Originally Posted by
trident3A
Quite strange to see 09L departures today - watched a BA787 fly straight out over London on the runway heading, also seen a few unusual (visual?) approaches - interesting times.
Up to now, 09L departures weren't completely unknown - there were an average of 2-3 per week last year - but they were almost all late at night, so hard to spot.
Now we'll see them during daylight, though on average around 85% of all departures will still be on westerlies or on 09R.