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                  Caribbean and Miami area 28th Feb - 9th March 2024   Dave Anderson

Following our road trip to Canada / USA last year our next trip was to be a more leisurly cruise holiday, looking at various options we picked a new cruise line “Explora Journeys” part of the MSC group, the new ship Explora 1 is the first of 8 being built. I can highly recommend them an outstanding ship with some of the best food we’ve ever had on a cruise as well as great service and superb comfort. Of course there always a “little” spotting to do on the way, the trip started on the 1650pm BA1335 flight from Newcastle to Heathrow, at the time I needed two aircraft for the BA fleet, it was nice of them to send one of them the 3 month old Airbus A321-231NX G-TNEB, my first flight in a 321Neo. Following a night at the Premier Inn Terminal 4 not much of note was seen at Heathrow, it was up the next morning to head over to T3 to catch our Virgin flight to Barbados at 1130am, we settled into the Virgin Crown Lounge that has limited views over the airport but all arrivals and departures can be seen. Our jet was G-VGEM a 12 year old Airbus A330-300, the seating arrangement in upper class is a bit dated, but seat 1A was comfortable enough and of course a great service from the Virgin crew. The 8 1/2hr flight was smooth and landed on time at Grantly Adams Airport, Bridgetown, by taking pictures of the ramps on landing most aircraft can be tied up.

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The logs at each location only contain bizz jets and airliners of note, as a guide the table below are the mainstream airlines aircraft that were new for me.

A220 A319 A320 A20N A321 A21N B737 B738 B38M B739 B39M B752 E175
American Airlines   5     11 11   22 21       26
Delta Air Lines         11     2   3   3  
Frontier Airlines       6   4              
jetBlue 2   6   3                
Southwest Airlines             2 2 6        
Spirit Airlines   2 4 6 4 4              
United Airlines               1 5 1 2    

A few from Heathrow 29th February

A321-231NX G-TNEB at NCL            From Virgin lounge B789's N824AN and JA882J                              B747-4's YR-FSA ROM Cargo and One Air G-UNET                                

Grantley Adams Airport Barbados 29th February

A320-251N(ACJ) G-KELT            Citation CJ3 J8-JET                     E120 VQ-TEL InterCarribean    ATR-72 9Y-TTC Caribbean A/L

Log Barbados 29th February 2024

G-KELT Airbus A320-251N(ACJ) Corporate
N768QS Bombardier Challenger 350 BD-100-1A10 Corporate - NetJets
C-FBQM Bombardier 605 Challenger Corporate
J8-JET Cessna 525B Citation Jet 3 Corporate
N575KT Cessna 650 Citation III Corporate
N23SM Dassault Falcon 2000LX Corporate
N200SG Dassault Falcon 50 Corporate
N449FX Embraer EMB-545 Praetor 500 Corporate - Flexjet LLC
C-FJGG Learjet 60 Corporate
     
9Y-TTC Aerospatiale ATR 72 600 Caribbean Airlines
D-ALEN Boeing 757 2Q8(PCF) DHL Worldwide Courier Express
N915FX Aerospatiale ATR 42 300(F) Federal Express
N727FX Cessna 208 Caravan B Federal Express
VQ-THM Aerospatiale ATR 42 512 InterCaribbean Airways
VQ-TEL Embraer Emb-120 Brasilia ER InterCaribbean Airways
VQ-TPG Embraer Emb-120 Brasilia ER InterCaribbean Airways
VQ-TLR Embraer ERJ-145 LR InterCaribbean Airways
VQ-TPS Embraer ERJ-145 LR InterCaribbean Airways
J8-RUT de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 30 SVG Air
J8-VBQ de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 30 SVG Air
J8-GND de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 30 SVG Air

A couple from the hotel in Barbados

B767-3's N321CM Aloha Cargo  and N319CM Amerijet

Log from Hilton Resort, Bridgetown, Barbados 1st March 2024

9Y-TTA Aerospatiale ATR 72 600 Caribbean Airlines
N760JB Airbus A320 232 jetBlue Airways
F-GKXR Airbus A320 214 Air France
N405AN Airbus A321 251NX(SL) American Airlines
9H-MFS Airbus A330 203 Maleth-Aero
8P-BQA Beech 1300 Super King Air Bequia Air
HP-1821CMP Boeing 737 8V3 Copa Airlines
N342SX Boeing 737 8MAX American Airlines
N319CM Boeing 767-323ER (BDSF) Amerijet International
N321CM Boeing 767-323ER (BDSF) Aloha Cargo Airlines
G-TUIN Boeing 787 9 TUI Airways
J8-PIE Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander A-27 Mustique Airways
ZS-CMZ Canadair Regional-Jet 700 InterCaribbean Airways
J8-CRU de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 30 SVG Air
J8-GAW de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 30 SVG Air

After a night and most of the next day in Barbados we boarded the ship for the 7 day cruise, one of our stops was at St Kitts where the airport can be seen from the ship and three aircraft on the ramp were read off. It wasn’t a busy place with only a few scheduled flights each day.

