Air Vanuatu Twin Otter YJ-AV12 departs

YJ-AV12 DHC6 Cairns-Port Moresby-Gurney-Munda-Honiara

YJ-AV12 DHC6 at Cairns.

Recent movements and notes

Recent movements and notes from Cairns.

VH-ZVP Bell 412 Nautilus Aviation Heli, arrived Cairns from Townsville 17 September 2016
P2-HCF Bell 412 Hevilift, arrived Cairns from Cooktown 25 September 2016 and
VH-SFV BAe146-200 Pionair Australia, arrived Cairns from Townsville 20 September 2016.

VH-ZVP B412 at Cairns.

P2-HCF B412 at Cairns.

VH-SFV B462 at Cairns.

Cairns Aviation Skills Centre Gate Guard - Cheyenne 2 ex P2-OMH

Cheyenne 2 previously registered P2-OMH operated by Central Aviation in PNG recently has been relocated to outside the Aviation Australia, Cairns Aviation Skills Centre at General Aviation.

The last recorded movement of P2-OMH was Port Moresby to Cairns on the 17th of September 2015.
Below are a series of pictures of the Cheyenne where it now resides.

P2-OMH PAY2 outside the Cairns Aviation Skills Centre.

P2-OMH PAY2 outside the Cairns Aviation Skills Centre.

P2-OMH PAY2 outside the Cairns Aviation Skills Centre.

P2-OMH PAY2 outside the Cairns Aviation Skills Centre.

P2-OMH PAY2 outside the Cairns Aviation Skills Centre.

P2-OMH PAY2 at Cairns, Photographed 5/6/2014.

Air Philippines Q400 RP-C3032 arrives

GAP5009 RP-C3032 DH8D Biak-Cairns

RP-C3032 DH8D at Cairns.

RP-C3032 DH8D at Cairns.

Piper PA31T Cheyenne N500

N500 PAY2 Broome-Tindal-Cairns

N500 PAY2 at Cairns.

Columbia 400 N4446 arrives

N4446 COL4 Lord Howe Is.-Cairns

N4446 COL4 at Cairns.

RAAF AP-3C Orion A9-753

SHEP23 A9-753 P3 Cairns-Edinburgh

Previous recent movements:

23/9 SELN22 A9-753 P3 Cairns-local-Cairns
22/9 SELN21 A9-753 P3 Cairns-local-Cairns
21/9 ASY205 A9-753 P3 Honiara-Cairns

A9-753 P3 at Cairns.

A9-753 P3 at Cairns.

RNZAF Boeing 757-200 NZ7571 movements

KIW278 NZ7571 B752 Cairns-Whenupai

Previous recent movements:

23/9 KIW278 NZ7571 B752 Subang-Cairns
22/9 KIW278 NZ7571 B752 Christchurch-Cairns-Subang
21/9 KIW291 NZ7571 B752 Cairns-Christchurch
20/9 KIW291 NZ7571 B752 Subang-Cairns
16/9 KIW291 NZ7571 B752 Christchurch-Cairns-Subang

NZ7571 B752 at Cairns.

NZ7571 B752 at Cairns.

US Marine Corps KC-130T 164180 departs

YANKY94 164180 KC130T Cairns-Tindal

164180 KC130T at Cairns.

164180 KC130T at Cairns.

Surveillance Australian Dash 8 Q300 VH-ZZN

ASY1035 VH-ZZN DH8C Cairns-Honiara?

VH-ZZN DH8C at Cairns.

VH-ZZN DH8C at Cairns.

US Marine Corps KC-130T 164180 arrives

YANKY94 164180 KC130T Majuro-Cairns

164180 KC130T at Cairns.

164180 KC130T at Cairns.

164180 KC130T at Cairns.

French Navy Falcon 20G 065

FNY5435 065 (F-XCYF) Noumea-Cairns-Darwin

065 (F-XCYF) FA20G at Cairns.

New Air Niugini Fokker 70 P2-ANU first service

ANG98 P2-ANU F70 Port Moresby-Cairns, was Denpasar-Port Moresby as ANG6397 on the 6th August 2016.

P2-ANU F70 at Cairns.

