Every ADS-B-tracked flight visualized in this print, captured over 7 days.

Dublin Airport logged 4,797 flights across seven days from April 28 to May 4, 2026, averaging 685 movements per day and 28.6 per hour. Arrivals and departures split almost evenly at 2,404 and 2,393 respectively. The busiest single day was May 1, with 777 total movements. Activity ran around the clock, with the first recorded flight at midnight and the last at 23:35 IST. The 07:00 hour was the peak of the week, generating 362 movements, heavily skewed toward departures at 232 versus 130 arrivals. From 08:00 through 18:00 the airport sustained between 233 and 322 movements per hour. After midnight, traffic dropped sharply, with just 2 total movements recorded in the 02:00 hour. London Heathrow was the busiest route pair at 225 combined movements, followed by Amsterdam Schiphol at 167 and Manchester at 166. Edinburgh, London Stansted, Birmingham, Paris CDG, London Gatwick, Malaga, and Glasgow rounded out the top ten. Approach and departure tracks were concentrated in the ESE and E quadrants, with ESE accounting for 719 arrivals and 716 departures. The 816 unique aircraft observed came from registrations across 31 countries, with Croatia (HR) leading at 222 aircraft, followed by the United States at 82 and Italy at 79. The longest recorded flight connected Dublin to Dubai International at 3,681.8 nautical miles over 475.8 minutes. The highest altitude reached during the capture window was 49,600 feet, on an arrival from Munich. Cruise altitudes clustered heavily between 37,000 and 38,000 feet, the single most populated band in the dataset. Average groundspeed across all flights was 255 knots, with a recorded maximum of 696.8 knots.