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jbluflyermatt
2022-08-30, 11:17 AM
It's already that time of year again (well, we have a couple weeks left, but we're close enough)! I'm hopeful that we'll be back to nearly a full roster this year for the UN General Assembly. Based on my findings, it seems like over 80% of world leaders plan to attend in person this year, a much higher number than last year and of course the year prior. I haven't tracked anything going into New York yet (it's way too early, anyway), but I thought it would be good to get the thread started early just in case some planes sneak in during the first weeks of September.

Unfortunately, Burkina Faso's 727 has been grounded for quite some time now, so I don't expect that one to come. This may be the end of the classic African birds (i.e. Burkina, Gambia IL-62, Congo 707).

However, some new aircraft that we may see are the Cyprus Legacy 650 (kindly donated by the Greeks just last month - CAF-001), Germany A350, Israel 767-300, and Korea 747-8.

Hope everyone's been having a great summer! Excited for what's to come over the next several weeks.

ANITIX87
2022-08-30, 02:29 PM
Here's a Wikipedia entry of what Heads of State from around the world typically use for transport. This might be a good resource for anyone trying to determine what could come in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_transports_of_heads_of_state_and_government

jbluflyermatt
2022-08-30, 05:39 PM
Here's a Wikipedia entry of what Heads of State from around the world typically use for transport. This might be a good resource for anyone trying to determine what could come in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_transports_of_heads_of_state_and_government

Thanks for sharing! Yeah this is a great source. I'd also recommend looking through past UNGA threads here on NYCAviation.

Zee71
2022-08-30, 11:19 PM
Definitely looking forward to UNGA 2022! It’s the Super Bowl for spotters.

MarkLawrence
2022-08-31, 06:28 AM
While stuck in Florida .. it's great to see the pictures from everyone!! Look forward to seeing all of this!!

jbluflyermatt
2022-08-31, 10:34 AM
While stuck in Florida .. it's great to see the pictures from everyone!! Look forward to seeing all of this!!

I'm in Cleveland for college, so I feel that haha.

On a side note, the Nigerian Air Force G550 (5N-FGW) just landed into Andrews, calling as NGR002. Likely unrelated to UNGA, but thought I'd throw it out there.

9/2 update: Nigeria out and headed back over the Atlantic.

9/8 AM update: not sure what they were doing in Wilmington, but one of the Egypt Falcon 7Xs (SU-BTT) left Wilmington DE this morning, crossing back over the Atlantic, after a two day stay. Prior to ILG they were in Wichita for about a week.

9/8 PM update: Argentina’s 735 is on its way to Houston!

airboss3
2022-09-05, 08:59 PM
Hi all. Matt you do great work. Keep it coming.

Argentine Air Force B735, T-04, landed at Dulles today.

jbluflyermatt
2022-09-05, 11:56 PM
Hi all. Matt you do great work. Keep it coming.

Argentine Air Force B735, T-04, landed at Dulles today.

Appreciate it, and thanks for the info!

airboss3
2022-09-06, 09:15 AM
To add to my previous post, the economy minister of Argentina is visiting DC and Houston 9/6-9/12. The Argentina President will be at the UNGA 9/19-9/20.

springbok
2022-09-10, 06:17 AM
With the funeral of Queen Elizabeth most likely taking place on Monday 19 September, many heads of government and state will be attending the funeral and presumably many of them who are going to the UNGA will depart from London to New York as it will only be 2 days apart.

jbluflyermatt
2022-09-10, 09:21 AM
*local time is UTC/Zulu-4:00*

Sept. 10
0920L: Of course the Brazilians are already here. One of their VC-99Bs/E135s, FAB2585, is on the approach for either TEB or EWR (this might be their first time using an NJ airport), calling as BRS056 *confirmed Teterboro - thanks AAORDTOWER!*. The Ivory Coast G550 (TU-VAE) is on its way from Abidjan to Dulles, IVY02. Not New York but I’ll note that it's in the area. Like springbok said, Queen Elizabeth’s funeral (rest in peace, Queen Elizabeth) is likely to be a day or two before the start of the General Assembly, which means that anyone going to London to attend the funeral won’t be here until Monday at the very earliest. Therefore, the usual weekend rush may not be as much of a rush. Just something to keep in mind.

1300L: Brazil was a drop and go, repositioned to Dulles.

Sept. 11 (Never Forget)
0950L: I guess the Qataris were actually the first ones here. A7-HBJ, one of their Amiri Flight 747-8s, arrived into Kennedy last Monday, 9/5. It hasn’t left JFK since.

1200L: Aaaand Qatar is out, heading southbound. Departed about an hour ago. Also keeping an eye on a Colombian Air Force 737-400, FAC1208, trekking northeast through Colorado. The Colombians usually bring in a cargo plane a week or so before their president comes, so this may be headed our way.

1800L: Colombia landed in the Dayton OH area. Qatar went to Miami and is airborne again headed back towards the New York area. I’ll keep an eye on it *1905L update: Qatar on the approach into Kennedy*.

2210L: Qatar in and out of JFK. Repositioned to Stewart.

Sept. 12
0900L: Good morning! Currently watching Botswana’s Global, OK1, on the descent into Cape Verde, calling as F001. A lot of planes out of Africa fuel stop here, so something to keep an eye on.

1020L: Colombia’s 734 is airborne, once again heading northeast. On the descent in western PA, so probably coming into the NY area *landed Stewart 1100L - thanks NWA DC9!*.

1835L: Looks like Botswana is staying in Cape Verde for now. Please also see below for a revised list of speakers as of 9/2.

Sept. 13
0800L: Botswana is airborne out of Cape Verde. Nose is pointed a bit south of New York, so it may be headed for the DC area. Also crossing the Atlantic are Morocco’s 747-400, CN-RGA, calling as FRV1214, and Monaco’s Falcon 8X, 3A-MGA.

0910L: Another Brazil, this time a VC-2/E190 (FAB2590), on the descent over the Atlantic as BRS03. Looks to be coming into JFK *confirmed JFK*.

1105L: Morocco is descending through FL230 over Boston, so definitely coming here. Botswana is about to hit the coast over Jacksonville, so definitely NOT coming here right now.

1400L: Brazil dropped and repositioned to Islip, Morocco went directly to Stewart, Botswana went to Houston (they did the same in 2019 I believe), and Monaco is over Boston at FL250, so inbound for the New York area (probably TEB or EWR). Will update on Monaco once it lands.

