My first tripreport here on this site. During my recent holiday with my girlfriend near Antalya in August I took the chance to do some spotting at AYT airport.
Anyway, spotting in AYT is quite unconfortable, as mentioned in the previous tripreport AYT has 2 parallel runways with simultaneous usage, traffic is divided almost 50/50 on both runways. As mentioned in other tripreports I read before some airlines have preferred runways, I can confirm this but I saw here many, many exceptions, so nothing to count on when you wait for a particular aircraft. Due to my lack of time I concentrated on the last remaining russian aircraft, I had no scanner so my only chance was to find a position in the middle of both runways to reach both spotting locations on time when I saw the aircraft on approach, that worked quite good but I missed that way many other aircraft, but the russians are always worth to do that.
I only visited the airport in the morning, so all shots taken on the morning positions of Runway 36R and 36C. Nearly all spotting locations here are in small villages around to airports, the people there seem to not see very often foreign people (with camera...), you always feel a little bit "watched". Other spotters I met in AYT also told me it happened in the past that some citizens called the police, so be careful at any time.
Enough to write, here are the pictures:
The first of my wanted-list, SarAvia Yak-42 in AviaPrad-cs, RA-42378
Aeroflot is daily with IL-96, sometimes 2-3 a day, here RA-96011 in the early morning
Ikar Air B757-200 VQ-BAL, this airline was new to me, don't know exactly who they are, operating with 3 Nordwind 757
My very first An-148, RA-61710 with "Ice Hockey Team CSKA Moscow"-sticker
Windrose with their new A330-200, looking stunning!
My most-wanted were the Tatarstan Tu-154, the last regular Tu5 in AYT, however it took me one week to get the first one, the first week Tatarstan came only with A319 and B737, here RA-85799
My highlight of the year so far, Tu-154M Kazaviaspas, UP-T5406, inbound from Aqtau
The second Polet An-148, RA-61709
Red Wings is now daily with Tu-204, sometimes 2-3 flights a day
On the last day, finally, the 2nd Tatarstan Tu-154M, RA-85833 in basic Ural-cs
Transaero can also be seen with their Tu-214 2-3 times a week
Taken out of the Terminal prior my flight back home, all photo opportunity's only at the gates after security controls, no problems here, so be aerly at the airport, some good shots possible here
And last but not least 2 Helicopters taken from my hotel room balkony, althrough back light that Kamov Ka-32T was really nice, UR-CIO
I hope you like the pictures, if you have any questions please feel free.
Many greetings
Daniel
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