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what's going on around colorado springs with these shapes? https://adsb.exposed/?dataset=Planes&zoom=9&lat=38.2165&lng=-104.2258&query=f379682c07c0c71e8b43346f
by metrix 1y ago
what's going on around colorado springs with these shapes?
https://adsb.exposed/?dataset=Planes&zoom=9&lat=38.2165&lng=-104.2258&query=f379682c07c0c71e8b43346fceb4829a https://adsb.exposed/?dataset=Planes&zoom=9&lat=38.2165&lng=...
- compass_copium 1y agoPossibly training flights; they will often do racetrack shapes like that for long periods to maintain proficiency with the aircraft type.
- cluckindan 1y agoThe ”race tracks” are left- and right-hand traffic patterns for arriving aircraft and touch-and-go training, typically used by smaller aircraft. The polylines going from airport to the surroundings are IFR (instrument flight rules) STARs (standard terminal arrival routes) for inbound/outbound planes; each vertex in the line corresponds to a so-called navigation star which usually has a 5-letter name.
- Jtsummers 1y agoCOS's airfield is also used by PSFB so you'll see different patterns than a normal airport. You find similar patterns, though, near other military bases like here, near Pensacola and Eglin: https://adsb.exposed/?dataset=Planes&zoom=8&lat=29.7992&lng=-86.0229&query=f3fa6f78cbef2ffb60baafae766e333a https://adsb.exposed/?dataset=Planes&zoom=8&lat=29.7992&lng=...