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A day in the life (in under a minute): Time-Lapse video reveals the startling amount of planes crossing the Atlantic each day - with 2,464 flights between US and Europe. A video has shown the 2,464 airplanes that crossed the North Atlantic Ocean - in a 40-second snapshot. The clip, produced by Flightradar24, begins at 8pm Eastern Time and shows a large number of planes leaving the US for Europe. At that time, air traffic in Europe slows down, with fewer flights departing the continent.
This means that a traveller, moving at the speed of light, would circumnavigate the equator 7.5 times in one second. By comparison, a passenger in a jet aircraft, moving at a ground speed of 500 mph (800 km/hour), would cross the continental U.S. once in four hours. The latest study suggests that the speed of light may be slower, but further research needs to be done to understand exactly how the delay is over vast distances.