UN Week - 2018

[Mateo]

The main debate at the UNGA starts on Tuesday, so let's get this year's tracking thread going.

Some very early arrivals have trickled in so far earlier in the week. One of the Dubai 744s (MMM) did a drop at JFK and went to Stewart. I've seen a couple of the Qatar narrowbodies (HSJ and MBK) also bounce off JFK and go to Stewart. There have been a pair of Reach Tango (VIP support) missions that I've noticed, one to JFK and one to Newark. One was a Dover and one was a Charleston, but I don't remember the serials offhand or which was which.


The Colombia 734 (FAC1209) had been at Stewart since Tuesday and went down to Andrews this morning.


In a good news/bad news arrangement, it looks like AF1 is going straight to Newark late tonight from Missouri, so good that it doesn't create any of the related hassles at JFK, bad that those who wanted a JFK picture won't get it (at least on the dropoff; the pickup could very well be Kennedy).


Any other updates from today will be made as edits to this message.

1600: Mexican G550 (3910) popped off Andrews and headed south. QATAR 332 (A7-HHM/QAF3) over New Hampshire; New York possible in about an hour. A SAM G550 went to Teterboro earlier in the afternoon, as well.
1620: Qatar now in the descent for JFK. NAMIBIA Falcon 7 (V5-GON) descending, looks like Teterboro in about 20 minutes. EGYPT 342 (SU-GGG) just off the Maine coast. Expect JFK in about an hour. (Missed it by that much - Namibia went to Newark.)
1740: Didn't think I'd be watching the screens on the Friday prior, but here we are. One of the Qatar Exec G650s (CGD) took an odd route, but appears to be joining the JFK arrivals stream [NOT JFK, one of the NJ airports]. On the ground in 15. DUBAI 2, B744 A6-MMM just departed Stewart, stopped climb at 5K, and is probably being vectored to shortly arrive JFK on 22L.
1830: ref below - From media pictures, Zimbabwe delegation arrived yesterday aboard B762 P4-CLA. Reposition Stewart.
1845: KUWAIT 739 (KUG97/9K-GCC) off the Maine coast. Usually goes to JFK. Figure about 90 minutes. Stewart is the usual reposition for them.
1900: The Namibia repositioned from Newark to Teterboro, which seems like a great use of everyone's time to not have them go to TEB in the first place.
2200: No one got the memo that Friday was supposed to be quiet. QATAR 342 (HHK) arrived JFK. The Egypt 342 and the Kuwait 739 both went up to Stewart (looks like the Egypt isn't getting the super special secret long-term JFK parking this year). Dubai 2 is headed for the Atlantic. Weird 777 N777UK is inbound to American airspace. Point of departure for the Triple was Le Bourget.

[springbok]

The new Zimbabwe president already in New York, not sure how he got there but not with the Air Zim B767.
The Swaziland King will more than likely arrive in his “new” A343 3DC-SDF.

[CX777]

Thanks for the update.... can't make it this year, but will enjoy as always the updated info + pics from the NYC forum. Good luck to the members that will be out next few days.
Raj C

[springbok]

Yes can confirm Zimbabwe used the B767 P4-CLA left Harare on 19th.
A Vistajet Global on route out of Gambia possibly Gambia 1 departed 10h00 Z
A6-RJU on the ground in Cape Verde arrived 05h00Z as Angola 1 - just airborne 11h25Z
CS-TQX currently airborne out of Equatorial Guinea around 11h00Z heading north up over Nigeria.

[727C47]

No more 707’s, or Il-62’s alas...

[Mateo]

Saturday
0830: Turkish AF A400 16-0078 arrived JFK. The Vista Global from Banjul is going to Teterboro (No Il-62? Boo.). GHANA 1, their Falcon 900, is also filed into Teterboro for a 2046L arrival this evening. The Ceiba usually uses Newark, but assuming it doesn't fuel stop, the arrival will be right around sunset.
There's also BBJ T7-PAL out of Le Bourget that looks to be headed for the ocean. Doing the math, should be about a 4pm arrival if it's coming to New York. [nvm, it's descending for Dublin(?). I'll keep an eye if it resurfaces.] A310 HZ-NSA is also out there, but it's filed into Cleveland, so it's unrelated.
0915: Looks like we're also getting a CAP. There's a Milwaukee-based KC-135 about to join the usual racetrack.
1020: C-17 inbound JFK on a Reach Tango. 02-1098, which is McGuire-based.

Afternoon session: The McGuire C-17 departed around noon. BBJ2 N737GG stopped by. Origin was Stansted, reposition was Dulles, but I don't know who it was operating for. A332 VP-CBE also visited. It came from exotic Cleveland, and headed back to the west. Royal Jet BBJ A6-RJU operated as ANGOLA 1 and had an Angolan flag decal. Reposition SWF. TURKEY G550 TC-CBK arrived without pinging or anything. Last one was the QATAR 748 in full QR c/s, A7-HHE. Also repositioned Stewart. There was a CAP up all day, but only the first guy was visible before the overcast rolled in. Of note, the VIPs all used either 31L or 4L.

