(CIV) San Diego International Airport, January 1st 2017

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(CIV) San Diego International Airport, January 1st 2017

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We spent a family holiday in California the week around new years eve. In between family activities I managed to squeeze in some spotting time. After having celebrated new years eve with friends living near San Diego, I got up early on the first day of the new year (the benefit of suffering quite a lot from jet lags... :roll: ) and headed for San Diego International Airport. SDIA has only a single runway which is basically constantly occupied. There is a nice viewing area in the southeast corner, very close to the taxi- and runway. Unfortunately I didn't bring a ladder so I only took some shots of landing aircraft. The proximity of the airport to a hillside residential area gives a nice background in several pictures. Here are some examples of what was seen in those 2 hours.

EDIT: I used the BBC code on Flickr to embed the pictures here, but this seems to make them quite soft. Anybody a hint to prevent this? You can click them of course to get a sharper version on Flickr....

One of the first planes that arrived in the early morning sun was this Arizona special of Southwest. I hadn't even mounted my big zoom yet so I had to crop this picture.

ImageN383SW by Bas van Oorschot, on Flickr

Southwest is the most frequently seen airline here, with a mix of classics and newer versions of the 737. Luckily, their fleet is being repainted at the moment so you get some variety in your pictures as shown below.

ImageN607SW by Bas van Oorschot, on Flickr

ImageN8507C by Bas van Oorschot, on Flickr

There are hardly any intercontinental flights, instead there are a lot of feeders. Skywest is flying ERJ175's for both Alaska and United:

ImageN113SY by Bas van Oorschot, on Flickr

ImageN183SY by Bas van Oorschot, on Flickr

Of course, there are the regulars like American Airlines, Delta and United:

ImageN348NW by Bas van Oorschot, on Flickr

ImageN78506 by Bas van Oorschot, on Flickr

ImageN920DN by Bas van Oorschot, on Flickr

The northern neighbours are present as well:

ImageC-FJOK by Bas van Oorschot, on Flickr

And another Southwest just because they are so frequent here. A shorty this time.

ImageN217JC by Bas van Oorschot, on Flickr

One of the nices colour schemes here in my opinion is Frontier:

ImageN223FR by Bas van Oorschot, on Flickr

Between the other companies that can be found here are Spirit, jetBlue and Virgin America:

ImageN807JB by Bas van Oorschot, on Flickr

ImageN843VA by Bas van Oorschot, on Flickr

And to end this report a nice bizzer of the San Diego Chargers (maybe the owner arrived to announce the move of his team to nearby LA....can you immagine that this would happen in the Dutch football competition?!)

ImageN70AG by Bas van Oorschot, on Flickr

Best regards,

Bas
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