The Iowa exodus

Iowa is apparently still open for business, even though the business of politics is moving out.

Here’s a shot of air traffic out of Des Moines snapped on Tuesday morning. The blue planes are going to or from Des Moines. The green ones are just passing overhead.

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And here’s a shot at the same time (8:30 a.m.) on Friday morning, from the flight-tracking site Flight Aware.

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There are a few more planes leaving town today, but it’s not the mass exodus we’d see after a NASCAR race, for example. Two of the exiting aircraft above are private charters. Some reporters travel in style. According to Flight Aware, a New York Times-chartered 10-seat airplane (red hash in image above) left Des Moines at 8 Friday morning. Destination: Manchester, New Hampshire.

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