1900: BRAZIL Legacy 2583 and COLOMBIA BBJ FAC0001 have landed JFK within the past hour.
1945: PANAMA Legacy HP-1A is over eastern North Carolina and heading this way.
2100: The Panama went to White Plains, which I think is their usual. The Brazil is repositioning Islip, also their usual. The Colombia has also departed. I want to say they're a usual Dover client.
2359: Royal Jet BBJ A6-RJV is near Abidjan calling DRC001. It'll be here sometime tomorrow morning.

[MarioFL]

A400M landed on 31L a few mins ago. Edit just took off .

[springbok]

The Ceiba B777 CS-TQX is about to land in Rabat , Morocco.

[GY757]

Thanks for the update!!! Keep them coming

[jbluflyermatt]

3DC-SDF (Swaziland A343) airborne heading towards northwestern Africa. Botswana Global Express landed earlier this afternoon into Stewart from Houston.

[springbok]

Global 9H-ONE just airborne SID as Zambia 1, just landed Teterboro.
A G550 out of Launda P4-BFY could be Malawi 1 , has been operating as such earlier this week.(landed Teterboro as BFY085C)
Seems like the new South African president is travelling commercial.(confirmed)
The B777 CS-TQX airborne Rabat at 07h16Z.+- 13h00Z
A blocked B762 from Athens to Newark due around 10h30Z.(was N767A)Landed
TRK1 A345 TC-CAN and TRK2 A332 TC-TUR airborne out of Istanbul.Due around 16h00Z
Japan JF001 B744 20-1102 and JF002 B744 20-1101 departed Tokyo.??21h00Z
Korea KAF001 B744 10001 out of Seoul.?? 21h00Z
Iran A343 EP-IGA on route.Due +- 15h00Z

[ANITIX87]

Global 9H-ONE just airborne SID as Zambia 1, just landed Teterboro.
A G550 out of Launda P4-BFY could be Malawi 1 , has been operating as such earlier this week.
Seems like the new South African president is travelling commercial.
The B777 CS-TQX airborne Rabat at 07h16Z.
A blocked B762 from Athens to Newark due around 10h30Z.(was N767A)
TRK1 A345 TC-CAN and TRK2 A332 TC-TUR airborne out of Istanbul.
Japan JF001 B744 20-1102 and JF002 B744 20-1101 departed Tokyo.
Korea KAF001 B744 10001 out of Seoul.

Can you provide even a rough ETA on these?

[Mateo]

Sunday
There seem to be some data issues going on at the moment, so it's like the old days of, say, 2012 all over again! Thanks for the updates out of Africa. I noticed a bunch of those heavy biz coming across, but it's impossible to tell unless they're using a bespoke callsign. For those unfamiliar with the conversion, EDT is at Zulu - 4 (and thanks for giving the foreign updates in Z).
0930: PERU 735 FAP356 arrived LGA. LEBANON is coming on MEA 332 OD-MEE. Call MEA1, ETA JFK 1700L. The Ceiba CS-TQX is off Cape Cod and will be on the ground in 40 minutes. EWR typical for them. [EDIT: Yes, Newark.]
0935: Big One! CUBA IL-96 planned to JFK 1230L as CUB106. [Edit: Just airborne 0940L, so that ETA looks good.]
0940: The Swazi (eSwatini?) 340 landed in Morocco about 2 hours ago. Should hopefully give them time to fuel and still reach here before sunset. T7-PAL, that BBJ from yesterday, is about to coast out from Ireland. If it's coming to JFK, it'll be in the mid-16 hour. Coincidentally, the Palestinian President made an official visit to Dublin yesterday. The Iran is a little later than the ETA above - will be in the 1400 hour. It's still in the Greenland-Iceland gap.
1020: Swazi now airborne; expect in the mid-16 hour.
1045: The DR CONGO Royal Jet (A6-RJV) is about 45 minutes out. I also see a Global that appears to have come off Cotounou that's near Cape Verde at the moment. No other info. A C-17 as REACH 565T is on final to 4L.

Evening update: Don't think we had anything that wasn't flagged here already, so strong work. The REACH from the morning was Charleston's 09-9205. Cubana was CU-T1250. Saw the DRC/Royal Jet, Iran, Korea, and both Turkeys. Swaziland and the Lebanon/MEA both arrived 4R. One of the Japans went to JFK (20-1102), while the other one went to IAD. The Nigeria wound up stopping in the Azores and arriving around 1815. The Palestine went to Newark.

Repositions: Cuba - Stewart, DRC - Stewart, Turks - Stewart, Lebanon - Stewart, eSwatini - Stewart, Japan - Dulles, Iran - Westover.

1940: The BRAZIL 319 (2101) is setting up for a JFK approach.
2000: CANFORCE 1 (Challenger 144618) has arrived Teterboro. There's also a plan in the system for the Bolivia Falcon 900 to go from TEB to ILG (its usual) later this evening, but unclear where it is right now. Also got the MALI on screen; about 30 minutes out from wherever its going (was Kennedy - arrived 2045).
2100: The GREECE G-V (678) is off Cape Cod and heading this way. Likely to either TEB or HPN. The eSwatini 340 has departed; it's a Stewarty-looking track. (Update: Aye.)
2120: HONDURAS Legacy (FAH-001) on final for JFK. The BOLIVIA Falcon 900 (FAB-001) is crossing behind him, but bound for Teterboro.
2125: Le sigh. MEXICO 787 over southern West Virginia headed this way. ETA JFK is 2230L.
2145: It'll be Teterboro for the Greece. Forgot to note this earlier - this is the last ride for the Japan 747s. They're getting a pair of 777s that will go into service next year (one has already been delivered, one is still in outfitting).
2150: There's a Chinese-reg BBJ approaching JFK, B-3999. It's off Paramaribo, which is, uh, not near China. This gets the official shrug emoji from me, but I'll note it here nonetheless, since it's interesting.
2210: Nigeria out. They usually go to Dover.
2230: Nigeria to Dover. Mali out and going to White Plains. Mexico on final for JFK. Brazil out for Islip.

