Gallery Update: A Morning Spotting Trip at PDX

Well, here we are again! Coming up on the end of another year and in the middle of another holiday season (and it feels a lot more normal, especially after the last two dumpster fire years!) and I'm once again playing airport chauffeur for family in conjunction with holiday air travel. In this case, I had to give my aunt and uncle a lift to Portland International as they would be spending this month down in Utah. There wasn't much in terms of personal highlights on this trip, but I'm hoping to take advantage of some opportunities during the holiday peak season with some (hopefully!) unique sightings. The month of December is still young, so we'll see...

Portland (PDX)

Preview:

Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-790 (N611AS) departing on 10L as ASA533 for Sacramento.

United Parcel Service - UPS Airlines Boeing 767-34AF/ER (N360UP) airborne off of 10R as UPS2403 for Louisville.

AirPac Airlines Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (N619MA) airborne off of 10R as APC1974 for North Bend.

Ameriflight Beechcraft 99A Airliner (N21FW) airborne off of 10R as AMF1964 for Hermiston.

Ameriflight Beechcraft B99 Airliner (N4299A) airborne off of 10R as AMF1984 for Crescent City.

AirPac Airlines Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (N145WA) airborne off of 10R as APC1910 for Astoria.

Empire Airlines (d/b/a FedEx Feeder) Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster (N956FE) airborne off of 10R as CFS8669 for Newport.

Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330-243 (N386HA) "Heiheionakeiki" airborne off 10R as HAL25 for Honolulu.

I'll never pass up an opportunity to photograph Hawaiian Airlines! Hope to see their new and upcoming 787s in the near future!

Ameriflight Beechcraft 1900C (N3229A) airborne off of 10R as AMF1908 for Medford.

Ameriflight Beechcraft C99 Airliner (N108SX) airborne off of 10R as AMF1992 for La Grande.

SkyWest Airlines (d/b/a American Eagle) Embraer ERJ-170-200LR E-175LR (N516SY) departing on 10L as SKW4882 for Phoenix-Sky Harbor.

Empire Airlines (d/b/a FedEx Feeder) Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster (N937FE) airborne off of 10R as CFS8690 for Roseburg.

Ameriflight Beechcraft C99 Airliner (N81820) airborne off of 10R as AMF1926 for Hermiston.

Atlas Air (d/b/a Amazon Air) Boeing 767-36N/ER(BDSF) (N1093A) departing on 10R as GTI3850 for Baltimore.

Empire Airlines (d/b/a FedEx Feeder) ATR-72-212F (N805FX) airborne off of 10R as CFS8673 for Medford.

Empire Airlines (d/b/a FedEx Feeder) Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster (N788FE) airborne off of 10R as CFS8667 for Redmond.

Horizon Air (d/b/a Alaska Airlines) Bombardier DHC-8-402 Q400 (N421QX) in the retro livery taxiing for departure as QXE2209 for Seattle/Tacoma.

Allegiant Air Airbus A320-214 (N250NV) arriving on 10R as AAY1600 from Provo. This will be the plane to take my relatives down to Provo.

AAY1600 clearing the active and taxiing to the gate.

QXE2209 departing on 10L for Seattle/Tacoma. Next month will see the inevitable retirement of the Dash 8s in the Alaska Airlines fleet...

Delta Air Lines Airbus A319-114 (N347NB) arriving on 10L as DAL1440 from Los Angeles.

Cessna 525B Citation CJ3 (N370MR) taxiing to the FBO apron after executing an engine test run on the south-central ramp area.

DAL1440 taxiing to the gate.

Raytheon Beechcraft C90 King Air (N330DB) taxiing for departure to Bend.

Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 (N942AK) departing on 10L as ASA28 for Newark.

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 (N8750Q) taxiing for departure as SWA703 for Oakland. 

SWA703 departing on 10L for Oakland.

Veri Jet Cirrus SF-50 Vision (N30VJ) departing on 10L for Van Nuys. 

N250NV airborne off of 10R as AAY3245 for the return-trip to Provo. On board are my aunt and uncle as they begin their month-long stay in Utah for the holidays.

It's been a little over a year since Allegiant began serving PDX; they must be doing pretty well!

United Parcel Service - UPS Airlines Boeing 757-24A/PF (N441UP) airborne off of 10R as UPS2434 for Philadelphia.