Irish flight path map?

chem

Is there anywhere on the net I can find a map of flight paths over Ireland?

paddydriver

This site is probably a good start:

http://www.radarvirtuel.com/

Although I know from sitting in the back garden on a clear morning the paths seem to be different all the time as some mornings the sky is full of vapour trails but others its empty;)

azzie

Here's another site
http://www.flightradar24.com/

EchoIndia

If you mean actual navigation charts have a look here:
http://www.iaa.ie/safe_reg/iaip/aip_directory.htm

En route traffic routes are in section ENR 6, while arrival and departure routes for individual airfields are in AD 2. Note that high-level overflying transatlantic traffic will normally be cleared directly from its entry point to the Shannon UIR to its exit point.

Su Campu

paddydriver wrote: »

This site is probably a good start:

http://www.radarvirtuel.com/

Although I know from sitting in the back garden on a clear morning the paths seem to be different all the time as some mornings the sky is full of vapour trails but others its empty;)

The abscence of vapour trails does not mean the abscence of aircraft. Conditions in the upper troposphere/stratosphere need to be just right for vapour trails to form, and the majority of the time this doesn't happen, so we don't notice the aircraft.

Andrew33

Su Campu wrote: »

The abscence of vapour trails does not mean the abscence of aircraft. Conditions in the upper troposphere/stratosphere need to be just right for vapour trails to form, and the majority of the time this doesn't happen, so we don't notice the aircraft.

Yup, nothing as irritating as hearing a "heavy" at hi-alt and not being able to find it in a clear blue sky!

xflyer

Actually the North Atlantic tracks vary by the day. So one day they're over your house, on another they are to the North or South. Also of course there may be no contrail produced. So it's pot luck whether your back garden observation point will produce any entertainment.

veesix

chem wrote: »

Is there anywhere on the net I can find a map of flight paths over Ireland?

doesnt really answer your question but theres some fantastic hardware and software available for plane spotters )
http://www.airnavsystems.com/

Leandromstt

http://casper.frontier.nl/

For me, the best.