[springbok]

The Swazi A343 airborne out of Cassablanca about 30 min ago.
Nigeria 1 5N-FGT also over the Atlantic just off Morocco about an hour ahead of the Swazi.

[springbok]

Mali1 B737 TZ-PRM about to overfly Dakar.
A F900 from Brazzaville in Congo F-HREG.
Vistajet Global from Cotonou to Newark 9H-VJL

[jbluflyermatt]

1920L: HZ-NSA (A310) and Turkey A345 (TC-CAN) + A332 (TC-TUR) on ground at SWF. Also have 2101 (Brazil A319) headed into JFK (yes, landed JFK).

2119L: Honduras E35L (FAH-001) on final approach for JFK. Swazi repositioned to Stewart.

[Mateo]

Monday
0850: Brazil E190 (2591/BRS04) is heading for the area, looks like a JFK [nope, direct to Islip]. From last night, the Mexico went to Westover, as they did last year. The SWITZERLAND Falcon 900 T-785 is just off Ireland (1430 - Swiss descending for Bangor).
1345: SPAIN A310 T.22-1 (or T-22.1, I can never remember) snuck in to JFK from Montreal about 2 hours ago and has now departed (to Stewart).
1410: RUSSIA IL-96 RA-96023 as RSD8 is over Maine about an hour out from Kennedy.
1520: Ooh, VENEZUELA 732 0207 is over Hampton Roads; about 45 minutes out. UKRAINE 319 UR-ABA is over Maine, about an hour out.
1545: Hmm... the Venezuelan is a little high for Kennedy, but is on the same track and descent profile as something ahead of it going to Bradley. Westover would probably also use the same STARs, since it's pretty close by.
1600: Swiss departed Bangor, they've used TEB in the past. FRANCE 332 F-RARF over Maine, hour out, you know the drill. Venezuela hooked a left near Stony Brook and now looks to be going to Stewart.
1620: Qatar Amiri 319 A7-HHJ. Maine! Hour!
1640: Kuwait 345, 9K-GBB/KUG5. You already know where it is. Direct Stewart is more likely than not for this one, though. [Nope, Kennedy.]
1720: SLOVENIA 319 OM-BYK is more on the Nova Scotia side than the Maine side of the Bay of Fundy. It's an hour away.

2200: All the stuff below, plus GERMANY 340 16+01 just in the descent over Albany. Expect JFK and then IAD later on. A318 LX-LTI helpfully calling TOGO 1 is over Cape Cod, so about 30 minutes out. Newark for the Togo.

Tuesday's speaking order
AM session: Brazil, USA, Ecuador, Turkey, Rwanda, Mexico, France, Seychelles, Peru, Jordan, Qatar, Iran, Finland, Croatia, Togo, South Africa


PM session: Guatemala, Malawi, Egypt, Paraguay, Argentina, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Slovenia, Zambia, DRCongo, Kyrgyzstan, Gambia, Bosnia, Mozambique, Marshall Islands, Dominican Republic, Japan, Armenia, Morocco

[jbluflyermatt]

Also a France Falcon 7X (F-RAFA) entering US airspace in Maine. Not sure if he's doing HPN or JFK.

1640: Brazil E35L (2584) headed over to JFK.

1645: Swiss confirmed to TEB. France A332 confirmed to JFK.

1705: France Falcon into HPN.

2000: France A330 (F-RARF) headed towards Dover. (Never mind, headed to Philadelphia)

2230: HZ-SK6 just landed JFK, Germany A343 on the approach. Togo 01 (LX-LTA A318) looks like EWR approach right now. (Confirmed Newark)

[Idlewild]

Looking at FlightRadar24 I noticed a Russian Special Flight Service IL-96 taking off from 13R/JFK; going SW; I’m guessing to IAD. Plus a Kuwaiti A345 and an unnamed 738BBJ; both on the taxiway leading to 13R/JFK. I didn’t see squat for LGA or EWR.

[Mateo]

Tuesday
0915: The Venezuela 732 left Stewart heading west at altitude (and now going south - metaphor alert).
1015: ITALY 319 MM62243 over the northern end of Nova Scotia; UNITED KINGDOM 330 ZZ336 over the southern end of Nova Scotia. El Al 33 (B763/4X-EAR) departed ISRAEL a little while ago, and should be at JFK around 8pm.
1130: The MALAYSIA 319 9M-NAA is just north of Halifax. I would assume JFK, though they've been to Westchester in the past.
1500: RAF went to Dulles.

A few repos from last night that I didn't bother to track at the time: Ukraine - Dover, Kuwait 345 - Stewart, Ze Germans - Dulles. Also had BBJ3 HZ-ATR come into JFK and go to Stewart, so I guess they were operating for somebody.

