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    Map of the world traced by airports

    July 18, 2013
    WASHINGTON, July 2013. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) unveiled a map of the world traced by airports, runways, and helicopter pads created by Astronomy Ph.D. Candidate James Davenport.
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    WASHINGTON, July 2013. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) unveiled a map of the world traced by airports, runways, and helicopter pads created by Astronomy Ph.D. Candidate James Davenport.

    The map used a total of 45,132 runways to fill in the world.

    Information and image courtesy Federal Aviation Administration, OurAirports.com, and James Davenport.

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