1525L: Monaco went to Teterboro. A Kuwait A340-500, 9K-GBB, is just off the coast of France as KUG003. If it’s coming to New York, 7 ish hours out *Kuwait confirmed to SWF. ETA 2200L*.

2310L: Kuwait landed at SWF. Ivory Coast’s 550 is departing Washington heading back to Abidjan, so that one's off our radar for now.

Sept. 14
1030L: Qatar’s 748 repositioned from SWF to JFK this morning and took off outta JFK about an hour ago, heading back over the Atlantic. Jordan’s G650, VQ-BNZ, is crossing the English Channel westbound as RJA950. About seven hours out if coming to New York (usually LGA).

1300L: Brazil’s 190 is out of Islip climbing south through the flight levels, so tchau for now! Jordan is halfway-ish across the Atlantic.

1720L: Jordan just landed LGA. Colombia's 734 repositioned from Stewart to Dulles about an hour ago.

1920L: Jordan is repositioning from LGA to Islip, the usual repo spot for them.

2215L: Morocco’s 744 just departed Stewart and is leveled off at 5k. Seems to be headed for JFK. One of Angola’s Falcon 900s, D2-ANT, just landed in Cape Verde from Luanda. I’ll keep an eye on this one.

Sept. 15
1100L: Morocco went to JFK then crossed back over the Atlantic last night. D2-ANT returned to Luanda this morning (thanks springbok for that!). One of Belgium's Falcon 7Xs, OO-FAE, is heading southwest through southern New York at FL360, calling as BAF80, so this one isn't coming here at the moment. Good find AAORDTOWER, I totally missed this one!

1210L: Belgium went to Dulles. A Qatar Amiri A320, A7-HSJ, is climbing through the flight levels westbound out of Paris. I'll keep an eye on it.

1405L: Also keeping an eye on EI-LSN, a GainJet G650 which operates for Rwanda. It flew from Kigali (I think?) to Valencia and is now heading westbound out of Spain towards the Atlantic.

1835L: Botswana is airborne heading northeast through Mississippi, so it’s probably headed our way now. Qatar Amiri is in Maine, and Rwanda is in Canada *1925L update: Qatar on final approach for JFK*.

2025L: Rwanda on final for White Plains. Botswana on the descent near Philly for either TEB or EWR *confirmed TEB*.

2235L: Qatar 320 repositioned from JFK to Stewart. Monaco departed east out of TEB and is headed back towards the Atlantic.

https://www.passblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/UNGA77_SpeakerList_2022-09-02-scaled.jpg

AAORDTOWER
2022-09-10, 09:36 AM
The Brazilian just landed at Teterboro at 09:34.

springbok
2022-09-12, 11:55 AM
The South African BBJ , ZS-RSA should be going into Washington/ Andrews probably on Thursday 15th as will be meeting with Biden on Friday 16th. Not sure when will leave for New York. (Possibility he may go to London after Biden visit for Queens funeral but not confirmed yet)

NWA DC9
2022-09-12, 12:06 PM
The Colombia 734 landed at Stewart about an hour ago.

Heavymetlspotter
2022-09-13, 01:06 PM
Hi guys. What is a CD on the delegations to speak? North Korea to speak on the 26th with a CD. I know what a HS is. Could anyone chime in? Thx!!

jbluflyermatt
2022-09-14, 01:04 AM
Hi guys. What is a CD on the delegations to speak? North Korea to speak on the 26th with a CD. I know what a HS is. Could anyone chime in? Thx!!

Hey there! Unfortunately not sure on that one. HS = head of state, HG = head of government, M = member, but not too sure on DPM and CD.

springbok
2022-09-14, 12:31 PM
South African president departing Pretoria this evening for Washington for meeting with POTUS ,on Saturday he will fly to London for the queens funeral and then return to New York for the UNGA

Heavymetlspotter
2022-09-14, 06:36 PM
I also read that there is a reception after the funeral which the global leaders are expected to attend, so those VIP getting to JFK in daylight or at the most last rays of light, seems like a long shot. Unless they land Tuesday morning?

jbluflyermatt
2022-09-14, 10:14 PM
I also read that there is a reception after the funeral which the global leaders are expected to attend, so those VIP getting to JFK in daylight or at the most last rays of light, seems like a long shot. Unless they land Tuesday morning?

I assume Tuesday’s speakers would be in on Monday, but given the post-funeral reception it’s possible that these guys won’t get in until after sunset. It’s also possible, like you said, that anyone not speaking on Tuesday comes in Tuesday given ramp space limitation here.

springbok
2022-09-15, 05:17 AM
Angolan F900 airborne out of Cape Verde heading south back to Luanda, many African heads of government in Luanda today for the swearing in of new Angolan president, they may depart from Luanda to New York.

Ivory coast IVY01 an A319 TU-VAS airborne out of Abidjan heading north, maybe to London? Went into Rome

AAORDTOWER
2022-09-15, 09:11 AM
Belgium Air Force, BAF80, FALCON 7X, OO-FAE - Over head Newfoundland Southwest bound. Possibly JFK or TEB?

megatop412
2022-09-15, 11:44 AM
Hey there! Unfortunately not sure on that one. HS = head of state, HG = head of government, M = member, but not too sure on DPM and CD.

Congressional Delegation

Heavymetlspotter
2022-09-15, 08:46 PM
Thanx!! Never knew.

AAORDTOWER
2022-09-16, 09:28 AM
Turkish Air Force A400 at FL360 just over Cape Cod - heading southwest...NY or DC

jbluflyermatt
2022-09-16, 09:30 AM
*local time is UTC/Zulu-4:00*

Sept. 16
0930L: Happy Friday! A Qatar Amiri A319, A7-MHH, is just passing Boston at FL340, and it seems to be on the JFK arrival track *confirmed JFK*. Turkey 1 and 2, the 747-8 (TC-TRK) and A330-200 (TC-TUR) respectively, are scheduled into JFK around midnight tonight from Samarkand, Uzbekistan. There are a couple other government jets there right now as well, including Iran’s 343, India’s 77W and Pakistan’s G450, so this’ll be a good airport to keep an eye on.

1355L: Qatar 319 dropped and repositioned to Dulles. Turkey x2 on the way. TC-TRK is operating TRK1, and TC-TUR TRK2. ETA for both will be in the 0100L-0200L hours (sigh).

1510L: Nice catch AAORDTOWER on the A400s! 21-0118 was Turkey’s A400, which landed at JFK around 1015L. Repositioned to Dover. Callsign was TUAF409.

