Saturday 16 February 2019

Spotting at Sydney airport on a Saturday

It is very rare for me to be in Sydney on a weekend but my beautiful caring wife who supports me (or wants me out of the house ha ha) suggested since I was in Sydney and keep missing out on the early morning arrivals, why don't I stay another night and come home Saturday afternoon.
I stayed at the Ibis Budget motel right on the airport boundary so I could get a nice early start to the day. My favorite aircraft is the A380 and I think I counted eleven coming in from 6am - 11.30am.
Sydney airport, unlike Brisbane airport who don't give sh*t about it's spotters, really look after the spotting public and have an elevated dedicated spotting area called Shep's Mound. This area is perfect for early morning until midday.


SYDNEY TOWER AND MORNING SUNRISE

SHEP'S MOUND



SHEP'S MOUND VIEW FROM THE PLANE
































These are the shots you can get from there. I took over 460 photos this morning so I thought I would put just the internationals for now and do another story on the domestics. I have also decided to group the aircraft together, i.e all the A380's then the 787's etc.


A380's

EMIRATES A380-861 A6-EDA (CN 011)
OFF TO DUBAI

QANTAS A380-842 VH-OQE (CN 027)
ARRIVING FROM HONG KONG

KOREAN AIR A380-861 HL-7622 (CN 128)
ARRIVING FROM SEOUL

SINGAPORE A380-841 9V-SKV (CN 247)
ARRIVING FROM SINGAPORE

ASIANA AIRLINES A380-841 HL-7626 (CN 155)
ARRIVING FROM SEOUL

CHINA SOUTHERN A380-841 B-6136 (CN 031)
ARRIVING FROM GUANGHOU

QANTAS A380-842 VH-OQL (CN 074)
OFF TO LOS ANGELES

QANTAS A380-842 VH-OQK (CN 063)
ARRIVING FROM HONG KONG

EMIRATES A380-861 A6-EUL (CN 224)
OFF TO CHRISTCHURCH

SINGAPORE A380-841 9V-SKL (CN 058)
ARRIVING FROM SINGAPORE
























































































































































A350's

MALAYSIA AIRLINES A350-941 9M-MAG (CN 213)
ARRIVING FROM KUALA LUMPUR 

SPORTING THE MALAYSIA NEGARAKU THEME
















A330's

CHINA SOUTHERN A330-323 B-5951 (CN 1536)
ARRIVING FROM GUANGHOU

HAINAN AIRLINES A330-243 B-6089 (CN 0919)
ARRIVING FROM CHANGSHA

GARUDA INDONESIA A330-343 PK-GHD (CN 1733)
ARRIVING FROM DENPASSAR

SPORTING THE RETRO LIVERY

CATHAY PACIFIC A330-342 B-LAE (CN 0850)
ARRIVING FROM HONG KONG

CAPITAL AIRLINES A330-243 B-8221 (CN 1052)
ARRIVING FROM QINGDAO

CHINA SOUTHERN A330-343 B-6098 (CN 0908)
ARRIVING FROM SHENZHEN

QANTAS A330-303 VH-QPI (CN 0705)
ARRIVING FROM SINGAPORE

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA A330-243 (CN 1452)
ARRIVING FROM HONG KONG

GARUDA INDONESIA A330-343 PK-GPV (CN 1577)
ARRIVING FROM JAKARTA

CHINA EASTERN A330-243 B-5975 (CN 1639)
ARRIVING FROM NANJING


CEBU PACIFIC A330-343 RP-C3346 (CN 1602)
ARRIVING FROM MANILA




















































































































































































A321's


PHILIPPINE A321-271 RP-C9933 (CN 8242)
ARRIVING FROM MANILA


















B787's

UNITED B787-9 N35953 (CN 36404)
ARRIVING FROM HOUSTON

AIR INDIA B787-8 VT-ANZ (CN 36297)
ARRIVING FROM DELHI

LATAM B787-9 CC-BGI (CN 38764)
ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND

AMERICAN B787-9 N830AN (CN 40650)
ARRIVING FROM LOS ANGELES

UNITED B787-9 N29961 (CN 37811)
ARRIVING FROM LOS ANGELES

VIETNAM AIRLINES B787-9 VN-A864 (CN 35154)
ARRIVING FROM HO CHI MINH CITY

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) B787-9 JA890A (CN 34500)
ARRIVING FROM TOKYO

JETSTAR B787-8 VH-VKI (CN 36235)
ARRIVING FROM DENPASSAR

UNITED B787-9 N26970 (CN 60146)
ARRIVING FROM SAN FRANCISCO

XIAMEN AIR B787-8 B-2769 (CN 41539)
ARRIVING FROM XIAMEN

JAPAN AIR B787-9 JA865J (CN 38138)
OFF TO TOKYO



































































































































































B777's

QATAR B777-3DZ A7-BEX (CN 65305)
OFF TO CANBERRA

ETIHAD B777-3FX A6-ETO (CN 39690)
ARRIVING FROM ABU DHABI

BRITISH AIRWAYS B777-336 G-STBA (CN 40542)
ARRIVING FROM SINGAPORE

DELTA AIR LINES B777-232 N701DN (CN 29740)
ARRIVING FROM LOS ANGELES

EMIRATES B777-31H A6-EPD (CN 42323)
ARRIVING FROM BANGKOK


AIR NEW ZEALAND B777-35E ZK-OKT (CN 32644)
ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND
(DRY LEASE FROM EVA   B-16717)

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B777-3ZG VH-VPF (CN 37940)
ARRIVING FROM LOS ANGELES

AIR CANADA B777-233 C-FIUJ (CN 35244)
ARRIVING FROM VANCOUVER




























































B767's

POLAR AIR CARGO B767-3JH N643GT (CN 37809)
ARRIVING FROM TOKYO


















B747's

THAI AIRWAYS B747-4D7 HS-TGZ (CN 28706)
ARRIVING FROM BANGKOK

ATALS AIR B747-47U N493MC (CN 29254)
ARRIVED FROM HONOLULU OVERNIGHT

QANTAS B747-438 VH-OEH (CN 32912)
ARRIVING FROM TOKYO














































B737's

FIJI AIRWAYS B737-MAX 8 DQ-FAB (CN 64307)
OFF TO NANDI












AIR NIUGINI B737-7L9 P2-PXD (CN 28007)
OFF TO PORT MORESBY

























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