Intel & Operations
Beyond the radar and movement log, EGPK.info runs a set of cross-domain layers that pull in weather, satellite, maritime and emergency-services data. Here's the whole suite, with what each one is for.
Intel layers
Fuses NASA FIRMS thermal hotspots, helicopter activity, RNLI lifeboats and Clyde shipping so you can see when something is happening off the west coast.
Open →Geomagnetic activity, cloud cover and darkness windows for catching (and shooting) the northern lights over Ayrshire.
Open →A live read on how the weather is affecting EGPK — METAR, Met Office warnings, lightning, flooding and aircraft holding in the stack.
Open →The oceanic corridor west of EGPK — volcanic-ash advisories, NOTAMs and high-level North Atlantic traffic.
Open →Best spotting locations and positioning recommendations, picked from the active runway and the current wind.
Open →Operations
These pages track live emergency-services and military flying. They're quiet most of the time — that's normal. They light up with live tracks the moment an operation starts.
Coastguard helicopters, RNLI lifeboats and fixed-wing search-and-rescue assets working off the coast, plotted with live tracks.
Open →RAF interceptor scrambles and any military traffic passing close to EGPK.
Open →NPAS and Police Scotland helicopters orbiting a scene across the UK.
Open →Helicopter Emergency Medical Service air ambulances tasked anywhere in the UK.
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