AirFrance A380

AirFrance now serves SFO with the A380 with daily flights to and from Paris.

Flaps down and spoilers still deployed after landing.

The A380 has a huge wingspan of 261.6 feet that restricts its movements at KSFO.

There are specific routes that the A380 must stay on to and from the terminal.

An A380 costs about $375 Million.

Max takeoff weight is 1,250,000 lbs.

Max landing weight is 850,000 lbs.....

just a little less than the max takeoff weight of a B747-400!

The difference between MTOW and MLW

is the weight of the fuel you have burned to get from there to here...

Alaska's "Make A Wish" takes off of runway 28L

on a windy day.

California One

May 8, 2011

San Francisco International Airport

California One

Southwest Airlines

N609SW

Boeing 737-3H4

Serial number 27929 manufactured 1995

I have waited a long time to get a good picture of this aircraft.

Southwest used to have a B737-200 painted in this color scheme,

and the first time I saw it I thought I want a picture of that airplane!

They have several other aircraft painted in colorful U.S. state schemes.

Lufthansa A380

May 15, 2011

San Francisco International Airport

San Francisco, California

Lufthansa 455 Super

Airbus A380-841

Departing RY28R for Frankfurt.

Lufthansa A380 at KSFO

Lufthansa began daily A380 service to SFO today.

DLH454 arriving from Frankfurt.

(Right on time in typical German precision)

Lufthansa's A380 gets a Fire Department water cannon salute...

The A380's tail is so tall that the water cannon can't even shoot over it!

A320 FriendShip United

N475UA in a retro paint scheme has been on the KIAD to KSFO run lately.

4 UAL B747-400s at KSFO.

These are being repainted in the new United/Continental colors.

Honoring all who serve.

New United colors

Continental and United are in the process of merging into the new United Airlines and their planes are being repainted in the new colors.

747-400 in the new colors.

A couple of the old colors are parked at the SuperBay in the background.

A Continental B737-800 repainted in United colors.

United never had any 800's so you know that this one came from Continental.

A B757 on Twy B passes an A319 waiting for a flow time to LAX. Both Continental and United have B757's, so you have to look at the "N" numbers to find out their origin.

Notice the N numbers end in "UA" These are both United aircraft repainted in the New United colors. In the background is an old colors B757 taking off.

Newly renovated Terminal 2 is ready for opening on April 14.

Dash8 at SFO

Beginning on March 1, 2011, Horizon began flying the Dash 8 on the SFO-PDX run.

N440QX wears Oregon State Beavers colors.

The Dash 8 is very quiet.