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…
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 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…
A US Navy Boeing P8 Poseidon is captured just before sunset OCT 1st 2025, making a pass over Fairhope. Based out of Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Poseidon crews regularly appear over the central Gulf coast as part of training by practicing touch-and-go landings at Brookley Field in Mobile. Based on the airframe used for Boeing’s…
A US Coast Guard CASA HC-144A Ocean Sentry flies north along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay the morning of SEP 15 2025. Captured about 3,400 feet high, the aircraft moves at a ground speed of 171 knots or 196 mph. A fixed-wing dual turboprop aircraft, the Ocean Sentry is recognized for its ability to…
Allegiant Air flight 1358 passes over Battles Wharf the afternoon of SEP 12th 2025 while descending to land at Gulf Shores. From about 3,400 feet up, the Airbus A320 is captured slowing from a ground speed of 273 knots or 314 mph, while concluding a one hour twenty minute flight from Belleville/St. Louis. Based in…
Wingfoot Two, a 246 foot long by 52 foot wide airship operated by Goodyear, passes over Mobile Bay at midday SEP 10 2025. Captured around 2,300 feet up, the ship heads east at a ground speed of 41 knots or 47 mph. Capable of carrying up to twelve people, Wingfoot Two, powered by three 200…
A US Coast Guard helicopter makes a sunset flight over Mobile Bay AUG 26 2025. Photo shot from Fairhope…
A Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk flies over the Fairhope area JUL 17 2025. Black Hawks are used for a variety of mission roles by the US military, including air assault and emergency response. The twin engine Black Hawk has been called a workhorse for the US Army, moving soldiers, delivering supplies and performing search and…
Avianca Cargo flight 4259 passes directly over Fairhope’s Paddock Estates neighborhood the afternoon of JUL 15 2025 while heading from Miami to Lake Charles, LA. Captured at an altitude of 40,000 feet or about 7.5 miles, the Airbus A330 freighter moves at a ground speed of 460 knots or 529 mph during the roughly two…
