Air Traffic Over Fairhope
Eagles and Poseidons… Photos by David Black
Airplanes
Military In The Air Over Fairhope
US Marines fly a Leonardo AW-119 ‘Thrasher’ over the eastern Shore Monday, while Navy crews practice touch-and-go landings at Brookley Field in Mobile from aboard their Boeing P-8 Poseidon. The helicopters are based out of Naval Air Station Whiting Field, located near Milton, FL, while the Poseidons operate out of NAS Jacksonville, FL…
Breeze Over Fairhope
Breeze Airways flight 401 passes over Fairhope’s Tatumville Gully late the morning of OCT 23rd 2025 while en route from New Orleans to Jacksonville. From an altitude of 25,000 feet or around 4.75 miles, the Airbus A220 moves at a ground speed of 445 knots or 512 mph during the one hour fifteen minute flight….
High Up but Low In spirits
Spirit Airlines flight 1522 passes over Fairhope’s Rock Creek the afternoon of OCT 20th 2025 while en route from Tampa to New Orleans. Captured 29,600 feet or about 5.5 miles up, the Airbus A320 moves at a groundspeed of 451 knots or 519 mph during the one hour twenty minute flight. The carrier continues to…
International Travelers Up High
Air Canada Rouge flight 1823 passes over the eastern shore of Mobile Bay OCT 13th 2025, while flying from Cancun to Toronto. Captured at an altitude of 35,000 feet or about 6.5 miles, the Airbus A321 moves at a ground speed of 428 knots or 492 mph during the three and a half hour flight….
Atlas Jumbo Jet Over Fairhope
An Atlas Air Boeing 747 passes directly over Sacred Heart Chapel in Point Clear the morning of OCT 13th 2025 while on a flight from Houston to Jacksonville. Captured at an altitude of 37,000 feet or seven miles, flight 8088 moves at a ground speed of 459 knots or 528 mph during the roughly one…
Allegiant Up Close and Personal
Allegiant Air flight 393 makes a direct pass over Fairhope’s Magnolia Beach early the afternoon of OCT 12th 2025 while wrapping up a flight from Cincinnati to Gulf Shores. Captured around 3,800 feet up, the Airbus A320 slows from a ground speed of about 247 knots or 294 mph as it concludes the one hour…
American Airlines Over Fairhope
American Airlines flight 2136 passes over Jubilee Suites Bed and Breakfast in Fairhope the afternoon of OCT 11 2025 while on a flight from Orlando to Dallas. Captured 34,000 feet or 6.4 miles high, the Airbus A321 moves at a ground speed of 436 knots or 501 mph during the roughly two hour twenty minute…
Poseidon Over Battles wharf
A US Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon passes over Battles Wharf in Fairhope OCT 8th 2025 while the crew practices touch-and-go landings at Brookley Field in Mobile. Poseidons–which specialize in detecting and attacking enemy submarines–are based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL and NAS Whidbey Island, WA. How much would you have to dig out of…
Allegiant Air Over Fairhope
Allegiant Air flight 393 passes over Battles Wharf as it prepares to land at Gulf Shores OCT 2nd 2025. Descending from about 6,400 feet, the Airbus A320 slows from a ground speed of 272 knots or 313 mph while finishing a roughly 90 minute flight from Cincinnati. Photo shot from Fairhope, roughly 1.25 miles from…