[resizeitplz]

Except they aren't evenly distributed. Stargazing skews to nighttime hours while air traffic skews to daytime hours. Not to mention coastal vs inland densities.

That is an interesting comparison though! And it'd be cool to compare with more nuanced assumptions - maybe even factor in how contrails affect things in addition to the 1:1 satellite:plane maths.

[closetohome]

Also most airliners follow fairly standard routes between cities. Starlink satellites, by nature, have to be evenly distributed.

Each one is also visible from a larger patch of ground because it's 300 miles farther away than a plane.