A couple from St Kitts

Bizzjets from the ship                 ATR72 N702SV Silver Airways

Log St Kitts 3rd March

N150QS Bombardier Global 6000 BD-700-1A10 Corporate - NetJets
N820QS Cessna C700 Citation Longitude Corporate - NetJets
N518KA Gulfstream G650 ER Corporate
N850EC Hawker-Siddeley 125 850XP Corporate
PJ-WIV Aerospatiale ATR 42 500 WINAIR
N702SV Aerospatiale ATR 72 600 Silver Airways
N536JB Airbus A320 232 jetBlue Airways
N323SG Boeing 737 8MAX American Airlines
VP-AAF Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander B-21 Trans Anguilla Airways
VP-AEW Cessna 402C Trans Anguilla Airways

As we sailed past Puerto Rico a number of arrivals into San Juan came over the top around 5000ft and with the use of FR24 a reasonable log was made, a few more were logged over our stops at Samana in the Dominican Republic and Ocean Cay in the Bahamas, but we were out an about most of those days.

Log from abeam, Puerto Rico 4th March not including American, Delta, Frontier, jetBlue, Southwest, Spirit, United

N60CK Bombardier Challenger 350 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
N117QS Bombardier Global 5000 BD-700-1A11 Corporate - NetJets
N923QS Cessna 680 Citation Latitude A Corporate - NetJets
N400J Gulfstream G650 ER Corporate
N721CC IAI Galaxy G200 Corporate
N441PC Learjet 35A Corporate
     
N427PE Short SD-360 200 Air Cargo Carriers
N961HL Cessna 208 Caravan B DHL Worldwide Courier Express
N963HL Cessna 208 Caravan B DHL Worldwide Courier Express
N1619A Boeing 767 3Y0(ER)(BDSF) Amazon Prime Air
EC-NVZ Boeing 787 8 Air Europa
CC-BGK Boeing 787 9 LATAM Chile
CC-BGT Boeing 787 9 LATAM Chile

The ships final port was Miami arriving early in the morning of Friday 8th, we were staying at the Intercontinental hotel Downtown and spent the day in and around Miami with a few hours around the pool. Aircraft from Miami International were departing out to sea and with the use of trackers nothing is missed. Next morning I’d hired a car from a nearby AVIS for a days spotting as well a some shopping for the missus. While waiting at the hire desk a Sikorsky S61N N905CH landed in a car park opposite and started lifting material onto a nearby tower block, the helicopter I’d seen at Teesside as G-BBUD in January 1978

Log from downtown Miami 8th March 2024 not including American, Delta, Frontier, jetBlue, Southwest, Spirit, United

C6-MIP Beech B200GT King Air 250 Corporate
N719AS Bombardier Challenger 350 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
N96HM Bombardier Challenger 350 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
N421AL Bombardier Global Express BD-700-1A10 Corporate
N470B Bombardier Global Express BD-700-1A10 Corporate
N717SM Cessna 750 Citation X Corporate
N940TT Gulfstream G550 Corporate
N502PS Pilatus PC-24 NG Corporate
D-AMLC Bombardier Global 6000 BD-700-1A10 Corporate
N160QS Bombardier Global Express XRS BD-700-1A Corporate -NetJets
N342QS Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign Corporate -NetJets
N341QS Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign Corporate -NetJets
N586QS Cessna 680 Citation Latitude A Corporate -NetJets
N906QS Cessna 680 Citation Latitude A Corporate -NetJets
N922QS Cessna 680 Citation Latitude A Corporate -NetJets
N914QS Cessna 680 Citation Latitude A Corporate -NetJets
N915QS Cessna 680 Citation Latitude A Corporate -NetJets
N941QS Cessna 680 Citation Latitude A Corporate -NetJets

LV-KAO Airbus A330 202 Aerolineas Argentinas
N649GT Boeing 767 375(ER)(BCF) Atlas Air
N632AV Airbus A320 214(SL) Avianca
HP-9902CMP Boeing 737 9MAX Copa Airlines
N959BP Boeing 737 7BD Eastern Air Express
N914FD Boeing 757 28A(SF) Federal Express
N811TJ Boeing 737 306(BDSF) iAero Airways
EC-LUK Airbus A330 302 Iberia
EI-HJN Airbus A330 941N ITA Airways
CC-AZU Airbus A320 251N(SL) Sky Airline
CS-TUL Airbus A330 941N TAP Air Portugal

 

First stop of the day was at Miami International, starting at the El Dorado furnature store, this is an easy place to park up, view and photograph landings on runway 9R. Although a steady flow not much exiting was due in, so we heading off and turned right at all the nooks and cranies around the airport you can log most stuff that is outside, the day before an American Airlines Boeing 777 N736AT had collided with Frontier Airbus A320 N630AT while being pushed back, N630AT was seen in a hangar having its tail repaired.

S61N N905CH                            A320 LZ-MDK Fly2Sky             B767-3 N1487A                      E175 N248NN                           B737-8MAX N329SL

B737-8 N852NN                                    Saab 340's of the IBC Airways fleet

Log Miami International 9th March 0900 - 1030 then 2000 - 2300 not including American, Delta, Frontier, jetBlue, Southwest, Spirit, United

