Military & Airspace
Military & Airspace is a data page on the Global Intelligence desk of Glassbox Auditing. Military bases, nuclear sites, live military aircraft and vessels, airspace closures and GPS jamming, with State Department travel advisories and chokepoint traffic. Closed airspace and naval build-ups near shipping lanes add cost and risk to flights, shipping and insurance even where no fighting has started.
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What is on this page today?
- Military aircraft broadcasting their position: 24, -10 on a day earlier — those transmitting ADS-B; many military flights do not (Aircraft ADS-B broadcasts, 8 Nov 2026)
- Map cells where 10% or more of aircraft reported GPS interference: 808, -19 on a day earlier — gpsjam.org's daily map for the day before; each cell is an H3 hexagon (gpsjam.org (aircraft ADS-B navigation reports), 8 Nov 2026)
- Military or patrol vessels broadcasting their position: 236, +14 on a day earlier — those transmitting AIS within the receivers' reach (Ships' AIS broadcasts, 8 Nov 2026)
- FAA flight restrictions in effect: 47, -1 on a day earlier — 4 US airports with delays or stops; 47 flight restrictions (FAA, 8 Nov 2026)
- 24 places carry the State Department's Do Not Travel advisory — including Iran, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq · 27 more at level 3, Reconsider Travel (US State Department, 8 Nov 2026)
- Kenya: State Department travel advisory raised from level 2 to level 3 — Level 3, Reconsider Travel (was level 2, Exercise Increased Caution); first logged at the new level on this date (U.S. Department of State, 20 Oct 2026)
- Tanzania: State Department travel advisory lowered from level 3 to level 2 — Level 2, Exercise Increased Caution (was level 3, Reconsider Travel); first logged at the new level on this date (U.S. Department of State, 16 Oct 2026)
Where does the data come from?
Items on this page come from Aircraft ADS-B broadcasts; gpsjam.org (aircraft ADS-B navigation reports); Ships' AIS broadcasts; FAA; US State Department; U.S. Department of State. Each item links to its own source. All sources, how items are checked.
What does this page lead to?
- Flights (Travel): Closed airspace over Russia, Ukraine or parts of the Middle East forces longer routes that burn more fuel and time, which adds to carriers' costs and fares on affected routes. (moves the same way; days; sector scale) Source: Yahoo Finance, U.S. Global Jets ETF (JETS).
- Budget & Spending (Macro): Defense is the largest part of discretionary federal spending; operations abroad and aid packages add to it through supplemental appropriations. (moves the same way; months; economy scale) Source: U.S. Treasury, Monthly Treasury Statement.
- Oil Stress (Macro): Naval build-ups and GPS jamming around Hormuz and the Red Sea raise the risk and war-risk insurance cost of a passage, and some tankers wait or reroute, which the oil stress reading counts. (moves the same way; days; global scale) Source: IMF PortWatch, daily chokepoint transits (satellite AIS).
- Federal Contractors (People & Money): Deployments and wars draw down munitions and equipment, and the Pentagon's replacement orders go to the prime contractors listed in federal awards. (moves the same way; months to years; sector scale) Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury): federal contracts, grants and loans by recipient.
What feeds this page?
- Organized Violence (Global Intelligence): Active wars close the airspace over them to civil flights, as over Ukraine since February 2022, and draw military aircraft that the open ADS-B feeds record whenever their transponders are on. (moves the same way; days; global scale) Source: adsb.lol open ADS-B data (military aircraft list).