Aircraft over home

This morning, I woke to find runway 01 in use at Brisbane Airport and thought, you little beauty—perfect for a day of plane spotting. But for some reason, most of the planes, including Delta, Air Canada, Malaysia, and Air New Zealand’s All Black A321, didn’t head our way and cut in early instead, leaving me a bit disappointed.

AMERICAN AIRLINES BOEING 787-9 N843AN (MSN 66008)
AA7 ARRIVING FROM DALLAS (DFW) 11 MONTHS

SLING 2 24-8489 (MSN 151) 12 YEARS

EMIRATES AIRBUS A380-861 A6-EOM (MSN 187)
EK434 ARRIVING FROM DUBAI (DXB) 10 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHY (MSN 494)
SQ235 ARRIVING FROM SINGAPORE (SIN) 3 YEARS

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737 MAX 8 VH-8IH (MSN 66650)
VA303 ARRIVING FROM MELBOURNE (MEL) 1 YEAR

QANTASLINK DASH 8 400 VH-LQL (MSN 4449)
QLK310D ARRIVING FROM CANBERRA (CBR) 12 YEARS

QANTASLINK AIRBUS A220-300 VH-X41 (MSN 55402) 
QF1250 ARRIVING FROM MELBOURNE (MEL) 2 MONTHS

SOLOMON AIRLINES AIRBUS A320-232 H4-SIB (MSN 2445)
IE725 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 20 YEARS

UNITED AIRLINES BOEING 777-222 N796UA (MSN 26931)
UA96 ARRIVING FROM SAN FRANCISCO (SFO) 27 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-202 VH-EBD (MSN 513)
QF98 ARRIVING FROM MANILA (MNL) 22 YEARS

CESSNA 172N SKYHAWK VH-TCZ (MSN 17271617)

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8FE VH-YIF (MSN 38710)
VA309 ARRIVING FROM MELBOURNE (MEL) 13 YEARS

CESSNA 172S SKYHAWK SP VH-LOK (MSN 172S8103)

CHINA EASTERN AIRBUS A350-941 B-329E (MSN 505)
MU715 ARRIVING FROM SHANGHAI (PVG) 4 YEARS

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-VYA (MSN 33762)
QF508 ARRIVING FROM SYDNEY (SYD) 21 YEARS

PIPER ARCHER III VH-JRP (MSN 2843569)

AIR NEW ZEALAND BOEING 777-319 ZK-OKO (MSN 38407)
NZ145 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 14 YEARS

NAURU AIRLINES BOEING 737-3U3 VH-ONU (MSN 28732)
ON800   TEST FLIGHT BRISBANE - BRISBANE

QANTASLINK AIRBUS A220-300 VH-X4G (MSN 55352)
QF1254 ARRIVING FROM MELBOURNE (MEL) 8 MONTHS

FIJI AIRWAYS BOEING 737 MAX 8 DQ-FAB (MSN 64307)
FJ921 ARRIVING FROM NADI (NAN) 7 YEARS