Air France/HOP Embraer 170 (F-HBXO) scheduled for MKE departure today (06/17/2022) at 08:00 CDT as AF9387 to GYR.
Jump to postAir France/HOP has been sending aircraft from France to western US airports (GYR/TUC) via KEF / YYR / MKE in last couple of months. Here are the last two flights.... F-HBXK Emb-170 MKE-GYR 04/21/2022 F-GRZL CRJ-700 MKE-TUC 03/17/2022 Another Air France/HOP Embraer 170 ( F-HBXO ) due in MKE today (6...
Jump to postIt’s odd to me that they would hold over LAN for 20 minutes before diverting all the way over to RFD I've been on several flights from LGA-ORD in the past few years where they circle over LAN when there are weather-related issues at ORD. It seems to be a designated spot for circling for flights fro...
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UA1836 PIT-ORD
AA312 GPI-ORD
AA2784 DCA-ORD
AA2656 SFO-ORD
More RFD diversions...
FI853 KEF-ORD
EI125 DUB-ORD
UA768 DEN-ORD
UA2386 FLL-ORD
UA2305 RSW-ORD
Diversions to RFD starting...
UA2363 PHL-ORD
AA1308 BZN-ORD
Looks like A6-COM arrived on Tuesday. Yes, in my original post #603 on 6/8/2022, I meant to say A6-COM arrived "yesterday" (6/7/2022) not "today" (6/8/2022). Here is a nice YouTube video of A6-COM landing on 6/7/2022 at ORD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBPVwnDUfOM
Jump to postA SDR (Service Difficulty Report) was filed with the FAA for this incident: AALA201909239017 (for American Airlines Boeing 787-8: Registration #: N812AA Serial #: 40630) Difficulty Date: 09/20/2019 Problem Description: Aircraft was Grounded: Flight air returned to ORD on account of First Officer ins...
Jump to postA9C-HMH BAHRAIN ROYAL FLIGHT BOEING 767-400 is at the CDF today. Came in this morning. The Dubai 747-400 also back sitting at the GRE. A9C-HMH operating as BAH3 flew in from RST (Rochester, MN) today where is has been since 6/1/22 (assuming Mayo Clinic related). The Dubai 747-400 is A6-COM operatin...
Jump to postFixinthe757 wrote:Just for info, the APU on 727s were in the wheel well, and the exhaust was on top of the right wing right outside of the overwing exit
Correction to my previous post: Here are the ADS-B Exchange logs for 3/4/2022: DXB DWC (Dubai) - VKO (Moscow-Vnukovo) - DXB DWC (Dubai) showing P4-BDL flew to Russia... P4-BDL flew from and returned to DWC (Al Maktoum International Airport, UAE) not DXB (Dubai International Airport, UAE). Also meant...
Jump to postHere is the official press release from the United States - Department of Justice (DOJ): https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-obtains-warrant-seizure-two-airplanes-russian-oligarch-roman-abramovich-worth Focusing on the aviation side of this thread, the two aircraft involved in the DOJ warra...
Jump to postLooking at the Frontier Horizon fleet history, they had 7 ex AA B727-23: N1902, N1930, N1931, N1933, N1955, N1973, N1979. All eventually went to Flying Tiger/Fed Express but N1973 was the only one that was sub-leased to Continental in 1986 (it was also sub-leased to World Airways) ( Source: Jet Airl...
Jump to postCody wrote:I would post it here but for some reason it won't let me.
[photoid]6886285[/photoid]gabik001 wrote:Just saw her departed from 9C and made hard turn north. Overflew my place @9:12am.
ZM402 Royal Air Force Airbus A400M (Atlas C1) landed at ORD this afternoon at 4:27PM on Runway 9C. Operating as RRR4550 and it came in from the Midland, TX area. https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c5dc&lat=37.847&lon=-95.741&zoom=5.5&showTrace=2022-06-04&leg=2 2709059
Jump to postLooks like Viva Aerobus flight 187 on May 31 lined up for takeoff on taxiway November and made it to 28 knots before takeoff clearance was canceled by ATC. This would have been really bad. Great job by the controller to get things back on track. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/vb187#2c12...
Jump to postHaven't heard or seen anything about Midwest 2.0 in over a year. It sounds dead in the water, as expected. According to this article from the Milwaukee Magazine 2 years ago (March 11,2020): Why Midwest Express’ Takeoff Is Being Delayed … Again A private offering was filed with the U.S. Securities a...
