JANUARY 2015, LJLA Visiting Aircraft Log and Review

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LJLA COMPLETE VISITING AIRCRAFT LOG for JANUARY 2015

To complete December 2014 Movements:

G-SYES Robinson R.66 only local flights since arrival Monday 22.12 - for now considered resident
M-MYCM Bell 429 arrived 31.12 from Blackpool, departed to Gloucester Thursday 1.1. at 0910

	Thursday, 1st January 2015						
							
G-BSLU	PA-28 Cherokee 140	based	0015	local flight		                first arrival of year	
G-EZWI	Airbus A.320	        based	0705	dep for Geneva	        EZY7279	        first departure of year	
G-LCFC	Agusta A.109S Grand	1407	1827	f&t Denham		                football related (Leicester City)	
M-YMCM	Bell 429	        1850 02/1433	Gloucester-Blackpool			
							
	Friday, 2nd January						
							
G-GMCM	AS.350B3 Ecureuil	1334	1426	f&t Blackpool		                crew for M-YMCM	
LX-NAT	Citation 560XLS	        1414 03/0929	Naples-Edinburgh	LXA 3C	        "Red Lion"	
N895CL	Challenger 850	        1731	1833	Murcia-Palma			
							
	Saturday, 3rd January						
							
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0845	1108	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL99L/99M		
N895CL	Challenger 850	        1457	1553	Palma-Malaga			
G-RJXB	Embraer RJ-145EP	1849	2029	f&t Cardiff	        BM9462/8917	BMR, Swansea City o/b (Tranmere)	
G-PACO	Sikorsky S-76C	        2122	2308	Barton-private location			
							
	Sunday, 4th January						
							
D-CXLS	Citation 560XLS	        0928	1241	Brussels-Chambery	AHO329H/461A	"Hamburg"	
OK-ESC	Beechcraft 400	        1224	1435	Arad,Romania-Kiruna	TIE 393S		
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	1242 05/0902	f&t Glasgow	        FLJ519P/461A	"Flairjet"	
G-RJXA	Embraer RJ-145EP	1335	1529	Bristol-Heathrow	BM9471/8913	BMR, LFC o/b(Wimbledon)	
OE-LIR	Dornier Do.328	        1455	1542	Berne-Innsbruck   	WLC672L/673L	private charter i/b	
LX-NAT	Citation 560XLS	        1559 07/1112	Marrakesh-Nice	        LXA 3C		
G-PACO	Sikorsky S-76C	        1911 05/1515	Exeter-Blackpool			
G-EJAR	Airbus A.319	        2034	2132	Barcelona-Gatwick	EZY65PM/8576	Dvt due WX Gatwick, for fuel	
N895CL	Challenger 850	        2100 06/1233	Malaga-Keflavik		                en route to Bradley, Connecticut	
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2156 05/1000	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99L/99M		
							
	Monday, 5th January						
							
OE-FZB	Citation 510 Mustang	1048	1203	Nice-Memmingen	        GAC784J/795M	Globe Air AG "Dreamteam"	
ZK019/J	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1445	G/A 27	to Warton	        VYT 71	        and another at 1456 ?	
							
	Tuesday, 6th January						
							
G-RJXA	Embraer RJ-145EP	0040	0121	Heathrow-Bristol	BM8914/9421	BMR, LFC i/b (Wimbledon)	
D-BIGA	Challenger 300	        0842	1452	Cologne-Karlovy Vary	DCS 507	        "Twinstar"	
G-XAVB	Citation 510 Mustang	1011	1357	f&t Jersey	        AVB561/562		
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1104	1239	f&t Isle of Man   	EGL99L/99M		
D-IWWP	Ciation 525A CJ2+	1120	1529	f&t Dusseldorf	        QGA299A/300A		
G-EMBN	Embraer RJ-145EP	1150 07/0000	f&t Stansted	        BM8500/8501	BMR, West Ham i/b&o/b (EFC)	
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	1507 07/0706	f&t Glasgow	        FLJ549C/550C		
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1553	1753	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99R/99S		
G-FRYI	Beech 200 King Air	1738	2246	f&t Stapleford Tawney	LNX 44FR  	Football related (West Ham)	
D-AFAB	Challenger 604	        1923 07/1720	Riga,Latvia-Dubai Intl.	IFA5201/5203		
							
	Wednesday, 7th January						
							
OE-FZD	Citation 510 Mustang	1446	1613	Humberside-Nice	        GAC548E/165R		
G-IOMC	Raytheon Premier 1A	1536 08/0927	Palma-Brussels	        BOO989/25	"Bookajet"	
D-BIGA	Challenger 300	        1646 11/1201	f&t Cologne	        DCS 507		
							
	Thursday, 8th January						
							
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	1057	1203	Glasgow-Hawarden	FLJ569/569P		
ZH001	PBN-2T Defender AL.2	1111	G/A 27	to Belfast Intl.	AAC 501	        Army	
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1212	1633	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99L/99M		
XX201	BAe. Hawk T.1	        1344	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT25	        208 Sqdn markings	
							
	Friday, 9th January						
							
F-GVYC	Citation 560XL	        0826 10/0803	f&t Lille			
G-IOMC	Raytheon Premier 1A	0928	1006	Brussels-Blackpool	BOO 25		
ZE707	BAe.146-200	        1417	1547	f&t Northolt	        KRF 10	        Royal Flight	
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        1536	1800	Birmingham-DTV	        CLJ194P/195	Cello, LFC o/b (Sunderland)	
D-CSPW	SA.227AC Metro III	1923 12/2050	Gyor,Hungary-Belfast	        BID 6B/003A	Bin Air, freight i/b.	
							