1650L: Ecuador’s Legacy 600, FAE-051, is enroute from Houston to Teterboro as FAE001. ETA 1925L.

2340L: Ecuador in Teterboro. Jordan repositioned from Islip back to LGA then departed eastbound, headed back across the Atlantic. Turkeys are in Canada. 1 has about an hour and a half left, 2 is about half an hour behind 1.

Sept. 17
0815L: I can’t believe I’m saying this on the Saturday before UNGA, but there seems to be nothing inbound to the New York area except for 9H-TBN, a Comlux A319 inbound for LGA as MLM319, ETA 0940L. Scheduled to repo to Islip. This one’s coming out of Abu Dhabi via Shannon, so not sure who’s onboard (if it’s even related to UNGA). Turkeys came in last night then repositioned to Stewart as per usual (thanks for that, springbok!). The Japanese seem way too far north in Canada to be coming here, and the PM isn’t supposed to arrive until Monday, so let’s assume they’re skipping New York for now. There’s a Philippines A350 scheduled into Newark tomorrow at noon as PAL1 (and that’s the presidential callsign). Other than that, I’ve got nothing. Hopefully I’ll check in later with some more stuff.

1205L: Kazakhstan’s A330 ACJ, UP-A3001, is heading westward through northern Sweden as BEC001. I think it’s safe to assume this one’s coming to New York. I’ll keep an eye on it.

1305L: Also hitting the Atlantic are Qatar Amiri’s A340-300, A7-AAH, and Ivory Coast’s A319, TU-VAS, as IVY01 *confirmed to EWR, ETA 2040L. Then repo to SWF*.

1740L: VP-BGT, a Falcon 7X, just landed at HPN from Freetown, Sierra Leone. We don't usually get African arrivals into Westchester, so maybe related to UNGA?

1905L: Just a position update and some upcoming scheduled arrivals. Kazakhstan on the JFK approach over Long Island, Qatar just north of Boston on the JFK track, Ivory Coast over PEI. Israel is coming in on an El Al 772 (which JFK seldom gets these days). LY33, STA 0455L (another ouch) on Tuesday the 20th. Bangladesh has three arrivals scheduled into JFK (LOL) on Biman Bangladesh 787-9, all as BG1910. One tomorrow evening at 1910L from LHR, and two on Monday (one at 1910L from LHR and another at 2230L from STN). We’ll see which one actually holds true. Regardless, will repo to SWF after.

2340L: Kazakhstan, Qatar and Ivory Coast have all repositioned to Stewart. Hopefully some more stuff tomorrow.

Sept. 18
0020L: Another Brazil… a VC-99B/E135 (FAB2583) enroute from Barbados to Teterboro as BRS059. ETA is 0045L.

0810L: Brazil landed at Teterboro last night and didn't leave. Thanks springbok for the updates out of Africa! Just so everything is all in one place: Nigeria’s 737 BBJ, 5N-FGT, is on its way from Abuja to Santa Maria and will then continue on to JFK as NGR001. STA just before 1700L. Swaziland’s A340-300, 3DC-SDF, is headed northwest over the Gulf of Guinea. Like Nigeria, this one is probably fuel stopping then coming to New York. Argentina’s president is inbound to JFK on an Aerolíneas Argentinas A330, LV-EVH, as PRESI01. Currently descending over south Jersey. Libya’s A340-200, 5A-ONE, is headed westbound over the Atlantic as LBY1, confirmed to JFK. ETA in about six hours. Peru’s 737-500, FAP356, is scheduled into JFK at 1615L from Cancun as FAP001. Paraguay’s Cessna Citation Sovereign, FAP-3001, is enroute from Asuncion to Port of Spain and will then continue on to Teterboro as FAP01. STA 1850L. A 737 BBJ, B-3999, is scheduled into JFK at 1805L with China’s foreign minister aboard. Callsign is BJN99. ETA for Philippines into EWR today is 1140L. Libya, Argentina, and China are all confirmed repositioning to Stewart.

0945L: Niger's 737 BBJ, 5U-GRN, just popped on the radar in Newfoundland and Labrador as NIGER01. They're probably three hours out, usually to Newark.

1015L: One of Colombia's 737s, FAC1219, is scheduled into JFK at 1415L. They were supposed to leave Bogota an hour ago, but they haven't left yet, so it'll be late. Sierra Leone actually came in on N890DA, a G550. They arrived into Teterboro last night around 0040L from Freetown as SIER001. Plane is headed back to Africa now.

1110L: Inbound to Teterboro is a Qatar Executive G650, A7-CGA, from Banjul, Gambia. This is probably the Gambian delegation. ETA 1415L. Swaziland just landed in Dakar, and Nigeria just landed in the Azores.

1225L: Niger went directly to Stewart. Argentina is in Stewart too. China is about an hour ahead of schedule. Libya has about two hours left. Nigeria is also crossing the Atlantic. LX-DIO, a Global Jet 737-900 BBJ, is heading northwest towards the Gulf of Guinea as DRC001, which would be the D.R. Congo. They’ll fuel stop then come to New York probably.

1705L: HZ-NSA, an A310, just landed at JFK. Not sure if there’s a delegation onboard. Libya dropped at JFK then repositioned to Stewart. Colombia is at JFK. Peru is on the approach. Will repo to Stewart after dropping off. Nigeria, Swaziland and Paraguay are over the Atlantic. DR Congo is stopping in Cape Verde (the callsign on radars keep switching between DRC001 and SVW46DD). Bangladesh isn’t coming today.

1920L: Colombia repositioned to Dover. HZ-NSA repositioned to Stewart. China, Nigeria and Peru are at JFK now. China and Peru will go to Stewart, and Nigeria will probably go to Dover. Paraguay landed Teterboro. Swaziland is crossing the Atlantic, and D.R. Congo is in Cape Verde. DRC will probably be in late tonight or early tomorrow morning. That should be it for today. There will be a LOT of arrivals into New York over the next two days, especially from London, so keep an eye on the radars. If I could get some help tracking tomorrow, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

2155L: Swaziland landed JFK. China and Peru in Stewart, Nigeria in Dover. DRC is due into JFK at 0250L (another sigh).

