Which airport is this?

Post by **gatso76** » 11 Dec 2007, 07:40

Munich, Germany

cHabu · Post by **cHabu** » 11 Dec 2007, 12:37

.

Hiya,

Cool topic...

Now an actuall puzzel, AMS - YYZ, aprox 4:30 hours inflight...

(airport top left...)

Bye, Chris.

adz · Post by **adz** » 11 Dec 2007, 13:18

A Challenging one indeed!

Done some Google Earthing around Iceland and Greenland, but no succes yet.

Nice topic,
Ard

cHabu · Post by **cHabu** » 11 Dec 2007, 14:07

adz wrote:A Challenging one indeed!

Done some Google Earthing around Iceland and Greenland, but no succes yet.

I know, i did the same when i got home. Very hard to find this one 'cause i also don't know the route ACA was flying that day...

enjoy my puzzle..

Thermal · Post by **Thermal** » 11 Dec 2007, 15:07

Polecat wrote:It is indeed a very comforting thought that I'm not the only lunatic spending hours with my nose against the window looking for airfields....

hahaha I have the same comforting thouts now. I´m also always on the look out for other traffic. Always good for some nice pics.

About the AMS - YYZ puzzle.
If you took a more Northerly route this could also be somewhere around Baffin Island Canada (Looking at the flight time and the geographical features) .

flying_kiwi · Post by **flying_kiwi** » 11 Dec 2007, 17:19

adz wrote:A Challenging one indeed!

Done some Google Earthing around Iceland and Greenland, but no succes yet.

Nice topic,
Ard

Doesn't help that large parts of Greenland are not as detailed as other parts.

But, I'm 90% sure that this is a pic of Maniitsoq (BGMQ) on the west coast of Greenland.
It's not that visible in Google Earth, but but comparing what you can see to the photo plus the aerodrome chart of the airport in the Greenland AIP, it looks close.

Regards,
Yorden

adz · Post by **adz** » 11 Dec 2007, 17:41

flying_kiwi wrote: But, I'm 90% sure that this is a pic of Maniitsoq (BGMQ) on the west coast of Greenland. Regards, Yorden

Looking at this picture:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0347050/L/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I think you're spot on!

Gr.
Ard

joost · Post by **joost** » 11 Dec 2007, 18:44

Burry wrote: Got this one on a flight from Amsterdam-Puerta Plata in i think the WestSouthern of England, maybe even Ireland, someone got a clue????

I Think, this was Templeton Airfield.

http://www.tlysau.org.uk/en/blowup1/13421" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.controltowers.co.uk/T-V/Templeton.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Grtz
Joost

cHabu · Post by **cHabu** » 11 Dec 2007, 19:08

flying_kiwi wrote:But, I'm 90% sure that this is a pic of Maniitsoq (BGMQ) on the west coast of Greenland.
...comparing what you can see to the photo plus the aerodrome chart of the airport in the Greenland AIP, it looks close.

If you look at the aerodome chart, you should see the apron on the photo and the 'buildings' at the end of the runway are not on the chart, but then again the photo is from 2005...

Searched A.Net and compared it with a photo. I think its BGMQ.

Thanks for the input.

flying_kiwi · Post by **flying_kiwi** » 11 Dec 2007, 20:57

cHabu wrote: If you look at the aerodome chart, you should see the apron on the photo and the 'buildings' at the end of the runway are not on the chart, but then again the photo is from 2005...

The entry to the apron is just visible on your photo level with the first white aiming point markings. The apron itself is visible with the two darker spots, with the two light coloured airport buildings next to it.
You have to look closely, that was the final clue that I needed.

Regards,
Yorden

cHabu · Post by **cHabu** » 11 Dec 2007, 22:06

I stand corrected..

Thanks for solving this puzzle !

Added the info to the online photo...

flying_kiwi · Post by **flying_kiwi** » 12 Dec 2007, 09:47

Polecat wrote: Here's one from Canada, about an hour east I reckon from Vancouver.

I'm stumped on this one, about an hour east of Vancouver covers a lot of Canada and the US. Do you have any other info that might help narrow it down? ie. you were flying from ?? to ??, which side of the aircraft it was. If you can give us those, it might help narrow things down.

Regards,
Yorden

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » 12 Dec 2007, 11:08

I've spent some hours in Google Earth as well but no result so far.....
We were flying last mid-august on an Air Canada A330, sitting on the left hand side. Flight was from London tot Vancouver and we approached from the north. I could maybe check the time of the picture compared to the landing time...

Post by **Key** » 12 Dec 2007, 12:30

Thermal wrote:
Polecat wrote:It is indeed a very comforting thought that I'm not the only lunatic spending hours with my nose against the window looking for airfields....
hahaha I have the same comforting thouts now. I´m also always on the look out for other traffic.

And the same here. I love looking at the earth from above, and airfields are among the highlights to see - as are airborne planes of course!

mipo72 wrote:For sure this is "Frankfurt".
You can see the ( former ) militairy area at the left side and the 2 parallel runways( forget the numbers) also seen the motorway in the front.

07-25L/R. And the one sticking out to the left is 18 or 'Startbahn Süd', because that's the only way it is used. That means the photos were taken looking to the right, when passing northeast of the field.

joost wrote:I Think, this was Templeton Airfield.

Agree, well done! So the flight (Arke?) was taking airway UP4, roughly from Gloucester to Cork, and Burry saw Templeton down on the left, 20 minutes after passing Heathrow.

Erik

flying_kiwi · Post by **flying_kiwi** » 12 Dec 2007, 12:40

Polecat wrote:I've spent some hours in Google Earth as well but no result so far.....
We were flying last mid-august on an Air Canada A330, sitting on the left hand side. Flight was from London tot Vancouver and we approached from the north. I could maybe check the time of the picture compared to the landing time...

Found it! Its Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. If you check it with Google Earth its a perfect match.

Regards,
Yorden