	Saturday, 10th January						
							
G-OJER	Citation 560XLS+	1113	1215	Jersey-Southampton	AVB801/802		
G-OTGL	EMB-135BJ Legacy	1118	1331	Oxford-Luton	        HGR 893	        Hangar 8, private charter	
G-DEIA	Citation 560XLS+	1703	1833	Blackpool-Malaga	BOO 45		
							
	Sunday, 11th January						
							
G-OTGL	EMB-135BJ Legacy	1200	1237	Luton-Oxford	        HGR 893	        private charter	
G-ZMED	Lear Jet 35	        1640	1704	Luton-Oxford	        MCD 57		
HA-LYK	Airbus A.320	        2014	2105	f&t Warsaw	        W6 1311/1312	WizzAir, f.v. of a new a/c	
							
	Monday 12th January						
							
D-BIGA	Challenger 300	        0803	0837	Cologne-Newcastle	DCS 507		
SE-DJG	EMB-135BJ Legacy 600	1005 13/0901	f&t Malmo	        EUW 1869   	private charter	
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	1108	1216	Hawarden-Farnborough	FLJ520P/520		
ZK021	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1244	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 52	        (also reported as ZK017)	
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1250	1702	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99L/99M		
ZK028/S	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1517	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 63		
D-BIGA	Challenger 300	        1640 14/1458	Newcasle-Cologne	DCS 507		
ZK020	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1800	G/A	to Valley	        VYT 54		
G-RSXL	Citation 560XLS	        2312 13/1030	Milan/Linate-Belfast City  VCG 870	"Thundercat"	
							
	Tuesday, 13th January						
							
G-OJER	Citation 560XLS+	0945	1426	f&t Jersey	        AVB831/832		
ZA600/EB-G  Tornado GR.4	1248	G/A 27	to Coningsby	        Rebel 83   	41 Sqdn anniv. tail colours	
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1404	1444	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99R/99S		
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1739	1926	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99L/99M		
G-LOYA	Cessna FR.172J	        1755	G/A	to Sleap			
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	1922 15/0633	Farnbr'-Friedrichshaefn	FLJ523/524		
							
	Wednesday, 14th January						
							
G-RJXE	Embraer RJ-145EP	0132	0214	Stansted-EMA	        BM8506/9406	BMR, EFC chtr i/b (West Ham)	
G-NWOI	Eurocopter EC135P2+	1016	G/A 27	to private location	UKP 29		North Wales Police
G-OCJZ	Citation 525A CJ2	1211 16/0851	Bristol-Birmingham	CLF331/328		
							
	Thursday, 15th January						
							
ZD620	BAe.125 CC.3	        0954	1720	f&t Northolt	        RR 1206	        RAF "Ascot"	
ZH891	Chinook HC,2A	        1157	t&g 27	to Odiham	        SHF 424		RAF, touch & go on 27
LX-INS	Citation 560XLS	        1321 16/1005	Northolt-Vigo,Spain	LXA 1A		
EI-EMN	Boeing 737-8AS	        1329	1536	Stansted-Dublin	        FR72AV/237	Dvt due WX winds at DUB	
G-NWOI	Eurocopter EC135P2+	1351	G/A	to private location	UKP 29		North Wales Police
EI-EBA	Boeing 737-8AS	        1356	1518	Rome/Ciampino-Dublin	FR86J/9431	Dvt due WX winds at DUB	
EI-EFO	Boeing 737-8AS	        1403	1545	Rzeszow-Dublin	        FR61UQ/8633	Dvt due WX winds at DUB	
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	2019 16/1230	Luton-Hawarden	        FLJ596/525P		
							
	Friday, 16th January						
							
D-IMGW	Citation 525A CJ2+	0659    0830	Leeds/Bradford-Ibiza	AHO 527F		
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0904	1125	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99L/99M		
G-SJSS	Challenger 605	        0924	1722	f&t Northolt			
G-CFNF	Robinson R.44	        0945	1135	f&t private site(s)		        & local flt 	
ZJ815/EB-H  Typhoon T.3	        1057	G/A 27	to Coningsby	        Rebel 58  	41 Sqdn, fly-by as 'Meercat 58' 	
D-BIGA	Challenger 300	        1458	1706	f&t Cologne	        DCS 507		
G-JRSH	Cirrus SR.22	        1502	1539	f&t Isle of Man			
ZK452	Beech 200 King Air	1517	G/A	to Cranwell	        CWL 72
D-IMGW  Citation 525A CJ2+      1759 18/1447    Ibiza-Blackpool         AHO527F/697K		
							
	Saturday, 17th January						
							
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0425	0610	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99L/99M		
HA-LYJ	Airbus A.320	        2040	2139	f&t Gdansk	        W6 1611/1612	WizzAir, f.v. of a new a/c	
							
	Sunday, 18th January						
							
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1156	1337	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99L/99M		
LX-INS	Citation 560XLS	        1812	1839	Vigo-Luxembourg	        LXA 1A		
							
