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by tssva 619 days ago
I assume you mean satellite and not terrain mode. Terrain mode doesn't have images so there are no planes visible at any airports. As for satellite mode I looked briefly and noticed 2 planes.
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Yes I meant satellite. Still strange as it's one of the busiest airports in the world and images appear to be taken during the day so... no way there were only 2 planes at any given point... For example Gatwick (LGW) does show quite a few planes just parked.
Depends on when the images were taken. They might have been taken during the pandemic when passengers planes were grounded.
Grounded where? The point is that they aren't on the ground in this imagery.
Airplanes grounded for extended periods are not kept at airports but flown to airplane storage facilities.