NOVEMBER 2015 - LJLA Visiting Aircraft Movements and Review

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LJLA VISITING AIRCRAFT
MOVEMENTS FOR NOVEMBER 2015

        To complete previous months:					
						
OY-GNS	Vulcanair P.68C	        Arr 06/9 for attention,  to Norwich 25/1223 as 'LED 7'				
G-CEBE	Schweizer 269C-1	Arr 22/10, departed for Booker 04/1116 as 'HLL 1'				
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	Arr 31/10, dep 12/1438 for Doncaster/Sheffield as 'FLJ 1SE'				
G-CGWV	Embraer EMB-145MP	Arr 31/10, dep 01/1759 for Newcastle as EZE9462.				
						
	Sunday, 1st November 2015 (foggy conditions in morning)					
						
G-PACO	Sikorsky S-76C	        1358	1418	Barton-Isle of Man		
G-IMEA	Beech 200 King Air	1402	1437	Dundee-Doncaster/Sheff	BRO 32	
M-YMCM	Bell 429	        1549	1609	Gatwick-Blackpool		
G-KLNW	Citation 510 Mustang	1649 02/1016	Paris/LeBourget-Norwich	SXN 51A/51D	
N6081F	Commander 114B	        1700 03/1142	Le Harve-Sleap		
G-CIFW	Beech B200 King Air	1841	1945	Manchester-Belfast Intl		      had earlier dvt into MAN
G-BWDB	ATR-72-202	        1929 02/1340	f&t Guernsey	        AUR 678/1679  Aurigny, dvt WX fog MAN
						
	Monday, 2nd November (Sunday evening fog did not lift until Monday morning)					
						
EI-EKY	Boeing 737-8AS	        0944	1145	Dublin-Gdansk	        RYR 152/15    Ryanair, dvt in WX LBA fog
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1049	1119	Exeter-Wick	        EGL 517	
G-CALL	PA-23-250F Aztec	1309	1350	f&t Isle of Man		
G-RJXD	Embraer RJ-145EP	1453	2059	Exeter-Bristol	        BMR 2776/2775 BM Regional, dvt WX at CEG
VP-CGE	Dassault Falcon 900EX	1500	1635	Munich-Ingolstadt	WGT 63E	      Dvt in, WX fog CEG (Chester)
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1524	1720	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-PCOP	Beech B200 King Air	1629 03/1706	Farnborough-Glasgow	GMA 825	      Dvt in, WX fog CEG (Chester)
EI-EKY	Boeing 737-8AS	        1706	2103	Gdansk-Leeds/Bradford	RYR 7AA/06    Ryanair, dvt in WX LBA fog
G-FBJJ	Embraer ERJ-175	        1756 03/0858	Paris/CdG-Manchester	BEE 312A/045W Flybe, dvt in MAN visibility
G-FBJI	Embraer ERJ-175	        1820 03/0905	Amsterdam-Manchester	BEE 127A/044W Flybe, dvt in MAN visibility
OY-NCO	Dornier 328-300JET	1925	2247	f&t Billund	        SUS 47L/48L   Sun Air, dvt MAN Visibility
EI-FIW	Boeing 737-8AS	        2141	2225	f&t Dublin	        RYR 448/449   Ryanair, fv of new a/c
G-CELS	Boeing 737-377	        2322 03/1446	Alicante-Leeds/Bradford	EXS 274/075W  Jet 2, dvt due LBA visibility
						
	Tuesday, 3rd November					
						
G-OXLS	Citation 560 XLS+	0806	1754	f&t Guernsey	        HGR 818	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1141	1254	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
ZK035/Z	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1303	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 01	
ZD711	Panavia Tornado GR.4	1612	G/A 09	to Marham	        MRH 63	      RAF.  Another source = ZG791
SX-RFA	Boeing 757-23N	        1822 04/0951	Birmingham-Kazan	GJ 57	      Gain Jet, LFC o/b Europa Cup
						
	Wednesday, 4th November					
						
OE-FMK	Citation 501/1SP	0110	1603	Katowice-Graz	        MAE 422/423	
M-YMCM	Bell 429	        0839	0930	Blackpool-Belfast City		
N759AU	Cessna 182Q	        1154	based	arrived from Barton		      likely a new resident a/c
G-CDVE	Agusta A.109E	        1217	1324	private site-Manchester	KRH 1R/1      c/s "Sparrowhawk"
G-LCPL	AS.365N2 Dauphin	1232	1430	private site-Battersea	 - /SSP 22	
G-DVIP	Agusta A.109E Power	1355	1549	f&t private location(s)	CAS 2/TLE 2   c/s "Castle 2"
G-EMHD	Agusta A.109S Grand	1558	1626	Denham-private site	CTK 7	      c/S "Costock 7"
ZA372/006 Panavia Tornado GR.4	1617	G/A 09	to Marham	        MRH 57	
M-YMCM	Bell 429	        1746	1802	Belfast City-Blackpool		
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1808	2057	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2239 05/1151	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99P/99R	
						
	Thursday, 5th November					
						
EI-FAS	ATR-72-212A	        0755	0847	f&t Isle of Man	        BEE 601/602   Flybe, temp Aer Lingus a/c
M-YMCM	Bell 429	        0802	0839	Blackpool-private site		
G-LGNK	SAAB SF.340B	        0904	0949	f&t Glasgow	        BEE 73JV/830F Flybe/Loganair, MAN dvt
G-OXLS	Citation 560 XLS+	1257	1323	Glasgow-Guernsey	HGR 818	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1348	1741	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M   But diverted back to LPL
G-SGRP	Agusta AW.109SP Grand	1718	1725	Denham-private site	EDY 1	
G-OXLS	Citation 560 XLS+	1818	1833	Guernsey-Glasgow	HGR 818	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1857 06/0915	Liverpool-Isle of Man	EGL 99M/99M	
M-YMCM	Bell 429	        1901	1915	Bournemouth-Blackpool		
						