N770BB Boeing 757 2J4 Corporate
N314RC Bombardier 604 Challenger Corporate
N64JE Bombardier 605 Challenger Corporate
N303JE Bombardier Challenger 300 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
N54CA Bombardier Challenger 350 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
C-FASR Cessna 525A Citation Jet 2+ Corporate
N70FC Cessna 525B Citation Jet 3 Corporate
N757BR Cessna 525C Citation Jet 4 Corporate
N100AX Dassault Falcon 900B Corporate
N970SF Dassault Falcon 900EX EASy Corporate
N577CF Dassault Falcon 7X Corporate
N78CH Embraer EMB-550 Praetor 600 Corporate
PP-LEG Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy 650 BJ Corporate
N495JS Gulfstream G4 SP Corporate
N169TC Gulfstream G450 Corporate
N100HG Gulfstream G5 Corporate
N1759C Gulfstream G550 Corporate
N1454H Gulfstream G650 ER Corporate
N850XM Hawker-Siddeley 125 800XP Corporate
N615JT Honda HA-420 Hondajet Corporate
XA-MBS Learjet 75 Corporate
N158AF Pilatus PC-24 Corporate
N752M Bombardier Challenger 300 BD-100-1A10 Corporate -Executive Jet Management
N584FX Bombardier Challenger 350 BD-100-1A10 Corporate -Flexjet LLC
N392FX Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 Corporate -Flexjet LLC
N405FX Embraer EMB-545 Praetor 500 Corporate -Flexjet LLC
N469FX Gulfstream G450 Corporate -Flexjet LLC
N216QS Bombardier 650 Challenger Corporate -NetJets
N259QS Bombardier 650 Challenger Corporate -NetJets
N780QS Bombardier Challenger 350 BD-100-1A10 Corporate -NetJets
N797QS Bombardier Challenger 350 BD-100-1A10 Corporate -NetJets
N755QS Bombardier Challenger 350 BD-100-1A10 Corporate -NetJets
N123QS Bombardier Global 5500 BD-700-1A11 Corporate -NetJets
N578QS Cessna 680 Citation Latitude A Corporate -NetJets
N635QS Cessna 680 Citation Latitude A Corporate -NetJets
N930QS Cessna 680 Citation Latitude A Corporate -NetJets
N838QS Cessna C700 Citation Longitude Corporate -NetJets
N416QS Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 Corporate -NetJets
N419QS Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 Corporate -NetJets
N23NG Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign Corporate Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
N541XJ Bombardier Challenger 300 BD-100-1A10 Corporate -XOJet

XA-CCM Boeing 737 8MAX Aeromexico
XA-UNQ Swearingen SA.227AC Metro III Aeronaves TSM
XA-LRC Boeing 767 241(ERBDSF) Aerounion
XA-EFR Boeing 767 241(ERBDSF) Aerounion
EC-NCY Boeing 787 9 Air Europa
N248AK Boeing 737 990(ER) Alaska Airlines
N1327A Boeing 767 37D(ER)(BDSF) Amazon Prime Air
N396CM Boeing 767 323(ER)(BDSF) Amerijet International
N237CM Boeing 767 333(ER)(BCF) Amerijet International
N349CM Boeing 767 323(ER)(BDSF) Amerijet International
P4-AAK Airbus A320 232 Aruba Airlines
N493MC Boeing 747 47UF Atlas Air
N263SG Boeing 747 481 Atlas Air
N860GT Boeing 747 8F Atlas Air
N207FR Airbus A320 214 Avianca
N477AV Airbus A320 214(SL) Avianca
C6-BFY Boeing 737 7V3 Bahamasair
CP-3208 Airbus A330 243 Boliviana de Aviacion
C-GOCJ Boeing 767 316(BDSF) CargoJet Airways
HP-1841CMP Boeing 737 8V3 Copa Airlines
HP-9914CMP Boeing 737 9MAX Copa Airlines
HP-9918CMP Boeing 737 9MAX Copa Airlines
HP-9926CMP Boeing 737 9MAX Copa Airlines
HP-3510DAE Boeing 767 316(ER)(BCF) DHL Aero Expresso
N701FE Aerospatiale ATR 72 600F Federal Express
N702FE Aerospatiale ATR 72 600F Federal Express
N709FE Aerospatiale ATR 72 600F Federal Express
N122FE Boeing 767 3S2F(ER) Federal Express
N293FE Boeing 767 300F(ER) Federal Express
N989CM Airbus A321 232(P2F) GLOBALX
N966AD Airbus A321 211(P2F) GLOBALX
N410GX Airbus A321 231(P2F) GLOBALX Cargo
PR-XME Boeing 737 8MAX GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes
HI-1089 Boeing 737 38B(SF) HiSky Cargo
N241BC Embraer ERJ-145 ER IBC Airways  
N901BC SAAB 340 A IBC Airways Stored no props
N187JF SAAB 340 B(F) IBC Airways Was ex G-LGNM with Loganair
N481BC SAAB 340 B(F) IBC Airways  
N641BC SAAB 340 B(F) IBC Airways  
N961BC SAAB 340 B(F) IBC Airways Was ex G-LGNU with Loganair
N971BC SAAB 340 B(F) IBC Airways
N405CK Boeing 737 436(SF) Kalitta Charters
N336CK Boeing 737 3Y0(BDSF) Kalitta Charters
N420LA Boeing 767 316F LATAM Cargo
N542LA Boeing 767 316(ER)(BCF) LATAM Cargo
N566LA Boeing 767 316(ER)(BDSF) LATAM Cargo
PR-ACO Boeing 767 346F LATAM Cargo Brazil
CC-BGR Boeing 787 9 LATAM Chile
N570TA Airbus A321 231 Leasing Company Ex Avianca
PR-GTL Boeing 737 8EH Leasing Company Ex GOL
N755CS Boeing 757 260(PCF) Leasing Company Ex ET-AJX Ethiopian
N627NP Boeing 757 2B7 New Pacific Airlines
N566NC Boeing 767 3BG(ER)(BCF) Northern Air Cargo
N423AX Boeing 767 324(ER) Omni Air International
N642GT Boeing 767 3Y0(ER)(BDSF) Polar Air Cargo
N314A Cirrus Design SR-22 Private
N715PT Cirrus Design SR-22T Private
LN-RKS Airbus A330 343E SAS Scandinavian Airlines
9H-AMD Airbus A321 231 Sky Cana
CP-2791 Douglas MD-10 30F TAB Cargo
N359UP Boeing 767 34AF United Parcel Service Company
N374UP Boeing 767 300F(ER) United Parcel Service Company
LZ-MDK Airbus A320 232 World Atlantic Airlines Op by Fly2Sky
LZ-FSB Airbus A320 214 World Atlantic Airlines
N802WA Douglas MD83 World Atlantic Airlines