Air Tahiti Regional ATR-72-500 F-OIQN

F-OIQN AT72 Noumea-Cairns-Denpasar

F-OIQN AT72 at Cairns.

F-OIQN AT72 at Cairns.

Gulfstream G550 N888VS arrives

N888VS GLF5 Honolulu-Cairns

N888VS GLF5 at Cairns.

Pacific Aerospace Ltd Pac 750XL ZK-KDG arrives

ZK-KDG P750 Archerfield-Mackay-Cairns

ZK-KDG P750 at Cairns.

ZK-KDG P750 at Cairns.

The Hands of Rescue DHC-2 Beaver P2-HOR

de Havilland Beaver P2-HOR was noted heading north today passing through Mareeba Aerodrome onto Weipa.

P2-HOR DHC2 at Mareeba.

P2-HOR DHC2 at Mareeba.

P2-HOR DHC2 at Mareeba.

P2-HOR DHC2 at Mareeba.

Mission Aviation Fellowship Cessna Caravan N71367 at Mareeba

Noted at Mareeba Aerodrome today was MAF Cessna Caravan N71367.

N71367 C208 at Mareeba.

Hevilift ATR 42-500 PR-TTM delivery flight

Hevilift PNG took delivery of a Brazilian ATR 42-500 PR-TTM from Total Linhas Aereas arriving in Cairns late on Saturday night. The aircraft is to be registered P2-KSD.

PR-TTM AT45 Subang-Darwin-Cairns (3/9/2016)

PR-TTM AT45 at Cairns.

Skytrans fleet update!

Below is a update and summary of the Skytrans Dash 8 fleet as at 3/9/2016:



VH-QQA DH8A located at CNS, no recent movements, last movement Nov 2015, new SKP scheme
VH-QQB DH8A located at BNE, operating BNE/CCL/XTO svces, new SKP scheme
VH-QQC DH8A located at CNS, heavy maintenance
VH-QQF DH8A located at CNS, operating CNS/Cape and Gulf svces, old SKP scheme
VH-QQG DH8A located at CNS, operating CNS/Cape and Gulf svces, new SKP scheme
VH-QQI DH8A located at CNS, in storage state, old SKP scheme
VH-QQM DH8C located at CNS, in storage state, all white scheme
VH-QQN* DH8C dep'd CNS 5/8/16 delivery to Dynamic Aviation USA
*Registered N308N as of 22/8/2016
VH-QQP DH8C located at CNS, in storage state, old SKP scheme

VH-QQG DH8A with VH-QQI, QQM and QQP
in the background at Cairns.

Tempus Jets Gulfstream IV N198GS arrives

N198GS GLF4 Majuro-Cairns

N198GS GLF4 at Cairns.

