Monday, 16 June 2014

Plane Spotting at Dublin Airport.

Last Thursday, I went to Dublin Airport for the day planespotting. Dublin is a really busy airport and there is an aircraft taking off or landing every two minutes. During the time I was there I saw approx. 98 flights. I videoed every flight I saw, and I'm currently in the process of uploading the videos. To date I have 21 videos uploaded (I will update this figure every time I upload). Along with Aer Lingus, Aer Lingus Regional & Ryanair, I saw airlines that some of them have never been in Cork, those airlines include; Air Canada Rouge, Air Transit, American Airlines, CityJet, Emirates, Lufthansa, Norweigan, Thomson Airways (SunWing Airlines), Turkish Airlines.



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Saturday, 31 May 2014

Spotting at Cork Airport, Ireland (ORK / EICK)

Cork Airport is a great location for aircraft spotting due to the North / South position of the runway. However, it isn't the best place if you want to see varied traffic as the only airlines that operate out of Cork are, Aer Lingus, Aer Lingus Regional & Ryanair, with the occasional holiday charter flight at the weekends during the months May to September. Below you can find a map of the airport with detailed description of each of the 6 locations.




LOCATION A: This is just behind the RWY17 threshold. It great for flights departing RWY17 and arriving on RWY17 as the depart from right next to you, and land right over your head. There is a small layby here for about 2 cars.

LOCATION B: This is floor 5 of the Short Term Car Park located next to the terminal building. This is great for which ever runway the aircraft are departing or arriving RWY17 or 35 because you are high up on the roof so it doesn't matter. The only disadvantage of this spot is if you plan to drive here it is €2.50 per hour. If your walking, walk up from the terminal as if you were going to your car and get the lift up to the 5th floor. There are over 100 parking spaces on this roof.

LOCATION C: This is just located just 50 metres after the Airport Roundabout coming from the city or just 50 metres before the Airport Roundabout coming from Kinsale. This isn't a great spot as this is looking at RWY25 which is rearly used mainly for the flight school Atlantic Flight Centre or the odd Aer Lingus Regional ATR. There is a very small layby here which is located straight across the road from the grass verge and could hold 2 cars comfortably.

LOCATION D: This is located on the opposite side of Location C next to RWY07 threshold but here there's a view of the main runway because the majority of the RWY07/25 runway is on the terminal side of the airfield. This location has a gate for personnel access to the runway, but 3 cars can be there as long as you don't go for a walk and leave your car here as it will be towed if the Airport Police are around.

LOCATION E: Location E is Atlantic Flight Training. This is a great location for looking onto their ramp and also seeing the runway for commercial traffic. AFT have a fine car park so there's no restrictions here.

LOCATION F: Finally, Location F is Lios Cross the most famous Plane Spotting area at Cork. It is great for all runways especially RWY35 arrivals & departures. There is a layby opposite the grass verge that can park up to 10 cars. There is always someone at this location no matter what time of day it is.

Sunday, 27 April 2014

KLM

Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij known widely by its initials KLM is the Flag Carrier of The Netherlands. It is the World's oldest airline to date keeping the same it commenced operations with. The airline have 116 aircraft with 13 orders. The fleet consists of Airbus & Boeing aircraft.


AIRBUS A330-200: 12
AIRBUS A330-300: 4
BOEING 737-700: 18
BOEING 737-800: 24
BOEING 737-900: 5
BOEING 747-400: 26
BOEING 777-200: 15
BOEING 777-300: 8
MC DONNELL DOUGLAS MD-11: 4 (to be retired by 26 October 2014)



PICTURES


              AIRBUS A330-200: PH-AOA: Dam - Amsterdam


             AIRBUS A330-200: PH-AOB: Potsdamer Platz - Berlin


           AIRBUS A330-200: PH-AOC: Place de la Concorde - Paris


            AIRBUS A330-200: PH-AOD: Plazza del Duomo - Milano


             AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AOE: Parliament Square - Edinburgh


            AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AOF: Federation Square - Melbourne


              AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AOH: Senaatintori - Helsinki


            AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AOI: Plaza de la Independencia - Madrid


                 AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AOK: Radhuspladsen - København


               AIRBUS A330-200: PH-AOL: Picadilly Circus - London


             AIRBUS A330-200: PH-AOM: Plazza San Marco - Venezia


              AIRBUS A330-200: PH-AON: Museumplein - Amsterdam


              AIRBUS A330-300: PH-AKA: Times Square - New York


               AIRBUS A330-300: PH-AKB: Piazza Navona - Roma


              AIRBUS A330-300: PH-AKD: Plaza de la Cathedral - Habana


                AIRBUS A330-300: PH-AKE: Praça de Rossio - Lisboa


               BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGD: Goudhaantje - Goldcrest


               BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGE: Ortolaan - Ortolan Bunting


           BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGF: Grote Zilverreiger - Great White Erget


              BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGG: Koningseider - King Elder


                BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGH: Grutto - Godwit


                 BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGI: Vink - Finch


                   BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGK: Noordse Stormvoget - Fulmar


                    BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGL: Tjiftjaf - Warbler


                     BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGM: Aalschovler - Cormorant


                  BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGN: Jan van Gent - Gannet


                   BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGO: Paradijsvogel - Bird of Paradise


                     BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGP: Pelikaan - Pelican


                   BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGQ: Wielewaal - Golden Oriole


                  BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGR: Zwarte Wouw - Black Kite


                  BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGT: Blauwe Kiekendief - Hen Harrier


                    BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGU: Koekoek - Cuckoo


                   BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGW: Zanglijster - Song Thrush


                     BOEING 737-7K2: PH-BGX: Scholekster - Oystercatcher


                      BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BCA: Flamingo


              BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BCB: Grote Pijlstormvogel - Great Shearwater


                   BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BCD: Koperwiek - Red Wing


                                   BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BCE


                      BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BGA: Tureluur - Redshank


                    BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BGB: Regenwulp - Whimbrel


                     BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BGC: Pijlstaart - Pintail


           BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXA: Zwaan - Swan: 90th Anniversary Retro Livery


                 BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXB: Valk - Falcon


                BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXC: Korhoen - Grouse


              BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXD: Arend - Eagle


                  BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXE: Havik - Hawk


                  BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXF: Zwaluw - Swallow


                  BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXG: Kraanvogel - Crane


               BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXH: Gans - Goose


                    BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXI: Zilvermeeuw - Herring Gull


                   BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXK: Gierzwalluw - Swift


                BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXL: Sperwer - Sparrow Hawk


                     BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXM: Kiluut - Avocet


                    BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXN: Mercel - Blackbird


                       BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXU: Albatros - Albatross


                   BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXV: Roodborstje - Robin


                      BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXW: Patrijs - Partridge


                   BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXY: Fuut - Grebe


                      BOEING 737-8K2: PH-BXZ: Uil - Owl


           BOEING 737-9K2: PH-BXO: Plevier - Plover: Sky Team Airline Alliance Livery


                  BOEING 737-9K2: PH-BXP: Meerkoet - Crested Coot


                   BOEING 737-9K2: PH-BXR: Nachtegaal - Nightingale


                        BOEING 737-9K2: PH-BXS: Buizerd - Buzzard


                        BOEING 737-9K2: PH-BXT: Zeestern - Sea Tern














FLEET LIST


AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AOA
AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AOB
AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AOC
AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AOD
AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AOE
AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AOF
AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AOH
AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AOI
AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AOK
AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AOL
AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AOM
AIRBUS A330-200: EI-AON
AIRBUS A330-300: EI-AKA
AIRBUS A330-300: EI-AKB
AIRBUS A330-300: EI-AKD
AIRBUS A330-300: EI-AKE
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGD
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGE
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGF
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGG
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGH
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGI
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGK
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGL
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGM
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGN
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGO
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGQ
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGR
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGT
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGU
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGV
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGW
BOEING 737-700: PH-PGX
BOEING 737-800: PH-BCA
BOEING 737-800: PH-BCB
BOEING 737-800: PH-BCD
BOEING 737-800: PH-BCE
BOEING 737-800: PH-BGA
BOEING 737-800: PH-BGB
BOEING 737-800: PH-BGC
BOEING 737-800: PH-BXA
BOEING 737-800: PH-BXB
BOEING 737-800: PH-BXC
BOEING 737-800: PH-PXD
BOEING 737-800: PH-PXE
BOEING 737-800: PH-PXF
BOEING 737-800: PH-PXG
BOEING 737-800: PH-PXH
BOEING 737-800: PH-PXI
BOEING 737-800: PH-PXK
BOEING 737-800: PH-PXL
BOEING 737-800: PH-PXM
BOEING 737-800: PH-PXN
BOEING 737-800: PH-PXU
BOEING 737-800: PH-PXV
BOEING 737-800: PH-PXW
BOEING 737-800: PH-PXY
BOEING 737-800: PH-PXZ
BOEING 737-900: PH-BXO
BOEING 737-900: PH-BXP
BOEING 737-900: PH-BXR
BOEING 737-900: PH-BXS
BOEING 737-900: PH-BXT

TOTAL:      64






*** NOTE: KLM's Customer Code for the Boeing 737 is "K2" so;

BOEING 737-700: BOEING 737-7K2
BOEING 737-800: BOEING 737-8K2
BOEING 737-900: BOEING 737-9K2



This is PHASE 1 & 2 of this post. There will be 3 Phases of this post.

PHASE ONE: AIRBUS A330-200 & AIRBUS A330-300 ----- ✔️
PHASE TWO: BOEING 737-700, BOEING 737-800, & BOEING 738-900 ---- ✔️
PHASE THREE: BOEING 747, BOEING 777-200, BOEING 777-300, & MD11. -- Tomorrow