UK Airspace and the Volcanic Ash Cloud - Data Mash-ups

At Fuse we are big fans of taking data and using it in interesting ways.  We have fond memories of the #uksnow twitter mashup and Will it Rain Today a useful real-time rain radar website.

Now we have a new one, Radar Virtuel, which has been brought to our attention after the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull Volcano in Iceland.

Radar Virtuel plots the positions of aircraft traffic in realtime across the UK, parts of the USA and Africa.  Clicking on an individual aircraft gives you the flight number, company, model of plane, speed and much more.  Filters can be applied to the data in order to, for example, show only RyanAir flights departing from Paris and travelling to London which are flying below 25,000ft.

Viewing the site today is particularly remarkable as you can see areas of UK airspace being closed as the ash cloud heads south across the country.