AIR PICTURE — CHAGRIN FALLS, OH — 2026-07-11
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Unusually quiet. Traffic running 84% below the 7-day average, with 164 contacts logged against a baseline of 1,044. Skies were not exactly crowded today.
NOTABLE TRAFFIC
N903TF [AC7C00] — Business jet or military equivalent transiting at 47,000 ft, 442 kts, heading 244°. Operating above the standard commercial ceiling. No drama, just altitude.
N550DA [A6FFB7] — Second contact above 45,000 ft today. Same story: high, fast, and not explaining itself to anyone.
VJA501 [A63F8B] — Cruising at 45,000 ft, 528 kts, heading 76°. Right at the commercial ceiling. Ambitious.
JBU994 [A35592] — JetBlue punching at 547 kts, 37,000 ft, heading 81°. Fastest of the named commercial contacts today.
N979CC [ADA549] — The only low-and-slow contact worth noting: 2,525 ft, 100 kts, heading 221°. Somebody's out for a leisurely afternoon flight while everyone else is doing 500 knots.
AMX025 [AD6B0E] — Aeromexico at 36,975 ft, 553 kts, heading 59°. International flavor overhead.
ANOMALIES
Unidentified high-altitude contacts: Eighteen separate Mode S transponders transmitted no callsign while cruising between 20,800 and 37,000 ft. They are squawking codes; they are simply not introducing themselves. Notable among these: A33EF5 at 37,000 ft and A362B2 at 36,000 ft.
VTM356 [0D0B20] — ICAO hex falls outside all known national allocation blocks. Unknown origin. Unknown operator. Heading 60° at 28,000 ft, 477 kts. It's probably fine.
Canadian registrations: Three Canadian-registered contacts observed — JZA502 [C035BF], ACA7334 [C03CF1], and one anonymous C04413 at 36,000 ft with no callsign. Our neighbors to the north are here.
Foreign registration, no callsign: C00B80 — Canadian-registered, 7,575 ft, no callsign broadcast. Low and quiet.
PATTERN NOTES
Today's traffic deficit is significant. Approximately 50 previously regular flights failed to appear, spanning United, Delta, Southwest, American, Republic, SkyWest, JetBlue, Alaska, and Endeavor Air. Regulars DAL1243, UAL1345, SWA2801, and RPA4737 were among the most repeatedly expected and repeatedly absent. No single carrier appears more affected than others — this looks systemic, not carrier-specific. Cause unknown from air picture data alone.
The westbound corridor remains the dominant flow for identified commercial traffic.
END OF DAILY AIR PICTURE