	Friday, 6th November					
						
SX-RFA	Boeing 757-23N	        0239	0425	Kazan-Birmingham	GJ 57	      Gain Jet, LFC i/b, Europa Cup
EI-REI	ATR-72-201	        0751	0837	f&t Isle of Man	        BEE 60/602    Flybe, temp Stobard a/c
G-SYES	Robinson R.66	        0839	1339	f&t private location(s)	HLL 1/5	
ZK018/I	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1009	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 66	
LN-WDG	DHC-8-Q402 Dash Eight	1041 08/2111	f&t Stavanger	        WIF 7474/7475 Wideroe, city break w/e stop
N862MT	Citation 525 M2	        1114	1337	Luxembourg-Bergen		
ZK023/N	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1148	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 95	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1211	130	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
OE-FZD	Citation 510 Mustang	1435	1608	Paris/Le Bourget-Nice	GAC 896/194J	
G-DEIA	Citation 560 XLS+	1457	1627	Blackpool-Dublin	BOO 76	
G-OGUN	AS.350B2 Ecureuil	1542	1638	f&t private location(s)		
						
	Saturday, 7th November					
						
9H-JOY	Challenger 850	        1329 08/1142	Luton-Paris/Le Bourget		      Air X Charter
G-OWTN	Embraer RJ-145EP	1430 09/0723	Farnborough-Warton	BAE 42/75P    BAe, Warton closed weekends
G-OMAF	Dornier 228-202K	1606	1729	f&t Bournemouth	        WDG 92/FRA 68
G-CGWV  Embraer RJ-145MP        1646 08/2106	f&t Gatwick             EZE 9723/9724 Eastern, Crystal Palace team
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1755	2021	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
						
	Sunday, 8th November 2015					
						
D-CSLT	Lear Jet 60	        0133	1726	Ankara-Nuremburg	IFA 5900/5906 likely Air Ambulance flt
G-MAFI	Dornier 228-202K	0139	0318	f&t Bournemouth	        WDG 92	
D-AOLG	Fokker 100	        0209 09/2113	Madrid-Manchester	ATV 304C/007F Avanti Air, WWE Superstars i/b
N6039X	Commander 114B	        1012	1431	f&t Guernsey		
G-IBZA	Citation 550 II	        1339	1942	Biggin Hill-Gatwick	FXT 108	
9H-WFC	EMB-135 Legacy 600	1346	1450	Paris/Le Bourget-Luton		
D-CHIC	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1429	1633	Marrakech-Oxford	AHO 609F/129C	
D-CYKP	Citation 550 II	        1813	2016	Farnborough-Brussels	BBF 17	
						
	Monday, 9th November					
						
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	0856	0932	Exeter-Wick	        EGL 517	
N117EA	EA.500 Eclipse	        1855 10/1340	f&t Isle of Man		
G-FBJF	Embraer ERJ-175	        1954	2031	f&t Isle of Man	        BEE 609/610   Flybe, substitute a/c type
						
	Tuesday, 10th November					
						
G-SYES	Robinson R.66	        0749	0932	f&t private location(s)	HLL 5	
ZK562	Chinook HC.6	        1143	1225	Seaforth-private site	BOE 22	      RAF new a/c, on delivery flt
ZK037/AB BAe. Hawk T.2	        1300	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 57	
						
	Wednesday 11th November					
						
EI-FIV	Boeing 737-8AS	        0751	0832	f&t Dublin	        RYR 442/443   Ryanair, fv of a new a/c
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0927	1158	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M
G-EZIN	Airbus A.319-111        0939    1057    Liverpool-Doncaster/Sheff EZY 9090    EasyJet, circuits, training
G-XSTV	Citation 560 XLS	0940	1826	f&t Northolt	        REN 33	
G-KLNW	Citation 510 Mustang	0945	1352	f&t Norwich	        SXN 51D	
M-LJGI	Dassault Falcon 7X	1249 12/1126	f&t Dublin		
G-CGKS	Grob G.115E Tutor	1441	G/A 27	to Woodvale	        UAM 03	
						
	Thursday, 12th November					
						
G-CGOA	Citation 550 II	        1003	1037	Southampton-Stansted	XJC 758	
G-HALS	Robinson R.44 II	1013	1409	f&t Barton		              & a local flight
OE-FZA	Citation 510 Mustang	1036	1514	Barcelona-Luton	        GAC 439M/509P	
ZK458/D	Beech B200GT King Air	1220	G/A 27	to Cranwell	        CWL 80	
G-CGOA	Citation 550 II	        1432	1457	Stansted-Southend	XJC 759	
EI-EFV	Boeing 737-8AS	        1546	1658	Malaga-Dublin	        RYR 3JT/704   Ryanair, Dvt WX DUB x-winds
EI-FEH	Boeing 737-8AS	        1600	1750	Gatwick-Dublin	        RYR 8AR/15    Ryanair, Dvt WX DUB x-winds
EI-FIV	Boeing 737-8AS	        1616	1733	Luton-Dublin	        RYR 7LX/38    Ryanair, Dvt WX DUB x-winds
EI-DCP	Boeing 737-8AS	        1624	1819	Bristol-Dublin	        RYR 36RT/9622 Ryanair, Dvt WX DUB x-winds
						
	Friday, 13th November					
						
ZK458/D	Beech B200GT King Air	1051	1428	Jersey-Cranwell	        CWL 80	
ZM405	Airbus A.440M Atlas	1126	G/A 27	to Brize Norton	        RRR 406	      & another G/A at 1103
CS-DXL	Citation 560 XL	        1154	1501	Inverness-Jersey	NJE 3XW	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1402	1551	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1603	1616	Wick-Exeter	        EGL 517	
ZE708	BAe.146 C.3	        1621	1638	Bordeaux-Northolt	RRR 1928	
OO-ASL	Beech B200C King Air	1716 15/1047	f&t Hawarden		              Welsh Rally & locals 14th,15th
						
	Saturday, 14th November					
						
G-SYES	Robinson R.66	        1315	1342	f&t private location(s)	HLL 1	
EC-ERS	Cessna 340A	        1551 15/0919	f&t Hawarden		              Welsh Rally, & local flt 14th
G-XJET	Lear Jet 45	        1750	1917	Lanzarote-Bournemouth	GMA 707	      Air Ambulance Flt
						
	Sunday, 15th November 2015					
						
G-SYES	Robinson R.66	        1211	1237	f&t private location(s)	HLL 1	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1348	1640	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-OCEG	Beech B200 King Air	1617	1848	Pula-Bournemouth		      Air Ambulance Flt
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1834 	1955	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
						
