Abstract: An approach is provided for visualizing risk levels associated with aerial vehicle flights. The approach, for example, involves determining a flight path for an aerial vehicle. The approach also involves calculating at least one risk area along the flight path based on risk-related data associated with the flight path (e.g., data on population density, electromagnetic fields, absence of location signals such as Global Positioning System (GPS) signals, weather, network coverage, aviation related data, etc.). The approach further involves generating a representation of the at least one risk area as a virtual obstacle object and rendering the virtual obstacle object in a user interface of a device in relation to the flight path.

Abstract: An approach is provided for computing a three-dimensional route (e.g., a flight path) based on risk-related data. The approach, for example, involves receiving an input specifying an origin, a destination, or a combination thereof for generating a three-dimensional route at a specified time. The approach also involves retrieving risk-related data for one or more candidate three-dimensional routes based on the origin, the destination, or a combination thereof. The risk-related data, for instance, indicates an occurrence of a safety risk to a vehicle (e.g., aerial vehicle) traveling the one or more candidate three-dimensional routes at the specified time. The approach further involves determining the three-dimensional route from the one or more candidate three-dimensional routes based on computing that the risk-related data for the determined three-dimensional route meets a risk threshold.