American 2934
Syracuse, NY (SYR) – Charlotte, NC (CLT)
Airbus A320
N122US
Seat 18A
Scheduled Departure Time – 11:52am
Actual Departure Time- 11:53am
Scheduled Arrival Time – 1:45pm
Actual Arrival Time- 1:29pm
1 hour 36 minutes
N122US taxiing into the gate, after landing from CLT
18A, next to N222NS pushing back to ORD
There were a lot of open seats towards the front of the plane, and the guy on the aisle moved up. So the middle seat stayed open. We started to pushback at 11:43am, 9 minutes early. The flight attendants did the safety demo and just as they were finishing, we started the taxi.
Taxiing to runway 28
Taking off
There were some low clouds that we passed through, as we climbed out of SYR
We leveled off at 38,000ft and it was a smooth flight for most of the time, while we were at cruise.
Prior to starting our descent, the captain made an announcement. There were thunderstorms around CLT. He said that he was anticipating a bumpy descent, and he had the flight attendants sit down early. We had to deviate around some build ups on the descent, and there was some decent bumps throughout the descent.
Deviating around some weather
Descending
Final 18R
An AA 737-800 from Buffalo, for the parallel runway
Short final
Touchdown
Line of planes waiting for takeoff
N987AM taking off to DFW
Pulling into the gate, next to N921AN that had also just arrived from Austin
N122US at gate B4, before its next flight to St Louis
I did not have that long of a layover. By the time I got to my next gate, they had already started boarding.
American 2766
Charlotte, NC (CLT) – Charleston, SC (CHS)
Airbus A319
N708UW
Seat 21A
Scheduled Departure Time – 2:30pm
Actual Departure Time- 2:38pm
Scheduled Arrival Time – 3:27pm
Actual Arrival Time- 3:09pm
31 minutes
N708UW before boarding
21A, next to N705UW going up to Harrisburg
Pushed back
Once we had pushed back, it was a quick taxi to runway 18L. There was only one plane ahead of us, so we did not have to wait long at all. Once it was our turn, we taxied onto the runway and took off. We departed to the south, and climbed straight out. We only made it up to 20,000ft, for the really short flight down to CHS.
Holding short
Taking off
Climbing out of CLT
Cruising
This flight was really short. We only ended up spending about 5 minutes at cruise, before starting the descent. Just like on the first flight, there was a lot of thunderstorms in the area. There was occasional turbulence throughout the entire flight.
Descending
The only time the flight attendants came around was to make sure everything was ready for landing
Final runway 15
It was a smooth touchdown. We were on the ground again at 3:09pm, a short 31 minutes after we took off.
Pulling into the gate, next to N544EA that had just arrived from Philly
N947AT taking off, for the quick flight to Atlanta
My plane, N708UW departing back to Charlotte
There were two 787s, sitting on the ramp. One was a Norwegian. It was a brand new plane. It had been built earlier in the year, and had flown to CHS. It has been sitting there for over two months.
My flight back up to Syracuse was on jetBlue. Both flights were on the A320.
jetBlue 2468
Charleston, SC (CHS) – Boston, MA (BOS)
Airbus A320
N828JB
Seat 5A
Scheduled Departure Time – 5:10pm
Actual Departure Time- 5:01pm
Scheduled Arrival Time – 7:30pm
Actual Arrival Time- 6:56pm
1 hour 55 minutes
My plane arriving from Boston
N828JB at gate B6, before the flight up to Boston
This flight was not that full. Our plane had landed around 4:00pm. They started boarding around 4:25pm. Everyone had boarded 4:40pm, and the door was closed a few minutes later. We ended up pushing back at 4:48pm, 22 minutes early.
5A
Taxiing
Taking off
Climbing out of CHS
When we departed, the forecast for Boston was calling for 1 mile visibility, with thunderstorms and heavy rain, as well as winds gusting to 40. Several planes were holding near BOS. By the time we got closer to BOS, the weather for the most part had cleared up. There was some other weather, that caused some turbulence on the flight up.
Cruising at 39,000ft
It was a bumpy descent into Boston
Final descent
Final 22L
Touchdown
Pulling into the gate
N828JB spent the night at gate C19, and flew early the next morning to Austin
I had a few hours, until my last flight. I watched some planes land and takeoff. Then I just headed to my gate.
N606NK arriving from Chicago
N979JT from Las Vegas
N334JB landing from Providence. It had diverted there after leaving JFK, because of the weather earlier in Boston
N17752 from Houston
N640JB pulling into the gate, from West Palm Beach
N367UP landing from Syracuse. UPS has recently started flying SYR-BOS on the 767, this summer
N636NK taxiing out, for the flight down to Orlando
AA A321 starting the long flight to Los Angeles
N715JB taking off to Tampa
N976JT short final from Seattle
N507JT getting ready to depart to Los Angeles
EI-EJG departed the following night to Rome
My plane to Syracuse. N561JB landing from Denver
jetBlue 845
Boston, MA (BOS) – Syracuse, NY (SYR)
Airbus A320
N561JB
Seat 9A
Scheduled Departure Time – 9:30pm
Actual Departure Time- 9:31pm
Scheduled Arrival Time – 10:39pm
Actual Arrival Time- 10:21pm
50 minutes
N561JB at gate C18
Boarding
9A, next to us is N828JB that I had flown up from CHS
This plane had the new cabin
We pushed back from the gate at 9:20pm, and the engines were quickly started. We were one of the last departures of the evening, so we were the only plane taxiing. It was a quick taxi to runway 22R, and we were in the air at 9:31pm. There were some clouds and rain showers, that we passed through on the departure.
Pushing back
Cleared for takeoff
Climbing via the HYLND5 departure
We quickly climbed up to 30,000ft, for the short flight. We flew to the northwest, to go around some weather, before turning straight towards Syracuse. The flight went by quick, and about 15 minutes before landing, we started descending.
Descending
Touchdown
It was a quick taxi, into the gate
N561JB spent the night at gate 3. It flew back to Boston, early the next morning
The second A320, was much nicer than the first one I was on. This was only my second time on the new interior. It is definitely an improvement over the older ones, that are dated. This plane was much nicer, considering it was 10 years older than the first.
