Posted on 01/19/2013 4:15:23 PM PST by NoGrayZone
Question....why would an airport redirect it's flights? I am a smoker and live in a smoke free apt. So I go outside to smoke my butt.
I noticed tonight, just this past 20 minutes ALL flights have been flying over our home.
They were so low, which is why I noticed the 1st one. Then 3 more came. I stayed after I finished my butt to see how many came over.
It was constant. I have lived here over 7 years and have never seen such a thing. Is it normal for airports to "reroute" their planes in such a way?
These planes are SO low. I have NEVER seen such a thing since I have lived here.
Yes I'm logged in and yes I am wearing my tinfoil hat.
I am just looking for an explanation as to why an airport would redirect all their planes this way.
I live about 15 miles almost due north of a decent sized airport with regularly scheduled passenger jet service. I don’t ever hear them unless there’s bad weather or turbulence. The landing pattern gets changed and they descend overhead at those times. Otherwise, I’d never know it’s there as far as jet noise.
Better to hear descent than takeoff, though. When I first came to the area, I flew out for business several times a week and rented an apartment near that same airport for convenience. Those turbines spooling up could rattle the windows at times, but after a few months it didn’t really even register anymore, just normal background noise.
All air traffic divert to Chicago.
WOW! That was so COOL!
I am sure glad I am not in charge of THAT!
I think I’ll stick to playing Bass! LOL!
Washington area military fields aren’t on here.
Lots of reasons, a bunch. The fact many planes are doing it and not just one would just mean ATC/approach has determined it’s the way to go. You may never know. Doesn’t mean it’s a malicious sign.
As others have stated, the most likely reason would be a change in the prevailing wind. However, occasionally airspace is restricted for some reason; examples include VIPs in the area, or even major events such as the Academy Awards. Noise abatement might be another - for example, some outdoor concert, such as at the Hollywood Bowl.
Ok, here it is. Where do you live in NY ?
I’m in North Jersey. There are strong westerlies.
There is nothing in the Newark traffic pattern that I see when they land normally (North or South).
They’ve undoubtedly switched to landing all traffic to the West on the crosswind runway at Newark.
What airport?
Final approach would basically go right over the southern tip of Manhattan, after coming in from Queens or Long Island Sound... somehow.
I don’t know exactly how, not being a pilot (just flew with my father as a kid), because... La Guardia is right in that area and I don’t know how they keep those patterns separated when they shift Newark to landing to the West (towards New Jersey).
Usually Newark is landing to the South. They come in via upper Passaic county, sort of follow Route 208 south on what would be a “base leg”, and turn on Final approach about over Hackensack for final descent to the runway.
If the wind shifts to come out of the North, traffic is diverted straight south, running from it’s entry into the pattern up in North Jersey, down to the New Brunswick area, where it turns on final approach and lands to the north.
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You can track specific aircraft (if you know the registration number) and watch air traffic at specific airports. Also, you an learn about a specific airport by using the information tabs on the airport screen. For a real treat, watch the flight traffic for an airport while listening to the radio communications for that airport on Live ATC.
Perhaps your town has become famous for it’s BBQ?
The usual reasons for changing traffic and runways are weather and maintenance related. Wind direction, runway visibility, and other factors dictate the safest departure and approach routes.
Very cool tracking site. Thanks.
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I live in the Chicagoland area, with one major airport on the north side of Chicago (O’Hare), and a smaller but nonetheless busy airport (Midway) on the south side of the city. I live in the western suburbs of Chicago. Upon occasion, the traffic heading for O’Hare Airport goes over my Village. It’s arbitrary. I was once told it is because they rotate the flight patterns so as to share the wealth, so to speak, of the air traffic noise amongst all of the Chicagoland area rather than just the same route over certain towns all the time. Spreading the noise misery, as it were.
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