Next stop was Opa Locka around 30 minutes North, this is an ever evolving airport and always has a good mix of aircraft with lots of bizz jets. Since my last visit a huge new ramp and hangar area has been built opposite Langley Road, Bombardier have what looks like a Global Express maintenance facility on one side, outside was an ex prototype Global 7000 that arrived as a training aid, the other side has 3 large hangars each with 4 big doors, the area was empty looking like it has only just been completed, then in the middle a large aircraft storage ramp. Driving around this area is easy and it gives good views of the stored aircraft and the two new facilities, they seem to have cleared out a lot of the old stored stuff that have been there for years.

B737-4 N663FL                             B737-4 N249FQ                    Global 7000 C-GBLB             Global 7500 VP-CLT                   Global Express N5883            

Ce680  N427GY                         HS125-800 N488RJ                  Ce525 CJ2 N713YD                Learjet 75 C-GMHG                 A320 N641VA

Gulfstream 4SP N51PR           FA2000 N413HA & Ce500 N200CG

Log from Opa Locka 9th March  not including single engine GA

N605TS Bombardier 605 Challenger Corporate
N607KT Bombardier 650 Challenger Corporate
N918RL Bombardier 650 Challenger Corporate
N219AB Bombardier Challenger 300 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
M-EVAN Bombardier Challenger 300 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
N8805 Bombardier Challenger 300 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
C-GWWW Bombardier Challenger 300 BD-100-1A10 Chartright Air
PR-HNG Bombardier Challenger 350 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
N382SA Bombardier Challenger 350 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
N347FZ Bombardier Challenger 350 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
C-GLMM Bombardier Challenger 3500 BD-100-1A10 Bombardier Aerospace Corporation
C-GBLB Bombardier Global 7000 BD-700-2A12 Bombardier Aerospace Corporation Ground instructional no engines
VP-CLT Bombardier Global 7500 BD-700-2A12 HK Bellawings Jet
D-ACEV Bombardier Global Express BD-700-1A10 FAI-Rent-a-jet
N111FK Bombardier Global Express BD-700-1A10 Corporate
N5883 Bombardier Global Express BD-700-1A10 Corporate
N764DB Bombardier Global Express BD-700-1A10 Corporate
N311PB Bombardier Global Express XRS BD-700-1A Corporate
N600JY Cessna 500/501 Citation I Corporate
N200CG Cessna 500/501 Citation I Corporate
N1EJ Cessna 500/501 Citation I SP Corporate
N134SC Cessna 510 Citation Mustang Corporate
N884ML Cessna 510 Citation Mustang Corporate
N780AB Cessna 525 Citation Jet Corporate
N713YD Cessna 525A Citation Jet 2+ Corporate
N951PJ Cessna 525B Citation Jet 3+ Corporate
N3GB Cessna 525C Citation Jet 4 Corporate
N551DA Cessna 550/551 Citation II Corporate
N550WL Cessna 550/551 Citation II Corporate
N888WD Cessna 550/551 Citation Bravo Corporate
N228MH Cessna 550/551 Citation II SP Corporate
N510JN Cessna 560 Citation Ultra Corporate
N301VR Cessna 560 Citation Excel Corporate
N595RH Cessna 560 Citation Excel S+ Corporate
N545QS Cessna 680 Citation Latitude A Corporate -NetJets
N926QS Cessna 680 Citation Latitude A Corporate -NetJets
N427GY Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign Corporate  
N784XJ Cessna 750 Citation X Corporate -XOjet
N513JB Cessna 750 Citation X Mountain Aviation
N1WP Cessna C700 Citation Longitude Executive Jet Management
N116PB Cirrus Design SJX Vision SF50 Corporate
N501N Dassault Falcon 2000EX EASy Sonair
N900EG Dassault Falcon 900EX EASy Corporate
N413HA Dassault Falcon 2000 Corporate
N81HM Dassault Falcon 900C Corporate
N820M Dassault Falcon 900C Corporate
N264C Dassault Falcon 900EX EASy Corporate
N50CZ Dassault Falcon 50EX Corporate
N128JL Dassault Falcon 900EX Corporate
N30GD Gulfstream G4 Corporate
N869MD Gulfstream G4 SP Corporate
N352BH Gulfstream G4 SP Corporate
N664JN Gulfstream G4 SP Corporate
N51PR Gulfstream G4 SP Corporate
N415MA Gulfstream G4 SP Corporate
C-FCII Gulfstream G450 Skyservice Aviation
N889KH Gulfstream G5 Corporate
N718JJ Gulfstream G5 Corporate
N474D Gulfstream G550 Corporate
N830NR Gulfstream G550 Corporate
N884SG Gulfstream G550 Corporate
N279WR Gulfstream G550 Corporate
N358MY Gulfstream G600 Corporate
N6CP Gulfstream G650 ER Corporate
N28UD Gulfstream G650 ER Corporate
N122GA Gulfstream G700 Gulfstream Aerospace
N729AT Hawker-Siddeley 125 800XP Corporate
N488RJ Hawker-Siddeley 125 800XP Corporate
N850DP Hawker-Siddeley 125 800XP Corporate
N128KH Hawker-Siddeley 125 800XP2 Corporate
N221PB Hawker-Siddeley 125 800XP Corporate
N800PL Hawker-Siddeley 125 800XP2 Corporate
N192WS Honda HA-420 Hondajet Corporate
N1FG IAI G280 Corporate
N165PB IAI Galaxy G200 Corporate
N415NP Learjet 60 Corporate Stored no engines
N160EE Learjet 60 Corporate
N696TS Learjet 60 Corporate
C-GMHG Learjet 75 Flightpath Charter Airways
N17HA Pilatus PC-24 Corporate
C-GOEI Pilatus PC-24 Aviation Starlink
N941X Raytheon Hawker 4000 Horizon Corporate