	Monday, 19th January  (am fog at LJLA, EZY i/b from BFS, dvt 0930 to EMA & positioned back later)						
							
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1002	141	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99L/99M		
G-JFWI	Cessna F.172N	        1049 24/1022	f&t Barton		               for maintenance work	
N109TK	Agusta A.109C	        1113	1232	f&t private site(s)			
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1224	1449	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99U/99S		
G-OSVN	Rotorsport Cavalon 	1516	1536	f&t Ashcroft Farm		       (a gyrocopter)	
ZK021	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1803	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 67		
ZK023	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1852	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 59		
G-RJXF	Embraer RJ-145EP	1944	2039	Farnborough-Manchester	BM8504/9405	BMR, Chelsea FC i/b (LFC)	
							
	Tuesday, 20th January						
							
ZK017	BAe. Hawk T.2	        0917	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 54	        (or ZK014 in error ?)	
G-NIAA	Beech B.200 King Air	1028	1116	Belfast Intl-Birmingham	CWY999A/999B		
G-ZVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1056	1603	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL62G/62H		
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1207	1734	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99L/99M		
ZK015/F	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1218	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 69		
N397CM	Citation 510 Mustang	1221	1437	London City-Jersey			
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        1344	1412	Shoreham-Wick			
G-BVMA	Beech 200 King Air	1518	1539	f&t Cardiff	        CBM 99		
ZD713/081  Tornado GR.4	        1525	G/A	to Lossiemouth	        LOS 21	        "Lossiemouth 21"	
SX-ATF	Boeing 737-406	        1537 21/0832	Coventry-Athens	        GJ074F/074	Gain Jet, EFC chtr o/b to Doha	
N915C	PA-46-350T Matrix	1606 21/1003	f&t Elstree		                Football related for LFC game	
G-NIAA	Beech B.200 King Air	1652	1724	f&t Belfast Intl.	CWY999D/999E		
G-POWH	Boeing 757-256	        2143	2349	Stansted-Gatwick	ZT204Y/2041	Titan, Chelsea chtr o/b	
							
	Wednesday, 21st January						
							
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        0949	1032	Blackpool-Shoreham			
ZM400	Airbus A.400M Atlas C.1	0945	G/A 09	to Brize Norton	        RR 402	        & again 0954.  New type.	
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        1804	1816	Wick-Blackpool			
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2119	2305	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99L/99M		
							
	Thursday, 22nd January						
							
G-OJER	Citation 560 XLS+	0954	1430	f&t Jersey	        AVB821/822		
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1222	1414	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99L/99M		
ZK032/W	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1514	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 94		
G-LEAA	Citation 510 Mustang	1631	1710	Luxembourg-Luton	LNX 29AA		
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1805	1915	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99R/99S		
							
	Friday, 23rd January						
							
ZK027/R	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1023	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 04		
9H-VFB	Challenger 604	        1103 24/1000	Leeds/Bradford-Palma	VJT552G/592J	Vista Jet	
D-CAST	Citation 525B CJ3	1242	1438	Dusseldorf-Bucharest	AHO284C/385D		
							
	Saturday, 24th January						
							
G-ZDEA	DA.42 Twin Star	        0915	1454	f&t Gamston	        WKT 05	        & long local survey flt	
D-CAST	Citation 525B CJ3	1746 25/1115	Bucharest-Southend	AHO284C/385D		
							
	Sunday, 25th January						
							
G-VBPM	Cirrus SR.22	        1027	1457	f&t North Weald			
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1346	1901	Isle of Man-Exeter	EGL99L/10P	a/c tech ?	
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1649	1838	Exeter-Isle of Man	EGL10P/99M	replacement a/c	
							
	Monday, 26th January						
							
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0708	1159	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99P/99J		
YR-BAK	Boeing 737-430		1021    1152	Luton-Bucharest	        OB 132/133	Blue Air, re-routed
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1444	1701	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99R/99S		
G-SJSS	Challenger 605	        1546 27/1817	f&t Northolt			
							
	Tuesday, 27th January						
							
G-CFNF	Robinson R.44 II	0920	1059	f&t private site(s)			
G-XAVB	Ciation 510 Mustang	1031	1441	f&t Jersey	        AVB571/572		
XX188	BAe.Hawk T.1	        1216	G/A 27	to Valley	        Mustang         go-around as a pair		
XX204	BAe.Hawk T.1	        1216	G/A 27	to Valley	          formation		
G-COBS	DA.42 Twin Star	        1243	1355	Dublin-Bournemouth	CLB 28	Cobham	
SX-ATF	Boeing 737-406	        1759 28/1054	Doha-Coventry	        GJ74/074F	Gain Jet, EFC i/b	
G-SPRE	Citation 550 Bravo	1842 28/0833	Blackpool-Memmingen	XJC 2	        "Exclusive Jet"	
							
	Wednesday, 28th January						
							
G-RJXD	Embraer RJ-145EP	0114	0150	Heathrow-Bristol	BM8920/9431	BMR, LFC i/b (Chelsea)	
G-OXLS	Citation 560XLS	        1118	1638	f&t Guernsey	        HGR 863		
D-CEFO	Citation 560XLS+	2139	2209	Luton-Manchester	AHO674T/219P		
							
