low flying planes near greystones

matt-dublin

Hi All

just looking out the window now and noticing a significant amount of low flying aircraft. just wondering whats up?

based in the greystones area, seeing about 15 planes in the air

excuse the newbness!!

Tigerbaby

seems to be some stacking going on

http://www.flightradar24.com/EIN43P

matt-dublin

interesting, something ive never seen before, maybe cos the weather is so clear and the wind conditions but really interesting to see

Tigerbaby

wish i could see it. not visible from Castleknock.

matt-dublin

listening to the radio i think i heard them speaking to rescue 1 and something about an unavailable runway. Rescue 1 is the coastguard right?

http://www.liveatc.net/feedindex.php?type=international

seems to have cleared now.

MoeJay

Runway 34 in use. Runway 10/28 has been closed at night for maintenance, northerly winds tonight...

PizzamanIRL

Tigerbaby wrote: »

seems to be some stacking going on

http://www.flightradar24.com/EIN43P

Randomly clicked on this thread. That site is amazing.

Peregrine

matt-dublin wrote: »

Rescue 1 is the coastguard right?

One of the airport emergency vehicles, a Mitsubishi Triton, you hear them on the radio all the time.



Image from fire-ireland.com. You can see images of their full fleet here:

http://www.fire-ireland.com/Dublin-Airport-Fire-and-Rescue-Service


Anyway, kinda OT.

Edit: And Rescue 116 is the call sign for the Coast Guard helicopter at DUB.

lafors

It's the second night in a row. Very annoying when you live in Beaumont and the planes are flying in directly, and I mean directly, over your house when they come in to that runway. The noise is surprisingly loud!

I've also noticed that it usually happens on a Sunday night. Is that something to do with schedules?

Peregrine

lafors wrote: »

It's the second night in a row. Very annoying when you live in Beaumont and the planes are flying in directly, and I mean directly, over your house when they come in to that runway. The noise is surprisingly loud!

I've also noticed that it usually happens on a Sunday night. Is that something to do with schedules?

Runway 16/34 will be the runway in use from 23:00 to 5:00, Monday to Saturday until the end of the week. This started on the 2nd of September.

Essential maintenance is required on the main runway (Runway 10/28) at Dublin Airport. Consequently this runway will be withdrawn from service nightly from 23.00 to 05.00, Monday to Saturday for five consecutive weeks commencing today, Monday September 2.

In facilitating this essential maintenance work, the crosswind runway, Runway 16/34, will be in operation during this time which may result in increased aircraft noise levels in certain areas.

For operational reasons this work must be conducted at night, and is weather dependent.

http://www.dublinairport.com/gns/at-the-airport/latest-news/13-09-02/Essential_Maintenance_On_Main_Runway-3484979007.aspx

HeidiHeidi

Completely off-topic, so apologies in advance..... but.....

The numbers used for runways - ie xx/xx (sorry, can't remember the actual numbers and can't see them any more now I'm typing this!) - what do they mean? Or are they just random numbers picked/allocated to identify each runway?

Strumms

Here is the deal.... Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth of the magnetic azimuth of the runway's heading in degrees: a runway numbered 09 points east (90°), runway 18 is south (180°), runway 27 points west (270°) and runway 36 points to the north (360° rather than 0°).When taking off from or landing on runway 09, a plane would be heading 90° (east).

Peregrine

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Completely off-topic, so apologies in advance..... but.....

The numbers used for runways - ie xx/xx (sorry, can't remember the actual numbers and can't see them any more now I'm typing this!) - what do they mean? Or are they just random numbers picked/allocated to identify each runway?

They are the direction the runway faces from North in degrees divided by 10.

For example, here's a satellite image of Runway 28 and Runway 34 at DUB:



Runway 28 is 280° from North and 34 is 340°.

Hence why there's a difference of 18 between the numbers of both ends of a strip of runway. Like 10 and 28 in Runway 10/28.

So runway numbers only go from 01 to 36..so if you hear any of those "Chuck Norris landed on Runway 37 jokes"..well..this is the joke

HeidiHeidi

Strumms wrote: »

Here is the deal.... Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth of the magnetic azimuth of the runway's heading in degrees: a runway numbered 09 points east (90°), runway 18 is south (180°), runway 27 points west (270°) and runway 36 points to the north (360° rather than 0°).When taking off from or landing on runway 09, a plane would be heading 90° (east).

