Presenting a nice flight with very very very rare Eastern livery from KTUS Tucson International Airport located 8 miles south of downtown Tucson, Arizona to KSAN San Diego International Airport located 3 miles northwest of downtown San Diego, California.
Taxiing to short of runway 29R
Entering into runway 29R for take off
Airborne on climb to FL300 with background view of Mount Kimball
Still climbing with background view of Saquaro National Park
Still climbing climbing with background view of Dove Mountain resort area
Nice sunrise but weird purplish sky
Now cruising at FL300
Cruising across desert
Look how nice sunrise shines on desert
KSAN is so busy that I had to circle twice above nice city of San Diego
On final runway approach with background view of Petco Park stadium the home of San Diego Padres
The runway approach to KSAN San Diego international airport is very exciting and dangerous especially the approach from the east is steep, necessitated by terrain which drops from 266 ft (81 m) to sea level in less than one nautical mile. Aircraft normally descend at 318 feet per nautical mile (52.3 m/km) per nautical mile. Due to terrain in San Diego and to avoid hitting the five story high famous garage building in front of runway 27, they must descend at 331 ft/nmi (54.5 m/km), exceeding the FAA standard
Seconds before touchdown
TOUCHDOWN
Front landing gear gliding down smoothly and softly in most graceful manner
Front wheels making ground contact
Exiting from runway to taxiway to gate
Arrived at gate
Thank you for viewing. Stay tuned for next exciting flight.
Regards,
Aharon
