“Pumpkin Pie in Miami: Thanksgiving Flight Patterns”

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Happy Thanksgiving from the SONIC Lab!

How was your holiday travel? A recent New York Times article “Pumpkin Pie in Miami” shows flight pattern networks in the US over thanksgiving holiday, using search data from Google Flights revealing the movements of over 3.6 million Americans during the Thanksgiving holiday. The takeaway: Americans fly warm and late. An overwhelming number of travelers chose destinations like Miami or Las Vegas and flight volume peaked at noon on Thanksgiving Day!

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