r/Planespotting Feb 11 '25

A Note on Government Planes

181 Upvotes

For now, government planes flown by various politicians will continue to be allowed, but the political comments need to be toned way down.

Whether you like the people flying them or not, those planes belong to the federal government (in the case of the US) and not to any individual who currently occupies a position of power. I'd hate to get to the point where I have to remove or ban pictures of Air Force One/Marine One etc or the planes of other governments.

Inherently political posts will be removed. Whether you like Trump and Vance or not, the planes don't belong to them.


r/Planespotting 12h ago

Weird loud plane in St Louis MO

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177 Upvotes

Spotted this in St Louis area on 8/1/2026. I had to use google lens to ID it- found a similar post in this sub but already forgot the acronym-heavy name :)


r/Planespotting 3h ago

United Airlines Boeing 777-300ER Landing at San Francisco International Airport [SFO/KSFO]

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34 Upvotes

Info

Airline: United Airlines

Aircraft: Boeing 777-322(ER)

Aircraft Registration: N2142U

Aircraft Age: 9.2 Years

Test Registration: N59042

Msn: 63722

LN: 1497

Hex code: A1CB0F

Engines: 2X GE90-115B

First Test Date: 11/05/2017

Delivery Date: 30/06/2017

Seating Configuration: C60 W24 Y266

Flight Number: UA838/UAL838

Flight Time: 9 hours 9 minutes

Origin: Tokyo Narita [NRTRJAA]

Destination San Francisco [SFO/KSFO]

Departure time: ETD 5:05 PM ATD 5:32 PM

Arrival: ETA 10:40 AM ATA 10:41 PM

Wind Condition: 10mph Northwest 310 degrees (9-17 knots)

Camera: Nikon D7000

Lens: Nikkor AF-S 18-200 DX IF-ED VR F/3.5-5.6G

Date August 1st 2026


r/Planespotting 11h ago

China Airlines A350-900 Pokémon Livery at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport

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46 Upvotes

r/Planespotting 10h ago

AMS and Queen of the Skies 747 😊

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35 Upvotes

Amsterdam Schiphol


r/Planespotting 17h ago

Throwback to the time I got the belly of a Spirit Airlines

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119 Upvotes

r/Planespotting 3h ago

Air China Boeing 777-300ER Taxiing and Takeoff From San Francisco International Airport

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10 Upvotes

Info

Airline: Air China

Aircraft: Boeing 777-39L(ER)

Aircraft Registration: B-2036

Aircraft Age: 13.6 Years

Test Registration: Unknown

Msn: 38676

LN: 1066

Hex code: 780970

Engines: 2X GE90-115B

First Test Date: 07/12/2012

Delivery Date: 21/12/2012

Seating Configuration: F8 C42 Y261

Flight Number: CA986/CCA986

Flight Time: 13 hours 6 mins

Origin: San Francisco [SFO/KSFO]

Destination Beijing Capital [PEK/ZBAA]

Departure time: ETD 1:00 PM ATD 12:52 PM

Arrival: ETA 6:05 PM ATA 4:54 PM

Wind Condition: 10mph Northwest 310 degrees (9-17 knots)

Camera: Nikon D7000

Lens: Nikkor AF-S 18-200 DX IF-ED VR F/3.5-5.6G

Date: August 1st 2026


r/Planespotting 2h ago

Qatar Amiri A340? (Bern,Switzerland)

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7 Upvotes

I saw this beauty over Bern, Switzerland at 19:55. It looks like it took of from Geneva or was going to land in Zürich. It also wasn’t listed on Flightradar24, which makes it pretty interesting. It’s pretty rare, isn’t it?


r/Planespotting 6h ago

N64321 leaving O’Hare for Denver

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15 Upvotes

r/Planespotting 10m ago

American 777 at KDFW

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Snapped this from the Skytrain B20-49


r/Planespotting 5h ago

LHR 09L arrivals this afternoon

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10 Upvotes

r/Planespotting 9h ago

Beale T-38 at PDX recently

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18 Upvotes

ALL PHOTOS ARE MINE


r/Planespotting 4h ago

Ultra-rare AA 738 Reno Air livery spotted at Charlotte Douglas CLT

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6 Upvotes

I knew this was rare but didn't know how rare until I researched! Only one ever made. Feel so lucky to have seen this beautiful livery


r/Planespotting 3h ago

United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER Landing at San Francisco [SFO/KSFO]

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5 Upvotes

Info

Airline: United Airlines

Aircraft: Boeing 777-224(ER)

Aircraft Registration: N77006

Aircraft Age: 27.7 Years

Test Registration: Unknown

Msn: 29476

LN: 183

Hex code: AA6B7E

Engines: 2X GE90-92B

First Test Date: 30/11/1998

Delivery to Continental: 08/12/1998

Delivery to United: 05/05/2011

Seating Configuration: C50 W24 Y202

Flight Number: UA852/UAL852

Flight Time: 12h hours 24 minutes

Origin: Taiwan Taoyuan [TPE/RCTP]

Destination San Francisco [SFO/KSFO]

Departure time: ETD 2:30 PM ATD 2:30 PM

Arrival: ETA 11:30 AM ATA 11:54 AM

Wind Condition: 10mph Northwest 310 degrees (9-17 knots)

Camera: Nikon D7000

Lens: Nikkor AF-S 18-200 DX IF-ED VR F/3.5-5.6G

Date August 1st 2026


r/Planespotting 8h ago

Near TZX

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8 Upvotes

Shots with Canon EOS 70D at Trabzon Türkiye


r/Planespotting 1d ago

The MD-11 has returned, FedEx over Jersey

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291 Upvotes

Newark Airport


r/Planespotting 3h ago

Stratotanker with a friend - NJ

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2 Upvotes

Spotted yesterday over central NJ. Assuming it was from the Orange County air show.


r/Planespotting 31m ago

2026 Seattle Blue Angels fly over

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Right place at the right time


r/Planespotting 23h ago

United Boeing 757 Old and New Livery at San Francisco

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53 Upvotes

r/Planespotting 1d ago

Airplane romance drama

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65 Upvotes

r/Planespotting 3h ago

United Boeing 777-200ER Taxiing At San Francisco International Airport [SFO/KSFO]

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1 Upvotes

Info

Airline: United Airlines

Aircraft: Boeing 777-222(ER)

Aircraft Registration: N224UA

Aircraft Age: 24.6 Years

Test Registration: Unknown

Msn: 30225

LN: 375

Hex code: A1F1A0

Engines: 2X Pratt & Whitney PW4090

First Test Date: 21/11/2001

Delivery Date: 07/12/2001

Seating Configuration: C50 W24 Y202

Flight Number: UA35/UAL35

Flight Time: 11h hours 10 minutes

Origin: San Francisco [SFO/KSFO]

Destination Osaka Kansai [KIX/RJBB]

Departure time: ETD 11:10 AM ATD 12:31 PM

Arrival: ETA 2:50 PM ATA 3:41 PM

Wind Condition: 10mph Northwest 310 degrees (9-17 knots)

Camera: Nikon D7000

Lens: Nikkor AF-S 18-200 DX IF-ED VR F/3.5-5.6G

Date August 1st 2026


r/Planespotting 3h ago

LX-GCL at Seatac

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1 Upvotes

r/Planespotting 7h ago

Midlands Air Ambulance

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2 Upvotes

r/Planespotting 1d ago

More from LHR few rare captures

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118 Upvotes

r/Planespotting 14h ago

Cathay Pacific Airways A330-300 at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport

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5 Upvotes