[ANITIX87]

Wow. Is it just me, or is it incredibly unusual for this many arrivals on Monday and Tuesday? Many of these arrivals missed the general debate, no?

[jbluflyermatt]

1845: Sweden Gulfstream 5 (102005) in Vermont.

1915: Qatar Amiri A332 A7-HHM as QAF3 reposition Stewart to JFK. Should be landing within the next ten minutes. Sweden looks like Teterboro. Israel scheduled just after 8 into JFK.

[megatop412]

Wow. Is it just me, or is it incredibly unusual for this many arrivals on Monday and Tuesday? Many of these arrivals missed the general debate, no?

Doesn't the general debate start on Tuesday, meaning they had until last night to show up? Then again you have the fashionably late like the UK delegation that arrived today so yeah good question...

[Mateo]

Wednesday
0900: JORDAN G650 VQ-BNZ (RJA950) is off Islip and seems to be setting up for LGA, which is their usual.
1045: Ugh, missed one. The COTE D'IVOIRE G550 came into Newark Monday evening around 9ish, left for Stewart 2 hours later, and is now at altitude off Nantucket pointed towards Africa.
1111: The P4-BFY, presumably opf Malawi is out of Teterboro and going east.
1200: And there goes VQ-Beans, northeast bound at altitude
1245: The VENEZUELA 319 0001 looks to be offshore and heading for JFK in the next 30 minutes or so. Also the VC-25 ferried up to Kennedy from Andrews, and made a rare landing on the 22s because it was non-operational.
1345: The BOTSWANA Global (OK1) appears to have operated SWF-EWR-ADW-EWR-SWF yesterday. The Bolivia Falcon has a Wilmington-Teterboro plan in the system. Arrival in TEB 1635L.
1430: The French 330, Korea 744, and Iran 340 are all airborne from their respective reposition airports and bound for JFK in around a half-hour.
1435: Venezuela 732 is also back off Atlantic City, but is still cruising along at FL330, so not JFK; Stewart still a possibility. Slovakia 319 departed Farmingdale (!), likely also for JFK. Anything to avoid the Southern State. (It went to Chicago.)
1535: The NIGER BBJ 5U-GRN is about 200 miles out from here. I want to say they went to Newark in the past (Yes, Newark). G450 P4-BFL is also off Teterboro. It's been here for a previous UN Week, but I'm not sure who exactly it's operating for this time.
1545: And the RAF 332 has departed IAD. No one is sticking around this year.
1625: A6-RJU, the Royal Jet opf Angola is coming down from Stewart.
1700: The Venezuela 319 is going up to Stewart. It was accompanied on the flight up and is now being followed by F900 YV2486, which belongs to PdVSA, the Venezuelan state oil company.
1730: Peru is on its way up from Dover. It came to LaGuardia when it originally arrived a couple days ago. (It's LGA, but they got a turn in the hold!)
1755: The Italy 319 is on the way down from Stewart.
1850: Niger to Stewart, where there's now apparently a lot more room than there was this morning.
1920: Iran out from JFK.

2200: Everything below (thanks!); plus it looks like the Mexican 757 TP-02 is over Cape May in the descent for JFK. The Vietnam was VN-A868, which is the same frame the Vietnamese President used when he came here last spring (grr.)
2225: There are no police escorts in the air! The Mexico 757 got 2 turns in the hold before being cleared onwards. Erdo-one and Erdo-two, the Turkey Airbuses, came down from Stewart to JFK about an hour ago.
0010 (we're still in today's wake cycle): Here's one that popped up out of freakin' nowhere - Malaysian Air Force Global M48-02 just arrived at Dulles from the west. Put a bell on it, in case that beauty winds up in New York.
0020: The Vietnam has departed JFK.
0025: Sure, let's get a midnight rush hour going... the other Turkey just departed. Vietnam got up to 10K (usual top alt for Stewart is 7), and it's going NE so Westover? (Westover it is.)
0027: Come on... Kuwait 345 (GBB) just departed JFK. (And it's at altitude, so it's gone)

Today's speaker list
AM session: Panama, Namibia, Ghana, Estonia, Lebanon, Croatia, Yemen, Uruguay, Colombia, Tonga, Mali, Angola, Cuba, Liberia, Slovakia, Korea, Romania, UK, Afghanistan, Italy.

PM session: Cape Verde, Ukraine, Eswatini/Swaziland, Honduras, Kenya, Kiribati, Zimbabwe, Poland, Portugal, El Salvador, Nauru, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Palau, Venezuela, Central African Republic, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Zumunda, Norway, Netherlands.

[jbluflyermatt]

1450: France Falcon 7X out of HPN heading towards JFK.

1630: A6-RJU callsign ANGOLA1 on finals for JFK. Venezuela 319 on line for departure from JFK.

1635: RAF A330 on final for JFK.

1730: Peru 735 has left Dover and is on its way up to New York.

2000: France A332, FA7X, and UK A332 are all headed east. UK headed northeast and France headed east southeast.

2035: Peru just left LGA, headed south. Operating as FAP001. Vietnam 787-9 operating as VN1 on the JFK approach, coming in from Charles de Gaulle in Paris. Should be landing in 5-10 mins! Looks like he's scheduled to depart tomorrow night as VN1 at 2300 headed back to Paris. Italy A319 MM62243 operating as IAM9002 just departed JFK.

