These planes occupied just one quadrant of the sky. At least seven commercial airliners can be seen any time of the day or night here. Unusually, no local helicopters and light aircraft in this shot.
Heathrow. Mostly they stack a fair distance from here, unless using the Easterly Preference. Around 10:45pm on a busy night with the pressure to get all planes on the deck by 11.00pm it can get very interesting! The aircraft at altitude are not arriving / departing Heathrow but overflying, there are a couple of corridors here that are very busy. I tell you those ATC guys earn their money...
Yep, Big Sky. One of the main reasons I chose to live here 27 years ago!
Ralph111417 3 years ago
Great view for sky watching!
bottleslingguy 3 years ago
Heathrow. Mostly they stack a fair distance from here, unless using the Easterly Preference. Around 10:45pm on a busy night with the pressure to get all planes on the deck by 11.00pm it can get very interesting! The aircraft at altitude are not arriving / departing Heathrow but overflying, there are a couple of corridors here that are very busy. I tell you those ATC guys earn their money...
Ralph111417 3 years ago
Is that the Gatwick or Heathrow stack? Shows just how crowded our sky's are.
Paranormal999 3 years ago