Category: Airports – Ground Environment

Egypt

The landscape of Egypt is pretty impressive when seen from above. Views are ranging from deserts, to cities, to seas, to fierce mountains and to the most amazing “carvings” in the landscape due to sand erosion. […]
Busy day at Zakinthos, Greece

A full ramp of 2x Thomson Airways B737-800’s and a SAS Airbus at Zakinthos [ZTH, LGZA] Greece.
“Cleared to land”

Thomson Airways B737-800 coming in for landing at Pula, Croatia.

Porto Santo from 37,000′

Overflying the island of Porto Santo enroute to the Canary Islands. PXO/LPPS is the usual 1st alternate airport for Funchal, Madeira. It is, however, a very small airport with limited parking on the apron so it is very common to fill up quickly when FNC is below minima. It might be […]
Sunset through the Gatwick passenger bridge

An amazing sunset through the passenger bridge at London Gatwick’s North terminal.
Chambery, France [CMF/LFLB]

Take-off view of runway 36 at Chambery, France. This is one of our ski destinations during the winter. The airport is located in a valley in the Alps. This view clearly shows the high terrain that surrounds the airport and contributes to a 4.5 degree glide slope on the ILS. […]

Boeing Field, Seattle [BFI/KBFI]

Ready for takeoff! A great view of Mount Rainier in the distance as we are getting ready for takeoff of runway 13R from Boeing Field for the Delivery Flight of a brand new B737-800 to our airline in the UK. The flight home would take just less than 9hrs. Boeing Field, […]