2130: State of Kuwait A345 (9K-GBB) just landed into JFK from Stewart. Bolivia departed TEB around 45 mins ago and is heading south down the Atlantic back to Bolivia as FAB1.

Chile 767-300 (985) came into JFK early this morning then headed up to Stewart.

Malaysia 9M-NAA is at HPN.

Mali 737 STD 1300 from HPN tomorrow back to JFK.

[megatop412]

Wednesday
0900: JORDAN G650 VQ-BNZ (RJA950) is off Islip and seems to be setting up for LGA, which is their usual.
1045: Ugh, missed one. The COTE D'IVOIRE G550 came into Newark Monday evening around 9ish, left for Stewart 2 hours later, and is now at altitude off Nantucket pointed towards Africa.
1111: The P4-BFY, presumably opf Malawi is out of Teterboro and going east.
1200: And there goes VQ-Beans, northeast bound at altitude
1245: The VENEZUELA 319 0001 looks to be offshore and heading for JFK in the next 30 minutes or so. Also the VC-25 ferried up to Kennedy from Andrews, and made a rare landing on the 22s because it was non-operational.
1345: The BOTSWANA Global (OK1) appears to have operated SWF-EWR-ADW-EWR-SWF yesterday. The Bolivia Falcon has a Wilmington-Teterboro plan in the system. Arrival in TEB 1635L.
1430: The French 330, Korea 744, and Iran 340 are all airborne from their respective reposition airports and bound for JFK in around a half-hour.
1435: Venezuela 732 is also back off Atlantic City, but is still cruising along at FL330, so not JFK; Stewart still a possibility. Slovakia 319 departed Farmingdale (!), likely also for JFK. Anything to avoid the Southern State.
1535: The NIGER BBJ 5U-GRN is about 200 miles out from here. I want to say they went to Newark in the past (Yes, Newark). G450 P4-BFL is also off Teterboro. It's been here for a previous UN Week, but I'm not sure who exactly it's operating for this time.
1545: And the RAF 332 has departed IAD. No one is sticking around this year.
1625: A6-RJU, the Royal Jet opf Angola is coming down from Stewart.
1700: The Venezuela 319 is going up to Stewart. It was accompanied on the flight up and is now being followed by F900 YV2486, which belongs to PdVSA, the Venezuelan state oil company.
1730: Peru is on its way up from Dover. It came to LaGuardia when it originally arrived a couple days ago. (It's LGA, but they got a turn in the hold!)
1755: The Italy 319 is on the way down from Stewart.
1850: Niger to Stewart, where there's now apparently a lot more room than there was this morning.
1920: Iran out from JFK.

2200: Everything below (thanks!); plus it looks like the Mexican 757 TP-02 is over Cape May in the descent for JFK. The Vietnam was VN-A868, which is the same frame the Vietnamese President used when he came here last spring (grr.)

Today's speaker list
AM session: Panama, Namibia, Ghana, Estonia, Lebanon, Croatia, Yemen, Uruguay, Colombia, Tonga, Mali, Angola, Cuba, Liberia, Slovakia, Korea, Romania, UK, Afghanistan, Italy.

PM session: Cape Verde, Ukraine, Eswatini/Swaziland, Honduras, Kenya, Kiribati, Zimbabwe, Poland, Portugal, El Salvador, Nauru, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Palau, Venezuela, Central African Republic, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Zumunda, Norway, Netherlands.

Kingdom of Zamunda.....So we can assume King Jaffe Joffer gave an address can't we. They also flew in on Concorde so there's that!

I couldn't resist! Now I have to watch the movie(again)

[Mateo]

