Spotting at Archerfield Airport

Yesterday I thought I'd try spotting at Archerfield airport, which is only 7.6 km (4.7 miles) from my home. 

Archerfield Airport is a leased federal airport located in Archerfield, 12 km (7.5 miles) to the south of Brisbane city, Queensland. 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

CESSNA 172 SKYHAWK VH-AUC (MSN 17275190) 44 YEARS

BEECH B200 SUPER KING AIR VH-FON (MSN BB-1145) 37 YEARS 

DIAMOND DA20-C1 VH-HUU (MSN C0093) 26 YEARS

BEECH 58 BARON VH-PRG (MSN TH-1134) 45 YEARS

PIPER PA-44-180 SEMINOLE VH-BJC (MSN 4496409) 8 YEARS 

SLING II 24-8489 (MSN 151) 11 YEARS

CESSNA 525B CITATION CJ3 VH-ACC (MSN 525B0169) 18 YEARS

PIPER ARCHER III VH-RMZ (MSN 2843427) 24 YEARS 

VULCANAIR P.68C VH-TAV (MSN 471/C) 13 YEARS

NORTH AMERICAN P-51D MUSTANG VH-FST (MSN 45-11526) 80 YEARS

ROBINSON R44 II VH-HIP (MSN 13062) 15 YEARS

PIPER SENECA V VH-YSI (MSN 3449209) 24 YEARS

CESSNA 180 VH-8OT (MSN 30769) 71 YEARS

CESSNA 150M VH-UGF (MSN 15075924) 51 YEARS 

CESSNA 182 VH-IBZ (MSN 18267708) 45 YEARS 

BEECH B200 SUPER KING AIR (MSN BB-1230) 40 YEARS 

FAIRCHILD SWEARINGEN METROLINER VH-82P (MSN TC-399) 45 YEARS

ROBINSON R22 BETA II VH-VIS (MSN 4759) 7 YEARS

ROBINSON R44 RAVEN II VH-8PP (MSN 14720) 1 YEAR

GAF N22C NOMAD VH-ATO (MSN 108) 46 YEARS