Sept. 19
0710L: Today’s a big day! Lots of stuff already on the way. N890DA, the G550 that operated for Sierra Leone, is now operating for Guinea-Bissau. The plane left Bissau about 45 minutes ago and is headed northwest over the Atlantic, calling as BISS001. This one will probably go to Teterboro. A UAE (Abu Dhabi) 787-8, A6-PFC, just popped up off the coast of St. John’s Canada as AUH04. Sources tell me this is coming to New York. Qatar Amiri Flight’s other 747-8, A7-HHE, is just off the coast of Ireland to cross the Atlantic as QAF1. One of Poland’s 737-800 BBJs, 0111, is a couple hundred miles north of the Qatar heading in the same direction as PLF120. One of Italy’s A319s, MM62174, is headed west through the English Channel as IAM9002. Confirmed to JFK with an ETA of 1425L. Will reposition to Stewart. Just off the coast of Spain are a Spain A310, T.22-1, as AME4535 (confirmed to JFK - ETA 1300L, then reposition to Stewart) and Iran’s A340-300, EP-IGA, as IRAN02. A Hungary Falcon 7X, 606, is about halfway across the Atlantic as HUAF669. Wow, that’s quite a lot!

0735L: Sorry, had to make another post since there’s so much going on. Forgot to mention that DRC went to JFK last night then repositioned to Stewart. Swaziland also went to SWF. Beyond what’s already airborne, there are a LOT of arrivals already scheduled. An Oman Royal Flight G550, A4O-AD, is scheduled into Teterboro as ORF3. Just departed Manchester, ETA 1405L. Abu Dhabi 787 confirmed to JFK, ETA 0940L. Will probably go to Stewart after. Germany’s A340-300, 16+01, is scheduled into JFK at 1720L as GAF906. France’s A330-200, F-RARF, is scheduled into JFK at 1845L as CTM1. Another Abu Dhabi (UAE), this time the 777-200 (A6-ALN), is scheduled into JFK at 1910L as AUH3. A France Falcon 7X, F-RAFA, is scheduled into Teterboro at 1915L as CTM8. Brazil’s A319, FAB2101, is scheduled into JFK at 1935L as BRS01. One of Slovakia’s A319s, OM-BYA, is scheduled into JFK at 1950L as SSG1. Ukraine’s A319, UR-ABA, is also scheduled in at 1950L as UKN1105. Namibia’s Falcon 7X, V5-GON, is scheduled into Teterboro at 1955L as NAM001. Poland’s other 737-800 BBJ (carrying the Polish, Estonian and Moldovan presidents), 0112, is scheduled into Newark at 2000L as PLF101. Biman Bangladesh will arrive on the later of the two flights tonight at 2230L (S2-AJY).

1100L: Thank you springbok for the updates! Germany airborne and on the way. HZ-SKY2, a SkyPrime A330-200 ACJ, is crossing the Atlantic operating for Saudi Arabia. A Qatar Amiri A320 ACJ, A7-AAG, is also over the Atlantic as QAF4. Gabon’s G650, TR-KGM, is scheduled into LGA at 1950L as GABON01. The United Kingdom A321NEO, G-GBNI, is scheduled into JFK at 2115L as KRH645.

1210L: Hungary Falcon landed Teterboro. Hungary’s other Falcon 7X, 607, is enroute to Teterboro as HUAF668. Just off the coast of the UK, so about six hours out. UAE 787 repositioning south, appears to be on the Dulles approach. Qatar 748, Iran and Spain are about an hour out. Poland’s first 738, 0111, is estimated into Newark at 1320L. Brazil's VC-2/E190, FAB2590, is returning from Brazil to Islip as BRS04. ETA is 1645L. Jordan’s 650 appears to be on its way back to New York (heading westbound out of the UK) as RJA950. Pakistan’s G450, J-756, just departed London, probably for New York. ETA in seven hours. A Turkey G550, TC-ATA, is right behind Pakistan as TRK5. ETA 1900L to JFK. Abu Dhabi 777, Ukraine, Cotams (France), Namibia and Brazil 319 are all airborne and on the way. Slovakia taxiing out now at Luton. Senegal’s A320NEO, 6V-SEN, taxiing out at Stansted as SENE001. Korea’s 747-8, 22001 (shows up as HL7643 on ADSB), has its transponders active at Stansted as KAF001. They’re definitely coming to New York. Two words: holy crap!

1430L: Abu Dhabi 787 did indeed to go Dulles. Gabon, UK 321, Senegal and Korea now enroute as is T7-MIK, a Falcon 8X operating for Lebanon (again, thanks springbok!). Poland is at Newark. Spain, Iran, Italy and Qatar 748 are at JFK. Spain and Italy will repo to SWF, probably the same for Qatar. Iran usually goes to Westover. Oman just landed Teterboro. Guinea-Bissau looks to be going to an NJ airport *confirmed TEB*. Iraq is inbound to JFK on an Iraqi Airways 777-200LR, YI-AQZ, as IAW02. ETA is 0050L (another ouch!). Biman due out of London Stansted shortly. Pakistan confirmed to JFK, ETA 1930L. VP-CKH, a private A318, landed at LaGuardia from Dulles about an hour ago. Maybe UNGA related? Chile's 767-300, 985, is just airborne out of Santiago as FACH1 heading northbound. Not confirmed to JFK but likely headed to New York.

1630L: Trying to get brief updates out between waves of traffic. Spain and Iran repositioned to Stewart. Poland repositioned from Newark to Atlantic City. Italy and Qatar are leaving JFK now. HZ-SKY2 landed JFK. Brazil's 190 is about 30 mins out of Islip. AF1 went straight from London to Andrews. Biden's speech was moved to Wednesday, so he'll probably come in tomorrow. One of Canada's CC-144Ds/CL650s, 144619, is arriving into Teterboro as CFC3761. Qatar 320, France 330 and Germany 340 are about 90 mins out. Jordan 650, Hungary and France Falcon about two hours out. Bangladesh is on the way, ETA 2205L. Monaco's Falcon 8X is also crossing back over the Atlantic towards the US. Canada's A310, 15001, departed London shortly before the Bangladesh as CFC01. Not sure if Trudeau will go home first or come straight to New York.

1830L: Qatar 320 went directly to DC. Qatar 748 repositioned to Dulles, Italy and HZ-SKY2 to Stewart. France 330 and Germany landed JFK, Jordan landed LGA. Hungary, France 7X and Lebanon all on the approach into Teterboro. Turkey 550 and Abu Dhabi 777 about 45 mins out from JFK. Ukraine, Pakistan, Brazil, Korea, Senegal, Slovakia, Gabon, Poland and Namibia are all between an hour and two hours out. Israel is airborne out of Tel Aviv, 4X-ECD is doing the honors this year. ETA 0515L at JFK.