Jump to postFlair YYZ-ORD (F8106/FLE106) and ORD-YYZ (F8107/FLE107) flights are cancelled today (Saturday, June 4th,2022). It will be interesting to see if any of the remaining flight days on Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday operate for the remaining 2 weeks of service (June 7th/9th/11th and June 14th/16th/18th). The...
Jump to postyeogeo wrote:ORDLHR787 wrote:Is BA bringing the whale back?
Yup. June 1
Swoop, the ULCC subsidiary of WestJet, inaugurates flights on Monday, 30 May. Swoop inaugural flight WO746 departed YYZ (T3 Gate A19; Runway 24L 06:54) on its way to ORD (T5 Gate M4) this morning (5/30/2022). C-GDMP B737-8CT MSN#60131 Fleet#838. Named #Hamilton. Here is a list of other Swoop aircra...
Jump to postIt looks like the aircraft for today's inaugural Avelo Airlines HVN-MDW flight XP421 will be N707VL . No pictures on airliners.net yet, but appropriately, N707VL Boeing 737-7H4 MSN# 29843 is ex-Southwest Airlines N918WN "Illinois One" and no stranger to MDW. It looks like today's inaugura...
Jump to postAvelo starts MDW-HVN operations later today. It looks like Avelo 421 will be arriving into MDW around 5:55pm and will depart 7:05pm. Avelo will be using the C concourse for their flights. It looks like the aircraft for today's inaugural Avelo Airlines HVN-MDW flight XP421 will be N707VL . No pictur...
Jump to postBritish Airways BA286/BAW6B SFO-LHR A380 diversion to ORD this morning (5/26/2022)... Parked at the T5 "A380" gate: M11/M11A . Departed ORD Runway 28C at 04:48AM (09:48Z) for LHR. Source: adsbexchange.com Good practice for the BA A380 service starting on June 1st: BA295 LHR-ORD (Arr:13:10...
Jump to postBritish Airways BA286/BAW6B SFO-LHR A380 diversion to ORD this morning (5/26/2022)...
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW6B/history/20220526/0235Z/KSFO/KORD
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ba286
G-XLEG Airbus A380-841 MSN#161.
Breeze MXY6351 / N112BZ is scheduled to arrive from CHS around 11:40 this morning. N112BZ is flying to Baltimore this afternoon as MXY6301 ORD-BAL and my hunch is this a charter for the Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Team. They are in the NCAA 2022 Division I Women's Lacrosse "Final 4" Cha...
Jump to postI remember a bit of a discussion up-thread of Breeze visiting ORD before, but apparently I wasn't paying attention.... What's up with these flights? Charters? So 3 months ago, Breeze did a NCAA Basketball charter for the De Paul Blue Demons from ORD-PVD. N112BZ is flying to Baltimore this afternoon...
Jump to postHere is the go-around from ADS-B Exchange on May 13th, 2022 at PDL (Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal)... https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=495149&lat=37.679&lon=-25.638&zoom=11.2&showTrace=2022-05-13&leg=2&trackLabels TAP Airbus A321 - CS-TJI 5793183
Jump to postNo observation deck at T5. Rumblings are there will be an outdoor garden at the end of the OGT. Ashame no observation deck at T5 is planned. Circa 1960, a swell view of the observation deck at ORD (showing AA DC-6, AA CV240, AA B707 and CHA S-58). Click on the postcard image for a larger view... ht...
Jump to postand one more thing... Saw my first TK 787 at O'Hare yesterday. Have they just been operating them to ORD only recently or am I slow on the uptake? According to FlightAware, the switch over for THY185 IST-ORD from a B777 to a B787 happened on March 27th, 2022. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/THY...
Jump to post20a is the temporary bussing gate until M13 is completed. The plane will park on Hardstand 104. Yes, WS3674 parked at the hardstand at T5... https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=c07f38&lat=41.973&lon=-87.884&zoom=16.3&showTrace=2022-05-19&leg=3 Today's aircraft ended up being C-...
Jump to postNew routing is Ua2354/640/2444. I just hope to get something for buying F tickets and then get downgraded to middle seat coach on the other 2 flights. It's a 25min connection in DEN, but if nothing changes, gates are right next door. For the compensation discussion with UA, I'd recommend you take a...
