I used FlightAware data to track every private jet movement in and out of Augusta Regional Airport (KAGS) and Daniel Field (KDNL) during the 2025 Masters Tournament (April 4–15).
Key stats:
- 3,856 flights from 1,211 unique aircraft
- Peak day was Friday April 11 with 772 flights — nearly one landing or takeoff every 2 minutes
- Practice round days (Apr 4–9): 945 flights. Tournament days (Apr 10–13): 2,243 flights
- The Thursday–Friday surge is corporate hospitality arriving; Sunday afternoon is the mass exodus
The visualization is an interactive 3D flight tracker built with deck.gl and MapLibre. You can play back the entire tournament week in fast-forward, scrub the timeline, and see each aircraft's path. It includes a Masters event timeline (practice rounds through final putt) so you can see how flight activity maps to the tournament schedule.
Interactive version: https://acejet.com/events/masters/flight-tracker/
Tools: Python, deck.gl, MapLibre GL, FlightAware data
by Recondo86