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IrelandYellow plane icons thin out over U.S. in ground-stop timelapse
The Canadian Press shares an Associated Press air-traffic map that makes the nationwide disruption visible without a word of narration.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 510,227 views a day, 3402 times a normal first day on this channel (150).
Timelapse illustrates how US airspace cleared during nationwide ground stop
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Aircraft already in flight continue across the map, but the dense covering of yellow plane icons gradually gives way to open space. By the end, only scattered flights remain over the continental United States.
The Canadian Press's brief timelapse uses Flightradar24 air-traffic imagery to show the effect of the nationwide ground stop. There is no presenter, interview or spoken explanation: the changing map carries the report.
The Short reached roughly 450,000 views in 18 hours, far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for that format. It is Associated Press footage posted by The Canadian Press, rather than a visualization made by the Canadian agency.
The accompanying description reports thousands of flight cancellations as airlines worked through the disruption, with stranded passengers and sports teams seeking alternative transportation.
A separate AP report on the channel covers the passenger fallout and the resumption of departures after the stop was lifted. That upload is also drawing an unusually large audience, pairing the timelapse's continental view with the practical consequences on the ground.
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- Channel
- The Canadian Press
- Subscribers
- 179,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,283,856
- Channel views, pace per day
- 376,927 (on a normal day: 275,921)
- Video published
- November 14, 2026
- Video views so far
- 452,770 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 510,227
The numbers
The timelapse is drawing an audience far beyond the usual first-day reach of The Canadian Press's Shorts. Its passenger-disruption report is also well above that norm.
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Which news agency supplied the footage shown in this timelapse?
The video carries Associated Press branding, and The Canadian Press credits AP in its description.