mikel97 wrote: » Its N2731G (prob CIA) yes Shannon
Thanks for the explanation about Turkish Airlines - I had not thought about Weston being unusable (was it closed? its runway is different from 10/28 and 16/34 at DUB so might have been an ideal angle).
For CDG, do 28R takeoffs not go straight out to keep separation from 28L GAs?
5000 feet transition altitude at Weston, so I guess once abover this it is fine. According to this the 28L Cat A/B STAR, a turn off the runway once above 750ftQNH is allowed, and then a direct climb towards DW080. Note, Weston is a VFR only airport.
https://www.airnav.ie/getattachment/d3711c95-282a-4e0a-ad8c-4c49cbdfe24b/EI_AD_2_EIDW_EN.pdf
https://www.airnav.ie/getattachment/f6ca4462-9d19-4ecd-ab4a-4d943448d3ff/EI_AD_2_EIDW_24-10-1_en.pdf?lang=en-IE
that’s a pretty standard and regularly used flight path off 28L
Weston's current hours of operation: https://www.westonairport.ie/opening-hours/
Number of flights heading to the middle East area diverting, turning back or rerouting with the impending attack on Israel by Iran.
Delta airlines on the same route has just done the same, I'm on the Turkish Airlines flight just in front of it and noticed the vehicles in the onsite fire station were in base but with the doors open and blue lights on - İt may not be related.
Fire service usually take a look at any aircraft that divert in, primarily to be on hand if brake temperature issues arise as a result of landing at heavy weight.
That would explain it, thank you.
EK209 ATH-EWR currently in a holding pattern at 32000 feet over north Clare and Galway
Over North Tipp now, heading NE into Kilkenny. Heading for Dublin?
Medical emergency
I was out for my nightly walk and noticed many walkers stopped and staring up in the sky: plane making a very sharp turn and dumping fuel? A few of us huddled to check Flightradar24 and it was EK209.
The trail is still visible almost an hour later.
Dumping fuel.
I noticed this morning that FR24 has been updated to include the completed north runway at DUB.
Not sure when it was taken but my guess would be at least six/ seven months ago as the digging work on the south apron is not reflected in the above image, and the works on the north apron look to be in the early stages.
Thats just whatever map they use.
It looks like it might be Bing Maps: https://www.bing.com/maps/?cp=53.428219%7E-6.255142&lvl=14.4&style=h
Google Maps does not have up to date satellite view: https://maps.app.goo.gl/g9Au6Mqy7V9vSnTE7
You could be right! I’m an iPhone user. My iPhone maps app has the runway in it, the same as FR24, but my Google Maps app doesn’t like you say.
The default iPhone map app must use bing.
I’ve also noticed on the map that “wrong way daa” is cut into a field nearby - by the residents and is also captured in this updated satellite view , I think that was done last summer?
This is dated Mar 2024
It took me a while to find the 'Wrong Way daa' - https://www.bing.com/maps/?cp=53.451403%7E-6.311828&lvl=18.6&style=h
Funny how it's cut into an area of practically nothing but fields.
What you see in FlightRadar24 appears to vary depending on what platform you're using and it is indicated at the bottom-left of the image. Right now, if I look at Dublin on the Flightradar24 app on my iPhone, it's using Apple Maps. But on my Mac, in both the Safari and Google Chrome browsers, I see Google Maps imagery.
Apple Maps imagery is hosted by Apple themselves, independent of Google or Bing. There are also others such as MapQuest and Yandex. At any given time, for any given location, any one of these services could be serving up the most up to date satellite coverage. And conversely, two or more of them will have the same actual photo from the same original satellite data provider.
For example, Apple and Bing appear to have the identical source imagery for Dublin Airport right now dating from this winter. MapQuest has a different photo but from a very similar timeframe while Google's image is now very out of date by their standards and Yandex is older again, apparently from 2017.
One other noticeable difference relevant for FL24 users is that Google started removing aircraft from their imagery a while ago, presumably using AI/composite techniques, so that taxiways and aprons appear empty. This is in stark contrast to images from a couple of years ago when most airlines fleets were parked up due to covid and you had lots of atypically crowded aprons.
very informative. Thanks.
Whats going on with EI-DPZ - every flight the last few days not above FL170 Inc AMS-DUB and EDI -BGC which would usually see high cruising altitudes
FR1453 from Brussels to Dublin https://fr24.com/RYR14EC/34ee4d52
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Heading to Cardiff
It's back up at normal levels again. Currently at FL380 en route Turin to Dublin.
Is there crosswinds at the airport currently? A6-EGL seemed to have done a go-around, unusual to see such a big plane this low in this part of Dublin!
It landed successfully on its 2nd attempt.
Go-Arounds can happen for all sorts of reasons. When weather is good it can often be due to loss of seperation or other reasons.
Reported go-around owing to not being stable on the first approach.
Had an Aer Lingus A321 at 3500ft above me last weekend. Was a glorious day. I was surprised, intiially thought "what the hell is it doing taking off from Baldonnell" Quick check of FR24 and I found out it was a go-around.
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