Heathrow launches new “Webtrak My Neighbourhood” website to show flight path use over time periods
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Webtrak – Track a specific flight near you
Webtrak allows you to:
- Locate your address on the map
- Display actual Heathrow aircraft tracks detailing the aircraft type, height, origin and destination of the flight
- Look at specific flights over different day and time periods
The flight data for Webtrak is taken directly from the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) radar that is used to direct aircraft at Heathrow. The accuracy of the system has been verified by the CAA.
Please note that there is a delay of 24 to 48 hours on the flights shown on WebTrak.
Webtrak My Neighbourhood – Provides a general overview of Heathrow flight paths
http://myneighbourhood.bksv.com/lhr/
Webtrak My Neighbourhood allows you to:
- Locate your address on the map
- Display general information of where aircraft fly at Heathrow
- Understand how often particular flight paths are generally used on a monthly, quarterly or yearly basis
- View detailed information on Heathrow’s operations, such as a heat map that allows you to see at a glance how the distribution of traffic changes across the months.
New website lets you track flight patterns at Heathrow
By Robert Cumber
Airport chiefs launch online tool allowing users to see how many planes have been flying over their homes, and at what times
Heathrow’s new WebTrak My Neighbourhood tool, which allows people to trace flights over their homes
A new online tool allowing people to track the planes flying over their homes has been launched by Heathrow.
Users of WebTrak My Neighbourhood can simply type in their postcode to see how many aircraft have passed overhead during the last month, year or quarter of a year.
The site also shows the proportion of take-offs and landings using each flight path as a percentage of the total, and which hours were busiest for each flight path.
Bosses at Heathrow said it was only the second airport in the world and the first in the UK to launch such a tracking tool, which they hoped would help keep residents better informed about operations.
Heathrow already runs a Webtrak site, allowing people to track aircraft in real time and monitor their altitude, model and how much noise they are generating at various checkpoints.
Heathrow’s sustainability director Matt Gorman said: “From meeting with communities around Heathrow, we know they want access to good quality information so they can understand patterns of aircraft noise in their local area and what is being done to tackle it.
“We hope they will find the new tool useful and continue to give us feedback on how we can improve our communications around noise in future.”
The launch comes just a few days before Heathrow is due to reveal its detailed submission for a third runway to the Airports Commission.
It also follows the publication of ‘A Quieter Heathrow’, setting out steps by the airport to reduce noise and improve community engagement. These measures include encouraging quieter planes and improving mitigation, such as insulation, for those affected by aircraft noise.
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Heathrow launches flight path tracking
May 07, 2014
Airport is second in the world to launch website showing flight paths
Heathrow has today launched a new online tool providing residents with information about flight paths and flight patterns over time.
The new system, the first of its kind to be used in the UK, makes information about Heathrow’s flight paths more accessible for local residents and those moving into the area.
WebTrak My Neighbourhood allows users to type in their postcode into the map-based website to understand how aircraft movements change over time and how often particular flight paths are used. This gives them a better understanding of how flight paths work so they can be better informed about Heathrow’s operations.
The new website is an addition to Heathrow’s current Webtrak system, which allows users to track specific flights, heights and aircraft types.
Used together, the two systems will enable people to track trends over time and give people more access to both flight and aircraft routes information.
The website is in the early stages of development and further enhancements to the system are planned over the next 18 months to enable residents to access information specific to their location. The UK’s only hubairport is the second airport in the world to launch after Eindhoven airport.
Matt Gorman, Sustainability Director of Heathrow said: “From meeting with communities around Heathrow, we know they want access to good quality information so they can understand patterns of aircraft noise in their local area and what is being done to tackle it. [Everything except actually reducing it ! ] We hope they will find the new tool useful and continue to give us feedback on how we can improve our communications around noise in future.”
The launch of Webtrak My Neighbourhood follows the publication of ‘A quieter Heathrow’, a report which sets out the steps Heathrow takes to both reduce noise and improve community engagement. This lists the actions across five key areas that Heathrow takes to reduce aircraft noise while safeguarding the connectivity and growth that Heathrow currently provides [ie. this means minor improvements in noise, but nothing that stops the number of flights increasing, by a huge amount, if a 3rd runway was allowed]: encouraging quieter planes; implementing quieter operating procedures; noise mitigation schemes and influencing land-use planning; applying operating restrictions and working with local communities. To read the full report, visit www.heathrow.com/noise
Webtrak can be found at heathrowairport.com/noise/noise-in-your-area/track-flights-near-you
http://aviationbenefits.org/newswire/2014/05/heathrow-launches-flight-path-tracking/
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