QF 5 / QF 31 flight path today
 

anyone know why QF 5 is tracking so far :confused:south today currently over Albury looks like QF31 is following track seems a long way south before heading north , just noticed SIA 222 heading towards Adelaide , I think Planeplotter must be playing up ??

Hi Laurent,

This may be related, Last night on flight radar 24 an SQ flight from MEL-SIN and an MH flight from MEL-KUL flew down towards Portland which is along way south as they usually head up over either Mildura or Adelaide way.

My best guess would be winds as they were picking up a good speed on the southbound track.

cheers , Dan , seems only the Singapore bound flights are using this route , still seems like a long way to go to pick up a tailwind.

The flex track Sydney - Singapore area (SY1A) for today is below

Which translates to Sydney, Wollongong, Albury, south of Adelaide, Forrest (south East corner of WA) then Port Hedland

This is a very southerly route but is the published fastest, most fuel efficient route for today based on winds.

http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/...usotstoday.asp shows a picture of the Airservices published route (it changes daily). Blue is westbound, yellow eastbound.

Matt

cheers , makes sense now , good to see planeplotter was'nt playing up:)