AIR PICTURE — CHAGRIN FALLS, OH — 2026-06-10
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Unusually quiet day over the Falls — traffic running 56% below the 7-day average, with a parade of anonymous Mode S squawkers and a handful of visitors from abroad keeping things mildly interesting.
NOTABLE TRAFFIC
EDV4974 — Endeavor Air prop-regional descending through 4,450 ft at 179 kts, heading 272°. Low and slow; likely on approach to CLE. Someone's almost home.
JBU541 / YEL94 / JIA5079 — Three contacts in close proximity near 41.47°N, 81.76°W, all below 2,500 ft and heading roughly 230°. Arrival sequencing or a very well-organized coincidence.
N972PF — Unscheduled general aviation contact at 5,100 ft, 239 kts, heading 288°. Clipping the north suburbs at a brisk pace.
UAL1776 — United, 39,000 ft, 498 kts, heading 116°. Fast mover. Patriotically numbered.
WBC1 — Corporate/charter contact, 31,000 ft, 499 kts, heading 139°. Near the speed limit at altitude. Somebody has a meeting.
BCS354 [3C4EC7] — German-registered aircraft, 38,000 ft, heading 206°. Greetings from across the Atlantic.
IBE03HT [344502] — Spanish registration, 33,000 ft, heading 054°. Iberia heading northeast — transatlantic traffic threading through our patch.
ANOMALIES
Anonymous high-alts: Twenty-plus Mode S contacts transmitting no flight ID today, ranging from 25,000 to 44,775 ft. Transponders are talking; nobody's introducing themselves. Routine in small numbers — noteworthy at this volume.
AAD24E at 44,775 ft — Above standard commercial ceiling. No callsign. Could be a large-cabin bizjet. Could be something else. We're not saying anything.
TWY131 [A07F44] at 47,000 ft — Above 45,000 ft. Flagged as very high altitude. Callsign present, at least.
VTM300 [0D0DC4] / QTR2A [06A1EC] / VTM356 [0D0B20] — ICAO hex codes falling outside all known national allocation ranges. Unknown origin. Three of them. No further information available. Moving on.
SKQ22 [A3C975] — 2,000 ft, 202 kts. Low and fast. Make of that what you will.
PATTERN NOTES
Traffic today — 248 contacts, 237 unique aircraft — sits 56% below the 7-day average of 563. The anomaly log rang the bell repeatedly throughout the day as hourly counts fell short by 80–98% in early windows before recovering. Numerous regulars absent: DAL845, UAL1914, SWA846, ASA364, and many others failed to appear across multiple watch periods. No single obvious cause in the data; could be routing, schedule changes, or the universe testing our vigilance. Canadian traffic (multiple CJT flights, ACA7246, ROU1813, ASP654) was present and accounted for, as usual.
END OF DAILY AIR PICTURE