	Monday, 16th November					
						
G-OCJZ	Citation 525A CJ2	1001	1035	Southampton-Biggin Hill	CLF 221	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1116	1508	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
ZK458/D	Beech B200GT King Air	1215	G/A 27	to Newcastle	        CWL 79	
G-GMPX	MDH MD-900 Explorer	1544	G/A	to Barton	        UKP 151	
ZM402	Airbus A.400M Atlas	1651	G/A 27	to Prestwick	        RRR 407	      & another G/A at 1638
ZD711	Panavia Tornado GR.4	1811	G/A 27	to Marham	        MRH 48	
G-FBJH	Embraer ERJ-175	        1935	2029	f&t Isle of Man	        BEE 609/610   Flybe, substitute a/c type
						
	Tuesday, 17th November					
						
EI-FIZ	Boeing 737-8AS	        0750	0835	f&t Dublin	        RYR 442/443   Ryanair, fv of a new a/c
G-OXLS	Citation 560 XLS	0833	1756	f&t Guernsey	        HGR 818	
089/YJ	EMB-121 Xingu	        1031	1316	f&t Avord AFB	        CTM 1725      French A.F.
EI-EFE	Boeing 737-8AS	        1535	1748	f&t Shannon	        RYR 3CY/11    Ryanair, Dvt WX x-winds where?
D-CRIS	IIAI 1123 Astra SPX	1606	1923	Cagliari-Innsbruck	TYW 322/323	
G-KVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1703	1913	Oporto-Exeter	        EGL 64F	
HA-LWC	Airbus A.320-232	1859	2132	Budapest-Birmingham	WZZ 337/2217  Wizzair, Dvt WX x-winds BHX
G-FBJJ	Embraer ERJ-175	        2153	2332	Aberdeen-Manchester	BEE 1044/045W Flybe, Dvt WX x-winds MAN
						
	Wednesday, 18th November					
						
EI-FIS	Boeing 737-8AS	        0802	0847	f&t Dublin	        RYR 442/443   Ryanair, fv of a new a/c
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1043	1207	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
EC-GFK	SA.226AT Metro IV	1148 25/1250	Bologna-Valldolid	FTL 3322/3321 Flightline, freight i/b
G-FBNK	Citation 510 Mustang	1157 19/1428	Liege-Blackbushe	BKK 26Z	
OO-ASL	Beech B200C King Air	1518	1702	Kortrijk-Antwerp		      ASL Nv
OE-GZK	Citation 560 XLS	1835	1900	Esbjerg-Dublin	        IJM 369	
G-FBJH	Embraer ERJ-175	        1847	1947	f&t isle of Man	        BEE 609/610   Flybe, substitute a/c type
						
	Thursday, 19th November					
						
F-HIJD	Citation 525A CJ2	0953	1357	Toulon-Biggin Hill	IXR 19JD	
YU-MTU	Citation 525 CJ1	1039	1200	Paris/Le Bourget-Nice		
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1221	1248	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-ZIPE	Agusta A.109E Power	1232 20/0720	f&t private location(s)		
G-JECY	DHC-8-Q402 Dash Eight	1356	1706	f&t Birmingham	        BEE 018T/118T Flybe, training circuits BEE 1T
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1423	1619	f&t isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
OE-FCB	Citation 510 Mustang	1507	1606	Brussels-Nice	        GAC 466L/078F	
ZK015	BAe.Hawk T.2	        1753	G/A	to Valley	        VYT 72	
						
	Friday, 20th November					
						
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1236	1320	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1611	1652	Wick-Cardiff	        EGL 517	
						
	Saturday, 21st November					
						
9H-OME	Boeing 737-505	        0833	1008	Nice-Cairo		              Air X, "U2+e" tour titles
G-CORB	SOCATA TB-20 Trinidad	1244 22/1335	f&t Gloucester		
						
	Sunday, 22nd November 2015					
						
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1557	1731	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	1750 23/1158	Doncaster-Biggin Hill	FLJ 2SE/1SE	
						
	Monday, 23rd November					
						
PH-HGT	Citation 680 Sovereign	1749 24/1531	f&t Eindhoven		              parked stand 39
G-GMPX	MDH MD-900 Explorer	1813	G/A	to Barton	        UKP 151	
						
	Tuesday, 24th November					
						
D-CGAA	Citation 560 XLS+	0036	1140	Gatwick-Northolt	AHO 264A/593B	
G-OXLS	Citation 560 XLS	0931	1730	f&t Guernsey	        HGR 818	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1229	1300	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1446	1709	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
G-SJSS	Challenger 605	        1521	1550	Isle of Man-Northolt		
G-WASC	Eurocopter EC-135T2+	1628	1844	private site-Welshpool	HLE 59/59E    Wales Air Ambulance
SP-MRC	Saab 340A	        1740	2349	f&t Lydd	        IGA 786/788   Sky Taxi, likely freight
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2029	2202	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99T/99U	
						
	Wednesday, 25th November					
						
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0038	1252	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99V/99L	
G-LEAA	Citation 510 Mustang	0806	1615	f&t Luton	        LNX 05AA	
XX204	BAe. Hawk T.1A	        1001	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 24	      Red Arrows full scheme
EI-REH	ATR-72-201	        1046	1133	f&t Isle of Man	        BEE 603/604   Flybe, using Stobard a/c
F-GZHP	Boeing 737-8K2	        1221 27/0057	f&t Bordeaux	        TVF 1502/1503 Transavia FR., Bordeaux team
G-CPAO	Eurocopter EC.135P2+	1433	G/A	to Hawarden	        UKP 4	
G-OZON	PA-32-301T Saratoga IITC 1621  /Dec	Tatenhill-		              (recently regd, ex SX-ACZ)
G-VIPP	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1730 26/1650	Newquay-Southend	VOR 31	      & calibration flight 26th
G-CPAO	Eurocopter EC.135P2+	1732	G/A	to Hawarden	        UKP 4	
G-CFNF	Robinson R.44 II	1752	1858	f&t private location(s)		      & a local night flight
EI-SEV	Boeing 737-73S	        1859	1945	f&t Dublin	        RYR 446/447   Ryanair, substitute a/c
EI-SEV	Boeing 737-73S	        2137	2213	f&t Dublin	        RYR 448/449   Ryanair, and again!
						
