Unfamiliar departure out of DCA?
Posted by drdsheen@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 6 comments
I live very close to DCA and so I routinely see northbound departures flying up the Potomac. A couple nights ago, I saw a departing aircraft turn roughly 090 immediately after takeoff from runway 01, putting it directly over Arlington (and most certainly NOT following the river). I checked ADSB which confirms what I thought I saw. Then I saw it happen again about five minutes later, so it's not a fluke. I checked the published departures and none of them direct aircraft this way, and I'm curious about what's going on.
Is this a new thing out of DCA, or am I just noticing it for the first time?
-HippoMan-@reddit
Probably a rwy 04 departure
drdsheen@reddit (OP)
It was 1. Also I made a mistake and flipped 270 and 090. Arlington is west of DCA, not east
Baystate411@reddit
Prob runway 4, think you low level off at like 3000 too
drdsheen@reddit (OP)
It was 1. Also I made a mistake and flipped 270 and 090. Arlington is west of DCA, not east
Burgershot621@reddit
Not a new thing. Just doesn’t happen too often in my experience.
rFlyingTower@reddit
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I live very close to DCA and so I routinely see northbound departures flying up the Potomac. A couple nights ago, I saw a departing aircraft turn roughly 090 immediately after takeoff from runway 01, putting it directly over Arlington (and most certainly NOT following the river). I checked ADSB which confirms what I thought I saw. Then I saw it happen again about five minutes later, so it's not a fluke. I checked the published departures and none of them direct aircraft this way, and I'm curious about what's going on.
Is this a new thing out of DCA, or am I just noticing it for the first time?
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