Jump to postI believe WestJet is daily and yes on the only Dash 8. Connect Air (if they ever get the approval to operate) would become the 2nd. Westjet will be ORD's first scheduled bussing operation in a long time. For some photo ops, they're planned to park on the hardstands. According to flightradar24.com (...
Jump to postpolywad6963 wrote:Also will bags make the flight with a connection being approx 25min?
Anyone know why this flight is delayed over 12hrs tonight? Per the United Airlines Flight Status page: https://www.united.com/en/us/flightstatus/details/716/2022-05-17/DEN/PHX/UA UA 716 DEN-PHX 05/17/2022 Gate B52 Departure: Delayed (12 hrs 22 mins) Estimated: 9:15 AM Scheduled: 8:53 PM Your flight...
Jump to postThe Flair max parked at T5 gate M4 or M5 today and sat there. Not sure if it had a mtx issue or not . Bright colors contrast the dull US mainline colors. The registration of the first scheduled F8 YYZ-ORD flight (F8106/FLE106) on 5/17/22 was B737-8 MAX C-FFEL #64942 6460901 Looks like it was suppos...
Jump to postse210 wrote:According to flightradar24.com, it looks like TS-ISX will also be doing FI853 KEF-ORD on Monday (5/16) and Tuesday (5/17).
FI853 switching from B737 to B757 starting today (Sunday 5/15). TS-ISX B757-3E7 due in ORD around 18:20 sporting the 100 Years Independence Livery. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ICE853 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/fi853 6829687 According to flightradar24.com, it looks like TS-ISX...
Jump to postgabik001 wrote:I am assuming that both C-17's will return to ORD around departure time.
N1 landed at ORD this evening. Thought this would have been a FAA aircraft but apparently it is a Cessna 680 owned by Tenax Aerospace LLC. To quote Napoleon Dynamite: "Sweet registration and ICAO Mode S Hex code (a00001)!" https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a00001&lat=39.621&lon=...
Jump to postAF1 VC-25A 82-8000 looks to be landing at ORD around 11:05-11:10-ish . AF1 VC-25A 82-8000 landed at ORD on runway 9C at 11:07 and is parked at the Scenic Hold Pad (north side) as usual. C-32A 09-0016 ended up in Peoria (just like the last time AF1 was at ORD). It is the backup/emergency aircraft fo...
Jump to postPOTUS is expected to land tomorrow between 10:30am and noon local as per FAA TFR's so basically it will be roughly at 11. Departure of Air Force One is expected around 6pm. I am assuming that both C-17's will return to ORD around departure time. AF1 VC-25A 82-8000 looks to be landing at ORD around ...
Jump to postUSAF C17 89-1192 also landed at ORD (Flight RCH3249) today (5/10/22) at around 10:38. Both C-17s had quick turnarounds and have left ORD already.
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae07d0
USAF C17 95-0102 just landed at ORD on 28C (Flight DEED180). Support aircraft for President Biden's visit to Chicago tomorrow (5/11/22).
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae07e5
Was wondering what the 727 would look like in the current AA livery? Here is a photoshop from Pinterest... https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6c/01/53/6c01539cdf22af7afca366023bb58dec.jpg Source: Pinterest: Title=Photoshop AAL 727; Uploaded by user=Trace Fitzs; More Information: Find this Pin and more ...
Jump to postFactory fresh 727-100s began replacing the AA Electras at PVD in the late 60s along with the BAC-111s in the lightning bolt livery. In the 70's the ubiquitous 727 markings replaced the lightning bolt. Anyone know that timeframe? I believe that the Red,White & Blue stripes with the styled AA Eag...
Jump to postSo this happened today...anyone know which flight this was? Hope the pax didn't get too delayed. Man slides off plane’s wing at O’Hare early Thursday morning Another forum thread was started for this: Man opens emergency exit of moving plane, walks onto wing at O’Hare Airport Here is a non-paywall ...
Jump to postZimex flight XM359 (a cargo ATR that operates a week-daily route from Maastricht to Birmingham UK to Dublin and return) is currently getting dizzy north of Maastricht airport. It entered the pattern at about 0500 UTC and is still there at 0800 UTC. Does anybody know what's going on? Confirmed. On M...
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