	Thursday, 29th January  Only light snow-fall at LJLA during morning						
							
G-ECOH	DHC-8-Q400	        0916	1015	f&t Belfast City	BE8JK/043W	Flybe, dvt WX snow MAN	
OY-KAW	Airbus A.320	        0933	1339	Copenhagen-Manchester	SK539	        SAS, dvt WX snow MAN	
LX-SHE	Citation 560XLS Excel	0942	1106	Gatwick-Luton	        LXA 5E	        "Red Lion", dvt WX snow MAN	
G-CXLS	Citation 560XLS	        0949	1358	f&t Jersey	        AVB791/792		
LN-RCY	Boeing 737-883	        1012	1247	f&t Oslo	        SK4609/9230	SAS, dvt WX snow MAN	
9H-AEH	Airbus A.319	        1051	1326	Malta-Manchester	KM138/139	Air Malta, dvt WX snow MAN	
EI-DWX	Boeing 737-8AS	        1054	1159	f&t Wrocklaw	        FR9649/9648	Ryanair, dvt WX snow MAN	
PH-BXL	Boeing 737-8K2	        1056	1439	Amsterdam-Manchester	KL89S/9865	KLM, dvt WX snow MAN	
OE-GIE	Citation 525 CJ3	1119	1226	f&t Salzburg	        JAR 31	        "Airlink", dvt WX snow MAN	
G-EZTT	Airbus A.320	        1132	1541	Amsterdam-Manchester	EZY39PC/9005	EasyJet, dvt WX snow MAN	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1139	1217	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99L/99M		
D-IBTA	Beech 200GT King Air	1142	1237	f&t Coventry			
EI-DHZ	Boeing 737-8AS	        1235	1635	Rome CIA-Manchester	FR67A/32   	Ryanair, dvt WX snow MAN	
G-FBKB	Citation 510 Mustang	1258	1458	Nice-Bristol	        BKK 6F		
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1433	1613	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99R/99S		
G-DCAM	AS.3555NP Ecureuil 2	1519	1557	f&t private site(s)	KDM 7		
M-YTOY	EMB.500 Phenom	        1651 30/0622	private site-Nuremburg			
G-SPRE	Citation 550 Bravo	1753	1902	Memmingen-Leeds	        XJC 2		
G-EZGA	Airbus A.319	        1815	2022	f&t Belfast	        EZY134/135	EasyJet, dvt due MAN slots	
G-EZWA	Airbus A.320	        1822	1922	Geneva-Manchester	EZY1950/9006	EasyJet, dvt slots/crew hours	
D-CGGG	Lear Jet 31	        1831	2016	Lisbon-Saarbrucken			
F-GSTF/5  Airbus A.300-605ST	1949 30/1117	Toulouse-(Hawarden)	BGA114F	        Airbus, dvt WX winds CEG	
EI-DLO	Boeing 737-8AS	        2345	based	Riga-became LJLA based	FR4097/ -	Ryanair, dvt WX snow MAN	
							
	Friday, 30th January snowfall also affected LJLA in the early hours, restricting a/c diverting in.						
							
EI-DHZ	Boeing 737-8AS	        0058	stayed	Madrid-parked up	FR87C	        Ryanair, dvt WX snow MAN	
G-EZWR	Airbus A.320	        0249	1047	Tel Aviv-Manchester	EZY1828/9004	EasyJet, dvt WX snow MAN	
M-MNCC	Dassault Falcon 7X	0746	1259	Farnborough-Basle			
M-JACK	Beech B200GT King Air	1019 31/1844	f&t Inverness			
D-CFLY	Citation 560XLS	        1036	1120	Prestwick-Chambery	AHO 549T        Air Hamburg
OO-PRM	Citation 510 Mustang	1044 31/1746	f&t Antwerp			
F-GSTF/5  Airbus A.300-605ST	1217	1355	(Hawarden)-Toulouse	BGA114F	        Dvt back WX winds CEG	
N982NW	Maule MXT-7 180A Comet	1329	1650	private site-Isle of Man			
G-RJXG	Embraer RJ-145EP	1445	1627	Bristol-Biggin Hill	BM9406/8506	BMR, EFC o/b (Crystal Palace)	
G-KLNB	Beech 300 King Air	1449	1525	Norwich-Avignon	        SXN 35A	        Saxon Air	
	C-130J Hercules	        1632	G/A	to Brize Norton	        RR 341	        RAF	
G-RJXF	Embraer RJ-145EP	1642 31/1909	f&t Stansted	        BM8500/8501	BMR, West Ham i/b & o/b 	
G-OOMC	Raytheon Premier 1A	1719	Feb	Northolt-(Feb)			
							
	Saturday, 31st January						
							
PH-TXA	Ciation 510 Mustang	1004	1839	f&t Rotterdam	        JNL 818	        possibly football related ?	
G-BYCP	Beech 200 King Air	1254	1822	f&t Stapleford Tawney   LNX 30CP        football related (West Ham)	
G-IASM	Beech 200 King Air	1348	1819	f&t Sywell	        BRO 30	        football related (West Ham)?	
G-OGUN	AS.350B2 Ecureuil	1359	1439	f&t private site(s)		        (recently ex G-SMDJ)	
M-YTOY	EMB.500 Phenom	        1726	1749	Nuremburg-Blackpool			
G-RJXG	Embraer RJ-145EP	2001	2043	Biggin Hill-Bristol	BM8507/9407	BMR, EFC chtr i/b

