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Bay or City departures? Knowing which way they will fly?
Aircraft departures change throughout the day - 16L/34R or 16R/34L.
Before I get to the airport, how do I find out which way the aircraft will fly out - over Botany Bay or towards the city? Is a 'scanner' required? Thanks in advance. |
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I could explain ways to check the Automatic Terminal Information Service which notes which runways are active but the easier way is to just check a free app flight FlightRadar24 (http://www.flightradar24.com/) or other flight tracking tools like https://globe.adsbexchange.com/
If you focus in on Sydney you will see right away which way aircraft are operating. North, South or even East/West sometimes. |
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The weather forecast will be the major factor deciding the runways to be used. A “TTF METAR” is the best and most accurate guide and is normally accurate for three hours. So how do you work this out, simple google Metar yssy eg
https://en.allmetsat.com/metar-taf/a....php?icao=YSSY METAR: YSSY 180500Z 15009KT 9999 VCSH FEW012 SCT020 BKN070 20/16 Q1014 That indicates a southerly so it’s likely 16 will be in use. There is also a TAF which has a longer outlook, a TAF is a Terminal Area Forecast and currently that indicates the wind will swing to a west to nor westerly at around 10pm tonight which would see 34 in use. http://www.bom.gov.au/aviation/data/education/ttf.pdf Has moreinfo |
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Globe.adsb looks okay and gives info in real-time. Thanks again. Last edited by Robbie J; 19th April 2024 at 11:00 AM. |
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I got quoted $50, so I will double-check on prices. Thanks.
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The basic flightradar24 app should be free, with ads. Where are you seeing you have to pay for it?
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flight...er/id382233851 |
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Silver is USD$14.99 a year. Was $9.99 when I first signed up, but I don't begrudge it given how much I've used it here and overseas. https://www.flightradar24.com/premium
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Robbie, the easiest and cheapest way is to get the SYD ATIS by ringing (02) 9556 6566 and listen to the runways in use, wind and other information provided by the automated service.
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It’s also online https://atis.apmarkham.com/
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