Originally Posted by
Dct_Mopas
All military traffic flown into GIB have to remain outside spanish airspace. But the arrival procedures for civilian aircraft are designed/ built/ flown into a small portion of Spanish airspace, so that flight track is perfectly typical for civilian arrivals.
Thanks for that - in fact I've only just noticed the date (1967!) on that airspace graphic. Glad to hear that the Spanish are a bit more flexible, at least for civil aircraft.