Cheers for that!

So, aircraft on 16/34 take off at 160 degrees, and on 10/28 take off at 100 degrees?

What are the second numbers for?

I was going to say I'll stop asking questions after that, but I've always been fascinated by the signs around airports, and would love to have them all translated for me! Maybe I should start posting on the "ask a pilot" thread

(and once again, apologies for hijacking OP's thread!)

Captain Chaos

The second number is because a runway can be used in two directions. They are not one way only. 18/36 would be a north south runway.

HeidiHeidi

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

They are the direction the runway faces from North in degrees divided by 10.

For example, here's a satellite image of Runway 28 and Runway 34 at DUB:



Runway 28 is 280° from North and 34 is 340°.

Hence why there's a difference of 18 between the numbers of both ends of a strip of runway. Like 10 and 28 in Runway 10/28.

So runway numbers only go from 01 to 36..so if you hear any of those "Chuck Norris landed on Runway 37 jokes"..well..this is the joke

OK, now I'm confused!

I get the degrees bit (divided by 10), but where does the second number come into it

(We crossed posts while I was posting my last "confused" query )

HeidiHeidi

Oh FFS - it's the reciprocal!

I blame the late hour, and the wine. Please forget I ever asked those second questions :eek:

But thanks for answering:D

Peregrine

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

What are the second numbers for?

It's the other runway coming from the opposite side of the same strip.

All the pilots here will tell you that the runway you see is not just one runway, it's two runways, one at each end.


Could a mod please separate these posts into a new Runway/Airport signage thread?

Strumms

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Cheers for that!

So, aircraft on 16/34 take off at 160 degrees, and on 10/28 take off at 100 degrees?

What are the second numbers for?

I was going to say I'll stop asking questions after that, but I've always been fascinated by the signs around airports, and would love to have them all translated for me! Maybe I should start posting on the "ask a pilot" thread

(and once again, apologies for hijacking OP's thread!)

34 is 340 heading and 28 would be 280... 28/10 is one physical runway as such but landing takeoffs can be from two directions therefore two headings and two designated numbers.

Mech1

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Randomly clicked on this thread. That site is amazing.

listen to this
http://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=eidw
while your watching flightradar, brings it all to life:D

Pat.

Suasdaguna1

lafors wrote: »

It's the second night in a row. Very annoying when you live in Beaumont and the planes are flying in directly, and I mean directly, over your house when they come in to that runway. The noise is surprisingly loud!

I've also noticed that it usually happens on a Sunday night. Is that something to do with schedules?

3 heavies coming in at 5am ish.....I'd say they may use your favorite runway

Ps....your lucky, they opened rwy 28 at the last min....

LXFlyer

lafors wrote: »

It's the second night in a row. Very annoying when you live in Beaumont and the planes are flying in directly, and I mean directly, over your house when they come in to that runway. The noise is surprisingly loud!

I've also noticed that it usually happens on a Sunday night. Is that something to do with schedules?

Welcome to the world of living under the flightpath of an active runway!

Just lucky northerly winds don't happen *that* regularly!

andy_g

lafors wrote: »

It's the second night in a row. Very annoying when you live in Beaumont and the planes are flying in directly, and I mean directly, over your house when they come in to that runway. The noise is surprisingly loud!

I've also noticed that it usually happens on a Sunday night. Is that something to do with schedules?

I miss living in Beaumont used to love watching the traffic heading in.

EchoIndia

lafors wrote: »

It's the second night in a row. Very annoying when you live in Beaumont and the planes are flying in directly, and I mean directly, over your house when they come in to that runway. The noise is surprisingly loud!

I've also noticed that it usually happens on a Sunday night. Is that something to do with schedules?

The airport has been there longer than most houses in Beaumont and, before the current main runway (10/28) was opened circa 1989, runway 34 was used a lot more. While of course traffic levels were lighter then, aircraft were generally noisier - like this, for example:

Occasional use of this runway is just a fact of life for anyone living in this area (as I do myself).