	Thursday, 26th November					
						
EI-EXB	Boeing 717-2BL	        1220 27/0054	f&t Bordeaux	        VOE 9294/9295 Volotea, with Bordeaux fans
G-NLDR	AS.355F2 Ecureuil 2	1452   /Dec	Halfpenny Green-	PDG 65	      & local 27th
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1637	1712	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
F-GUBF	Embraer RJ-145MP	1814 27/0006	f&t Paris/CdG	        HOP 9048/9049 Hop!, with Bordeaux fans
						
	Friday, 27th November					
						
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0050	1341	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99P	
LY-SPD	Airbus A.320-232	0538	0656	Birmingham-Ivalo	LLC 891P/891  Small Planet, Santa w/e o/b
SP-HAG	Airbus A.320-232	0939 29/2147	f&t Stavanger	        LLC 8277/8278 Small Planet, city break w/e
D-IAAD	EMB-500 Phenom 100	1032	1122	Biggin Hill-Antwerp	AZE 34F/34P	
ZJ126/K	EH-101 Merlin HC.3	1159	G/A 27	likely to Altcar	NVY 527	      RN, c/s "Commander 527"
OE-FZA	Citation 510 Mustang	1414	1614	Rouen-Nice	        GAC 009E/090C	
G-RJXE	Embraer RJ-145EP	1437	1629	Aberdeen-Bournemouth	BMR 9406/8506 BMR, EFC team o/b 
G-IASA	Beech B200 King Air	1504 28/0745	Maastrict-Limoges	MDI 01	      likely air ambulance flt
D-CGAA	Citation 560 XLS+	1517	1739	DTV-Newcastle	        AHO 151	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1523	1605	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1648	1730	Wick-Exeter	        EGL 517	
D-ELXC	Cessna 182RG	        1941 28/1318	f&t Munster Osnabruck		
						
	Saturday, 28th November					
						
G-RJXC	Embraer RJ-145EP	1539 29/2037	f&t Cardiff	        BMR 8510/8511 BMR, Swansea FC team
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1849	2047	f&t Isle of Man   	EGL 99L/99M	
G-RJXH	Embraer RJ-145EP	1931	2023	Bournemouth-Bristol	BMR 8507/9407 BMR, EFC team i/b
M-WATJ	Beech B200GT King Air	2046 29/0914	Biggin Hill-Caernarfon	AAD 228B/228A	
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	2213   /Dec	Biggin Hill-	        FLJ 2E/	
						
	Sunday, 29th November 2015					
						
LN-IDC	Citation 560 Encore+	1226	1934	f&t Oslo/Gardermoen		
EI-DLK	Boeing 737-8AS	        1308 30/1038	Riga-Knock (LJLA flt o/b) RYR 8EX/6673  Ryanair, Dvt WX LBA winds
EI-REM  ATR-72-212A             1445    1614    f&t Isle of Man         BEE 4CA/041W  Flybe, Dvt WX BHX x-winds
LY-SPD	Airbus A.320-232	1451	1630	Ivalo-Leeds/Bradford	LLC 892/891P  Small Planet, Santa Flt i/b
D-CGAA	Citation 560 XLS+	1920	2017	Newcastle-Luton   	AHO 151/123G	
						
	Monday, 30th November					
						
G-ZVIP	Beech 200 King Air	0900	0925	Exeter-Wick	        EGL 517	
ZJ118/(B) EH-101 Merlin HC.3	1044	G/A	likely to Altcar	NVY 522	      RN, c/s 'Commander 522'
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1210	1443	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
EI-DLK	Boeing 737-8AS	        1244	1629	Knock-Leeds/Bradford	RYR 6674/02P  Ryanair, LJLA flt i/b, posn out
ZK025	Bae. Hawk T.2	        1510    G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 67	
G-MCGJ	Sikorsky S-92A	        1527	1624	f&t Caernarfon	        SRG 936	      Coast Guard Rescue
ZF573	PBN-2T Islander C.2	1827 01/Dec	Waddington-	        RRR 7956      RAF, & local on 30th
						
	END OF NOVEMBER MOVEMENTS

NOTES AND ABBREVIATIONS

30/1038 shows that the aircraft stayed over midnight, departing on the date and time shown

f&t = from and to. Where the point of origin and destination are different, both locations are named separated by a - .

All times are quoted as ‘local’ time. As the source material is in UTC, during the winter errors are unlikely!

G/A refers to an aircraft that did not land, performing a go-around only, but did not touch down. t&g is 'touch and go'.

The registrations of aircraft operating on call-signs, especially RAF aircraft on Go-Around are not always 100% accurate. During daylight where a code and direction of Go-Around are given, this means that the registration was confirmed by Mk.1 eyeball (well, usually a digital image!).

Where an aircraft operated on call-sign, this is noted by official 2 or 3-letter abbreviation. If there is no call-sign, then the aircraft operated using the registration. Where there is just one call-sign, the same flight number was used both in- and out-bound.

'Football related', 'team chtr', or similar comments are generally determined by the times and point of origin/destination and is informed guesswork, not absolute known fact.

The source material does not name non-registered airfield sites, these are covered by the blanket term ‘private site’. Nor does it identify diverted flights or the reason for the diversion, however these can usually be worked out from other sources.

'WX' = literally 'weather out' conditions below minima visibility or above acceptable wind speed/direction, 'Dvt' = diverted in, 'chtr' = charter flight, Pax = passengers, Del = delivery, Arr = arrived, Dep = departed. Sometimes further detail in the written Report section that follows.

I do my best to check full type designations, however an occasional one may not be absolutely name and mark accurate.

CREDIT & THANKS

Should any details be used and repeated elsewhere, due credit to 'LJLA and nwan forum' is expected. This post should NOT be 'copy and pasted' and repeated in full or part elsewhere on the internet. Hyper-linking this onto other sites, again with due credit, or printing-out for personal use does not require specific permission.

Finally and very importantly, my very many thanks for Liverpool John Lennon Airport in permitting access to records to extract these visitor movements - so allowing our complete records since 1958 to continue unbroken.

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LJLA – ACTIVITY & VISITING AIRCRAFT .
AN OVERVIEW FOR NOVEMBER 2015.

AIRPORT AND AIRLINE DEVELOPMENTS

FLIGHTS FOR SUMMER 2016

Ryanair publicly announced its summer ’16 schedules, which as anticipated revealed the return of flights to Reus and an increase in flights to Dublin. For more: www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2015/11/ryanair-launches-liverpool-summer-2016-schedule-celebrates-10-year-base-anniversary/

EasyJet are known to have added a further, second, rotation a week to Zante for summer ’16 so filling a gap in their scheduling.