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LJLA – ACTIVITY & VISITING AIRCRAFT
AN OVERVIEW FOR JANUARY

SCHEDULED SERVICE AIRCRAFT

EASYJET (U2/EZY)

Despite the winds, snow fall and even for a short period fog suffered during January, little disruption to flights from Liverpool Airport. On Friday 2nd, the IoM flight failed to land there due to cross winds, so returned to LJLA, later in the day they tried again and landed safely. On Sunday morning 18th EZY602 inbound from Belfast had to divert to East Midlands, positioning back later. On Thurs 15th strong cross-winds at Ronaldsway caused EZY Ops to re-schedule the IoM service for later in the evening by which times the gale had moderated. On Sunday 4th fog at Gatwick caused considerable congestion, one flight from Barcelona using LJLA to uplift fuel before rejoining the hold. On Thursday 29th snow showers hit Manchester harder than Liverpool. No LJLA bound aircraft diverted away, but a number of flights diverted into us from Manchester, some directly due to runways being closed for snow clearance, two others due to slot restrictions at a busy Manchester trying to catch up, but as the crews would be out of hours while waiting for their slot, Ops re-programmed the flights into LJLA, where there are no such restrictions.

Pilot validation/crew training continues to be based overnight at LJLA, with the training being flown elsewhere eg G-EZMH arrived from Shannon 6th as EZY9096, then on 7th trained at Brest as EZY9097/9098, with the aircraft going to DSA on 8th as EZY9093. A fortnight later and G-EZBE from DSA on 20th as EZY9092, on 21st training at Prestwick all day as EZY9093/9094 and then to Hamburg as EZY9001 on 22nd during the afternoon. Week later and G-EZIP arrived from Nimes late on 28th as EZY9092, returning there the next day as EZY9093.

Aircraft seen at LJLA during January, based, training or on diversion have been:

A.319s: G-EJAR, EZAA, EZAI, EZAV, EZBE, EZBK, EZBL, EZBX, EZBY, EZDF, EZDM, EZDN, EZDO, EZDS, EZDU, EZDV, EZDX, EZEB, EZFE, EZFG, EZFR, EZFW, EZFY, EZGA, EZGC, EZGH, EZGI, EZGJ, EZIJ, EZIL, EZIM, EZIP,EZIX, EZMH = 34

A.320s: G-EZTJ, EZTT, EZUG, EZUH, EZUS, EZWA, EZWI, EZWR = 8

RYANAIR (FR/RYR)

Like EasyJet, Ryanair have brought aircraft into LJLA on diversion, both from Dublin on 15th due strong gusting cross-winds and 29th due falling snow at Manchester. There were no known diversions away or cancellations during January.

Ryanair aircraft seen at LJLA in January on scheduled services or diversion in have been:

EI-DAO, DAR, DCK, DCW, DHV, DHY, DHZ, DLK, DLO, DLV, DPD, DPL, DPT, DWB, DWE, DWF, DWP, DWW, DWX, DYC, EBA, EBK, EBO, EBS, EBY, EFB, EFI, EFJ, EFO, EFT, EFY, EFZ, EKG, EKH, EKM, EKV, EKW, EKZ, EMI, EMJ, EMN, EMO, EMR, ENC, ENP, ENZ, EPG, EPH, ESW, EVC, EVD, EVE, EVJ, FEG = 54

FLYBE (BE/BEE)

A few cancellations during January. The early morning rotation on Thursday 1st was never programmed to operate on the Bank Holiday. On Wednesday 14th both the evening rotations were cancelled due to strong winds across the Island, and the last rotation on Sunday 18th suffered the same fate due to another storm passing through. Otherwise it was very much business as usual.

Aircraft used through Liverpool in January:

G-ECOA, ECOF, ECOG, ECOJ, ECOP, ECOR, ECOT, FLBA, FLBB, FLBD, JECE, JECG, JECH, JECI, JECJ, JECK, JECM, JECO, JECP, JECR, JECX, JECY, JECZ, JEDM, JEDR, JEDU, KKEV and ECOH which diverted in on a BHD-MAN flight due snowfall = 28.

WIZZAIR (W6/WZZ)

Again Wizzair have operated smoothly during January on their Gdansk and Warsaw services. Two brand new aircraft appeared in January, HA-LYJ on 17th from Gdansk and HA-LYK on 11th from Warsaw, both just appearing the once.

The aircraft used were:

HA-LPL, LPM, LPO, LPQ, LPR, LPS, LPZ, LWA, LWF, LWL, LWR, LYA, LYD, LYG, LYJ & LYK = 16.

BLUEAIR

Blue Air are now becoming an established operator at LJLA after a sound start in mid December. All flights in January operated smoothly, although a number were flown by smaller series 300 aircraft, while on 26th the flight operated via combined with a joint load, arriving via Luton. They are getting a slight reputation amongst enthusiasts for seemingly running marginally late, but perhaps we are judging them harshly against Ryanair and EasyJet who do routinely arrive early on some routes. Of their fleet of Boeing 737s, 5 different aircraft were used during January. As the airline is still new to the scene, I’ll list the dates individual aircraft appeared.

