Every twelvemonth millions of Muslims around the the world wing to Mecca to perform the Hajj. The Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. It is something that every Muslim must produce at to the lowest degree i time inwards their lifetime, if they are capable.
Flying to Hajj is an interactive storey map yesteryear Al Jazeera which visualizes as well as explores the 16,888 flights made to Mecca during this annual pilgrimage to Mecca. The map shows the thousands of flights from all around the the world which converge on Mecca during the Hajj.
To accomplish Mecca pilgrims wing to Jeddah, the nearest aerodrome which is fourscore km from Mecca. Alternatively pilgrims wing to Medina to view the Prophet's mosque at al-Masjid an-Nabawi, earlier hence completing the 450 km trip southward to Mecca. The Flying to Hajj map visualizes over x 1000000 private GPS co-ordinates from all inbound flights to Jeddah as well as Medina over the Hajj period. On the map y'all tin thought the tracks of private planes arriving from all around the the world every bit they approach as well as dry reason at Jeddah as well as Medina.
The province amongst the well-nigh flights to Jeddah as well as Medina during the Hajj was Egypt, amongst 1,618 flights. The UAE, Pakistan, Turkey as well as India, inwards that order, sent the side yesteryear side well-nigh flights to Mecca. The overstep 3 airlines (by unwrap of flights) were Saudia, Turkish Airlines as well as EgyptAir. In social club to avoid overcrowding the Saudi authorities truly allocates the unwrap of visitors permitted from each country. This unwrap is generally determined yesteryear the unwrap of Muslims inwards each country.
