. See more of her work here and follow her on Twitter.

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