YR-BAC (series 300) 12, 14, 28, 30th
YR-BAF (series 300) 19, 21, 23rd.
YR-BAK 2, 5, 16, 26th
YR-BAQ 9th
YR-BAZ 7th

AIRCRAFT USING LJLA DURING JANUARY

More details can often be found in the visiting aircraft log which cross-references to the details summarised here.

RESIDENT AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY AND CHANGES

On the few still clear days in January many of the based aero club aircraft were active, but not so many of the privately owned ones. One exception has been Chipmunk G-BCSL which visited Halfpenny Green on 26th.

For a few weeks now, AT Aviation of Dunkeswell, Devon have been advertising 1979 Cherokee Arrow IV G-LFSR for sale at £39,500 and available for viewing at Dunkeswell. The aircraft though is still at LJLA and flying with the Liverpool Flying School, during January it flew several local flights and visited Gamston, Halfpenny Green and Tatenhill.

Over with Helicentre, privately owned Robinson R.66 G-SYES which arrived in December flew a couple of local flights during January, so for now is likely considered resident. Robinson R.44 G-CFNF flew in to operate a local flight twice during the month. Robinson R.22 G-OBIO was regularly active, as were resident Robinson R.44s G-CFCF, G-FCUM and G-OGJC, while EC.120 G-OMEM was noted just twice. A longer flight than usual, took G-FCUM from LJLA direct to Lydd on 18th and it back by 23rd.

CHARTERS, TOURS & FREIGHT OPERATIONS

Just one non-football charter in January, with Welcome using Dornier Do.328 OE-LIR on the third consecutive Sunday (the 4th January), this time with inbound passengers only on a private charter.

Between them LFC and EFC played 14 games in January, of these no less than 9 brought in team charter flights! However the first football charter is additional to the count of 9, as bmr G-RJXB took out visitors Swansea FC after a Cup match, Saturday 3rd at Tranmere! Other teams visiting Merseyside using charter flights were West Ham (twice) and Chelsea. West Ham played EFC at Goodison in a FA Cup game Wed 7th using bmr’s G-EMBN (all white, no titles) arriving the day before and leaving after the match. Chelsea played LFC in the Capital One Cup Tuesday 20th, arriving on bmr G-RJXF the day before, leaving after the match on Titan Boeing 757 G-POWH. West Ham’s second visit to Merseyside was to play LFC in the Premiership on Saturday 31st, arriving the day before on bmr’s G-RJXF, departing after the game.

LFC flew down to play Wimbledon on bmr’s G-RJXA on Sunday 4th, returning in the early hours of Tuesday 6th. On Friday 9th they flew out to Durham Tees Valley on Cello’s BAe.146 G-RAJJ, but came home by surface transport. In the very early hours of Wednesday 28th they flew home from a Capital One Cup encounter with Chelsea on bmr’s G-RJXD.

EFC arrived home in the early hours of Wednesday 14th from a game against West Ham on bmr’s G-RJXE. Due to being knocked out of both Cups, EFC had no game for near two weeks, so the team departed for a few days mid-season ‘training’ in Doha, departing Wednesday 21st on GainJet’s Boeing 737-400 SX-ATF via Athens, returning direct on Tuesday 27th. Finally EFC flew out the day before a Premiership game against Crystal Palace, flying out on bmr’s G-RJXG, returning after the game on Saturday 31st.

A busy mid-season month, which brought in no less than 7 different bm regional Embraer RJ-145s, a BAe.146 a Boeing 737 and a Boeing 757 on football team charters, in a month with no European Cup completion matches. Also some visiting G.A. and a couple of biz-jets, covered in the appropriate sections, brought in supporters for a couple of these domestic games.

Sole freighter during the month was a Bin Air Metro D-CPSW from Gyor, Hungary on Friday 9th, departing on 12th. Much as I would like to count the Beluga  F-GSTF/5 which diverted in on Thursday 29th, and in effect again on 30th as a freight flight, it was empty on each flight.

DIVERSIONS – GAINS & LOSSES

A fair amount has already been mentioned regarding diversions in the EasyJet and Flybe sections. These I will briefly mention in summary here, leading up to a (by recent standards) a major day of inbound diversions. Many more gains than losses during a winter month of storms, brief fog, snow showers, and just the occasional calm sunny day too.

Friday 2nd – The EasyJet IoM rotation returned to LJLA due to above acceptable cross winds at Ronaldsway. During the afternoon a further attempt was made, this time able to land successfully.
Sunday 4th – An EasyJet diverted in for fuel during a day of fog disruption affecting Gatwick
Wednesday 14th – both afternoon/evening IoM rotations cancelled by Flybe due to winds at IoM.
Thursday 15th – EasyJet retimed their Manx rotation due to forecast winds at IoM. Three Ryanairs diverted in from Dublin due to winds there, inbound from Stansted, Rome and Rzeszow.
Sunday 18th – Due to fog at LJLA the first morning inbound from Belfast diverted out to EMA, and continued onto to LJLA later. The fog formed, then lifted quickly at a quiet time so no other inbounds affected. The last IoM rotation was cancelled by Flybe due to conditions at Ronaldsway.
Thursday 29th – Snow showers passing over the NW of England caused disruption. With light snow at Liverpool, but much heavier and prolonged at Manchester, some 16 aircraft diverted into Liverpool from Manchester (including a pair of biz-jets) and a further one from Chester, over a 17 hour period. No flights of our own diverted away, but there was a period in the early hours of Friday 30th when LJLA was closed for snow clearance so was unable to accept inbound diversions. In a 3 hour period in the morning, 10 diversions landed, first in was a Flybe Dash 8 followed by two SAS flights OY-KAW A.320 and LN-RCY B.737/8, Air Malta 9H-AEH A.319, two Ryanairs, KLM PH-BXL B.737/8 and an EasyJet, plus two biz-jets LX-SHE and OE-GIE. In early evening two EasyJet flights used Liverpool, as due to slot restrictions at MAN they were re-programmed by EZY Ops to use LJLA due to a need to stay within crew hours. Either side of midnight a further two Ryanairs and an EasyJet, before LJLA was also closed by falling snow.