FNQ Monthly Movements Summary - August 2016

Date	Callsign	Registration	AC Type	Route / Location	Operator	Comments
1/08/2016		V5-AGS	C208	CNS-HGU	Soaring Safaris	maintenance
1/08/2016	ANG6093	P2-ANX	DH8B	CNS-POM	Air Nuigini	maintenance
1/08/2016		VH-LZP	GLEX	MEB-CNS	GSA Industries
1/08/2016	VOZ362	VH-YIS	B738	TSV-BNE	Virgin Australia	Ex paintshop
2/08/2016	CFC3619	177701	C17	KTR-CNS	RCAF	Ex Black Pitch Darwin
2/08/2016		VH-LZP	GLEX	CNS-KNX	GSA Industries
2/08/2016	ANG6093	P2-ANX	DH8B	CNS-CNS/CNS-POM	Air Nuigini	maintenance
4/08/2016	CFC3619	177701	C17	CNS-HIK	RCAF	Ex Black Pitch Darwin
4/08/2016	UTY846	VH-NKU	F70	TSV-CNS-GTE-TSV	Alliance Airlines	First visit by VHNKU
5/08/2016	LYB5004	P2-LAC	C130	POM-CNS-LAE	Lynden Air Cargo
5/08/2016	SKP9002/3	VH-QQB	DH8A	CNS-POM-CNS	Skytrans
5/08/2016		VH-QQN	DH8C	CNS-GTE	Del. Dynamic Aviation	To be N308N
6/08/2016		VH-VLT	E135	SYD-CNS	Southern Cross Jets
7/08/2016	TROJ2	A97-466	C30J	XRH-CNS	RAAF
7/08/2016	DRGN27	A39-001	KC30	AMB-CNS-TSV	RAAF
8/08/2016	TROJ2	A97-466	C30J	CNS-HID-XRH	RAAF
9/08/2016		VH-VLT	E135	SYD-MCY	Southern Cross Jets
10/08/2016		VH-IQG	S76	CNS	Hevilift	ex PK-FUL
11/08/2016		B-5286	B737	SHA-CNS	Nanshan Jet Co.
12/08/2016	ANG5096/7	P2-PXC	B738	POM-LAE-TSV-POM	Air Nuigini
13/08/2016		P2-HFC	C182	MRG		noted at Mareeba AD
14/08/2016	CTM1161	065 / FRAIC	CN35	DRW-CNS-NOU	French Air Force	Ex Black Pitch Darwin
14/08/2016	DRGN27	A39-003	KC30	AMB-CNS-TSV	RAAF
14/08/2016		B-5286	B737	CNS-SYD	Nanshan Jet Co.
16/08/2016		P2-NTZ	KODI	POM-CNS	New Tribes Mission Av	1st visit
17/08/2016		P2-NTZ	KODI	CNS-POM	New Tribes Mission Av
17/08/2016		P2-LTF	C208	CNS-MKQ
17/08/2016	KIW43	NZ7572	B752	OHA-TSV	RNZAF
18/08/2016	TROJ7	A97-448	C30J	HID-CNS	RAAF
18/08/2016	LYB5005	P2-LAC	C130	POM-CNS-POM	Lynden Air Cargo
18/08/2016		VH-VLT	E135	GUR-CNS	Southern Cross Jets
18/08/2016	KIW43	NZ7572	B752	TSV-BWN	RNZAF
18/08/2016	SKP9003/4	VH-QQG	DH8A	CNS-POM-CNS	Skytrans
19/08/2016	TROJ7	A97-448	C30J	CNS-DRW-XRH	RAAF
19/08/2016	STAL23	A41-209	C17	AVV-CNS-AMB	RAAF
19/08/2016	STAL75	A41-211	C17	XRH-CNS-AMB	RAAF
20/08/2016	SXI1650	ZK-NEA	DH8C	BNE-TSV
20/08/2016		ZK-HHX	AS350	MKY-TSV-CNS-MBA
20/08/2016		P2-EGD	AS350	North-CNS	Heli Support
21/08/2016	VCN1	HB-IVJ	GLF6	BHS-CNS
21/08/2016		VH-VLT	E135	CNS-GUR	Southern Cross Jets
21/08/2016	VOZ9001	VH-VUK	B738	MEL-CNS	Charter
21/08/2016		P2-HSO	BK17	south-CNS	Heli Solutions	Delivery Flight
22/08/2016	WLBY30	A34-001	C27J	TSV-CNS-TSV-CNS-TSV	RAAF
22/08/2016	BRMN307	A15-307	CH47F	TSV-CNS-TSV	Army
23/08/2016	TIGR08	N48-008	MH60R	HMAS Ballarat-CNS-MKY-AMB	RAN
23/08/2016	VOZ9000	VH-YVA	B738	CNS-SYD	Charter
24/08/2016		N688CP	F2TH	BKK-CNS
24/08/2016		P2-BSO	BK17	CNS-COE…	Heli Solutions	Delivery Flight
24/08/2016	VCN1	HB-IVJ	GLF6	CNS-HKG
25/08/2016		N688CP	F2TH	CNS-BDB-BNE
25/08/2016		N71367	C208	HIR-CNS-MRG	MAF	Delivery Flight
25/08/2016		VH-VLT	E135	MEB-CNS	Marcplan Charter
26/08/2016		P2-JON	BE20	UNG-CNS-POM	Tropicair
27/08/2016		VH-VLT	E135	CNS-PPP	Marcplan Charter
28/08/2016	CFC3652	177705	C17	DRW-KTR-CNS	Canadian Armed Forces
28/08/2016	TROJ10	A97-468	C130	XRH-CNS-NOA	RAAF
29/08/2016	CFC3652	177705	C17	CNS-NOU	Canadian Armed Forces