WebTrak
Note: Due to the large amount of interest in the Airservices Australia WebTrak service, you may expereince difficulties in accessing this service. If you experience problems, please try again at a later time.
WebTrak is an innovative system providing the community with information on where and how high aircraft fly, as well as noise levels of these operations.
It allows members of the public access to detailed information on aircraft operations around major airports.
WebTrak is part of the largest integrated Noise and Flight Path Monitoring System in the world.
How does it work?
WebTrak uses information from air traffic control secondary surveillance radars to monitor aircraft:
- within 55 km of the airport
- up to a height of 3000m above ground level
Aircraft noise data is downloaded daily from noise monitors strategically located about the communities close to the airport.
The information is then displayed on a detailed map (road or aerial) which enables the user to zoom down to their street level.
In Current Flights mode you can view current operations (delayed by 40 minutes for aviation security reasons) around the airport.
In Replay Mode you can access flight information and noise data for the previous two weeks.
Contact details
To provide comments, lodge a noise complaint or request additional information please use the contacts below:
Online form
Phone: 1800 802 584
Email: community.relations@airservicesaustralia.comLiability and Copyright
We have made every reasonable effort to ensure the information presented is accurate. However, the data within WebTrak may still contain inaccuracies in some cases. It should not be relied upon when making personal, legal or financial decisions.Noise data may not be available due to problems with the telecommunications network or maintenance works on the monitor. In such cases, try again in 24 hours time or contact the Noise Enquiry Unit.
In extreme cases some track deviations can occur at low altitudes due to radar reflections, which gives the impression of an aircraft deviating off the runway.
WebTrak is provided for personal and non-commercial use. Users may not modify, copy, distribute or reproduce in any form the data obtained from WebTrak. All maps used by WebTrak are copyright.
The Big Question is:
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Ya can't make this shit up
In recent days with much "fan fare" we have seen the employer Airshambles Australia 'launch' a new community service (why?)
This service cost around $20M to install, god knows what the ongoing wages and maintenance costs will be, (read not cheap folks). Another over promise and under delivery, right there for the public to read before they even get to look at the product. Is this supposed to reduce or increase complaints about noise?
So what does Joe Public get for their $20M investment, sweet FA we'd say.
When you agree to terms and conditions, follow the link above, you get to see (sic) arrivals and departures within 30NM of an aerodrome as long as they are under 3000 meters above the ground. we figure it's filtered out above 10,000 feet for those reading with an aviation background.
Does it pick up all movements, well apparently not, we have observed this in action for a while now, the peak periods have only one or two departures every 10 minutes. The "picture" is 20 mins delayed. The interaction with the details promised like callsigns and aircraft types works pathetically (or not at all).
This is your tax dollars at work. The $$$ otherwise returned to staff in terms of higher wages or to the government in terms of more profit dividends are wasted by an administration eager to have another machine that goes 'ping'. All this approved spending in the same period as saying that any proposed cost for improving conditions of employment are at an 'arm and a leg' cost basis.
We here at "the shafters" have a very interesting rumour about the week ahead, particularly Wednesday (we hope you wear your Black Shirts); let's hope something positive comes out of it, unfortunately we suspect that by the end of the week, we'll be writing again to confirm that 'we told you so' again.
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