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How does that explain the circling?

• mrduncan 17y ago
  Could the circling be due to waiting for landing due to a lot of congestion at the airport? I'm not a pilot so I'm curious how that's normally handled.
  • tpz 17y ago
    Congestion is often handled via "stacking" aircraft in a pattern like you see in the image, separated for safety and timing of approach. There may well be other aircraft in the stack but not reported via that site or there may be just the one at that time. In either case, the apparent reroute suggests more than congestion. (For the record: I am not a professional pilot but I have flown and have family who are commercial aviators going on some 40 years.)
• tpz 17y ago
  I'm tempted to suggest that the aircraft was put into a holding pattern, likely due to foul weather at the destination, and eventually forced to reroute.
  • borism 17y ago
    Indeed that is how holding pattern looks like. Very low ceiling at Billund right now.