Saturday, 10 October 2026

Plane spotting from around Brisbane

Yesterday morning, runway 01 was in use at Brisbane Airport, meaning aircraft landing on 01 Right flew near my home. Unfortunately, I had two things working against me. First, the cloud base was very low, around 2,800 feet, so most of the early big jets could be heard but not seen. Second, and more frustrating, Air Services Australia has changed the flight paths for reasons only they know, and instead of planes flying close to home and banking right in front of me, they’re now much farther south and not as close as they used to be.

As the morning progressed, the clouds shifted, and so did we. We drove to my daughter's place, just ten minutes from home, where I snapped a few photos. Afterwards, we headed to a dog park, and I kept taking pictures there as well.

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKE (MSN 36230)
JQ8990 ARRIVING FROM MELBOURNE (MEL) 12 YEARS

UNITED AIRLINES BOEING 777-224 N77019 (MSN 35547)
UA96 ARRIVING FROM SAN FRANCISCO (SFO) 19 YEARS

 SLING 2 24-8489 (MSN 151) 12 YEARS 

GOLD COAST FLYING TRAINING SLING 2 24-8592 (MSN 181) 11 YEARS

AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRBUS A321-271NX ZK-NNG (MSN 8908)
NZ141 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 7 YEARS

QANTASLINK DASH 8 400 VH-LQG (MSN 4376)
QLK310D ARRIVING FROM CANBERRA (CBR) 15 YEARS

AIR CANADA BOEING 787-9 C-FNOH (MSN 35267)
AC35 ARRIVING FROM VANCOUVER (YVR) 10 YEARS

HOLE IN CLOUD CAUSED BY AIR CANADA

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-VZX (MSN 34188)
QF132 ARRIVING FROM CHRISTCHURCH (CHC) 14 YEARS 

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-303 VH-QPF (MSN 595)
QF62 ARRIVING FROM TOKYO (NRT) 22 YEARS

FOX CORPORATION GULFSTREAM G800 (MSN 88018) 1 YEAR

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-XZP (MSN 44577)
QF120 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (ALK) 11 YEARS 

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-251NX VH-OYF (MSN 11529)
JQ150 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 2 YEARS

AEROPRAKT A32 VIXXEN VH-YVQ (MSN 029) 9 YEARS

GRUMMAN AMERICAN TIGER VH-JJJ (MSN AA5B-1249) 47 YEARS

BASAIR AVIATION PIPER ARCHER III VH-BKM (MSN 2843031) 30 YEARS

CESSNA 172M SKYHAWK VH-UGK (MSN 17263724) 52 YEARS

ROBINSON R22 BETA VH-JKH (MSN 1086) 37 YEARS 

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRBUS A350-941 B-LRS (MSN 128)
CX165 ARRIVING FROM HONG KONG (HKG) 9 YEARS

CHINA AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 B-18906 (MSN 092)
CI53 ARRIVING FROM TAIPEI (TPE) 9 YEARS

BOMBARDIER GLOBAL 6000 N175KH (MSN 9793) 9 YEARS

QANTASLINK EMBRAER E190AR VHUYU (MSN 19000126)
QLK1982 ARRIVING FROM NEWCASTLE (NTL) 19 YEARS

CESSNA CUTLASS RG VH-LGI (MSN 172RG0377) 46 YEARS

EMBRAER PHENOM 300E VH-87X (MSN 50500778) 2 YEARS

QANTASLINK DASH 8 400 VH-84P (MSN 4488)
QLK170D ARRIVING FROM PORT MACQUARIE (PQQ) 11 YEARS

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8FE VH-YFJ (MSN 41001)
VA1393 ARRIVING FROM ADELAIDE (ADL) 14 YEARS

BASAIR AUSTRALIA CESSNA TURBO STATIONAIR TC 
VH-VDC (MSN T20608486) 22 YEARS



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