There have been some further developments for summer ’16, however they were announced in December, so will wait until the next review.

CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING AWARD

Proof of LJLA management taking Customer Service seriously is a Bronze award their training programme. www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2015/12/ljla-wins-bronze-award-at-ctsn/

NOVEMBER’S STATISTICS

As anticipated the passengers figures, aided by new services from Aer Lingus and Flybe jumped by 19% for the month of November compared to last year, indeed is the best November since 2010. The November 2015 passenger throughput was 313,000, compared with 262,000 in 2015. This helps bring the annual total to +7%, reversing a -5% fall for each of the previous two years. www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2015/12/ljla-wins-bronze-award-at-ctsn/

SCHEDULED SERVICE AIRCRAFT

EASYJET (U2/EZY)

November started with fog. While a number of inbounds had to hold while conditions improved, only 3 EasyJet flights diverted away during the mid evening of Sunday 1st. A flight from Paris diverted to Birmingham and did not return until just after midday Monday; a flight from Geneva G-EZFT diverted to Edinburgh and did not return until mid-afternoon Monday; while a flight from Belfast G-EZWK also diverted to Edinburgh, but the next morning positioned to Amsterdam and operated the EZY7002 to LJLA on time. Despite being 2 aircraft down for Monday morning, the only cancellations spotted were an Isle of Man rotation and the outbound Amsterdam.

On Thursday 12th to replace an ‘aircraft on ground’, G-EZAO positioned in as EZY9009 from Luton around lunch-time and operated an Isle of Man and Geneva rotations, before returning to Luton as EZY9013 late evening. When operated by an A.319 the late night Larnaca flight sometimes requires a fuel stop on the way home eg on 17th when it is known to have used Rome.

The crew training/validation flights used LJLA as an overnight stop again during November. Twice for short periods it used Liverpool for training, but usually either Doncaster-Sheffield or Chateauroux. Aircraft involved were G-EZIN (10th-12th), G-EZEV (17th-19th) which then stayed at Liverpool, G-EZDP departing for Gatwick as EZY9093 and G-EZEB (24th-25th).

Aircraft used: A.319s: G-EZAD, EZAN, EZAO, EZAP, EZBD, EZBJ, EZBK, EZBT, EZDL, EZDN, EZDP, EZDR, EZDT, EZEB, EZEV, EZFD, EZFT, EZFW, EZFY, EZGA, EZGG, EZIN, EZSM (= 23)
A.320s: G-EZOJ, EZTI, EZUH, EZUO, EZWA, EZWK, EZWL, EZWR (= 8) (total 31)

RYANAIR (FR/RYR)

Despite the fog and winds, Ryanair had cause to divert away from Liverpool just the once, due fog on evening of Sunday 1st, when EI-ESS inbound on RYR9884 from Knock in mid evening diverted to Leeds due to fog at LJLA. The aircraft positioned back to LJLA in the very early hours of Monday 2nd , so there was no ‘knock-on’ effect , all the ‘first wave’ departures getting away Monday morning.

Early morning Friday 13th EI-DAS departed to Stansted as RYR098P, so bringing Ryanair at LJLA down to just three overnight based aircraft. Early morning of Monday 23rd EI-DHG arrived from Stansted as RYR002P to bring LJLA base back up to four overnight based aircraft.

Aircraft used during November, Boeing 737-800s: EI-DAO, DAS, DCJ, DCP, DCW, DHE, DHG, DHO, DHS, DHW, DLB, DLG, DLH, DLK, DHW, DHX, DPD, DPH, DPI, DPW, DWD, DWJ, DWS, DWT, DYB, DYM, DYN, DYV, DYZ; EI-EBA, EBD, EBL, EBM, EBN, EBP, EBR, EFB, EFE, EFO, EVV, EVY, EKC, EKG, EKH, EKL, EKM, EKR, EKY, EKZ, EMD, EME, EMJ, EMO, EMP, EMR, ENE, ENF, ENG, ENH, ENP, EPD, EPF, ESS, ESX, ESY, EVG, EVS, EVV, EVW, EVX, EVZ, EXB, EXE; EI-FEH, FIF, FIR, FIS, FIV, FIW, FIZ and Boeing 737-700 EI-SEV ( = 81) A few of these were only on diversion, not on LJLA’s scheduled services.

FLYBE (BE/BEE)

With over 300 rotations a month, Flybe is now a major operator at Liverpool. The weather over the first few days wrought confusion with 11 rotations cancelled, with the Amsterdam service suffering worst. After the fog of the first few days of November, there was just the one operational cancellation to Isle of Man, 4 to Belfast City, 1 to Amsterdam and one and half rotations lost to Edinburgh.

Throughout November the first 4 rotations of the day from the Isle of Man on weekdays are operated by ATR-72s in full Flybe colours, EI-REL and EI-REM, however Stobard did substitute EI-FAS (full Aer Lingus Regional colours, am 5th), EI-REI (white, Aer Lingus Regional titles, am 6th) EI-REH (white, Stobard titles and logo, 4 times 25-27th). The evening flight continues to be operated by a Dash 8-Q400, however this was substituted by an ERJ-175 (9th, 16th, 18th) on a couple of occasions.

The 5 daily flights from Belfast City on weekdays, twice on Sat and Sun, generally operated smoothly after the disruption of the first 2 days, likewise the 3 daily, one Sat, twice Sun, Amsterdam service and the daily Edinburgh schedule. The aircraft from operates in on the Edinburgh flight regularly, but not always, swops on the apron at Liverpool with the aircraft operating the Amsterdam flights. There was a perception on nwan daily threads that Flybe had made more cancellations in November than was the case.

Dash 8’s used: G-ECOB, ECOC, ECOE, ECOF, ECOH, ECOJ, ECOK, ECOM, ECOO, ECOP, ECOP, G-FLBA, FLBC, LFBD, FLBE, G-JECE, JECG, JECH, JECI, JECJ, JECK, JECM, JECN, JECP, JECR, JECX, JECY, JECZ, G-JEDM, JEDP, JEDR, JEDT, JEDU, JEDV, JEDW, G-KKEV, G-PRPA, PRPB, PRPC (=39)
ERJ-175s: G-FBJF, G-FBJH plus others (G-FBJI, G-FBJJ) on inbound diversion
ATR-72s: EI-FAS, REH, REI, REL, REM (5) Only the last 2 in full Flybe colours.

