Is there a way to find out the airplane-flyover schedule?

[desireearmfeldt]

OK, so this is a weird question, but my life would be much improved if I could look up when the periods of lots of airplanes flying over Somerville were going to be.  Is there any way to do such a thing?

Thanks!

Comments

[42itous.livejournal.com]

It probably changes according to wind direction. Maybe if you keep track of the overhead traffic and wind conditions in a spreadsheet you'll start to be able to predict it.

[desireearmfeldt]

Heh, that's more effort than the information is worth to me; I was just wondering if the airport posted a schedule or anything like that. :)

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

It definitely changes according to wind direction. When the high speed wind is coming from the northwest more planes take off on the route that goes over Somerville.

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

Commercial planes are required to file flight plans, but they're not required to stick to them; they can change to accommodate weather, flight controllers can put them into whatever paths around the airport are needed to manage traffic in the moment, et cetera. So posting a schedule would be unhelpful. Spending your entire day glued to Flightaware, on the other hand... *g*

[gingicat]

http://tinyurl.com/zflaqv4 is a link to the Aircraft Noise and Operations Portal.

[desireearmfeldt]

Just the thing! Thanks!

[gingicat]

Courtesy of the Medford Square FB group, which is not nearly as friendly. https://www.facebook.com/groups/medfordsquare/

[pklemica]

Watching these all fly around on the tracker page is weirdly soothing...

[desireearmfeldt]

Hee!

[cilukba.livejournal.com]

Was thinking how dangerous live airplane tracking like this is and then saw the "10 Minute Security Delay" notice on the bottom. Good for them.

[gingicat]

Oh good, I hadn't even thought of that.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

nice.

[dcltdw]

Oh gods, I could sit here for hours watching this thing.
I don't know whether to kiss you or curse you. :D

[kent37.livejournal.com]

Planes departing runway 33L fly over Somerville. That generally happens when there are strong NW winds. You can complain to Massport at the link @tigerbright posted. You might be interested in bostonwestfairskies.org, an organization working to have flights from 33L dispersed over a wider area instead of concentrated over a few.

[desireearmfeldt]

Useful to know.

I'm not particularly looking to complain about it (at the moment), so much as predict it. :)

[fortlotus.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you asked! I do voiceover work as a hobby/side gig, and while I can plan for when neighbors are at their least noisy, I often find that airplane noise interrupts me. I record at home, and there's only so much I can do to soundproof.

[desireearmfeldt]

That's my exact issue, too. :) I was trying to record last night and it got so I was getting maybe a sentence at a time recorded between airplanes.

[coffeekitty.livejournal.com]

you can find out what runway is currently in use for departures by calling 617-455-3003 and listening to the recorded message (it's the automated information that pilots get over their radios).
there isn't a schedule per se; the runway in use depends on the wind and other weather conditions.

[desireearmfeldt]

Cool, thanks!