2005L: France 330 and Germany taxiing out now. Turkey, Abu Dhabi, Senegal, Pakistan, Korea, Brazil, Slovakia and Ukraine all on the ground at JFK. Jordan repositioning to ISP. Gabon landed LGA. Poland about to land into EWR. Hungary, France 7X, Lebanon and Namibia all at Teterboro. UK has about 75 minutes left, and Chile is north of Panama City, so four hours ish left for them. CS-TFY, an A320 ACJ, flew from Paris to Newark today as LMJ539Y after having flown Bahrain-Riyadh-Paris yesterday. LX-LXL, a Global Jet Falcon 8X, flew from Stansted to Teterboro today as SVW51XL after having flown Bucharest-Sibiu-London yesterday. I assume this is connected to the Romania delegation. HB-JJJ, Nomad Aviation’s A319 ACJ, is scheduled into JFK at 0340L from Shannon, callsign NUM121. No idea who’s on this one.

Sept. 20
0020L: Can Force One did indeed go to Newark. Departed northbound back to Canada. France 330, Germany and Korea repositioned to Dulles. Abu Dhabi departed JFK and is headed southwest through Oklahoma, so sayonara. Gabon repositioned to White Plains. Turkey and Senegal to Stewart. Pakistan, Brazil, and UK to Islip. Slovakia to Farmingdale. Ukraine to Dover. Poland to Atlantic City. Chile just landed JFK. Iraq on the descent over the Sound. CS-TFY stayed at EWR. HB-JJJ ETA now 0415L. P4-CLA, Comlux’s 767-200, just landed in Dakar from Harare. Without a doubt in my mind this is Zimbabwe’s delegation. Probably fuel stopping then coming to New York, which would get them into NYC in the morning.

0655L: Zimbabwe is crossing the Atlantic. Monaco did indeed come back to Teterboro last night. Bolivia brought its Falcon 50 this year, FAB-002, which landed into Teterboro at 2140L last night. Bangladesh, Chile and Iraq were in and out of JFK last night, all repositioned to Stewart. Several aircraft are already scheduled to leave today. Brazil 1 and 4 (319 and 190, respectively) are scheduled from Islip to JFK just before 1500L and out of JFK at 1700L. Kazakhstan is scheduled from Stewart to JFK just after 1600L as BEC9. No departure filed out of JFK yet.

0845L: Greece's Falcon 7X, 273, is inbound for Teterboro as HAF352B, ETA 1525L. Zimbabwe will be at JFK within an hour. Japan’s PM is chartering ANA this year, no Japan 77W. Inbound to JFK as NH1987 from Haneda, ETA 1010L. Tail number is JA798A.

1300L: El Al stayed at JFK, as per usual. Zimbabwe repositioned to Stewart. Japan repositioning to Dulles as NH9401. Palestine’s 737 BBJ, T7-PAL, landed in White Plains on Sunday from Amman via Dublin. Can’t believe I missed that one lol. As AAORDTOWER reported (thanks!), a Russia IL-96, RA-96023, is enroute from Moscow to JFK as RSD8, ETA 2015L.

1455L: Brazil 1 just landed JFK, Brazil 4 landing JFK. Greece on the descent into Teterboro. A7-AAG, the Qatar Amiri A320 that went to DC yesterday, popped into JFK this afternoon and is currently headed back towards the Atlantic as QAF4. Presidential TFR in effect at 1700L today, so Biden will be in this evening.

1700L: Greece in Teterboro. Brazil 1 taxiing out. Kazakhstan just landed JFK from Stewart. United States Air Force One is on its way, 82-8000 is flying today. Just entering Jersey, so 20-30 minutes out. Another United States, a C32 (98-0001), landed at LGA about an hour ago as EXEC1F. Forgot to mention that Philippines repositioned to some military base near Watertown New York after dropping off in Newark. That’s definitely the first time I’ve seen someone reposition to there.

1920L: Brazil 1 and 4 out. A Brazil Legacy, FAB2583, left Teterboro a couple hours ago heading south. Kazakhstan taxiing out now. Qatar’s 748, A7-HHE, is landing back into JFK.

2235L: Russia at JFK. Qatar 748 is gone. AF1 seems to be staying the night at JFK and will probably head back to DC after Biden's speech in the morning. Biman Bangladesh is due out of Stewart tomorrow night nonstop back to Dhaka as BG1911.

Sept. 21
0930L: Russia repositioned to Dulles yesterday, as per usual. CS-TFY departed Newark last night headed back across the Atlantic. Japan’s pair of 777-300ERs, 80-1111 and 80-1112, are headed east through western Canada as JF001 and JF002, respectively. I doubt they’re coming to NYC (probably DC), but who knows. T7-GSA, a 737-800 BBJ, is also headed east through Alaska, due into White Plains this afternoon. Coming from Singapore, but not related to UNGA. A Saudi Arabia 737-700 BBJ, HZ-MF1, is headed west over the Atlantic a couple hundred miles off the coast of Canada as SVA7165. Seems to be on a NY arrival track.

1205L: Saudi landed JFK. A7-MHH, the Qatar Amiri 319, repositioned from Dulles to JFK this morning then departed heading south. Japans are pointed too far south for New York. LX-EBO, a Global Jet Luxembourg Falcon 8X, is enroute from Ouagadougou towards the New York area as SVW77EB. Maybe the Burkina Faso delegation? *1650L update: going to Montreal*. A Royal Jet 737-700 BBJ, A6-RJU, is enroute to JFK as ROJ004, ETA 1930L. Will repo to Stewart. Coming out of Khartoum via Paris, so probably the Sudanese delegation. Singapore fuel stopped in Anchorage. Just airborne from there, so should be in the NY area around the 1800L.

1300L: Qatar’s 343, A7-AAH, is repositioning from Stewart to JFK. Saudi 737 out of JFK heading south at 11,000, so maybe Dover *nope, went to Dulles*. Botswana departed Teterboro and seems to be descending into Boston. Cotam 1 and 8 out of JFK at 1740L today. 1 will repo from Dulles, 8 from Teterboro. Italy out of JFK at 2130L tonight. Will repo from Stewart around 1800L. Turkey 1 scheduled Stewart to JFK around the same time as Italy. El Al 777 scheduled out of JFK at 1500L tomorrow as LY34.

1920L: A7-AAH out. Botswana came back to Teterboro. Cotam 1 and 8, Italy, Germany 343, and Turkey 1 and 2 are all at JFK. RoyalJet Sudan on the approach over the Island.