WIZZAIR (W6/WZZ)

With flights mainly timed later in the day, Wizzair managed to miss the fog disruption at the start of the month. The winter schedule calls for 3 weekly from Gdansk (Tue, Thu, Sat); Warsaw twice weekly (Sat, Tue) and twice weekly from Riga (Mon, Fri).

A.320 aircraft used: HA-LPJ, LPO, LPR, LPS, HA-LWA, LWC, LWD, LWK, LWP, LWX, LWZ, HA-LYA, LYG, LYJ, LYL, LYM, LYT (=17) Although HA-LWC called as a diversion only. No first visiting aircraft in November.

AER LINGUS (EI/EIN)

Despite the weather during the first few days of the month, every Aer Lingus flight operated during November, twice daily Sunday-Wednesday, three daily on Thursday and Friday. They used no less than 27 different A,320s, including both the Rugby Union special colours aircraft EI-DEI and EI-DEO, but the Retro schemed EI-DVM was one of just 6 in the A.320 fleet not seen here in November.

A,320s used: EI-CVA, CVB, CVC, DEA, DEB, DEC, DEE, DEF, DEG, DEH, DEI, DEJ, DEK, DEL, DEM, DEO, DER, DES, DVE, DVG, DVJ, DVK, DVN, EDP, EDS, EZV, EZW. (27)


BLUE AIR (OB/BME)

The year-round Bucharest schedule operates three times weekly (Mon, Wed, Fri) with revised times for the winter schedule. All flights operated smoothly.

Aircraft used in November: Boeing 737-400 YR-BAE (a rare one on 6th), YR-BAJ (16th), YR-BAK (13th), YR-BAO (23rd), YR-BAQ (another rare one 4th), YR-BAR (9th, 18th, 25th, 27th), YR-BAU (2nd), YR-BAZ (30th) and Boeing 737-800 YR-BMB (11th, 20th).

AIRCRAFT USING LJLA DURING NOVEMBER

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

CHARTERS, TOURS & FREIGHT OPERATIONS

Liverpool played two Europa Cup League games during December. The first took them to Kazan, for which they used Gain Jet’s Boeing 757 SX-RFA departing morning of Wednesday 4th, returning in the early hours of Friday 6th. The next game, their last home match in the league stage, brought FC Bordeaux to Anfield. The team arrived on Transavia France Boeing 737-800 F-GZHP on Wednesday 25th very early afternoon, leaving shortly after midnight Friday 27th. Supporters arrived on a Volotea Boeing 717 EI-EXB and a Hop! RJ-145 F-GUBF on Thursday 26th, leaving very early hours of 27th. The Volotea Boeing 717 was the first of the type to visit since AeBal’s EC-HNY back in March 2009, also on a football charter, while the Hop! operated from and to Paris/CdG and did not arrive at LJLA until 6:15pm - must be one of the latest intended arrival times on record for an evening game.

Domestic football was fairly routine with Crystal palace flying in to meet LFC on Eastern RJ-145 G-CGWV on Saturday 7th, departing on 8th after the match. At the end of the month EFC flew out to meet Bournemouth on BMI Region RJ-145 G-RJXE Friday 27th, returning after the game on 28th on G-RJXH. Meanwhile earlier on Saturday 28th Swansea FC flew into for their meeting with LFC on BMI Regional RJ-145 G-RJXC, which waited until after the match on 29th before returning to Cardiff.

There were two inbound ‘match and weekend break’ flights from Norway during December. On Friday 6th, staying until Sunday 8th (so including the LFC v Crystal Palace game) was Wideroe Dash 8-Q400 LN-WDG and on Friday 27th, staying until Sunday 29th was SP-HAG of Small Planet Polska. Further inbound charters brought in Avanti Fokker 100 D-AOLG on Sunday 8th with WWE Superstars for an appearance at the Liverpool Arena, while Air X’s Boeing 737-500 9H-OME operated a private inbound charter from Nice, morning of Saturday 21st. Although only November, the first “Santa” flight to operate from Liverpool for a while took a full load out to Ivalo for a two-night weekend break, departing very early Friday 27th and getting back mid Sunday 29th evening, operated by Small Planet’s Airbus A.320 LY-SPD.

After derogatory remarks last month, there were two flights during November that presumably brought in freight. On Wednesday 18th Flightline’s Metro IV EC-GFK arrived from Bologna, and stayed here for a week until required by the company elsewhere; while on Tuesday 24th Air Taxis’s Saab 340 SP-MRC arrived from Lydd mid evening, and returned there just before midnight.

DIVERSIONS – GAINS & LOSSES

Fog or gales are never good news for airline passengers. The UK had both during November. Fog affected Liverpool for the first three days of the month, a number of IoM, Belfast and an Amsterdam outbound flight were cancelled, but it would appear that only four flights diverted away – although some early morning arrivals waited upto an hour for conditions to clear before being able to land.

While Manchester and Leeds were also affected by the fog, most flights landed routinely. However a handful needed to divert due to a variety of reasons including Category of ILS equipment fitted, the serviceability of the ILS equipment, crew qualification currency etc. On Sunday 1st an Aurigny ATR-72 G-BWDB diverted in during the evening, away from Manchester, and due to conditions at Guernsey did not depart with passengers until shortly after midday the following day. However for a while on Sunday evening the fog at Liverpool caused 4 inbounds to divert elsewhere, Ryanair from Derry selected Leeds/Bradford, while EasyJet from Paris used Birmingham and flights from Geneva and Belfast used Edinburgh. Fortunately the fog thinned during the late evening, allowing the later arrivals to land. The next morning, Monday 2nd, it thickened at dawn, with some inbounds having to hold for a while.

