BigPhilNYC From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 4073 posts, RR: 56 Posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 1889 times:
As a spotter, I lke to know what is coming, and when. It would also help to knowflight numbers for tracking purposes.
The other day I was spotting at LGA on my dock. The planes were landing over me on Rwy 31, and ther wasn't anythign too exciting coming in. I decided ot leave, and JUST as I left, a DL767 came in, then an ATA757, then an AA757, then an Airbus, and then another AA757.
JUst my luck, I sit on the dock for close ot an hour and see only one heavy, and then jsut as I leave, 4 heavies come in during the next 10 minutes!
I undertand that cab drivers have access to a listing of every arrival to an airport in order for them to know what kind of plane is landing, and at what airline, so they know where to pick up people.
I was wondering if there was anyplace online that I can go to so I can learn the airline, flight number, type of plane, etc, for EVERY arrival and departure going out of La Guardia Airport (JFK wouldn't hurt either).
BigPhilNYC From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 4073 posts, RR: 56 Reply 2, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 1828 times:
Those are pretty good sites, but I didn't really get what I was looking for.
I want to learn this because there are 5 different kinds of planes that come in and go out of LGA that I love to get footage of;
DL767
DL757
TZ757
UA757
AA757
I just need to know whatever information I would need so I can know when all of these planes come in so I can plan my spotting more accurately.
I know all the ATA 757s go to Midway. I know nothing about the other airlines.
ANY information about anythign would be extremely helpful.
Of course, an altogether schedule would be pretty badass too.
Bhmal From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 140 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 1804 times:
Big Phil,
You could get on www.travelocity.com and check the inbound flights from larger destinations. Like do a search on flights from ATL-LGA beginning at 10am and then move on to ORD-LGA, MDW-LGA, etc.
Another thing is a handheld scanner. You can get the airport frequencies off any sectional chart or airport facility directory book. The latter is probably better. You can buy the airport facility directory at most any GA FBO for $5 or so. Then you can tune in LGA's approach and tower freqs thus knowing what's out there within 20-30 miles or so before you ever see anything.
Let me know if you have any questions. I'll be glad to help.
Goboeing From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 2636 posts, RR: 12 Reply 4, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1776 times:
Check www.flightarrivals.com. You can sort arrivals by airport, and it will give the next few hours worth of inbound or outbound flights. It's not a full all day schedule, but it does give ETA, aircraft type, flight number, etc.
Bhmal, Bigphilnyc probably has a scanner already. Looking at the number of posts he has about spotting at LGA, I don't know how he couldn't. But maybe I'm wrong, because you can hear planes 30 minutes away, so those heavies would have been in range.
BigPhilNYC From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 4073 posts, RR: 56 Reply 5, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1753 times:
I don't have a scanner actually.
I just came back in from doing some early morning filming. They changed runways on me, SOBs! lol. They were landing on 31 (which is best for me), and then switched arrivals to 4 and departed on 13 (so I still had SOME action, but it's not as fun).
I jsut go down there and catch stuff by chance. The only specific planes that I was able to target were ATA 757s and the DL727 (not there anymore).
BigPhilNYC From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 4073 posts, RR: 56 Reply 6, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 1723 times:
Ok, here is what I have learned so far (I am typing it here as if anyone cares):
Here is the plane I want to see along with the airports that the coinciding airline flies them to and from:
UA757 - ORD, DEN
TZ757 - MDW
DL767 - ATL
DL757 - DFW, FLL, ATL
AA757 - DFW, MIA
Anyone have anything to add?
(I like 757s, but I excluded Northwest on purpose. Who the fuck wants to look at a 752 BOWLING SHOE? lol)
SESGDL From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3385 posts, RR: 10 Reply 7, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 1701 times:
B737-112 From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 881 posts, RR: 8 Reply 8, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 1695 times:
BigPhilNYC From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 4073 posts, RR: 56 Reply 9, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1618 times:
Maiznblu_757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 5112 posts, RR: 51 Reply 10, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1600 times:
For $9.95 a month you get unlimited airplane tracking and airport summaries, including bizjets...
Boiler Special From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 135 posts, RR: 3 Reply 11, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1573 times:
BigPhilNYC From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 4073 posts, RR: 56 Reply 12, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1562 times:
I wish it could be easier by just listing "AA arrivals into LGA", instead of having to lsit each and every airport that planes are coming form one by one.
Timz From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 6477 posts, RR: 8 Reply 13, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 1489 times:
Next time you're in the terminal check at the desk where they have all the tourist brochures and ground-transport info. Maybe they'll have the Port Authority timetable that comes out every couple months giving complete schedules for LGA-JFK-EWR. Including cargo, supposedly.
HlywdCatft From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 5321 posts, RR: 7 Reply 15, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 1421 times:
On MCO's site you can get a list of all the flight schedules and ac types flying into MCO for the month.
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