2020L: Germany taxiing out. Peru and UK repositioning back to JFK now. UK is KRH646, departing tonight back to London. Argentina departed early this morning from Stewart to JFK then flew to Houston.

2245L: Germany, Peru, UK and French Cotams out. Turkeys at JFK. RoyalJet repositioned to Stewart.

springbok
2022-09-16, 09:48 AM
Namibia FA7X out of Luanda headed to Nice.
Togo1 an A319 , P4-LTI heading north out of Lome. Most of these heads of state are headed to London for a function for all heads of state and royalty on Sunday by the king and then the funeral on Monday morning. I think the north atlantic will be busy for these vips from late monday afternoon , uk time.
Japan B777 80-1112 airborne probably taking the emperor to London.
Kazakhstan A330 UP-A3001 airborne Samarkand , could be heading home.
Pakistan G440 airborne heading south towards Pakistan.

AAORDTOWER
2022-09-16, 10:35 AM
German Air Force A400M 54+18 call sign GAF564 heading southwest along the St Lawrence Seaway northeast of Maine.

springbok
2022-09-17, 03:49 AM
Turkey 1 , TC-TRK landed JFK at 0522z followed by Turkey 2 , TC-TUR at 0641z. Both repositioned to Stewart.

Japan 1 and 2 , 80-1111 and 80-1112 about to get feet dry over Alaska, Japan1 heading to London not sure if Japan2 is headed to London or New York.

springbok
2022-09-18, 02:34 AM
Eswatini (Swaziland) king airborne Manzini ,3DC-SDF ..A343 heading west towards the atlantic, will probably refuel somewhere North/west Africa.

5N- FGT , BBJ out of Nigeria heading to New York

ANITIX87
2022-09-18, 12:29 PM
Hopefully the A340 arrives in daylight, but looking less likely if it hasn't popped up yet.

springbok
2022-09-18, 02:38 PM
South African BBJ in London not returning to New York, returning home due to electricity crisis in South Africa.

ANITIX87
2022-09-18, 04:09 PM
Would you mind making separate posts each day? I didn't think to scroll back in time and was wondering whether there were any updates today.

springbok
2022-09-19, 08:04 AM
CTM1 , F-RARF airborne out of Paris, looks like itnis going to Shannon, maybe Macron will go from London to Shannon on the Falcon and join the A332.
HZ-SKY2 Airborne London, Saudi delegation.
Air Force 1 , 82-8000 airborne out of Stansted to DC.
QAF4, A7-AAG airborne Stansted heading towards the atlantic.
T.22-1 A310 Spain AME4535 of the coast of Halifax.
German 16+01 A343 as GAF906 airborne out of Berlin.
Polish B738 , 0111 Just made landfall ear Lake Melville Canada.

springbok
2022-09-19, 11:40 AM
Hungary FA7X , 607 airborne London heading west.
Pakistan GLF4 , J-756 out of Gatwick for JFK.
UAE A332 , 1300 airborne out of London.
T7-MIK out of Biggin Hill heading west, Lebanon vip.
VQ-BNZ ,Jordan VIP, Glf6 out of Farnbourgh heading west.
Brazil A319 , 2101 BRS01 out of Stansted heading west.
UAE B777, A6-ALN AUH03 out of Stansted heading west.
NAM001 , V5-GON put of standsted heading west
Turkey Glf5, TC-ATA out of london heading west
Ukraine A319 , UR-ABA up and heading west, not Zelensky but his wife was in London for funeral.
France a332 F-RARF and FA7X F-RAFA out of Shannon heading west

springbok
2022-09-19, 12:52 PM
Polish B738 , 0112 out of Stansted heading west.
Senegal , 506V-SEN heading west out if London.
Korea HL7643 , B748 as KAF01 heading west.
OM-BYA , A319 as SSG001 heading west from London

ANITIX87
2022-09-19, 01:09 PM
Any rough ETAs on these? Hoping to get out, need to convince my wife that I can leave her alone with the 2-week old, lol.

jbluflyermatt
2022-09-19, 03:00 PM
Any rough ETAs on these? Hoping to get out, need to convince my wife that I can leave her alone with the 2-week old, lol.

Sorry, I didn't see your last message until just now! Hopefully navigating back hasn't been too much of a pain. If it is, my apologies. Everything should be landing between 6 and 9 tonight, with most arrivals just after sunset (JFK's vip ramp will be SLAMMED).

ANITIX87
2022-09-19, 03:31 PM
Hopefully navigating back hasn't been too much of a pain. If it is, my apologies. Everything should be landing between 6 and 9 tonight.
No worries, we all really appreciate the info and insight, it's such a huge help. Too bad so much is coming after dark, just need to find the best place to go.

Do you know if the Kuwait C-17 that just crossed into Maine is coming to JFK? Sorry if I missed it in previous updates.

jbluflyermatt
2022-09-19, 06:39 PM
No worries, we all really appreciate the info and insight, it's such a huge help. Too bad so much is coming after dark, just need to find the best place to go.

Do you know if the Kuwait C-17 that just crossed into Maine is coming to JFK? Sorry if I missed it in previous updates.

The adrenaline that rushes through me during UNGA weekend is insane hahaha! Love doing this stuff. Agreed, wish more stuff came during the daytime. Kuwait C17 went to Charleston (I did not even see it on the radar - nice find!).

NWA DC9
2022-09-20, 09:47 AM
Russia RSD8 with an IL96 just took off from Moscow due into JFK around 730 tonight.

Heavymetlspotter
2022-09-20, 12:36 PM
Matt always makes going to UN week an incredible experience. His tracking info, is just the right stuff. Sadly I had to go back home yesterday night, well actually past midnight today (B6 NEO a321 crapped out on us and we were delayed out of JFK). But waiting for my flight I saw an A320 NEO VIP rolling for take off, mostly white with a country shield on tail that looked like Slovakia'ss, but Slovakia does not own a320 Neo as far as I know nor a white a319. Hope someone can find out who it was. Also Biman 789 took off right before us. I least I got to see it.

MarioFL
2022-09-20, 12:42 PM
That 320 NEO you saw sounds like Senegal. So almost nothing UN related on its way today?

Speedbird1
2022-09-20, 01:20 PM
Any idea how Pres. Herzog of Israel flew to the Funeral ? I can't get any info & don't know which airport he landed ?

Speedbird1
2022-09-20, 02:45 PM
Thanks. I guess the ban against Russian aircraft entering US airspace does not apply for diplomatic missions. Rare to see an IL96 here at JFK. Sadly I had a stroke & must stay at home so hopefully spotters will post some photos. Thanks.