On Monday 2nd we gained a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 from Leeds in the morning, the aircraft waited at LJLA and took Leeds passengers outbound. Then we gained three inbounds frustrated by fog at Chester – a BMI Regional RJ-145, Falcon 900EX VPCGE and a Gama Aviation King Air 200. During the evening from Manchester we gained two Flybe ERJ-175s and a Sun Air/BAW Do.328JET, plus a further Leeds bound flight, Jet 2 Boeing 737-300 G-CELS which apparently had only Cat.1 ILS capability. On Thursday 5th in the morning a sole Manchester flight used Liverpool, a Loganair/Flybe Saab 340 G-LGNK. Interesting to reflect on what difference it would have made if LJLA had fully operational Cat.III landing aids. Certainly some of the morning arrivals would have not had to hold as conditions cleared, but many of the cancelled flights would have used Cat.II equipped aircraft, so would likely have still been cancelled. It is unlikely that many more aircraft would have diverted in – however having Cat.III ILS ‘autoland’ is perceived as being an important facility to offer prospective operators and certainly is a status desirable for an airport with passenger figures likely to reach the 5m mark pa again in the near future.

Next was not a weather divert, but BAe’s inter-factory shuttle RJ-145 G-OWTN on the morning of Saturday 7th, as Warton was closed at a weekend. It left on Monday morning.

The theme now changes to gusting, strong cross-winds above the maximium limits approved for various aircraft types. Early evening of Friday 13th no less than 4 Ryanair 737-800s landed in a 45 minute period due to the wind at Dublin. They stayed at Liverpool for around 2 hours until conditions had improved and with passengers still on-board continued to their destination. On Tuesday 17th winds again caused problems, with a Leeds? bound Ryanair Boeing 737-800, a Manchester bound ERJ-175 of Flybe and a Birmingham bound Wizzair A.320 all seeking sanctuary at LJLA before taking their passengers on to their intended destination. On Sunday 29th a Flybe ATR-72 from IoM diverted in due to cross-winds at Birmingham and a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 bound for Leeds diverted into LJLA early afternoon also due cross-winds. The following day it departed on a LJLA flight taking passengers for Knock, before returning to LJLA early afternoon, and then later positioned back to Leeds.

Interesting to reflect on a recent report that stated that in 2014 LJLA was the windiest UK airport outside of Scotland. What that statement does not take into account is the direction of the wind – the nearer the straight-down the runway, the less the computed cross-wind speed becomes a factor. Certainly throughout 2015 LJLA has been able to take diversions from elsewhere, while losing very few of our own flights.

TRAINING

EasyJet brought their training aircraft to Liverpool twice during November overnight stop. On the morning of Wednesday 11th G-EZIN flew a few approaches at LJLA for around an hour in the morning before moving on to Doncaster-Sheffield for more. On Thursday 19th G-EZDP trained at LJLA for around half an hour before departing for Gatwick. Later that day, Flybe brought Dash 8-Q400 G-JECY up from Birmingham for around 2 hours of training/crew qualification during the afternoon of Thursday 19th, before returning to Birmingham.

BIZ-JET VISITORS

After the really good month for variety in October, November was likely to disappoint, and did so. While the number of different Citations remained similar, it was all the other types that fell in numbers. The number of registration nationalities remained constant at 11: CS-, D-, G-, LN-, M-, N, OE-, PH, VP-C, YU- and 9H-.

Of the larger biz-jets, there were no Globals or Gulfstreams, but there were two Challengers, Air X’s 9H-JOY out to Paris on Sunday 8th and regular (but less so recently) G-SJSS routing through IoM to Northolt on Tuesday 24th. Legacy 600 9H-WFC arrived from Paris on Sunday 8th. There were two Falcons with 900EX VP-CGE a fog refugee from Chester on Monday 2nd and 7X M-LJGI in from Dublin on Thursday 11th, returning there the next day.

Tyrol Air Ambulance’s Astra D-CRIS called again on Tuesday 17th from Cagliari, Air Hamburg’s Phenom 300 D-CHIC from Marrakech on Sunday 8th and Arcus-Air Logistics Phenom 100 D-IAAD to Antwerp on Friday 27th. Two Lear Jets with FIA Rent-a-Jet’s D-CSLT from Ankara on Sunday 8th and Gama Aviation operating G-XJET on Saturday 14th from Lanzarote. Finally the second Eclipse EA.500 of the year, only a month after the first, Isle of Man based N117EA called on Monday 9th and stayed overnight. No Premiers (again), Hawkers or Beechjet 400s during November.

Many of the Citations were regulars. Certainly all the Citation 510 Mustangs are familiar with Saxon Air’s G-KLNW twice, Blink Air’s G-FBNK, London Exec’s G-LEAA and Globe Air’s OE-FZD (6th), OE-FZA (12th & 27th) and OE-FCB (19th). Of the Citation 525 CJs; a new one to LJLA was M2 N862MT on Friday 6th routing through Luxembourg to Bergen, while CJ1 YU-MTU of Prince Aviation Paris-Nice on Thursday 19th has only been in once earlier this year; IXair’s F-HIJD called from Toulon also on Thursday 19th for its 4th visit of the year, while Clifton’s G-OCJZ is a regular on Monday 16th from Southampton. A particularly elderly Cessna 501SP OE-FMK of Mali Air graced LJLA on Wednesday 4th arriving in the early hours from Katowice and day stopping before departure home to Graz. Another ‘new to LJLA’ was Citation 550 II was D-CYKP on Sunday 8th out to Brussels; while Flexflight’s G-IBZA on Sunday 8th and Xclusive Jet’s G-CGOA twice on Thursday 12th have been in before during 2015.

Finally the larger Citations. Not too many 560 Encores around, but Hesnes Air brought their LN-IDC in on Sunday 29th, from and to Oslo. Others that have not called during 2015 were Arena Aviation’s G-XSTV on Wednesday 11th, from and to Northolt; the sole NetJet of the month, CS-DXL on Friday 13th routing through Inverness to Jersey and IJM International’s OE-GZK on Wednesday 18th Esbjerg to Dublin. Regulars being Air Hamburg’s D-CGAA on 24th, 27th and 29th, Book-a-Jet operated G-DEIA and Hangar 8 operated G-OXLS. Finally a larger Citation 680 Sovereign was PH-HGT from and to Eindhoven on Monday 23rd.