N15460 AgustaWestland AW139 Corporate
N641VA Airbus A320 214 Leasing Company Ex Alaska for Air Canada
N663FL Boeing 737 4Q8F Leasing Company Ex Air Ghana for Aerosucre
N249FQ Boeing 737 4Q3F DHL Aero Expresso Ex HP-3210DAE was stored Marana
TF-BBL Boeing 737 490(SF) Bluebird Nordic Parked in the storage area
2-GEOS Boeing 737 8EH Leasing Company Ex PR-GUG GOL
N255CM Boeing 767 223(BDSF) Air Transport International
N267JR Boeing 767 238(ER) Corporate Ex Google owned
N647GT Boeing 767 306(ER)(BDSF) Atlas Air
N1229A Boeing 767 306(ER)(BDSF) Amazon Prime Air
HI-772 British Aerospace Jetstream 31 01 Air Century
N702SE Cessna 208 Caravan B Florida Air Cargo
N2615Q Cessna 402C Corporate
N48SA Cessna 404 Titan Redding Aero Enterprises
N441SB Cessna 441 Conquest II Corporate
N15MA Douglas DC-3 C-47A-70-DL Florida Air Cargo
N138FS Douglas DC-3 C-47A-45-DL Florida Air Cargo
N859BE Embraer Emb-120 Brasilia RT Blue Eagle Airways
N771SS Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 Corporate
N500CJ Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 Corporate
N922JX Embraer ERJ-145 LR JSX Air
N230AS Piper PA-31-325 Navajo C/R Corporate
N894AF Pilatus PC-12 -47E Cobalt Air

Next port of call about 40 minutes up the road was Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, a huge airport with lots of light aircraft and bizz jets. Since my last visit David Beckham has built a football stadium and training pitches (not by himself he had a few mexicans helping him) for his Inter Miami football team right at the end of the eastern runways and has subsequently changed the drive around route. Spotting here is easy enough, lots of driving in and out of hangar and ramp areas photography is hard through the fences. There is a small viewing area with a covered roof and tables near to runway 9R threshold, It has live ATC being broadcast through the speakers and photo’s are fine from here. Again new hangars have been built and a slightly different road lay out near the stadium but a decent log can be had.

SF340's N218CH & N744BA      From viewing area                 Beech 200 N754CA                  Twin Otter N137JR                   Jetstream 32 C6-LNG

       

    Challenger N396KM                   Citation 500 N561??             Learjet 35A N925CA                 Learjet 55 N143LJ                 Black jets need the 125

Store next to viewing area          PC12 N91B                            Citation 550 N387RE

Log Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport 9 March not including the many single engined GA

