# SafeRoutes.online

> SafeRoutes.online is a free, real-time tool that helps travelers find safe flight routes that avoid war zones, conflict areas, and disrupted airspace. It combines government travel advisories, live conflict tracking, and intelligent route planning.

## What This Site Does

SafeRoutes.online solves a critical problem during global conflicts: finding flight routes that don't transit through dangerous countries. When wars disrupt normal flight paths (like the Iran-Israel conflict affecting Middle East hubs), travelers need alternatives.

### Core Features
- Real-time country safety map (Level 1-4) from US State Dept + UK FCDO
- Safe flight route finder across 67,000+ airline routes and 3,400+ airports
- Live flight tracking via OpenSky Network
- Airport disruption status for 4,500+ airports
- Conflict event markers from GDELT (last 72 hours)
- Trip.com booking links for every safe route found

### How Route Finding Works
1. User enters origin and destination airports
2. System builds a graph of all known airline connections
3. BFS pathfinding finds routes with up to 2 transit stops
4. Routes transiting through Level 3+ countries are filtered out
5. Safe alternatives are shown with booking links

## Data Sources
- US State Department Travel Advisories (cadataapi.state.gov) — 159 countries
- UK FCDO Foreign Travel Advice (gov.uk API) — 157 countries
- GDELT Global Conflict Database — real-time, every 15 minutes
- OpenSky Network — live flight positions
- OurAirports — 4,500+ airports worldwide
- OpenFlights — 67,000+ airline routes

## Current Conflict Coverage
- Iran-Israel/US conflict (Gulf region flight disruptions)
- Russia-Ukraine war (Eastern Europe airspace closures)
- Sudan civil war (East Africa routing)
- Sahel conflicts (West Africa — Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger)
- Myanmar civil war (Southeast Asia)
- Syria, Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan

## Example Queries This Site Answers
- "What are safe flight routes from Chennai to Berlin avoiding the Middle East?"
- "Is it safe to fly through Dubai right now?"
- "Which countries have Level 4 Do Not Travel advisories?"
- "What airports are disrupted due to the Iran conflict?"
- "Alternative flights to Europe avoiding Qatar and UAE"

## Docs
- [Full LLM context](/llms-full.txt): Comprehensive structured data for AI systems
- [Safety data API](/api/safety): JSON endpoint with current country safety levels