Every time an airline takes delivery of a new long range jet, I catch myself asking the same question: where could they actually fly this thing? Route planners live in the world of aircraft range and great circle distance, but most of us only ever see a brochure number and a pretty marketing map. I wanted something in between, so I built the Flight Range Atlas.

Pick a departure airport, choose an aircraft, and the map draws the realistic reach right in front of you. It runs on great circle distance and trims the published range with a practical buffer, because no carrier dispatches a jet to its absolute maximum. Winds, payload, and reserve fuel all quietly eat into that spec sheet number.

How To Use It

Type an airport into the departure box, then choose an aircraft type. The dashed orange boundary shows how far that jet reaches with your chosen buffer, and every airport inside the ring lights up.…