Thursday

0830: B762 P4-CLA just arriving JFK. Ukraine 319 on approach. Here's the backstory on why TP-02, the Mexican 757, arrived last night - the 787 went tech at Westover! https://twitter.com/aviacion21/status/1045135410551246848. Mexico's incoming President has said that he's not flying a Presidential jet anymore, so we'll see what happens to it.
0835: Japan 20-1101 (the one that went straight to Dulles) is also on approach to JFK. Colombia has just departed Dover.
0845: Aw, Malaysian Global at IAD last night was a gas and go - it's on final at Farnborough right now. ECUADOR Legacy FAE051, which I don't think had been reported before, also just left Dover. They usually use LGA.
0850: Egypt now leaving Stewart. Couple of filers from Stewart, too - MEA showing a 1000L reposition down to JFK; Swaziland departing at noon, so here's the second chance on that one, hopefully without Sunday's mist and fog.
1030: HMX-1 just lifting off from Wall Street.
1045: Japan Force 1 (which is 1102) departed JFK, which means Japan Force 2 (which is 1101) is likely to follow shortly.
1130: The MEA finally about to get back to Kennedy.
1143: Single Osprey landed at Wall Street (unusual).
1144: Single Osprey departed Wall Street. I'm going to hope someone didn't leave the football in the lounge. "You've got it? No, you've got it."
1155: Swazi just out of Stewart. The other Japan 744 has left JFK. The P4-CLA/Zimbabwe is also gone.
1245: Colombia up, and a pair of Reach Tango C-17s (01-0191/RCH573T and 07-7171/RCH574T) on final. The first one is a Dover, the second is McGuire.
1255: Turkey G550 (CBK) departed Stewart for JFK.
1305: Egypt taxiing for departure from JFK.
1340: Botswana Global came down from Stewart to Newark. Bolted out to Battery Park to try and see it, but it hooked left and landed 11. Wouldn't have had a chance. Aargh.
1450: The MEA is gone. Quick correction from something a few days ago - the Palestine (BBJ T7-PAL) went to HPN, not EWR.
1510: Ref below - as far as I can tell, the Russia IL-96 is still at Dulles. Also, while there's discussion of things inbound to JFK; not UN-related, but today's Qantas 789 is the one in special c/s, the Emirates 380 from Milan is one of the Expo ones, and the LOT 789 due after dark is in the Polish centennial scheme.
1515: The 2-DEER private 787 is about 30 minutes to the northwest and descending as CAMBODIA 1. I would assume JFK for this one.
1520: Honduras Legacy SWF>JFK
1620: Botswana Global left Newark about an hour ago. Swazi 340 filed out of JFK in 10 minutes for Miami.
1645: Turkey A400M 17-0078 (not 16- as previously reported) arrived JFK. They've switched over to arriving 13L, so I was able to bag it from my office. It really looks like a C-17 from far away, especially since you can't tell relative size. The Swazi 340 left around the same time.
1705: Honduras Legacy up.
1755: 2-DEER wound up going to Newark. It's since departed. Southbound at 8K, so either Philadelphia or Dover. Nope, a new one - Atlantic City! ACY doesn't have a ton of ramp space (most of it is owned by either the FAA or Coast Guard), so it's not a usual reposition airport.
1835: T7-PAL(estine) is out of White Plains and headed for the Atlantic tracks.
2345: The Vietnam returned to JFK and then departed out about a half-hour ago.

Speaking today:
AM Session: Lithuania, Botswana, Cyprus, Chile, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia possibly soon to be the Republic of North Macedonia (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-macedonia-referendum/eying-eu-nato-macedonians-set-for-referendum-on-changing-states-name-idUSKCN1M61RS), Equatorial Guinea, Haiti, Sierra Leone, Palestine, the EU (Poland holds Presidency), Belgium, Israel, Malta, Georgia, Vietnam, Jamaica, New Zealand, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.


PM: Micronesia, Guinea-Bissau, Comoros, Madagascar, Indonesia, Cote d'Ivoire, Costa Rica, Nepal, Tuvalu, Bangladesh, Spain, Serbia, Uganda, Bhutan, Mauritania, Liechtenstein, Cameroon, Tanzania, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Togo. [NB: Mauritania through Ethiopia do not have speakers attached]

[Speedbird1]

Great work Mateo. I attempted to also track aircraft for the UNGA Session but almost all were blocked. None of my apps showed anything except for IRAN2, EP-IGA on Sun.9/23 at 1444, Rwy 4L. Only when I listen to the Tower, can I hear blocked aircraft, but some are garbled. On Tues. after 1100, I heard Italian Air Force 90021, Brazilian Air Force 001 & something with 93 (garbled) at 11:21, all arriving 4L and told to follow a PA vehicle with a flashing light. Hope to see posted photos of maybe last Japan 747s, Korean B744, Russian IlL-96, Turkish A340, etc. Since my stroke last year, I am physically unable to spot, so I depend on you guys to post. Thanks.

[Speedbird1]

Heard Air Force 1 dep JFK Rwy 13R at 1100. EGY1, SU-GGG, has just departed from 4L at 1300, Japan Air Force 747s both departed, at 931 and 1144. MEA 7001, OD-MEE arrived 1145. Think I heard Ukraine 1124 depart at 1146 ? Never heard from the Russian Ilyushin. Hope to see lots of posted photos.

[jbluflyermatt]

Which aircraft operated for Palestine??

[Zee71]

Friday 9/28
- Chilean Air Force departed this morning
- Spanish A310 is here and should be departing this morning.

[Mateo]

Friday
0845: Ghana Falcon currently airborne TEB>IAD. The Swiss Falcon left sometime yesterday.
0850: Venezuela 319 and Falcon both departing SWF. The Mali has also come down from Westchester to JFK.
1015: Spain 310 departed, though it's going out over one of the northwest fixes.
1050: Mali departed (to Andrews). Spain Falcon (T-18.2) taxiing for JFK departure (and departed also northwest).
1055: Also from earlier this morning, the Ceiba 77L went SWF>EWR and the DRC/Royal Jet went SWF>JFK.
1215: Venezuela Airbus out.
1245: Venezuela Falcon, Ceiba 77L, Panama Legacy (from HPN) all departed.
1440: Royal/DRCongo is out. Chile went to Andrews earlier this morning. The El Al will be here until at least tomorrow night.
1520: Namibia Falcon departed Teterboro.
1540: Just realized we haven't seen any of the UAE govjets poking around, aside from one of the Dubai ones a week ago - they're usually pretty ubiquitous.
1620: Greece G-V departed TEB. I told myself last year that I would make a Trello board or something to keep track of what was where, and that didn't happen, though this year seemed to be very quiet. Really, the one to look forward to is 2020, which will be the 75th anniversary.
1630: Niger pinging on the ground at Stewart. (And will be arriving Newark at 1655ish)
1700: German Air Force A340 off IAD, assume to JFK.
1740: LX-LTI, that A318, has departed EWR.
1915: In the last hour, the Russia IL-96 IAD>JFK, Kuwait 739 SWF>JFK, and the Niger departed EWR.
1950: Sweden G550 102005 departed TEB as SVF641. The Venezuela 732 departed SWF, headed south out of the NY area, and as it climbs through FL230, I think it's headed fully home. With the Venezuela gone, I'm definitely not going to Stewart tomorrow, and pending a review later this evening of the ins and outs, I might not even go to Kennedy!
2050: German, Russian, Kuwaiti all out from JFK.

