10-21-2024, 02:33 PM
(10-21-2024, 10:31 AM)DarkSpace Wrote: either way, the airport is a bit far (more than 20km) from the location and there are mountains in between, so any flights in that direction would be really hard to see.
As that's just an one runway airport, I was thinking that it could be possible for an aeroplane coming from the East with the wind from behind having the need to make a U turn to be able to land against the wind, and that way it would be possible for the aeroplane to pass more to the South and be visible from that position.
But with no planes that theory is not applicable.
Quote:it is too bad you can't see any unknown contacts detected on radar on that website.
Although that site is called Flight Radar 24 it does not use radar, it uses the aeroplanes' transponders, so an aeroplane with the transponder turned off will not show. Any craft without a transponder will not show either, obviously.
Quote:local time of posting this here in norway is 17:30
The forum shows only "4 hours ago", which would mean 16:30 in Portugal or 15:30 UTC, if I'm not mistaken.