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There is not a single plane at Heathrow Airport on Google Maps, which is one of the busiest passenger airports in the world. This sounds EXTREMELY unlikely, to the point that this almost feels like ...
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For context: I know what a hold is, I know why we have them, but this is something I have not heard before. I was recently flying VFR outside CAS (Controlled Airspace) with a friend of mine and we was ...
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In Why doesn't Heathrow T5 have stand 504? it was suggested that gates A4 and A10 are so-called "bus-gates" where passengers board a bus to get to the aircraft. Under what circumstances ...
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On the North side of Terminal 5A are four stands, 501, 502, 503, and 505. Why is there no 504?
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An hypothetical situation in which an airplane taking-off at Heathrow must go-around / land immediately after taking-off. What will happen during this scenario: Is there any specific action to be ...
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I've noticed that flights over Richmond (particularly arrivals) seem to have significantly reduced over the last few weeks. This is based on looking at Flightradar, as well as listening to the noise ...
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Heathrow airport is one of the busiest airports in the world, one would assume most traffic there is reserved for commercial airliners because they carry a much larger number of passengers. How many ...
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Looking at a satellite map to the East of Heathrow Airport, there is a small passenger jet parked in a walled off area. Looking at the aerodrome chart the entire area is listed as Bealine Base, which ...
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What do the words in white block capital letters over a red background denote on this aerodrome chart of London Heathrow? Source
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Heathrow is among the worlds busiest airports, with traffic mostly (entirely?) from airliners. Are private/business jets (e.g. Gulfstream G650 or Cessna Citation X) allowed to land at Heathrow? If so,...
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I was looking at aerial imagery of various airports and noticed how some have a large number of runways (4-6), while others have a small number. Specifically, I noticed that Heathrow (LHR) only has 2 ...
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Does anyone know the stack (holding) models for the JFK, Schiphol, Heathrow and Dubai airports? I mean, not where the aircraft hold but rather how is it planned and what concepts are used? Or how I ...
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I am trying to estimate the noise-related costs for a long-range platform aircraft (for example, the Boeing 787) at Heathrow Airport. I have found the following table (PDF, page:24) outlining some ...
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I am doing a project based on some data recorded from London Heathrow during October 2012 and, in order to quality-control the data, I need to know when aircraft flew past the detectors. Are there any ...
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