NATS have produced a beautiful timelapse video which shows the constant flow of air traffic over Britain’s skies.

The video shows a typical day of air traffic in the skies over the UK, with around 7,000 flights taking off and landing at the various airports and airfields up and down the country.

The day starts with the bow wave of transatlantic traffic heading towards the UK on their organised and separated tracks. This is quickly joined by traffic from Europe and the first waves of departures from UK airports. Over a short period of time the traffic levels grow to show the main trunk roads of airspace as well as the hubs around London, Manchester and central Scotland.

The video then moves to show the holding stacks of flights over London before taking a tour around the UK, including some smaller airports and examples of military training flight paths off the east coast of England.