N396KM Bombardier 600 Challenger S Corporate
N388DD Bombardier 600 Challenger Withdrawn from use
N923SL Bombardier 601 Challenger Withdrawn from use
N601H Bombardier 601 Challenger Corporate
XA-UFF Bombardier 601 Challenger 3A Corporate
N989BC Bombardier 601 Challenger 3A Corporate
N939CC Bombardier 601 Challenger 3A Corporate
N22FY Bombardier 601 Challenger 3R Corporate
N113SR Bombardier 601 Challenger 3R Corporate
N902AG Bombardier 604 Challenger Corporate
N29CG Bombardier 604 Challenger Corporate
N650HJ Bombardier 604 Challenger Corporate
N999MY Bombardier 605 Challenger Corporate
N716WW Bombardier Challenger 300 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
C-FDOL Bombardier Challenger 300 BD-100-1A10 Skyservice Aviation
N361JL Bombardier Challenger 3500 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
C-GSAP Bombardier Global 6500 BD-700-1A10 Corporate
N617JN Bombardier Global Express BD-700-1A10 Corporate
P4-BFK Bombardier Global Express BD-700-1A10 Corporate
N500TN Cessna 500/501 Citation Eagle Withdrawn from use
N501CF Cessna 500/501 Citation I SP Corporate
N561?? Cessna 500/501 Citation I SP Corporate  
N963FF Cessna 510 Citation Mustang Corporate
N495JK Cessna 510 Citation Mustang Corporate
N210PM Cessna 510 Citation Mustang Corporate
N1K Cessna 525C Citation Jet 4 Corporate
N551CZ Cessna 550/551 Citation Sierra Super II Corporate
N213CC Cessna 550/551 Citation II Corporate
YV-1813 Cessna 550/551 Citation II Corporate
N387RE Cessna 550/551 Citation II Corporate
N451DA Cessna 550/551 Citation II SP Withdrawn from use
N577RW Cessna 560 Citation Ultra XOJets
N20CC Cessna 560 Citation Ultra Corporate
C-GKZB Cessna 560 Citation Ultra Chartright Air
N650AS Cessna 650 Citation III Corporate
N264GV Cessna 650 Citation III Corporate
N789MJ Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign Corporate
N1326A Cessna 680 Citation Latitude A Corporate
N782XJ Cessna 750 Citation X XOJet
N33MM Cirrus Design SJX Vision SF50 Corporate
N469M Cirrus Design SJX Vision SF50 Corporate
N50MW Dassault Falcon 200 World Jet of Delaware Inc
N777FC Dassault Falcon 200 Corporate
N181RK Dassault Falcon 200 Corporate
N430TB Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 Corporate
N244LG Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 Corporate
N286HF Embraer ERJ-145 XR Intel Air Shuttle
N286CH Embraer ERJ-145 XR Intel Air Shuttle
N540EA Gulfstream G2 SP Corporate
N137GJ Gulfstream G2 Withdrawn from use  
N734TJ Gulfstream G3 World Jet of Delaware
N555DW Gulfstream G3 Corporate
N218EE Gulfstream G3 Corporate
N120WJ Gulfstream G4 Corporate
N154G Gulfstream G4 Corporate
N675RW Gulfstream G4 Corporate
N842PA Gulfstream G4 Corporate
N177BB Gulfstream G4 Corporate
N520GP Gulfstream G4 Corporate
N236CA Gulfstream G4 Corporate
N40VC Gulfstream G4 SP Corporate
N111CQ Gulfstream G450 Corporate
N450XX Gulfstream G450 Corporate
P4-BFL Gulfstream G450 Corporate
N222ZZ Gulfstream G450 Corporate
N990SP Gulfstream G450 Corporate
N330AM Hawker-Siddeley 125 Series 731 Corporate
YV-3252 Hawker-Siddeley 125 700A Corporate Been stored here since 2018
N418CA Hawker-Siddeley 125 800A Corporate
XB-RQD Hawker-Siddeley 125 800A Corporate
N950PC Hawker-Siddeley 125 800XP Corporate
N3007 Hawker-Siddeley 125 800XP Corporate
N585VC Hawker-Siddeley 125 800XP2 Corporate
N851RG Hawker-Siddeley 125 800XP Corporate
N555NE Hawker-Siddeley 125 800XP Corporate
N416RR Hawker-Siddeley 125 900XP Corporate
N61HQ Hawker-Siddeley 125 900XP Corporate
N420AZ Honda HA-420 Hondajet Corporate
N225DB Honda HA-420 Hondajet Corporate
N72HJ Honda HA-420 Hondajet Corporate
N994WS Honda HA-420 Hondajet Corporate
N311HJ Honda HA-420 Hondajet Corporate
N939MC IAI Astra 1125 Corporate
N1900A IAI Astra 1125 Corporate Stored near viewing area
YV-3490 IAI Astra 1125 SP Corporate
N1125J IAI Astra 1125 SP Corporate
N550HB IAI Astra 1125 SPX Corporate
N143CB IAI Galaxy Corporate
N355SB IAI Galaxy G200 Corporate
N27TZ IAI Westwind 1124 Corporate
YV-604T IAI Westwind 1124-1 Withdrawn from use
N328PC IAI Westwind 1124 Corporate
YV-3140 IAI Westwind 1124 Corporate
N77779 Learjet 31 Corporate
N5VG Learjet 31 Corporate
N322PR Learjet 31A Corporate
LV-CNF Learjet 31A Corporate
N31LR Learjet 31A Corporate
N5695B Learjet 31A Corporate
N581PH Learjet 35A Withdrawn from use
N277MK Learjet 35A Corporate
N925CA Learjet 35A Corporate
N96GS Learjet 35A Corporate
N51GJ Learjet 36 A Corporate
N450KV Learjet 45 Corporate
N373DG Learjet 45 Corporate
N976DG Learjet 55 Corporate
N590TC Learjet 55 Corporate
N429FC Learjet 55 Corporate
N255RV Learjet 55 Corporate
N20CR Learjet 55 Corporate
N155SJ Learjet 55 ER Corporate
N16LJ Learjet 55 Corporate
N518SB Learjet 55 C Corporate
N143LJ Learjet 55 C Corporate
N178AM Learjet 55 C Florida Jet Service
N269GJ Learjet 60 Corporate
N841SC Learjet 60 Corporate
N101SS Learjet 60 Corporate
N280LJ Learjet 60 Hop-a-Jet
N516WP Learjet 60 Corporate
N367LJ Learjet 60 Hop-a-Jet
N208MM Raytheon 390 Premier 1A Corporate
N535CD Raytheon 390 Premier 1 Corporate
N70SK Rockwell Sabreliner 65 Corporate
N69WU Rockwell Sabreliner 65 Withdrawn from use
N888UP Rockwell Sabreliner 65 Corporate

