coastline, and of course, what, generally about 14 miles of waterways along the coastline, which is, you know, u.s. territory before hitting international waters. a lot of the airplane activity is flying a along the coast. it s using that space to navigate. this is a really critical spot for the national airspace system, because as flights traverse north and south along the coast from florida up to large metro areas in the northeast, this is an area that s really critical for them. this is where a lot of those routes go through north and south that will be highly utilized. florida is a big destination for any airline. so this is going to have an impact beyond just these three airports. this will impact flights going up and down the coast. but this looks to me, and i m just looking at the depiction now, that this goes well beyond the borders of international
0 effort to take this balloon down, that would pose a risk to these airplanes down below. so we re seeing this sort of take place to make it so that the area below is clear and safe for this to possibly happen. we will see exactly when that takes place. we know from the ground stop that was published by the faa, that is in place until 2:45 eastern standard time, so another 45 minutes. and this is also impacting, you know, flights that are going into other places. so this might mean that commercial flights on the ground are being told to stay on the ground so the trickle effect, the trickle-down effect goes beyond this area. it s a huge area, but it goes well beyond that and it s including places that have commercial planes flying into the three airports impacted. let s zero in on that. a huge area, 20,000 square miles, and that includes the coastline, and of course, what, generally about 14 miles of waterways along the coastline, which is, you know, u.s. territory before hitting inte