{"zones":[{"name":"Bahraini Airspace Advisory","status":"active","sources":["https://safeairspace.net/bahrain/"],"severity":"critical","url":"https://flightdetour.com/disruption/bahrain-airspace-advisory","summary":"Airlines are told to avoid Bahrain's airspace at every altitude until at least 31 August 2026. The airspace is open and flights are running.","slug":"bahrain-airspace-advisory","last_changed_at":"2026-08-14T18:00:00Z","last_checked_at":"2026-08-16T06:00:11Z","consecutive_check_failures":0,"last_updated_at":"2026-07-23T00:00:00Z","zone_type":"advisory","severity_source":{"name":"EASA CZIB-2026-07R1","valid_until":"2026-08-31","note":"European regulators told airlines on 14 July 2026 to stay out of this airspace at every altitude. The warning runs until 31 August 2026 unless it is renewed.","from_override":true},"affected_route_options":0},{"name":"Iranian Airspace Advisory","status":"active","sources":["https://safeairspace.net/iran/"],"severity":"critical","url":"https://flightdetour.com/disruption/iranian-airspace-advisory","summary":"Airlines are told to avoid Iranian airspace completely, at every altitude. Flights that used to cross Iran now go around it.","slug":"iranian-airspace-advisory","last_changed_at":"2026-08-13T12:00:01Z","last_checked_at":"2026-08-16T06:00:11Z","consecutive_check_failures":0,"last_updated_at":"2026-07-23T11:51:49Z","zone_type":"advisory","severity_source":{"name":"CZIB-2026-04","valid_until":null,"note":null,"from_override":false},"affected_route_options":75},{"name":"Kuwaiti Airspace Closure","status":"active","sources":["https://safeairspace.net/kuwait/"],"severity":"critical","url":"https://flightdetour.com/disruption/kuwait-airspace-advisory","summary":"Kuwait has closed its airspace to flights passing overhead since 18 July 2026, and airlines are told to avoid it at every altitude. Flights to and from Kuwait itself still operate.","slug":"kuwait-airspace-advisory","last_changed_at":"2026-08-14T18:00:03Z","last_checked_at":"2026-08-16T06:00:11Z","consecutive_check_failures":0,"last_updated_at":"2026-07-23T00:00:00Z","zone_type":"closed_airspace","severity_source":{"name":"EASA CZIB-2026-07R1","valid_until":"2026-08-31","note":"European regulators told airlines on 14 July 2026 to stay out of this airspace at every altitude. The warning runs until 31 August 2026 unless it is renewed.","from_override":true},"affected_route_options":0},{"name":"Lebanese Airspace Advisory","status":"active","sources":["https://safeairspace.net/lebanon/"],"severity":"critical","url":"https://flightdetour.com/disruption/lebanon-airspace-advisory","summary":"Airlines are told not to fly over Lebanon at any altitude.","slug":"lebanon-airspace-advisory","last_changed_at":"2026-08-13T12:00:04Z","last_checked_at":"2026-08-16T06:00:11Z","consecutive_check_failures":0,"last_updated_at":"2026-07-14T00:00:00Z","zone_type":"advisory","severity_source":{"name":"CZIB-2026-06","valid_until":null,"note":null,"from_override":false},"affected_route_options":0},{"name":"Qatari Airspace Advisory","status":"active","sources":["https://safeairspace.net/qatar/"],"severity":"critical","url":"https://flightdetour.com/disruption/qatar-airspace-advisory","summary":"Airlines are told to avoid Qatar's airspace at every altitude until at least 31 August 2026. The airspace itself is open and flights are running.","slug":"qatar-airspace-advisory","last_changed_at":"2026-08-14T18:00:05Z","last_checked_at":"2026-08-16T06:00:11Z","consecutive_check_failures":0,"last_updated_at":"2026-07-23T00:00:00Z","zone_type":"advisory","severity_source":{"name":"EASA CZIB-2026-07R1","valid_until":"2026-08-31","note":"European regulators told airlines on 14 July 2026 to stay out of this airspace at every altitude. The warning runs until 31 August 2026 unless it is renewed.","from_override":true},"affected_route_options":92},{"name":"Russian Airspace Closure","status":"active","sources":["https://safeairspace.net/russia/"],"severity":"critical","url":"https://flightdetour.com/disruption/russian-airspace-closure","summary":"Russian airspace closed to all Western and most Asian carriers since February 2022. The single largest structural disruption to Europe–Asia aviation in decades.","slug":"russian-airspace-closure","last_changed_at":"2026-08-13T12:00:06Z","last_checked_at":"2026-08-16T06:00:11Z","consecutive_check_failures":0,"last_updated_at":"2026-03-28T10:00:00Z","zone_type":"closed_airspace","severity_source":{"name":"CZIB-2025-01-R3","valid_until":null,"note":null,"from_override":false},"affected_route_options":91},{"name":"Syrian Airspace Advisory","status":"active","sources":["https://safeairspace.net/syria/"],"severity":"critical","url":"https://flightdetour.com/disruption/syria-airspace-advisory","summary":"Airlines