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My Aviation Photo Gallary
Camera: Canon EOS 90D
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Ah, The Alaska/Hawaiian Merger, First off, Hawaiian And Alaska will be staying separate companies. No Airline takeover is happening. But now, Will Hawaiian Join oneWorld? That question is one I don’t know of yet. But it is a high possibility. Only time will tell what will happen to Hawaiian and Alaska.
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Airline: Hawaiian Airlines l Alaska Airlines
Aircraft: Airbus A330-243 l Boeing 737 MAX 9
Registration: N390HA l N938AK
Named/Notes: A330 Named “Nāmāhoe”
Taken: December 2nd, 2023
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Tags: #hawaiian #hawaiianairlines #alaskaairlines #boeing #airbus #airbusa330 #boeing737max #a332 #b39m  #avgeek #avgeekspotting #avgeekphoto #aviation #aviationphotography #aviationphotos #aviationphoto #aircraft #aircraftphotography #aviationlovers #aviationgeek #aviation4u #aviationworld #aviationpics #aviationeverywhere #aviationnation #hnl #phnl #avporn
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Edited With Adobe Lightroom™ taken in HNL Reef Runway by @aviationivan
14
3 years ago
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Passing by.
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Taxiing By Romeo Tango (RT) We Have Delta 969 Heavy Enroute to Detroit! 
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Information:
Airline: Delta Airlines
Aircraft: Airbus A350-941
Registration: N574DZ
Age: 4.1 Years (As of Posting)
Flight Number: DL969/DAL969
Flight Time: 7h 30m
Taken: 3/15/23
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Edited With Adobe Lightroom™ And Topaz Denoise AI™ taken in HNL Reef Runway by @aviationivan
3
4 years ago
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“United 1431, Runway 4 Right, Cleared to Land, Hold Short 8 Left for Departing Traffic”
A Pencil Plane Lands on 4 Right (4R/04R) After a 5 Hour Flight from LAX!
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Airline: United Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 757-33N
Livery: Continental Airlines Livery
Registration: N77865
Age: 20.4 Years (As of Posting)
Delivered: February 2002 To American Trans Air As N555TZ, Then Delivered to Continental in January 2006, And Then Delivered to United in October 2010.
Route: LAX-HNL
Flight Number: UA1431/UAL1431
Callsign: United 1431
Flight time: 5h 11m
Taken: 7/17/22
Location: Reef Runway or 08R/26L Parking Lot Or Lagoon Drive
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Tags: #united #unitedairlines #boeing #boeing757 #boeing757300 #boeing75733n #b753 #n77865 #hnl #honolulu #honoluluhawaii #oahu #phnl #oahuhawaii #aviation #avgeek #planespotting #planespottinghonolulu #canon #canoneos70d #canon70d #canonphotography #honoluluairport #honoluluinternationalairport #danielkinouyeinternationalairport #pencilplane 
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6
4 years ago
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2 Fifth Freedom flights, 2 Hong Kong flights, 1 destination.

HNL Usually never see’s UAL B789s, the only United dreamy we usually see is the daily B78X from Chicago, and I guess the occasional -8 from IAD. Also nice to see SAF again at HNL.

(Shots taken October 2nd, 2026)

#unitedairlines #boeing #boeing787 #aviationphotography #phnl taken in HNL Reef Runway by @aviationivan
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7 days ago
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After spending 10 months on the ground at HNL due to the horrific crash of UPS2976 in 2025 and the subsequent groundings of all MD11s worldwide. N643FE finally took flight again as it departed for Hilo as FedEx 9091 Heavy. 

It then did 1 touch and go at Hilo before heading back at FedEx 9092 Heavy, still airborne when the flight number changed btw, which, I didn’t know they could change callsigns while airborne, but, ✨the more you know ✨

Glad to see N643FE airborne again, it did feel weird seeing an MD-11 stuck here for the past 10 months, now, there is just 2 MD-11s stuck here, N288UP and N254UP respectively, both now-retired UPS MD-11Fs, and AFAIK, N288UP has just started the scrapping process, with its engines being removed. 

#fedex #mcdonnelldouglas #md11 #aviationphotography✈️ #phnl taken in Daniel K. Inouye International Airport by @aviationivan
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14 days ago
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I’ve been wanting to catch this plane for a while now, but it always managed to escape my grasp. Anyways, parked up at C9 is VH-OQL being loaded up to do a repatriation flight down to Sydney as “Qantas 6008 Super”. 