The one not yet mentioned for the 28th was the Beluga F-GSTF which landed mid-evening after two attempts at landing at Chester due to gusting cross-wind turbulence. The following day, Friday, it left for Chester only to find conditions still unacceptable so after further landing attempts and a period of holding, returned to LJLA shortly after midday. A little under two hours later left to try again at Hawarden, but after another try continued empty home to Toulouse.

That appears to make 18 airliners diverted in (Beluga counted just once), one flight diverted away and 3 rotations cancelled due to weather elsewhere. The EasyJet that diverted back to Liverpool due to destination weather, but flew the service later in the day has not been counted.

BIZ-JET VISITORS

Although January can be viewed as being a quiet month for business, no less than 38 different biz-jets called at LJLA during the month, of 10 registration nationalities: German, French, British, Luxembourg, Manx, American, Austrian, Czech, Swedish and Maltese. The vast majority were various marks of Citation and Challengers.

Starting with the larger biz-jets, while there were no Gulfstreams, there were 5 Challengers. Challenger 850 N895CL operated a series of flights in December that continued into January with arrivals on 2nd, 3rd and 4th, then a departure on Tuesday 6th to Keflavik and onto Bradley International, Connecticut. D-AFAB a Challenger 604 arrived from Riga on evening of Tues 6th, departing for Dubai International late afternoon the following day, while on Friday 21st Vista Jet brought in Challenger 604 9H-VFB in late morning from Leeds, leaving the next day for Palma. Vista Jet (VJT) formerly registered their aircraft in Austria. Finally two ‘regulars’ with Challenger 300 D-BIGA five times between Tuesday 6th and Friday 16th and Challenger 605 G-SJSS twice. Falcon 7X M-MNCC called on Friday 30th from Farnborough, out to Basle. After the ‘glut’ of Legacies in December, two more in January with Hangar 8’s G-OTGL Oxford to Luton on Saturday 10th, return routing the next day. Clearly a private charter, but not explained away by looking at football fixtures! SE-DJG a Legacy 600 arrived from Malmo morning of Monday 12th, returning there the following morning.

The Citations were mostly either 510 Mustangs or the larger 560 Excels. There were 8 different Mustangs, most notable being N397CM on Tuesday 20th, OO-PRM on Friday 30th and PH-TXA on Sunday 31st. Four different Cessna 525 CitationJets, three German and one Austrian, with D-IWWP on Tuesday 6th perhaps the most notable. A sole Citation 550 Bravo with G-SPRE making a few visits towards the end of the month. The Citation 560 XLs numbered 12 in all from Germany, France, Luxembourg and Britain. LX-INS on Thursday 15th and Sunday 18th, LX-NAT on Sunday 4th, three of Air Hamburg’s D-CXLS on Sunday 4th (confusingly we also had G-CXLS on Thursday 29th), D-CEFO Wednesday 28th and D-CFLY Friday 30th, along with F-GVYC on Friday 9th and night-stopped were those of European registry, the rest British. Main British XL of interest was G-RSXL on Monday 12th and night-stopped and Clifton’s G-OCJZ on Wednesday 14th, departing Friday 16th.

To ‘mop up’, that leaves two Lear Jets G-ZMED on Sunday 11th and Lear 31 D-CGGG on Thursday 29th, Raytheon 400 OK-ESC on Saturday 4th and regulars Phenom G-MTOY and Premier G-IOMC.

GENERAL AVIATION

January was a quiet month for foreign registered GA, with less than a handful of visitors. King Air 200 D-IBTA on Thursday 29th was likely a divert, although only f&t Coventry; M-JACK on Friday 30th from Inverness, returning there the next day; Malibu Matrix N915C from Elstree on Tue 20th for the owner to watch LFC that evening and finally IoM based Maule MXT-7 Comet N982NW on Friday 30th.

There were however 8 different British King Air 200 aircraft calling, most frequent being Hawarden based Flair Jet G-ERSE which flew a number of charters from and to LJLA. On Thurs 20th Belfast based Air Ambulance G-NIAA twice, Capital’s G-ZVIP from & to the IoM and later in the day G-BVMA from & to Cardiff. London Executive sent G-FRYI on Tuesday 6th and G-BYCP on Saturday 31st, both with football fans to watch West Ham at both Anfield and Goodison. The other King Airs to visit were Saxon’s G-KLNB on Fri 30th, then G-IASM on Sat 31st, also likely for the football. Two Diamond Twin Stars were G-ZDEA on Tuesday 20th for survey work off Formby and Cobham’s G-ROBS on Tues 27th.