C6-LNG Bae Jetstream Corporate New Reg not tied up yet
N1420V Aero Commander Turbo Commander 690B Corporate
N680JW Aero Commander Twin Commander 680FLP Corporate
N305DJ Beech 1900 D Leasing Company Ex C-FCMN Central Mountain Air
N864CA Beech 350 King Air Corporate
N817TT Beech 350 King Air Corporate
N191LR Beech 58 Baron Private  
N19RA Beech 58TC Turbo Baron Private
N769AC Beech 58TC Turbo Baron Private
N5245F Beech 90 King Air Corporate
N91RK Beech A100 King Air Wiggins Airways
N754CA Beech B200 King Air Corporate
N411FT Beech B90 King Air Corporate
N708DG Beech C90 King Air Hinds Community College
N911ZF Beech C90A King Air Corporate
N737SW Beech E.18S Aztec Airways
N200MU Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander A-27 tropical Air Charter
N138LW Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander A Island Air Charter
N209RG Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander A-6 Island Air Charters
N621KT Cessna 208 Caravan Corporate
N963FE Cessna 208 Caravan B Federal Express
N1Q Cessna 208 Caravan EX B Textron Aviation Inc
N740RV Cessna 208 Caravan EX B Makers Air
N38CJ Cessna 402C Corporate
N55LP Cessna 402C Corporate
N441TT Cessna 402C Tropical Airlines
N400AT Cessna 402C Corporate
N111TL Cessna 421 Golden Eagle B Corporate
N502SA Cessna 421 Golden Eagle C Corporate
N255 Cessna T.337 Super Skymaster G Private
N137JR de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 20 Leasing Company Ex C-GJAW West Coast Air Service
N490AG Diamond DA 42 Twin Star Private
N197TS Diamond DA 42 Twin Star Private
N564BC Partenavia P.68 C Corporate
N327YR Piaggio P-180 Avanti II Corporate
N47NX Pilatus PC-12 -47E Corporate
N23GM Pilatus PC-12 -47E Corporate
N91B Pilatus PC-12 -45 Corporate
N328JP Pilatus PC-12 -45 CSG Aviation
N7YR Pilatus PC-12 -45 Corporate
N581PC Pilatus U-28 Draco A United States Air Force
N160DB Piper PA-23 Apache 160 Private
N65DF Piper PA-23 Aztec C 250 Private
C6-EMA Piper PA-23 Aztec E 250 Private
N26FT Piper PA-23 Aztec F 250 Private
N13GP Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche B 160 Private
N7826Y Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche 160 Private
N54CL Piper PA-31-310 Navajo Corporate
N979SP Piper PA-31-325 Navajo C/R Corporate
N74932 Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain Corporate
N64AP Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain Corporate
N27537 Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain Withdrawn from use
N42HD Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain Aztec Airways
N56701 Piper PA-34 Seneca 200 Withdrawn from use
N699MD Piper PA-46 Malibu Mirage JetPROP DLX 3 Private
N3CV Piper PA-46 Malibu Meridian 500TP Private
N701YW Rockwell Commander 700 Corporate
N744BA SAAB 340 A Leasing Company Stored near viewing area
N128CH SAAB 340 A Leasing Company Stored near viewing area
N269FL Sikorsky S-76 B U.S. Department of Homeland Security

We stopped for lunch at a nearby Arbys, while we were sat 4 police SUV’s with sirens blaring went down the road and over the next few minutes a further 28!!! police vehicles went past all racing in same direction. We couldn’t think of what would need such a response, later we found out there had been a shooting and a person killed about a mile from where we where, still seems an awfuly big police response. Fed and watered we made the short journey to Fort Lauderdale International airport starting at the Embraer facility we worked around the airport to end up at the Hibiscus multi story car park in the terminal area. There is a viewing facility at the end of runway 10L they were departing from here and you get a great view but photo’s are through the fence unless you have a set up like the guy in the photo below, live ATC is also broadcast from this area. The multi story is also a designated viewing area with a few benches in one corner, there are great views over the airport from here and photo’s are easy of aircraft landing on runway 28R. They did change to this direction within a few minutes of us getting there despite the wind sock being horizontal from the opposite direction with all landings and departures with a strong tail wind, tempratures were around 30deg and at this time of the day heat haze can be an issue.

Fort Lauderdale International 9th March

                                                The viewing area near 10L                                                 Challenger 300 N5003KJ             Falcon 900EX N469SS

Ce750 X PP-LAR                          Falcon 2000 N80MH              B757-2  N14115                        Douglas MD-81 N419NV           A321-2 N111DC

  A320-2  N981NK                        B737-8  N26226                      Challenger 350 N707QS         ATR-72-600 N702SV             Legacy 500 N816JA

    Phenom 300 N423QS              Beech 400 N40DX                    B757-3 N588NW                     A321-271N N606FR                A321-2  N957JB

   B737-8  HP-1822CMP               FA50EX N396JR                      A319-1  N716UW                   A320-2  N784JB                       B737-8  N8309C

                                                                                                        

                                                                                                 Star arrival  Challenger 605 LV-FWW 

 

Log from Fort Lauderdale 9 March excluding Allegiant, American, Delta Frontier, jetBlue, Southwest, Spirit, United and single engined GA

