Chika's Aviation World

I had the opportunity to take a fellow spotter, Chika (visiting from Osaka, Japan) around the spotting locations of HNL. Here's a link to her aviation photo website: Chika's Aviation World; it already includes her HNL pix. Chika takes some great aircraft photos, but much of the text is in Japanese.

Two Air China 737NG Deliveries

Air China's 737-700, B-5227 (c/n 34541), arrived around 1200HST. This flight is listed as CCA060.

Air China's 737-800, B-5169 (c/n 34703), arrived yesterday from BFI, and departs today @ 0900HST for MAJ as CCA058.

NASA WB-57E

A NASA WB-57E arrived from Moffett Field, CA today. The flight info is on Flight Aware. It's probably parked @ HIK.

China Southern's B-5149

China Southern's newest 737-8Q8, B-5149, arrived today as well from BFI, on its delivery flight. B-5149 is leased from ILFC.

Blues On The Bay 06(?)

In the current issue of "Air & Space" (by the Smithsonian Institute), on the 2006 airshow schedule, the "Blues On The Bay" airshow is returning this year to MCAF Kaneohe Bay. The dates listed are 07 & 08 October 2006.

Photo taken from the 2004 "Blues On The Bay" airshow.

Delivery Flight Map

There is a thread on the Airliners.net Civil Aviation Forum regarding Boeing delivery flight routings from BFI ...
Flight Delivery Routes

Here is a map with flight routings:

Flights bound for East Asia route from Boeing Field (BFI) to HNL where they overnight. The next stop is Majuro in the Marshall Islands (MAJ); then onto Saipan in the Federated States of Micronesia (SPN); and on to their new home.

Flights bound for Indonesia typically go through Guam (GUM) after leaving MAJ.

Flights bound for Australia or New Zealand route through Nadi, Fiji (NAN) after leaving HNL.


The map is from Wikipedia.org, routings added via Photoshop.

Aloha's N1PC

One of Aloha Airlines' "new" 737-200s, N1PC (737-2P6, c/n 21613), is seen here on the Elliott Street ramp. This -200 previously flew with Frontier Airlines (F9) and AirTran (FL) under the same registration.

N1PC will be re-registered as N835AL pending approval by the FAA

Air New Zealand's 747-4F6

An Air New Zealand 747-4F6 (ZK-SUJ, c/n 27602) stopped off @ HNL as ANZ006, which normally routes as a non-stop AKL - LAX flight. It seen here departing for LAX from Rwy 8R. This 744 is leased from ILFC, and was last with Philippine Airlines.

ex-Delta Airlines N379DL

An ex-Delta Airlines 737-247/Adv (N379DL, c/n 23606) rests on the south ramp after arriving from Victorville (VCV), CA via Santa Maria, CA (KSMX). It's bound for somewhere in Asia. Though this 732 carries the Western Airlines (WA) Boeing customer code (_47), it was delivered to DL after the DL/WA merger had taken place.

Next AQ 732 to retire and MyTravel A330

A picture of the MyTravel A330 parked on the north ramp:



The next AQ 732 to leave the fleet, N827AL, is currently in the hanger with its tail painted over.

MyTravel A330

A MyTravel Airways A330-343X (OY-VKH, c/n 356) is on the north ramp after arriving from SFO. It's on an around-the-world charter as VKG1956. Check out the great shot above by ha763.

China Xinhua's B-5153

A China Xinhua Airlines (Hainan Air Group) 737-84P, B-5153 (c/n 34029, l/n 1921), was in town as well, down on the south side.

Naked 737-700!

This unpainted Boeing 737-7ES (c/n 33477, l/n 1885) stopped off @ HNL as BOE203. Apparently, an ETOPS test flight, and scheduled to head down to Australia. Word is, this 73G will become another "Wedgetail" AWACS platform for the Royal Australian Air Force.

Two ex-US 737-3B7s

Two ex-US Airways 737-3B7s, N384US (c/n 22957) [above] and N396US (c/n 23318), arrived @ HNL on Sunday around 1430L. They are headed for somewhere in Asia. Sorry, I was unable to get a photo of N396US, which departed HNL for MAJ @ 0930L. N384US's departure was delayed until 1315L.

United 747-400s

United Airlines substituted 747-422s in place of the 777-222 for the SFO-HNL-SFO run (UAL073/074) for a few days. N181UA is seen here departing Rwy 8R on the 21st.

Privately Owned 767-300

This 767-3P6ER (N804MS, c/n 27255) is owned by Interface Operations LLC rests on HNL's south ramp. This current flight flew in from AFW via LAS and OGG. This photo of N804MS was taken back in late Nov 05.

Continental 757s

Continental Air Lines has been using 757s, both -200 and -300 series on the LAX - HNL - LAX (COA003/012) run this weekend, instead of their usual 767-424ERs. A 752 was used on Friday's and Saturday's flights. A 753 (N75858, c/n 32817), seen here being towed to the north hardstands, was used on today's flight. Sunday's flight is listed as a 752.

An MD-90 Daily Double

An MD-90-30 from EVA Air (B-17916, c/n 53539) [left] and another MD-90-30 from UNI Air (B-17915, c/n 53538) [right] sit on the south ramp preparing to depart for LAX, as these two birds are being returned to their lessors. The flights began from TPE, then routed through GUM, MAJ, HNL, and LAX.

EMB-135 "Legacy"

Want to see an Embraer ERJ series in Hawai‘i? This is one way ... the EMB-135BJ "Legacy". Of the bizjets that pass through HNL, this is one of the rare ones. This HNL RareBird, N702CM of SCSM Aviation, arrived from OGG, and continued on to its home base @ LAS. Cool color scheme, huh.

Aloha Airlines' new 737-200s

Aloha Airlines is bringing back the "Funbird" color scheme of the 1970s on one of the 'new' 737-200s that are replacing the high-time -200s in the current fleet.

Two of the "new" 737-200s:
Aloha | 737-2P6 | N1PC | 21613/LN 530 | new aircraft 3/06
Aloha | 737-210C | N834AL | 20917/LN 344 | BF Estafeta Carga 3/06 ex XA-ABX