Plane spotting at Brisbane's Archerfield airport

Yesterday I thought I'd try spotting at Archerfield airport as I hadn't been there for about 6 months. 

Archerfield Airport is a leased federal airport located in Archerfield, 12 km (7.5 miles) to the south of Brisbane city, and 7.6 km (4.7 miles) from my home. It opened on the 1st of April 1931. For over 50 years it was the primary airport in Brisbane, but it is now the secondary airport. On the 19th of March 1988 Brisbane International Airport (BNE/YBBN) was opened.

During World War II, it was used as a Royal Australian Air Force station. Airport traffic peaked in the 1980s. In December 2010, a development plan was released for public comment and included a new parallel runway.

ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT INFORMATION
IATA: none
ICAO: YBAF
Elevation AMSL: 63 ft / 19 m

The radio frequencies for Archerfield Airport include:

• Archerfield ground: 119.9 MHz
• Archerfield tower: 118.1 or 123.6 MHz
• Archerfield ATIS: 120.9 MHz
• Brisbane approach: 125.7 MHz
• Pilot activated lighting: 125.1 MHz

Archerfield Airport has four runways: two sealed runways and two grassed runways.

 
Sealed runways
10/28: Parallel, east-west runways that are sealed and can accommodate larger aircraft
10L/28R: 1,471 meters long
10R/28L: 1,100 meters long

Grassed runways
04/22: Parallel, northeast-southwest runway that are grassed and can accommodate light aircraft
04L/22R: 1,245 meters long

FLIGHT ONE PIPER SEMINOLE VH-FMA (4496560) 3 YEARS

YAKOVLEV YAK-52 VH-YYC (MSN 855909) 41 YEARS  

CESSNA CUTLESS RG VH-RQU (MSN 172RG0695) 46 YEARS

AIRWAYS AVIATION CESSNA 172R SKYHAWK VH-NHE (MSN 17280920) 26 YEARS

NORTH AMERICAN P-51D MUSTANG VH-FST (MSN 45-11526) 81 YEARS

BASAIR CESSNA 206H STATIOAIR VH-VKN (MSN 20608263) 20 YEARS

AIRWAYS AVIATION CESSNA 172R SKYHAWK VH-VVP (MSN 172S10027) 21 YEARS

LIFEFLIGHT LEONARDO AW139 VH-XIJ (MSN 41405) 11 YEARS

ROBINSON R44 II VH-HIP (MSN 13062) 16 YEARS

CESSNA 172R SKYHAWK VH-ASK (MSN 17280202) 29 YEARS

AIRBUS HELICOPTERS H125 VH-MIX (MSN 4067) 20 YEARS

AIRBUS HELICOPTERS H125 VH-JVC (MSN 1516) 45 YEARS

AIR RTP ROCKWELL COMMANDER 114 VH-RNS (MSN 14312) 49 YEARS

SLING 2 24-8489 (MSN 151) 12 YEARS

CESSNA 172R SKYHAWK VH-AZQ (MSN 17275569) 44 YEARS

FLY PELICAN BAe JETSTREAM 32 VH-OTQ (MSN 975)
PE709 OFF TO NARRABRI (NAA) 34 YEARS

FLIGHT ONE CESSNA 172R SKYHAWK VH-SIH (MSN 172S10874) 18 YEARS

VAN'S RV 10 VH-BUY (MSN 40156) 12 YEARS

POLAIR BELL 429 GLOBALRANGER VH-XP8 (MSN 57481) 2 YEARS

CESSNA 210N VH-TQC (MSN 21063325) 47 YEARS