N40DX Beech 400A Beechjet Corporate
N709EL Beech 400A Beechjet Corporate
N997RS Beech 400XP Beechjet Corporate
N618RR Bombardier 601 Challenger 3A Corporate
N541PJ Bombardier 601 Challenger 3R Corporate
N558BD Bombardier 604 Challenger Corporate
C-GRMZ Bombardier 605 Challenger Corporate
LV-FWW Bombardier 605 Challenger Corporate
N252QS Bombardier 650 Challenger NetJets
N503KJ Bombardier Challenger 300 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
N695BA Bombardier Challenger 300 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
N606RP Bombardier Challenger 300 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
N763QS Bombardier Challenger 350 BD-100-1A10 NetJets
N672DE Bombardier Challenger 350 BD-100-1A10 Corporate
N701QS Bombardier Challenger 350 BD-100-1A10 NetJets
N707QS Bombardier Challenger 350 BD-100-1A10 NetJets
N718DD Bombardier Global 5000 BD-700-1A11 Corporate
N219BY Bombardier Global 6000 BD-700-1A10 Corporate
N203JE Bombardier Global 7500 BD-700-2A12 Corporate
N154EA Canadair Regional-Jet 200LR Contour Aviation
N46KK Cessna 525 Citation M2 Corporate
N525F Cessna 525A Citation Jet 2 Corporate
N68NE Cessna 525C Citation Jet 4 Corporate
N81AU Cessna 550/551 Citation Bravo Corporate
N1966J Cessna 560 Citation Ultra Corporate
C-GJET Cessna 560 Citation Ultra Chartright Air
N17FA Cessna 560 Citation Encore Corporate
N509UP Cessna 560 Citation Excel S Gama Aviation LLC
N5150V Cessna 560 Citation Excel S Corporate
N692AZ Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign Corporate
N2Q Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign Corporate
N2LP Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign Corporate
N45AY Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign Corporate
N684QS Cessna 680 Citation Latitude A NetJets
N692QS Cessna 680 Citation Latitude A NetJets
N555LG Cessna 750 Citation X Corporate
PP-NAR Cessna 750 Citation X Corporate
N80MH Dassault Falcon 2000 Corporate
N883RA Dassault Falcon 900EX EASy Corporate
N30TE Dassault Falcon 10 Corporate
N290MX Dassault Falcon 50 Corporate
N47KH Dassault Falcon 50 Corporate
N469SS Dassault Falcon 900EX Corporate
N23FM Dassault Falcon 50EX Corporate
N200LX Dassault Falcon 2000LXS Corporate
N396JR Dassault Falcon 50EX Corporate
C-GYVL Dassault Falcon 2000 Novajet
N816JA Embraer EMB-500 Legacy 500 Corporate  
N685AS Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 Corporate
N55P Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 Corporate
N277RW Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 Corporate
N302AZ Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 Corporate
N97DA Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 Corporate
C-FWTF Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 Flightpath Charter Airways  
N423QS Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 NetJets
N30NB Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 Corporate
N1952R Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 Corporate
N247KA Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 Corporate
N473DE Embraer EMB-545 Praetor 500 Corporate
N455Z Gulfstream G4 Corporate
N888MF Gulfstream G4 SP Executive Jet Management
N484FX Gulfstream G450 Flexjet LLC
N219TF Gulfstream G450 Corporate
N239GA Gulfstream G5 Corporate
N8988 Gulfstream G550 Corporate
N802WJ Hawker-Siddeley 125 800A Corporate
N79TS Hawker-Siddeley 125 800XP Corporate
N4343F Hawker-Siddeley 125 850XP Corporate
N419MK IAI Astra 1125 SP Corporate
N922T IAI Astra 1125 SPX Corporate
N319WG IAI G280 Corporate
N682RV IAI Galaxy G200 Corporate
N600NY IAI Westwind 1124 Corporate
N38MG Learjet 31 Corporate
XA-MYK Learjet 45 Corporate
YV-2739 Learjet 45 Corporate
N198HB Learjet 60 Corporate
N427SH Pilatus PC-24 Corporate
N299AF Pilatus PC-24 Corporate
N23HD Raytheon 390 Premier 1A Corporate

N401SV Aerospatiale ATR 42 600 Silver Airways
N405SV Aerospatiale ATR 42 600 Silver Airways
C-FKPT Airbus A320 211 Air Canada  
N794AJ Boeing 727 227F Zero Gravity Corp Now based here op by Everts Air Cargo
HP-1822CMP Boeing 737 8V3 Copa Airlines
C-FLQO Boeing 737 8MAX Flair Airlines
9H-CHI Boeing 737 8MAX Air Transat
C-FCTK Boeing 737 8MAX Westjet
N170FE Boeing 767 300F(ER) Federal Express
N950FE Cessna 208 Caravan B Federal Express
N715FX Cessna 208 Caravan B Federal Express
N383TA Cessna 208 Caravan EX B Tropic Ocean Airways
N382TA Cessna 208 Caravan EX B Tropic Ocean Airways
N419NV Douglas MD81 Leasing Company Ex SAS and Allegiant arrived 08/23 stored
N460PM Pilatus PC-12 -47E Corporate
N954KM Pilatus PC-12 -45 Corporate
N95KH Pilatus PC-12 -47E Corporate
N881AB Pilatus PC-12 -47E Corporate
N567AF Pilatus PC-12 -47E Cobalt Air
N3333N Pilatus PC-12 NGX -47E Corporate
N85JK Socata TBM850 Corporate

After an hour or so we headed off to the Aventura shopping mall, a huge place with a great range of shops, after a few hours here we were back at Miami International for 7.30pm ready for checkin. Virgin use the LATAM lounge here and with aircraft landing on runways 26 and 27 all arrivals could be seen. COPA airlines park in front of the lounge. Our jet back was 4 year old Airbus A350-1000 G-VLUX, departing at 2345pm USA time after take off it was straight to bed and sleep for 6 of the 7 1/2 hour flight, apparantly it was quite turbulent at times but after a busy days spotting I didn’t feel it ! arriving into a wet and horrible Heathrow with not much seen it was back home later that day. Big thanks to Sue on the log book another great job done. Fantastic holiday lots of sunshine, great food and a few planes added to the database.  

Hope you enjoyed the read  Dave A