Airplanes

Delta Boeing 757 passes over Fairhope APR 21 2025

Passing Over Fairhope

๐™‡๐™š๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™š๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™: Delta Air Lines flight 1816 passes directly over Fairhope’s Battles Wharf community APR 21 2025 while on a flight from Puerto Vallarta to Atlanta. The Boeing 757 is captured at an altitude of 37,000 feet or seven miles up, moving at a ground speed of 464 knots or 533 mph during…

An American Airlines Boeing 737 flies over the eastern shore APR 13 2025.

Bound For The Bahamas

American Airlines flight 1005 flies over Fairhopeโ€™s Fruit and Nut district APR 13 2025 while on a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to Nassau. Captured at an altitude of 37,000 feet or seven miles, the Boeing 737 moves at a ground speed of 481 knots or 553 mph during the roughly two hour forty five minute…

Amazon Air over Fairhope

Amazon In The Air

๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฏ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™–๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š: Amazon Air flight 3019 passes over The Coffee Loft in Fairhope Thursday afternoon while on a flight from Lakeland FL, to Austin, TX. Captured 38,000 feet or about 7.2 miles high, the Boeing 737 cargo freighter moves at a ground speed of 400 knots or 460 mph during…

City of Hamburg arrives in Mobile APR 7th 2025

Airbus’ City of Hamburg arrives

๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง๐™—๐™ช๐™จ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง: City of Hamburg, a 415 foot by 67 foot Ro-ro cargo ship sailing under the flag of France, heads into the port of Mobile Monday morning, finishing 15 days at sea. Moving at 6 mph with a draught of 15 feet, the ship concludes a voyage that began MAR 22nd from Montoir,…

Southwest Airlines flight 3537 MAR 25 2025

Southwest Over Point Clear

๐™๐™š๐™ญ๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™: Southwest Airlines flight 3537 passes over Point Clear Tuesday afternoon while on a roughly two hour five minute flight from Jacksonville to Houston. The Boeing 737 is captured at an altitude of 38,000 feet or about 7.2 miles high, moving at a ground speed of 426 knots or about 490 mph. Photo shot…

Classic Jet Aircraft Association

Fighter Jets Over Fairhope

Donโ€™t be surprised to hear the roar of fighter jets and see unusual aircraft overhead around the eastern shore this weekend. Members of the Classic Jet Aircraft Association are holding their annual โ€œFly-inโ€ gathering through Sunday. Not a public airshow, but just a convening of aviation enthusiasts who enjoy preserving and flying vintage fighter aircraft….

US Navy Boeing C-40A Clipper

Navy Clipper Over Fairhope

๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™›๐™›๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™š: A US Navy Boeing C-40A Clipper passes over Fairhopeโ€™s Montrose community Saturday morning shortly after taking off from the Pensacola Naval Air Station. Captured climbing from about 23,000 feet or about 4.3 miles up, the aircraft moves at a ground speed of 390 knots or 448 mph. Used…

Cessna 208B Grand Caraven EX

Grand Caravan over fairhope

Multi-purpose airplane over Fairhope: A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX flies along the eastern shore late Wednesday morning after departing from Crestview, FL. Captured about 2,350 feet up, the aircraft moves at 147 knots or 169 mph. Described by Cessna as the ultimate utility vehicle, the Grand Caravan can carry up to 14 occupants while…

Bell UH-1 Huey helicopter

Huey over fairhope

Vietnam veteran and movie star in the air over Fairhope: A 1964 Bell UH-1 Huey helicopter flies across Mobile Bay and the eastern shore late Tuesday afternoon. Captured about 400 feet up, the helicopter moves at a ground speed of 112 knots or 128 mph. After going up for sale at a government surplus auction,…