ROTARY VISITORS

Another reasonable month for rotary visitors, although over half the visitors were in just a few days of the first week of the month. Most have been through LJLA several times at least during 2015 and comprised Sikorsky S.76 G-PACO, Bell 429 M-YMCM, Charterstyle’s Dauphin G-LCPL, Helimed EC.135 G-WASC on Tuesday 24th, Agusta 109 a-plenty with Royal Flight G-CDVE on 4th, Castle’s G-DVIP on 4th, East Midland’s G-EMHD also 4th, Stobard’s G-SGRP on 5th, and G-ZIPE on 19th and night stopped. Squirrels were G-OGUN on 6th and PD Groups G-NLDR for several days from Thursday 26th for Network Rail. The regular Robinsons appeared as usual with G-SYES, G-HALS and G-CFNF. Finally Coast Guard Sikorsky S-92 G-MCGJ visited again, late afternoon of Monday 30th.

GENERAL AVIATION VISITORS

The ‘winter effect’ is being felt in November with considerably fewer general aviation types visiting. Two European registered twins called for fuel and overnight stop while relaying coverage of the Welsh Rally North Wales stages over Friday 13th to Sunday 15th, with EC-ERS a Cessna 340A and OO-ASL King Air 200 – same pair as last year. Interestingly OO-ASL called again on Wednesday 18th without the underside luggage panier that carried the electronic gear. Sole other non-UK registered aircraft was Manx King Air M-WATJ on Saturday 28th.

British twins too were mostly King Air variants, with G-IMEA and G-CIFW on Sunday 1st, G-CPOP on diversion Monday 2nd, G-OCEG with Gama Aviation Sunday 15th and G-IASA on Friday 27th of IAS Medical. We usually get a visit at least once a year by a Fishery Patrol Do.228 operated by FR Aviation – this year we got two in two days, with G-OMAF on the evening of Saturday 7th and G-MAFI early on Sunday morning 8th. Finally a few Piper twins, with isle of Man based Aztec G-CALL on Monday 2nd and calibration Navajo G-VIPP, now with some day-glo style red patches on the extremities. In the process of calibration made a some passes along the runway at low level. The Capital Aviation IoM hospital contract flights used Navajo Chieftain G-VIPX throughout November, while all three of their King Air 200s, G-KVIP, G-WVIP and G-ZVIP passed through at least once.

Foreign registered singles numbered just 3, but all were not regulars, with Rockwell Commander 114s N6081F on Sunday 1st and stayed until 3rd, Le Harve to Sleap; N6039X another Commander 114 on Sunday 8th from and to Guernsey and German Cessna 182RG D-ELXC on Friday 27th and stayed overnight, from and to Munster-Osnabruck. British single were a pair of non-regulars, with TB-20 Trinidad G-CORB on Friday 20th, departing 22nd, from and to Gloucester and Piper Sarotoga G-OZON on Wednesday 25th and stopped for a few days. Not the busiest of months.

RESIDENT AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY AND CHANGES

It would appear that the very regular King Air 350i G-ERSE registered to FlairJet after over a year of ferrying from and to Hawarden (since August 2014), is now based at LJLA and lives in the LAS/Ravenair hangars. Looking back, the last time in arrived from Hawarden was on 7th October, so I’m taking this as the date it became resident.

Another aircraft that appears to be resident, with a number of flights since arrival, is the former Barton resident Cessna 182Q N759AU which first arrived on Wednesday 4th November.

There were a few good days during November, when a number of our non-Piper or Cessna residents took to the air including Steen Skybolt G-RODC, Bellanca Citabria G-CTAB, Chipmunk G-BCSL, gyrocopter G-KEAY and Aerostar N711TL. Perhaps wisely Gemini G-AKKB stayed firmly indoors, as did Cessna C-165 G-BTDE.

MILITARY AIRCRAFT VISITORS

By the standard of some months earlier in the year, not a bad month for military aircraft landing at LJLA. Most interesting was a Embraer EMB-121 Xingu of the French Air Force No.089/F-TEYJ around lunch-time on Tuesday 17th. Nice to see a Xingu on the ground again as the previous one was in 2013.

King Air 200 ZK458/D called for a couple of hours on Friday 13th, while BAe.146 ZE708 called for around quarter of an hour on Friday 13th and Islander ZF573 during the evening of Monday 30th. The penultimate Chinook HC.6 on order for the RAF, ZK562, passed through on delivery on Tuesday 10th to take on fuel between Seaforth Docks and Odiham.

GO-AROUND ACTIVITY

After the number of Hawks and Tornados in the past few months, November was a quieter month (quite literally) with only 7 Hawks noted on go-around and 3 Tornados (on 2nd, 4th and 16th). No Typhoons, nor unusually not a single Hercules, however we did get new big brother, the A.400M Atlas twice, with ZM405 on Friday 13th and ZM402 on Monday 16th. Regular King Air 200 ZK458/D on Thursday 12th and Monday 16th (this aircraft also landed during November, see the Military section above). With an exercise at Altcar, a number of helicopters were around, but two that made an approach and go-around were Royal Navy (ex RAF) Merlins ZJ126/K on Friday 27th and ZJ118 on Monday 30th. Police helicopters G-GMPX and G-CPAO were also noted using the ILS and go-around. Finally, mention of a rare sighting of a Woodvale based Grob, G-CGKS on Wednesday 11th.

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STATISTICS FOR OCTOBER

Note these are the CAA figures for October, the figures quoted at the start of this report are the Airport figures for November.

                     Oct 15   Oct14  Chng       January to October         Annual Moving Total
                                                   2015    2014   Chng     Nov 14-   Nov 13-    Chng
                                                                           Oct 15    Oct 14

Total Passengers     394189  360800    +9.2%    3683342 3458968   +6.5%    4210728   3989840    +5.5%

Total Frieght            11      14   -22  %        173     180   -4  %        229       209    +9.5%

Total Movements        5271    4436   +19  %      48366   45067   +7.3%      55548     52506    +5.8%

EPILOGUE

A fair choice this month, although nothing stands out as ‘the’ visitor of the month. Candidates include the Transavia France Boeing 737-800, Hop! RJ-145, Falcon 900EX VP-CGE, the Saab 340 is now a rare visitor, with two in a month, of Air Taxis Poland and Loganair. While with the military, two different A.400Ms on the ILS and a French Air Force Xingu on the ground. However my selection based on rarity, with the first visit by type since 2006 is the Volotea Boeing 717 EI-EXB on Thursday 26th.

CREDITS & 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, Hawker, TonySpeke, andyH, ChrisB, ac2348, Blueaircraft79, 8miles27, clifftop,737Tony1, barfleur 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.