Five design directions

Pick the lens. Each link below opens a placeholder for one of five distinct approaches to the flight reference site described in EXPLORATION.md. None are built yet — these are stake-in-the-ground previews to compare voice, density, and visual direction before committing.

• 01 Encyclopedia The Wikipedia of routes A dense, fact-driven reference. One canonical page per route, airport, airline, and aircraft, populated from BTS, OurAirports, and OpenFlights. Serif type, calm palette, footnotes everywhere.
• 02 Magazine Editorial first, data in the margins Long-form travel guides photograph the destinations and let the data sit in pull-out sidebars. Wide hero images, generous line-height, byline-driven trust. Built for share-worthy guides over thin templates.
• 03 Atlas Pure data, monospaced A minimalist data dashboard for power users. Charts of on-time performance, fare history from BTS DB1B, and route maps render as the page itself. Monochrome, monospaced, no chrome.
• 04 Toolbelt Tools, not articles The home page is a grid of interactive tools: carry-on size checker, baggage-fee comparator, EU261 / US DOT compensation checker, cheapest-day heatmap. Each tool has a shareable result URL that earns its own backlinks.
• 05 Console Power-user terminal aesthetic A keyboard-first interface that reads like a developer console. Slash-command search, terminal-green palette, dense tables. Built for the traveler who already knows IATA codes and wants every byte of signal with no fluff.