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This Map Finds Cities Everyone Can Fly To

Over the years there have been many attempts to create interactive maps that help friends discover the best place to meet - somewhere roughly equidistant from all their starting points. Tools like Whatshalfway have become popular for exactly this reason, offering a simple way to find a convenient halfway location. These tools work well if you’re walking, cycling or driving. But they quickly fall down when distances become too large. If you and your friends are spread across countries - or continents - then meeting in the middle isn’t about geography, it’s about flight routes. That’s where Midway comes in. Mapping the World Through Direct Flights At its core, Midway is an interactive map built around global flight connections. Instead of starting with a destination, you begin with departure cities. Enter two or more locations, and Midway visualizes all the places that can be reached by direct flights from each of them. The result is a map that flips the usual travel-planning logic on...

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