HNL RareBirds™

Last week has been pretty hectic with the announcement that Aloha will be shutting down its passenger service. Having been in the Explorers ...

Aloha Airlines has suspended passenger operations effective March 31st, due to their Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings ... The Honolulu Adve...

Hainan Airlines' next 737-84P(W), B-5371 (c/n 35752) is on it's delivery flight to China via HNL, MAJ, and SPN. It's seen here ...

In the past week, as seen below, an all-white CRJ with go! titles has been seen flying out of HNL. Today, another one was spotted on the ram...

The past 24 hours has seen a number of Royal Australian Air Force aircraft arrive at HNL. Yesterday, it was a Boeing 737-700/BBJ clad in whi...

According to an aviation publication, the HANG 199th FS F-15D "Eagle" that ditched near the O‘ahu coastline on 01 Feb 08, was 78-...

Hawaii residents will have a good chance to see some spacecraft fly over tomorrow evening. If you Google "NASA Human Sighting" tha...

Just a better shot of N27314. I wasent sure how to add a comment with a picture so here it is.

Mesa has apparently sent a new CRJ for go! and it is a different livery than the other CRJs. This new one has an all white fuselage and tail...

Last evening on the South Ramp, there was a smart-looking DHC-6 from Aviastar Mandiri Indonesia. The tail was PK-xxx, with a silver/gray liv...

Another interesting plane parked in the private jet area at KOA airport today. N742PA. Passengers boarded the bus in front. Plane left soon ...

Approaching runway in KOA caught over state park. Ended up parking in private jet area. Any ideas why it's in town?

A different perspective into PHNL today, finals for 8L.

There was a sharp-looking BBJ, a 737-7BC(W), N164RJ (c/n 30328) in town, on the south ramp. It had the letters "RJ" on the tail, ...

I happened to be on Oahu yesterday, and was performing my civic duty of taking snapshots like this one of a JAL 747 launch. I was at that li...

This rare bird stopped over last night around 1030. Im not sure of its origin or any details of its mission. She taxied over to Hickam to pa...

A RAF C130J was also parked on the North Ramp today. Not sure where it came from, but the reg on the aircraft is ZH882.

The 10th 737-800 for JAL has passed through HNL. JA309J arrived last night from BFI and left this afternoon for MAJ. This aircraft wears JAL...

Shenzhen Airlines took delivery of B-5357 (c/n 35081), a 737-8AL(W), that arrived on the 26th and departed on today as CSZ5357. Sorry, no HN...

As mentioned yesterday, a special rare bird arrived in HNL today, Feb 15. A JAL Cargo 747-200F, JA8171, came in to drop off the equipment f...