are told not to fly over Syria at any altitude. This warning has stood since 2017.","slug":"syria-airspace-advisory","last_changed_at":"2026-08-13T12:00:06Z","last_checked_at":"2026-08-16T06:00:11Z","consecutive_check_failures":0,"last_updated_at":"2026-07-14T00:00:00Z","zone_type":"advisory","severity_source":{"name":"CZIB-2017-03","valid_until":null,"note":null,"from_override":false},"affected_route_options":0},{"name":"Ukraine Conflict Zone","status":"active","sources":["https://safeairspace.net/ukraine/"],"severity":"critical","url":"https://flightdetour.com/disruption/ukraine-conflict-zone","summary":"Active conflict. Ukrainian and Belarusian airspace fully closed to commercial aviation. All carriers avoid this region without exception.","slug":"ukraine-conflict-zone","last_changed_at":"2026-08-13T12:00:07Z","last_checked_at":"2026-08-16T06:00:11Z","consecutive_check_failures":0,"last_updated_at":"2026-03-28T10:00:00Z","zone_type":"conflict","severity_source":{"name":"CZIB-2022-01","valid_until":null,"note":null,"from_override":false},"affected_route_options":209},{"name":"United Arab Emirates Airspace Advisory","status":"active","sources":["https://safeairspace.net/united-arab-emirates/"],"severity":"critical","url":"https://flightdetour.com/disruption/uae-airspace-advisory","summary":"Airlines are told to avoid the airspace over the United Arab Emirates at every altitude until at least 31 August 2026. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are open and flights are running.","slug":"uae-airspace-advisory","last_changed_at":"2026-08-13T12:00:08Z","last_checked_at":"2026-08-16T06:00:11Z","consecutive_check_failures":0,"last_updated_at":"2026-07-23T00:00:00Z","zone_type":"advisory","severity_source":{"name":"EASA CZIB-2026-07R1","valid_until":"2026-08-31","note":"European regulators told airlines on 14 July 2026 to stay out of this airspace at every altitude. The warning runs until 31 August 2026 unless it is renewed.","from_override":true},"affected_route_options":251},{"name":"Iraqi Airspace Advisory","status":"active","sources":["https://safeairspace.net/iraq/"],"severity":"high","url":"https://flightdetour.com/disruption/iraq-airspace-advisory","summary":"Airlines are told to avoid Iraqi airspace. Some countries allow their airlines to cross it high up, but the official advice is to stay out.","slug":"iraq-airspace-advisory","last_changed_at":"2026-08-13T12:00:02Z","last_checked_at":"2026-08-16T06:00:11Z","consecutive_check_failures":0,"last_updated_at":"2026-07-14T00:00:00Z","zone_type":"advisory","severity_source":{"name":"CZIB-2026-05","valid_until":null,"note":null,"from_override":false},"affected_route_options":15},{"name":"Middle East Caution Zone","status":"active","sources":["https://safeairspace.net/israel/"],"severity":"high","url":"https://flightdetour.com/disruption/middle-east-advisory","summary":"Airlines are told to take extra care flying over Israel, Jordan, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The airports are open and flights are running normally.","slug":"middle-east-advisory","last_changed_at":"2026-08-13T12:00:02Z","last_checked_at":"2026-08-16T06:00:11Z","consecutive_check_failures":0,"last_updated_at":"2026-07-25T08:23:08Z","zone_type":"advisory","severity_source":{"name":"safeairspace.net","valid_until":null,"note":null,"from_override":false},"affected_route_options":183},{"name":"Central Asian Corridor (Congestion)","status":"monitoring","sources":[],"severity":"moderate","url":"https://flightdetour.com/disruption/central-asian-corridor","summary":"The Central Asian corridor (primarily Kazakh, Uzbek, and Tajik airspace) now handles traffic volumes far above its pre-2022 design capacity. Periodic flow restrictions cause delays and occasional rerouting.","slug":"central-asian-corridor","last_changed_at":null,"last_checked_at":null,"consecutive_check_failures":0,"last_updated_at":"2026-03-27T10:00:00Z","zone_type":"congestion","severity_source":{"name":"Eurocontrol CFA","valid_until":null,"note":null,"from_override":false},"affected_route_options":91}],"coverage":{"detour_index":{"pct":12.7,"basis":"Mean extra distance flown over the great circle. Each city pair counts once; a pair's figure is the mean of its own route options.","city_pairs":309,"route_options":784},"active_route_options":784},"generated_at":"2026-08-16T11:52:19Z","license":{"name":"CC BY 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"FlightDetour — https://flightdetour.com"},"site":{"url":"https://flightdetour.com","airspace":"https://flightdetour.com/airspace","methodology":"https://flightdetour.com/how-it-works","this_week":"https://flightdetour.com/airspace/this-week"}}