Far North Queensland Skies Cairns and Townsville Airport, Australia

Far North Queensland Skies Cairns and Townsville Airport, Australia

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Wednesday 30 April 2014

FNQ Yestayear Images - April 1993

ANA B-747 JA8175 dropped in on Apr 6, reason unknown

Ansett continued to operate the code share FWA milk run BNE all ports CNS and return into April rotating aircraft used.  Here VH-FND is pictured during the month wearing Ansett Australia title unlike VH-FNB in Mar which wore Ansett Express title.

DC-3 ZK-BBJ pictured at Mt.Isa during an overnight on Apr 28.  It was en-route to Phnom Penh  (Picture supplied)

American TransAir L1011 N190TA seen here off RW15 on Apr 30 continuing its round South Pacific cruise



Thanks to GAFLIKS for providing this Yestayear report.

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Indonesian AF C-130H A-1331

Former RAAF C-130H flew from Richmond to Townsville today. The aircraft is expected to be painted in the Indonesian AF (TNI-AU) scheme at a local Townsville paint facility.

A1331 C130 Richmond-Townsville

A-1331 C130H at Townsville, Photo by Leroy.



A-1331 C130H at Townsville, Photo by Dave.


Auctionair LLC Citation 560 N360HS

N360HS C560 Port Vila-Cairns

In recent weeks N360HS has routed from the US via Nome (Alaska), Yelizovo (Russia), Narita, Guam, Chuuk, Honiara, Nadi and Port Vila.

N360HS C560 at Cairns.


RAAF C130J arrives from the Philippines

ASY505 A97-464 C30J Cairns-Mt Isa, was Clark AFB/Pampanga-Cairns 29/4/2014

A97-464 C30J at Cairns.


Britten Norman Islander F-OKAB

F-OKAB BN2T Townsville-Noumea, was Darwin-Townsville 29/4/2014

Tuesday 29 April 2014

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines ATR-72 VH-VPI

Virgin Australia ATR-72 VH-VPI ferried to Brisbane today after being in storage in Townsville since 6/11/2013.

VOZ950A VH-VPI AT76 Townsville-Brisbane

See referring post: http://fnqskies.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/virgin-australia-regional-airlines-atr.html

VH-VPI AT76 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.


Another drop-in this morning - Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific A340 enroute Hong Kong to Auckland diverted to Cairns, aircraft continued onto Auckland shortly after.

CPA197 B-HXH A343 Hong Kong-Auckland, divert Cairns.

Monday 28 April 2014

Qantas 52 drops in!

QFA52 VH-OJS B744 Singapore-Brisbane diverted to Cairns, aircraft later continued onto Brisbane.

VH-OJS B744 at Cairns.



VH-OJS B744 at Cairns.


VH-OJS B744 at Cairns.


VH-OJS B744 at Cairns.


Gulfstream 550 N818LF

N818LF GLF5 Cairns-Sydney, was Brisbane-Cairns 27/4/2014.

N818LF GLF5 at Cairns.



N818LF GLF5 at Cairns.


Saturday 26 April 2014

Fallbrook Pty Canadair Regional Jet VH-VMX

VH-VMX CRJ2 Cairns-Majuro, was Perth-Cairns 25/04/2014.

VH-VMX CRJ2 at Cairns.


Friday 25 April 2014

Heli Support Ltd Eurocopter P2-EGF

P2-EGF AS50 Cairns-Proserpine, was Daru-Horn Is.-Lockhart River-Cairns 24/4/2014.

Thursday 24 April 2014

U.S. Marines C-20G 165153 departs

GHOST53 165153 C-20G Cairns-Pago Pago

165153 C-20G at Cairns.



165153 C-20G at Cairns.


165153 C-20G at Cairns.


165153 C-20G at Cairns.


Tuesday 22 April 2014

U.S. Marines C-20G 165153

GHOST53 165153 C-20G Darwin-Cairns

165153 C-20G at Cairns.



165153 C-20G at Cairns.


Australian Helicopters Bell 412 VH-VAU

VH-VAU B412 Cooktown-Cairns-Townsville

VH-VAU B412 at Cairns.


Monday 21 April 2014

USAF C-5 Galaxy departs

RCH281 70-0451 C5 Townsville-Andersen AFB

70-0451 C5 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.



70-0451 C5 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.


70-0451 C5 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.


70-0451 C5 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.


70-0451 C5 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.


70-0451 C5 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.


Sunday 20 April 2014

C-5 Galaxy touches down in Townsville!

RCH281 70-0451 C5 Hickam-Townsville

70-0451 C-5 at Townsville, Photo by Leroy.



70-0451 C-5 at Townsville, Photo by Leroy.


70-0451 C-5 at Townsville, Photo by Leroy.


Thursday 17 April 2014

Lynden Air Cargo N403LC

LYC2048 N403LC C130 Cairns-Port Moresby, was Port Moresby-Cairns 16/4/2014

N403LC C130 at Cairns.



N403LC C130 at Cairns.


Wednesday 16 April 2014

OK-TVL Travel Service Boeing 737-800 departs

TVS4653 OK-TVL B738 Cairns-Hong Kong

OK-TVL B738 at Cairns.



OK-TVL B738 at Cairns.


Tuesday 15 April 2014

Tiger Airways Inaugural Cairns/Brisbane Service

Tiger Airways commenced services between Brisbane and Cairns today.
Tiger now operates from Cairns to 3 Australian Capital cites being Melbourne, Sydney and now Brisbane.

Operating as TGW486 VH-XUG A320 Brisbane-Cairns and returning as TGW491.

VH-XUG A320 at Cairns.


McDermott Aviation Group Kingair VH-MWZ

Noted on the GA Lines at Cairns today was VH-MWZ in its new scheme.

VH-MWZ BE20 at Cairns, Photo by GAFLIKS.


M.A.F. Twin Otter P2-MFT arrives

P2-MFT DHC6 Mt Hagen-Horn Is.-Cairns

Monday 14 April 2014

OK-TVL Travel Service Boeing 737-800

Touching down at Cairns from Auckland as TVS4652 a Czech Republic registered B738 OK-TVL.

This aircraft is painted in special livery to promote the Moravian-Silesian region of the Czech Republic.
http://www.msregion.cz/en/

OK-TVL B738 at Cairns.



OK-TVL B738 at Cairns.


OK-TVL B738 at Cairns.


OK-TVL B738 at Cairns.



IT Aviation LLC N7GF Gulfstream 450

N7GF GLF4 Sydney-Cairns

Airlines PNG Dash 8 P2-MCP

P2-MCP Dash 8-100 was noted at Cairns today conducting a local flight before departing back to Port Moresby as TOK863. Was TOK863 Port Moresby-Cairns 10/3/2014.

P2-MCP DH8A at Cairns.



P2-MCP DH8A at Cairns.


Sunday 6 April 2014

Recent Chinook Activity

Both Cairns and Townsville saw some recent Chinook activity. In Cairns A15-151 and A15-106 transited while in Townsville Leroy caught A15-202.

A15-202 CH47 at Townsville, Photo by Leroy.



A15-151 CH47 at Cairns.


Lynden Air Cargo N403LC

LYC479 N403LC C130 Cairns-Port Moresby, was Port Moresby-Cairns 5/4/2014

N403LC C130 at Cairns.


Saturday 5 April 2014

China United Airlines CRJ-700 B-4064

B4064 CRJ7 (Kota Kinabalu)-Darwin-Cairns-Essendon

B-4064 CRJ7 at Cairns.


Thursday 3 April 2014