Evening - As far as I can tell, these are the remnants:- Cuba and a Qatar 342 at Stewart
- 2-DEER the 787 for Cambodia at ACY.
- Nigeria at Dover.
- Malaysia at White Plains.
- El Al at Kennedy (as a JFK-serving airline, they use their commercial agreement with T4 for parking, rather than needing to follow the PA's 2-hour-and-bounce rule).
- Qatar 320 maybe at Dulles
- Mexico 787 that's broken at Westover
This doesn't include any of the various bizjets that might have been operating under their typical charter callsigns. Anyone know of anything that's missing?

Today's speakers
AM session: Albania, Guyana, South Sudan, Bulgaria, Samoa, Denmark, Vanuatu, St. Lucia, Malaysia, Andorra, Fiji, Montenegro, Mauritius, Greece, Cambodia, China, Russia, Germany, Tunisia, Iraq.

PM session: St. Kitts and Nevis, Bahamas, Lesotho, Antigua and Barbuda, Moldova, Barbados, Solomon Islands, Mongolia, Ireland, Saudi, Hungary, Monaco, Australia, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Iceland, Azerbaijan, Chad, Guinea, Libya.

[Mateo]

Saturday
The final scrapings, most likely
0850: Nigeria BBJ on final to JFK 31L. Brazil Legacy 2585 arrived earlier this morning, as well.
0930: Fully not UN-related, a B-25 just flew over me in Downtown Brooklyn, seemingly on an LGA approach path, so, uh, heads-up there?
1000: BBJ 737GG, which arrived last weekend, is flying IAD>JFK.
1015: TURKMENISTAN 777 EZ-A777 to JFK as TUA3201. Just crossing into Maine, so give it an hour.
1050: Malaysia departed HPN.. and is in the flight levels near New Haven. This one's gone.

In the afternoon, 737GG departed, the Nigeria came and left, and the Turkmenistan wound up going to Stewart.

2130: The El Al 763 is due out relatively soon.

There are speeches today, too -
AM: Latvia, Papua New Guinea, Oman, India, Syria, North Korea, Algeria, Suriname, Singapore, San Marino, Philippines, Austria, Bahrain, Canada, Pakistan, Brunei, Burundi, Trinidad and Tobago, UAE.

PM: Turkmenistan, Czech, Laos, Belize, Eritrea, Sao Tome, Senegal, Niger, Dominica, Congo-B, Grenada, Somalia, Burkina Faso.

[jbluflyermatt]

Malaysia A319 still here at Westchester. I was told it was supposed to leave yesterday morning, but never left. Now scheduled to depart at 10:30 this morning. Likely headed to JFK.

1050: Malaysia airborne, like Mateo said. He's headed towards the northeast.

[jbluflyermatt]

0935: 2-DEER returned to EWR this morning, and is now flying just west of Toronto. Operating as KHM1 again.

1030: Cubana is airborne for Havana. Qatar A342 (A7-HHK) on its way down from Stewart to JFK.

[Mateo]

Sunday

0945: Thanks for the noticing the Cambodia. The Cubana has come down to JFK, and has a flight plan on file to depart. The Mexico left Westover last night and went straight back home.
1030: The Cuba has departed, and with that, UN Week is gaveled CLOSED! Next year's leader speeches begin on Tuesday, September 24.

[MarioFL]

I'd lobby for a Mateo statue right at the entrance to JFK

What were the Cubans/new 'president' Miguel Diaz-Canel doing that took them 7 days?? This trip must have been 10% UN related and 90% business. Local TV showed he was talking/preaching?? at some New York catholic church, and mentioned he was also meeting with Cubans who have travel agencies. Did he do some sight seeing, had dinner with good pal Obama?

[jbluflyermatt]

I've made a list of ALL the government planes that have come into New York or Washington over the past two weeks for the UNGA. If I missed something, please let me know. Thanks!