Capital (EGL ‘Prestige’) used 3 different Navajo Chieftains on their IoM Air Ambulance contract during the month, with G-VIPU until Sun 25th (then to Exeter) swopping with G-VIPV (from Exeter the same day). G-VIPV was in service Monday 26th, the next flights being on Thurs 29th by which time G-VIPX was in use. G-VIPX no longer wears Isle of Man Ambulance titles.

British singles were limited in variety, with a sole Cessna 172 G-JWFI calling for maintenance Mon 19th until 24th. There were 3 different Cirrus SR.22s calling, IoM based G-JRSH on Friday 16th, North Weald based G-VBPM on Sunday 25th and Blackpool based G-OGGM on Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st when it appears to have flown Blackpool-Liverpool-Shoreham-Wick-Liverpool-Blackpool, quite a flight around the UK if my information source is correct.

Not too many rotary visitors, and half of those were regulars such as Sikorsky S-76 G-PACO, Bell 429 M-YMCM, Squirrels G-GMCM and G-DCAM (Tue 29th) together with Robinson R.44 G-CFNF. Two Agusta A.109s, with G-LCFC on Thursday 1st for a Leicester City FC game at Anfield and N109TK last noted in ‘14 on a low loader heading south. Ecureuil G-OGUN on Saturday 31st is recently ex G-SMDJ and is still in the same colours. While GA helicopters have generally stayed on the ground during January, a Rotorsport gyrocopter G-OSVN called from and to Ashcroft Farm for just a twenty minute stop mid-afternoon Monday 19th.

MILITARY VISITORS

Nowadays, three military visitors in a month make it a good January. All grey BAe.146-200 ZE707 on Friday 9th from & Northolt, with VIP schemed BAe.125 CC.3 on Thursday 15th, also from & to Northolt. Also on 15th Chinook HC.2A ZH891 performed a touch and go on runway 27 rather than the anticipated go-around and fly-through. Nice, wish more pilots would touch down rather than go-around. See also the ‘Go-around and Training’ section for news of the first A.400M to be seen in Liverpool airspace.

TRAINING & GO-AROUND ACTIVITY

The big event during January was the first appearance by the A.400M Atlas ZM400 as ‘Ascot 402’ twice on Wednesday 21st at 0945 and 0954 with go-arounds on 09 – at the time weather was poor, so the event appears not to have been seen by any local enthusiasts!

Of the fast jets, the sole Typhoon T.3 was ZJ815 at 1057 on Friday 16th in 41 Sqdn markings. This was seen by a collection of enthusiasts on 27 despite a cold damp grey day as after an initial call as ‘Rebel 58’ the call-sign changed to ‘Meerkat 58’ to mark the retirement of Adrian after 30 years working with ATC at Liverpool. ZJ815 s.is coded EB-H with 41 Sqdn. A few days earlier Tornado GR.4 ZA600/EB-G of 41 Sqdn as ‘Rebel 83’ performed a go-around at 1248 on Tuesday 13th. This one has a fancy anniversary tail markings. A normal plain grey tailed one, ZD713/081 made a go-around at 1525 on Tuesday 29th en route to Lossiemouth as ‘Lossiemouth 21’ after low flying in North Wales.

A fair number of Hawk go-arounds this month, both 4 Sqdn T.2s and 208 Sqdn T.1s. Of interest was a pair of Hawk T.1s XX188 and XX204 that performed the go-around as a pair at 1216 on Tuesday 27th as ‘Mustang’. To bring this section to a close mention of a Cranwell 45 Sqdn King Air ZK452 at 1517 on Friday 16th, Army Islander ZH001 on Thursday 8th at 1111. Civilians were North Wales Police Eurocopter EC135 G-NWOI on Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th and a Cessna 172 G-LOYA evening of Tuesday 13th to Sleap.

There was no crew validation in the circuit training by EasyJet this month, although their training aircraft stopped overnight at LJLA a number of times.

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STATISTICS

I’ll catch-up next month, don't want to delay posting this monthly summary any longer.

EPILOGUE

The first visit to the area by an Airbus A.400M Atlas was of note, even though it did not land., or indeed even seen by enthusiasts! Otherwise highlights do not really stand out for selection, but could include the Beluga F-GSTF, Legacies G-OTGL and SE-DJG, Challenger 9H-VFB, re-visits by Gain Jet’s SX-ATF and Welcome’s D.328 OE-LIR, even down to a new gyrocopter G-OSVN. Nice though to have SAS, KLM and Air Malta all on diversion the same day.

CREDIT & THANKS

Once again the daily notes provided by all who contribute to nwan forum add considerably to the official record. So many thanks to the good services of the Airport, and to Beemer, Philglt, Sabreliner, Agate, Evoant, Rubberneck, TonySpeke, andyH, ChrisB, ac2348, Blueaircraft79, clifftop,737Tony1, Aviationupclose,barfleur, ukcandy and a number of others.

As usual, if you spot an error, or wish to query an entry, do drop me a PM to enable a correction to be entered. Thank you, Brian Jones.

[johnoakes]

Thanks for all the painstaking hard work.It is much appreciated.
John