The world’s most and least turbulent countries so far in 2024 have been revealed – and it’s Bhutan where planes have experienced the most rough air, with Antarctica ranking as the least turbulent area in 172nd place.
Just above Antarctica comes Svalbard (171st), Russia (170th), Greenland (169th) and Canada (169th).
The UK ranks 150th and the USA 68th, with Australia in 64th.
The list has been drawn up by turbli.com, with the data relating to turbulence averages in January 2024.
Turbli assigned the rankings using the same data sources that pilots and airlines use to plan their flights, ‘data that comes from advanced weather models developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the MetOffice’.
The world’s most and least turbulent countries so far in 2024 have been revealed
Following Bhutan, the rest of the top 10 comprises Guinea-Bissau (second), Senegal (third), Cabo Verde (fourth), Nepal (fifth), Gabon (sixth), Guinea (seventh), Congo (eighth), Cameroon (ninth), and Sierra Leone (10th).
The most turbulent mainland European country of 2024 is Spain, which ranks 42nd.
As well as a ‘most turbulent country’ ranking, Turbli.com features an interactive map that forecasts turbulence levels for any given flight route.
The map, updated every six hours, offers forecasts for the current time, and three, six, nine or 12 hours into the future, across altitude levels between 4,200m (13,800ft) and 11,800m (38,700ft), which is a cruising altitude for many airliners.
Turbulence is marked in ‘heat map’ colour gradations that move from light blue to blue, and from orange to red.
Blue indicates light turbulence, with orange to red indicating moderate to strong or severe turbulence.
THE COUNTRIES WITH THE MOST AND LEAST TURBULENCE 2024
1 Bhutan (most turbulent)
2 Guinea-Bissau
3 Senegal
4 Cabo Verde
5 Nepal
6 Gabon
7 Guinea
8 Congo
9 Cameroon
10 Sierra Leone
11 Mauritania
12 Ghana
13 Western Sahara
14 Togo
15 Azores
16 Ivory Coast
17 Liberia
18 Ctr. African Rep.
19 Benin
20 Canary Islands
21 Mali
22 Mexico
23 Burkina Faso
24 Kenya
25 Morocco
26 Uganda
27 Nigeria
28 Saudi Arabia
29 Ethiopia
30 South Sudan
31 Chad
32 U. Arab Emirates
33 Sudan
34 Niger
35 Algeria
36 Congo (Dem. Rep.)
37 Pakistan
38 Tanzania
39 Eritrea
40 Egypt
41 Oman
42 Spain
43 Somalia
44 Iran
45 Hawaii
46 Japan
47 Libya
48 Tunisia
49 Burundi
50 Galapagos
51 Yemen
52 Djibouti
53 New Caledonia
54 India
55 Switzerland
56 Uruguay
57 Ecuador
58 Portugal
59 Taiwan
60 Afghanistan
61 Lesotho
62 French Guyana
63 North Macedonia
64 Australia
65 Italy
66 Jordan
67 Albania
68 United States
69 Angola
70 Bangladesh
71 Suriname
72 Guyana
73 Bosnia-Herzegovina
74 Myanmar
75 Kyrgyzstan
76 Austria
77 Botswana
78 Palau
79 Greece
80 Panama
81 Argentina
82 Colombia
83 Guatemala
84 Indonesia
85 Madagascar
86 South Africa
87 Croatia
88 Cuba
89 Tajikistan
90 Namibia
91 Maldives
92 Venezuela
93 Honduras
94 Bahamas
95 Slovenia
96 Costa Rica
97 Malaysia
98 Belize
99 Laos
100 Vietnam
101 French Polynesia
102 Malawi
103 Vanuatu
104 Nicaragua
105 Papua New Guinea
106 Chile
107 Slovakia
108 Armenia
109 Czechia
110 Serbia
111 Iraq
112 Zambia
113 New Zealand
114 Brazil
115 Fiji
116 South Korea
117 Bulgaria
118 Syria
119 Micronesia
120 China
121 Mozambique
122 Sri Lanka
123 France
124 Turkey
125 Jamaica
126 Philippines
127 Puerto Rico
128 Romania
129 Zimbabwe
130 Thailand
131 Georgia
132 Azerbaijan
133 Dominican Republic
134 Peru
135 Haiti
136 Hungary
137 Solomon Islands
138 Kerguelen Islands
139 Paraguay
140 Ireland
141 Marshall Islands
142 Cambodia
143 Germany
144 North Korea
145 Falkland Islands
146 Poland
147 Bolivia
148 Belgium
149 Mariana Islands
150 United Kingdom
151 Turkmenistan
152 Alaska
153 Moldova
154 Mongolia
155 Uzbekistan
156 Ukraine
157 Netherlands
158 Iceland
159 Belarus
160 Lithuania
161 Kazakhstan
162 Denmark
163 Latvia
164 Estonia
165 Norway
166 Sweden
167 Finland
168 Canada
169 Greenland
170 Russia
171 Svalbard
172 Antarctica (least turbulent)
Source: Turbli.com, using data for January 2024
It’s Bhutan where planes have experienced the most rough air in 2024
Nervous flyers now have a powerful tool to help make their next flight all the more enjoyable – an interactive map that forecasts turbulence levels for their route. The map covers the globe and comes courtesy of turbli.com, which explains that it uses the same data sources that pilots and airlines use to plan their flights
Turbli.com says that light turbulence equals a ‘smooth flight’; moderate bumps mean ‘difficulty in walking and with food services’; ‘strong’ results in ‘strong strains against seat belts’; and ‘severe’ turbulence results in ‘violent and sudden changes in altitude’.
Turbulence can also be defined as ‘extreme’, but here, an aircraft is ‘practically impossible to control’ and would be vanishingly rare. The kind pilots might never encounter in a career.
One of the most useful functions of the interactive map is that waypoints can be added.
Key in start and end points for a flight and a flightpath appears so users can see if it passes through any patches of turbulence. Click ‘get forecast’ and the site rustles up a turbulence graph for the trip.
Turbli.com also offers three static turbulence maps – for the world, the U.S and Europe.
These offer forecasts in three-hour steps to 24 hours into the future.
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Revealed: The countries where planes have encountered the most and least turbulence in 2024, with the USA outside the top 50 and the UK one of the BEST places for nervous flyers
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