Speedbird1
2022-09-20, 02:51 PM
Air Force 1 departed from STN after the funeral but can't tell if it flew on to JFK for the UNGA or to ADW as the aircraft, like many others, was blocked.

jbluflyermatt
2022-09-20, 03:05 PM
Air Force 1 departed from STN after the funeral but can't tell if it flew on to JFK for the UNGA or to ADW as the aircraft, like many others, was blocked.

Biden went back to DC yesterday and comes to New York this evening.

Speedbird1
2022-09-20, 03:09 PM
Sadly the overlap of the State Funeral & diplomatic flights to NYC this week even harder as many flights are coming to the UN from London rather than from their home bases. Many also have requested that they not get tracked. I was unable to track the Ukrainian aircraft.

Speedbird1
2022-09-20, 03:23 PM
Thanks. I need clarification, about the "Nigh****ch" 742, 73-1676. I think she landed at STN on Sunday as GRIM99 but on my notes, I wrote Offutt AFB. I am a senior who had a stroke, so I am confused. I am sure Biden left from STN after the funeral but thought he flew to JFK.

Speedbird1
2022-09-21, 11:44 AM
She is based at Offutt; sorry for the confusion. I think she landed at Mildenhall.

Speedbird1
2022-09-21, 11:47 AM
Trying to track an unknown blocked 772 from Sofia, Bulgaria. She appears headed to JFK. Hope somebody saw & will post the IL-96 from VKO. She landed in the dark & then departed for IAD.

ANITIX87
2022-09-21, 02:32 PM
Qatar's 343, A7-AAH, is repositioning from Stewart to JFK.
Any idea when this might leave JFK?

I also see that the German A340 is scheduled out of JFK tonight (according to JetTip) but no info on when it might come back to JFK before that. Any idea?

EDIT: just answered my own question: German A343 just departed IAD at 1700L. Should arrive JFK in the next hour.

Zee71
2022-09-21, 06:25 PM
9/21/2022

The French A330 and Falcon is scheduled to depart JFK at 1830 tonight.
German Air Force A340 scheduled to depart at 1940 tonight.
Turkish A330 and 748 came in this evening as well from SWF and most likely heading back.
UK A321 came back from ISP and departed JFK around 2230

jbluflyermatt
2022-09-22, 07:39 AM
*local time is UTC/Zulu-4:00*

Sept. 22
0740L: Last post was getting way too long, so time for a new one. Biman Bangladesh left Stewart just before 0500L to head back to Dhaka. A Malaysia Airlines A350, 9M-MAG, arrived bright and early into JFK this morning at 0410L as MH8501 with the Malaysia delegation. Guess there’s no 9M-NAA/NAB this time around. Repositioning to Stewart shortly.

1010L: Oman and Paraguay out. Can Force One out too, this time on the Challenger that came into Teterboro a couple days ago. Korea’s transponders are active at Dulles, so probably prepping to return to New York. HZ-NSA, which left Stewart a couple days ago to head back to Europe and the Middle East, is headed westbound back towards the Atlantic once again *1030L update: landing into Shannon*. Mali’s 737 BBJ, TZ-PRM, is passing northwest over Cape Verde as MALI02, heading towards New York. Colombia’s FAC1219 is scheduled out of JFK at noon, though FR24 is saying estimated 1300L. Probably will repo from Dover to JFK soon. Kuwait’s 345 is due out of Stewart at 1900L for JFK. Should be out of JFK in the 2100L hour.

1640L: Lots of people leaving today. One of Hungary’s Falcons, 607, departed southbound around 1030L this morning out of Teterboro. One of the Qatar 320s, A7-HSJ, repositioned from Stewart to JFK around noon then departed southbound. Niger departed Stewart heading southbound (no repositioning flight), Ecuador departed Teterboro, Jordan departed Islip heading westbound (again, no repositioning), and Israel departed JFK heading back towards the Atlantic. Colombia leaving JFK now, and Slovakia is back at JFK. Gabon is repositioning from HPN to LaGuardia. The ANA that chartered the Japanese PM departed Dulles heading straight back to Japan, so maybe the government-owned 777(s) will take Kishida back to Japan (they’re both at Dulles now). Mali’s getting vectored like crazy near Boston, so about 30-45 minutes out. HZ-NSA left Shannon to cross the Atlantic and is about two hours out of the New York area.

1705L: Colombia airborne out of JFK. Turkey A400 en route from Dover to JFK, ETA 20 minutes. One of Japan’s 777-300ERs, 80-1111, is airborne out of Dulles as JF001, seems to be coming to JFK. Funny how this happens 15 minutes after the last post (if you read it you’ll get it). The other Japan, 80-1112 is leaving Dulles now as JF002, probably following JF001. Gabon is actually going to Newark, not LaGuardia.

1830L: Turkey, Mali and Japans at JFK. Spain also is at JFK, repositioned from Stewart. Slovakia out and heading back towards the Atlantic. Polands 738s are on their way from AC to Newark. 0112 is landing soon, and 0111 is leaving AC now. HZ-NSA is on the descent for Newark or Stewart.

1940L: Gabon leaving Newark now. Iran and Kuwait repositioning Stewart to JFK. 9H-TBN repositioning Islip to LaGuardia. AF1 just got back to DC, left JFK around 1900L.

2025L: HZ-NSA landed Stewart. Lebanon Falcon left Teterboro to cross the Atlantic. Ivory Coast repositioning from Stewart to Newark. Mali leaving JFK now, repositioning to White Plains. A United States Air Force C17, 97-0041, landed JFK around 10 mins ago as RCH3256. Picking up the motorcade.

2200L: 9H-TBN, Turkey A400, Japan 1 and one of the Polands out. Spain just left JFK. The second Poland and Japan 2 departing now from Newark and JFK, respectively. A7-HSJ back on the descent into JFK. The Netherlands’ 737 BBJ, PH-GOV, is enroute from Amsterdam to White Plains. ETA at like 0200L.

2355L: Iran, Kuwait and Ivory Coast out. VP-CKH out of Islip heading straight back to the Atlantic. Gabon’s G4, TR-KSP, landed into White Plains this afternoon from Basel via Gander. C17 left about an hour ago. Bolivia's Falcon left Teterboro yesterday afternoon.

Sept. 23
0740L: Netherlands is in White Plains. Botswana recently left Teterboro again, and this time it’s out for good. Climbing through the flight levels out to the Atlantic. A7-HSJ repositioned back to Stewart last night and is on the way back to JFK again. Gabon’s G4 just repositioned from White Plains to LaGuardia.

