EGCC – Manchester Airport
Tier A (measured) · 1,915 movements in 2026 · milestones measured from APDF
Excellent coverage. Nearly every movement in 2026 is picked up, and 90% of the position reports expected while taxiing out actually arrive. Aircraft are tracked essentially throughout their time on the ground, so surface events can be derived with confidence.
| period | departures | arrivals | Departures seen (%) | Arrivals seen (%) | Coverage index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 976 | 939 | 99.7% | 99.7% | 0.949 |
| 2025 | 923 | 880 | 99.8% | 99.5% | 0.972 |
| 2024 | 925 | 876 | 98.9% | 98.9% | — |
Departures
off_s is good when negative – the track began before take-off.
When the track starts, relative to take-off (minutes)
| period | n | p10 | p50 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 973 | -22.3 | -12.2 | +24.8 |
| 2025 | 921 | -27.2 | -14.9 | -7.5 |
| 2024 | 915 | -24.9 | -14.1 | -8.3 |
| delta 2026-2025 | +4.9 | +2.7 | +32.3 |
How much of the taxi-out was received (1.00 = every expected report arrived)
| period | n | p10 | p50 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 972 | 0.427 | 0.904 | 1.000 |
| 2025 | 921 | 0.544 | 0.951 | 1.000 |
| 2024 | 915 | 0.596 | 0.923 | 1.000 |
| delta 2026-2025 | -0.117 | -0.047 | 0.000 |
Arrivals
land_s is good when positive – the track ran on past landing.
When the track ends, relative to landing (minutes)
| period | n | p10 | p50 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 936 | -27.8 | +11.5 | +17.0 |
| 2025 | 876 | +8.8 | +12.0 | +18.8 |
| 2024 | 866 | +8.3 | +11.2 | +19.2 |
| delta 2026-2025 | -36.5 | -0.6 | -1.8 |
How much of the taxi-in was received (1.00 = every expected report arrived)
| period | n | p10 | p50 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 935 | 0.986 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| 2025 | 874 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| delta 2026-2025 | -0.014 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Where the coverage is
Each position report is placed on a hexagonal grid over the aerodrome, on a log colour scale: one apron cell can hold thousands of reports while a runway threshold holds tens. Empty ground is surface the receivers do not reach.
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Against the fleet
How this aerodrome compares with the 89 aerodromes with measured milestones. Typical aerodrome is the median across all of them. Rank is this aerodrome’s position among them, 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest).
| measure | this aerodrome | typical aerodrome | rank (0–100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage index | 0.949 | 0.590 | 79 |
| Departures seen (%) | 99.7% | 99.7% | 52 |
| Taxi-out received (median) | 0.904 | 0.191 | 75 |
| Taxi-in received (median) | 1.000 | 1.000 | 43 |
| Track start vs take-off (min, median) | -12.2 | -1.8 | 6 |
| Track end vs landing (min, median) | +11.5 | +7.2 | 93 |
Higher rank is better everywhere except track start vs take-off, where a low value is the good case.
Was each flight tracked as one flight?
A poor coverage number can mean the receivers heard nothing, or that the algorithm cut the flight’s track up. This separates them.
| period | One flight, one track (%) | Split across tracks (%) | Merged with another flight (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 departures | 76.0% | 22.7% | 0.9% |
| 2026 arrivals | 73.6% | 25.1% | 1.0% |
| 2025 departures | 89.6% | 9.3% | 0.9% |
| 2025 arrivals | 92.2% | 6.4% | 1.0% |
| 2024 departures | 92.1% | 5.6% | 1.2% |
| 2024 arrivals | 90.2% | 7.5% | 1.1% |
The underlying counts
Everything above is derived from these. Typical taxi times are context: the same 200 seconds of reception is most of a short taxi and a fraction of a long one.
| period | Departures | Departures seen | Arrivals | Arrivals seen | Unusable reference rows | Typical taxi-out (min) | Typical taxi-in (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 976 | 973 | 939 | 936 | 1 | 16.0 | 7.0 |
| 2025 | 923 | 921 | 880 | 876 | 0 | 16.0 | 7.0 |
| 2024 | 925 | 915 | 876 | 866 | 0 | 14.0 | — |