This A380 came inbound as a medical diversion when it did the regularly scheduled “Qantas 12 Super” Service from Los Angeles to Sydney on September 29th, ended up diverting to Honolulu about 3 hours and 30 minutes into the flight. It then stayed 44 hours here.

Glad I finally checked off a bucket list aircraft, anyways, ima stop yapping. 

(Shot taken September 30th, 2026)

#qantas #airbus #a380 #aviationphotography #phnl taken in Daniel K. Inouye International Airport by @aviationivan
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17 days ago
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Rolling inbound on 4R is JA923A embarking on its inaugural flight from Haneda as “All Nippon 186 Heavy”, this jet came fresh from the paint factory in Okinawa about 2 days prior.

Incredibly happy that ANA chose HNL as this jets first destination, and it’s the first of many airports this jet will land at.
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#allnipponairways #flyana #boeing #boeing787 #phnl taken in Daniel K. Inouye International Airport by @aviationivan
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a month ago
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Huge mahalo to @aviationivan for taking this shot for me, ANA’s Pokemon Anniversary livery looks sooo W 🤩🤩
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-Flight Information: 
✈️ ANA 🇯🇵
🛩 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner 
🦅 JA923A
🎨 Pokemon 30th Anniversary Livery 
📸 09/18/2026
👴🏻 7 Years Old (August 2019)
🏢 Production Site: 🇺🇸 Charleston, CHS
📝 MSN 61523 LN884
📒 Hex Code 872FA0
⚙️ 2 x RR Trent 1000
🌎 NH186 / ANA185
🛫 HND-HNL 🇰🇷✈️🇺🇸
🛬 Tokyo Haneda-Honolulu
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a month ago
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Due to a Cessna 172 sliding off 4R, thus closing the runway, and with the shortening of 8L to 7000ft, this caused almost all of the arrivals, least the heavy arrivals, to land on the reef runway. 

Reef runway arrivals are rare, and most arrivals tended to either land on 4R or 8L. So to see these 8R arrivals come in, it was..a surprise and a treat, to say the least. 

Anyways, enough yap, here’s United 219 Heavy (N14011) landing on the reef after an 8 hour flight from Chicago. Peep the Waikiki skyline btw 👀. 
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Photo taken: September 15th, 2026
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#united #unitedairlines #boeing #boeing787 #phnl taken in HNL Reef Runway by @aviationivan
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a month ago
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One last butter on the runway it all started from!
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Congratulations on an incredible 35 year career, Captain Wessel! Your career came full circle, when you took off on your first flight as a commercial pilot on 4R, the same runway you made your final landing on as you flew United 1175 Heavy one last time from San Francisco. 

From everyone in the Hawaii Island Spotting Community (HISC), We wish you the best in retirement, it is certainly well earned after a career like that, and I can only hope I can have a retirement as well earned as yours! Mahalo.
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Airline: United Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 777-322(ER)
Registration: N2142U
Route: SFO-HNL
Video Taken: September 13th, 2026
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#United #unitedairlines #boeing777 #retirementflight #phnl
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16
a month ago
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Three airlines/aircrafts that no longer fly to HNL on a daily basis, SWIPE to see what changed.

Miss having another B788 operator, now the only -8 operator is Zipair with their morning route to NRT. Wish some more airlines sent the stubby 787 here.

Miss when Asiana flew here, now it’s one less 777 service to HNL, and AFAIK, United is now the only airline to send the 777 daily, with Koreanair sending the B77W on a seasonal basis.

Honestly? This is one I miss the most, HNL used to be the hub of 3 or 4 engined aircraft, but nowadays? Everything got swapped to 2 engined aircraft, and Koreanair was the last passenger operator to send the 747 here, until they cut 747 service on August 25th, 2024. taken in Daniel K. Inouye International Airport by @aviationivan
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a month ago
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Forgot to post this, Shown here is a Delta A350-900 adorned in the “100 years anniversary” livery as it rolls inbound from Atlanta as “Delta 438 Heavy” on a rare plane swap.

Usually this route is operated with their A330-300s, and HNL, with the exception of rare charter flights or one off plane swaps, has 0 daily A350s as of now, so seeing this livery was certainly a treat!
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Taken: January 4th, 2026 taken in Honolulu International Airport - Lot D (Overseas Parking Garage) by @aviationivan
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a month ago
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