At the top of Sacramento International Airport’s six-story parking garage, the air smells faintly of fuel and asphalt. Heat ripples off the tarmac. A United Airlines 737 noses onto the runway and ...

If you’ve ever been fascinated by watching a plane taking off or land, you’re not alone. It’s called plane spotting, and if you check the internet, you’ll find livestreams dedicated to the hobby. One ...

I try not to make assumptions about women based on their looks, and yet, surrounded by mostly 20-somethings watching the runway at London City Airport, I can’t help but recognise a familiar vibe: they ...

Programs like ORD Airport Watch aim to transform what has been suspicion at times between police and plane spotters into a mutually beneficial partnership. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport ...

It was a warm and humid June day a few weeks before Hong Kong’s old Kai Tak Airport closed in 1998. I’d filed a feature for a British newspaper about the spanking new airport at Chek Lap Kok and had ...

A dramatic video shows a group of plane enthusiasts nearly swept off their feet by the powerful wake of a departing aircraft.

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A quiet, introspective character who spends their days watching planes and finding comfort in the certainty of their paths. The type of person who is full of passion but doesn't know how to ...

“Big bird is taking off!” Suddenly the half-dozen aviation enthusiasts who have congregated at the TWA Hotel rooftop bar point their cameras and iPhones at the tarmac below us, where a double-decker ...