Angola - B737 - A6-RJU
Benin - GLEX - 9H-VJL
Bolivia - F9EX - FAB-001
Botswana - GLEX - OK1
Brazil - A319 - FAB2101
Brazil - E35L - FAB2583
Brazil - E35L - FAB2584
Brazil - E190 - FAB2590
Brazil - E190 - FAB2591
Cambodia - B788 - 2-DEER
Canada - CL60 - 144618
Chile - B763 - 985
Colombia - B737 - FAC0001
Colombia - B734 - FAC1209
Congo - F9EX - F-HREG
Cote D’Ivoire - GLF5 - TU-VAE
Cuba - IL96 - CU-T1250
Cuba - AT72 - ZS-XZA
D.R. Congo - B737 - A6-RJV
Ecuador - E35L - FAE-051
Egypt - A342 - SU-GGG
Equatorial Guinea - B763 - 3C-LLU
Equatorial Guinea - B77L - CS-TQX
France - FA7X - F-RAFA
France - A332 - F-RARF
Gambia - GLEX - 9H-VJB
Germany - A343 - 16+01
Ghana - F9EX - 9G-EXE
Greece - GLF5 - 678
Honduras - E35L - FAH-001
Iran - A343 - EP-IGA
Israel - B763 - 4X-EAR
Italy - A319 - MM62243
Japan - B744 - 20-1101
Japan - B744 - 20-1102
Jordan - GLF6 - VQ-BNZ
Kuwait - A345 - 9K-GBB
Kuwait - B739 - 9K-GCC
Lebanon - A332 - OD-MEE
Malaysia - A319 - 9M-NAA
Malaysia - GLEX - M48-02
Malawi - GLF5 - P4-BFY
Mali - B737 - TZ-PRM
Mexico - GLF5 - 3910
Mexico - B788 - XC-MEX/TP-01
Mexico - B752 - XC-UJM/TP-02
Namibia - FA7X - V5-GON
Niger - B737 - 5U-GRN
Nigeria - B737 - 5N-FGT
Palestine - B737 - T7-PAL
Panama - E35L - HP-1A
Peru - B735 - FAP356
Qatar - GLF6 - A6-CGB
Qatar - GLF6 - A6-CGD
Qatar - GLF6 - A7-CGE
Qatar - B748 - A7-HHE
Qatar - A319 - A7-HHJ
Qatar - A342 - A7-HHK
Qatar - A332 - A7-HHM
Qatar - A320 - A7-HSJ
Qatar - A320 - A7-MBK
Russia - IL96 - RA-96023
Saudi Arabia - B737 - HZ-MF1 or HZ-MF2
S. Korea - B744 - 10001
Slovakia - A319 - OM-BYK
Spain - F900 - T.18-2
Spain - A310 - T.22-1
Swaziland - A343 - 3DC-SDF
Sweden - GLF5 - 102005
Switzerland - F9EX - T-785
Togo - A318 - LX-LTA
Turkey - A400 - 16-0078
Turkey - A400 - 17-0078
Turkey - A345 - TC-CAN
Turkey - GLF5 - TC-CBK
Turkey - A332 - TC-TUR
Ukraine - A319 - UR-ABA
UAE - B744 - A6-UAE
UK - A332 - ZZ336
USA - GLF5 - 04-1778
USA - B752 - 99-0004
Venezuela - A319 - 0001
Venezuela - B732 - 0207
Vietnam - B789 - VN-A868
Zambia - GLEX - 9H-ONE
Zimbabwe - B762 - P4-CLA

B737 - 9H-BBJ
B737 - B-3999
A320 - CS-TFY
B739 - HZ-ATR
A310 - HZ-NSA
GLF5 - HZ-SK6
A332 - HZ-SKY2
A319 - LX-GVV
B738 - N737GG
B772 - N777UK
B762 - N767A
GLF4 - P4-BFL
A332 - VP-CBE
B738 - VP-COH

[megatop412]

Well I have tried three times now to post pictures the same way I always have and keep getting the "you do not have permission to perform this action, please refresh the page and login again" message and I have to move on to my next thing now so....please go to my dropshots page to see pictures from the past week: www.dropshots.com/lensjet

Had a great time catching up with everyone!

[BaszB]

I've made a list of ALL the government planes that have come into New York or Washington over the past two weeks for the UNGA. If I missed something, please let me know. Thanks!

B737 - 9H-BBJ > the Netherlands (chartered until own BBJ is delivered)
B737 - B-3999
A320 - CS-TFY
B739 - HZ-ATR > Saudi delegation - routed via Amsterdam
A310 - HZ-NSA
GLF5 - HZ-SK6
A332 - HZ-SKY2
A319 - LX-GVV
B738 - N737GG
B772 - N777UK
B762 - N767A
GLF4 - P4-BFL
A332 - VP-CBE
B738 - VP-COH

Don't know about the others though!

[jbluflyermatt]

Awesome, thanks for the info!

[moose135]

Other than Megatop, who can't get his stuff to post, did anyone actually take pictures of any UN-related aircraft last week? Some of us aren't able to get to NY to see it ourselves, and in the past, the UN Week thread was always full of photos of interesting subjects that we rarely see in NY. Sorry to see that change.

[eric8669]

Other than Megatop, who can't get his stuff to post, did anyone actually take pictures of any UN-related aircraft last week? Some of us aren't able to get to NY to see it ourselves, and in the past, the UN Week thread was always full of photos of interesting subjects that we rarely see in NY. Sorry to see that change.

here is a link to my catches during UN week.

http://southpawcaptures.com/unga-2018/

[MarkLawrence]

Thanks Eric!! I too was looking for some to view. The interesting one to me is the Cubana ATR with the ZS reg......

[moose135]

Thanks, Eric! I saw some stuff on Facebook, but they quickly disappear off one's news feed if you're not watching.

[megatop412]

Eric, I LOVE the A400 shot. We were over at Bayswater when it landed....glad some folks got it in flight on the inbound and outbound legs.

And Moose is right, many people were out there last week, I would love to see shots posted to this thread like in the past. I'm not on FB and after the hack they just had it pretty much sealed the deal for me. GO NYCA