Aircraft tracking maps
Where do aircraft fly and how often?
Whilst the noise created by individual aircraft has fallen, many people are now concerned that there are now more of them and the routes they fly.
Many people feel that contour maps do not deal with this issue. At Heathrow we have therefore chosen to provide maps showing typical tracks of where planes fly.
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2011 maps
- Easterly arrivals map 2011 (8.1MB)
- Westerly arrivals map 2011 (8.0MB)
- Easterly departures map 2011 (7.8MB)
- Westerly departures map 2011 (8.0MB)
2008 maps
- Easterly arrivals map 2008 (2.4MB)
- Westerly arrivals map 2008 (2.3MB)
- Easterly departures map 2008 (2.3MB)
- Westerly departures map 2008 (2.4MB)
Q & A
- Arrivals maps Q&A (104KB)
- Departures maps Q&A (87KB)