1135L: Gabon and HSJ are out. Ukraine is back at JFK. 2-DEER, a DeerJet 787-8 BBJ operating for Angola, is descending into somewhere in Spain now as ANGOLA1. I’ll keep an eye on it.

1805L: Ukraine left a couple hours ago. Palestine left White Plains about two hours ago. Turkey’s 550 repositioned from Stewart to JFK and just departed JFK. Senegal is back at JFK. DR Congo repositioning from Stewart to JFK. Pakistan is at Newark. Hungary’s second 7X, 606, just departed Teterboro. Angola never left Spain (went to Malaga), so maybe not coming to New York. Sudan RoyalJet due out of JFK at 2100L, so should be repositioning from Stewart soon. Netherlands due out of HPN at 2130L tonight, nonstop back to Amsterdam.

2205L: Senegal, Pakistan, DR Congo, Sudan, and Netherlands out. Chile repositioned from Stewart to JFK shortly after the last update and just left JFK heading south. Philippines is back in Newark. Scheduled out at 0200L.

Sept. 24
1230L: Monaco’s 8X left last night back to Nice. Rwanda GainJet left around 0930L this morning, crossing the Atlantic back to Africa. G-KELT, an A320NEO ACJ, arrived into White Plains a couple hours ago from Cork Ireland as CRV1. This one came to White Plains last year too, but I’m not sure who it’s operating for nor if it’s even UNGA related. Jordan came back to Islip yesterday evening. Russia just left Dulles for JFK as RSD018. Scheduled out of JFK around 1600L. HZ-NSA and Swaziland repositioning from Stewart to JFK as well. One of Spain's Falcon 900s, T.18-3, flew from Madrid to Stewart (via Lajes) on Tuesday morning and departed Stewart Thursday night back to Madrid.

2210L: VP-CKH came back to Newark today. Russia, Swaziland and HZ-NSA out. Iraq also out, repositioned from Stewart to JFK in the 1600L hour and departed JFK just before 1900L. Guinea-Bussau out on N890DA, departed Teterboro about an hour ago. Here’s what’s left in the New York area, to my knowledge: China (B-3999), Jordan (VQ-BNZ), Libya (5A-ONE), Malaysia (9M-NAG), Mali (TZ-PRM), Namibia (V5-GON), Nigeria (5N-FGT), Saudi Arabia (HZ-MF1 and HZ-SKY2), Sierra Leone (also N890DA), and Zimbabwe (P4-CLA).

Sept. 25
1020L: China repositioned from Stewart to JFK early this morning and departed JFK around 0830L. Saudi 737 repositioned from Dulles to JFK and departed JFK shortly after China. Both are headed back to the Atlantic. Malaysia repositioned from Stewart to JFK, and Nigeria just landed at JFK from Dover. Both are scheduled out of JFK at noon local.

1900L: Malaysia and Nigeria are goners. Jordan repositioned from Islip to JFK this afternoon and departed JFK about an hour ago to head back to the Atlantic. I think this one's a goner for good this time (it's teased us the last two times though, so you never know). Pakistan's G4, J-755, is just airborne out of Stewart as PAAF524. This one isn't here for UNGA though, as far as I'm aware. It flew earlier today from Van Nuys (landed at SWF around 1530L), where it's been parked since late June. It seems to be departing towards the Atlantic.

Sept. 26
1945L: Saudi 330 snuck out last night. Repositioned Stewart to JFK in the 2200L hour yesterday and departed JFK around 0030L for Tokyo. Zimbabwe departed mid-day today. Repositioned Stewart to JFK in the 1000L hour and departed JFK around 1220L to cross back over the Atlantic. The only ones left are Libya (5A-ONE), Mali (TZ-PRM), Namibia (V5-GON) and Sierra Leone (N890DA).

Sept. 27
2120L: Mali left late last night. Repositioned from HPN to JFK around 2300L then departed JFK at 0120L. Libya departed this evening (thanks MarioFL!). Repositioned from Stewart to JFK around 1600L and departed JFK just after 1900L. This leaves Namibia and Sierra Leone as the last ones, though I don't even know if Sierra Leone is going back on 890DA. For all I know, they could've chartered a different jet under a random callsign.

Sept. 30
0030L: Namibia departed yesterday morning, and with that I declare UNGA 2022 complete! Thanks to all of you for your help with tracking, especially last Monday when everything fled London at once. This year, despite a couple regular visitors lacking and practically nothing arriving on the weekend, was probably one of the best in terms of number and variety of planes. In the morning I will post the full list of aircraft that visited this year.

MarioFL
2022-09-22, 10:18 AM
Malaysia delegation came in on Malaysian Airlines, interesting! Their first time doing that?

I was hoping to fly up there and spot right from the terminal but they haven't been using 31R for landings when I've looked, so almost a waste of time to be shooting far away from the garage for 22L or backlit 31L departures :/ I wonder if VIPs are using 31L on arrivals if the 31s are in use? That'd also be backlit from the garage anyways

Speedbird1
2022-09-22, 04:25 PM
I think Israeli delegation came on a 772 from ELY, 4X-ECD. The new 763 4X-ISR is still in storage. The British 332 painted with the UK Flag, ZZZ336, also never csme.

Speedbird1
2022-09-22, 04:34 PM
I think Air Force 1 uses 31R\31L for arrival. Most others arrive wo
Ith the runway in use then get escorted down Rwy 3IL towards Helipad. I always get escorted off the rooftop parking garage by Barton security
Do you let you stay? I also hate backlit photos. You would have loved T3 PanAm rooftop views. No secirity & restrooms & food services nearby. It was demplished & JFK has no designated area for spotters.

MarioFL
2022-09-22, 05:09 PM
Hi, Speedbird1
I've caught AF1 on 31R but don't care for it anymore. Barton security (since renamed Allied Universal) gave me problems back in 2013. I played hide and seek with them in 2018, last year i was up there in afternoon and had no issues. But it's always a gamble with airport/rent a cop security. Things never went back to normal after 9/11 in the Commiestates of America "land of the free". There's only a few UN airliners i care about so don't need to be out there too long. Last year i actually was going to stay a few days and meet up with a certain spotter from out of town who rented a car for a week but he didn't want to move from the spotting area for15 mins to come pick me up, so I just flew back home when the day was over. Took a few shots in the afternoon which is the best time to be up there like i said with no issues. Back in 2018 I believe Uber wasn't allowed near the JFK terminal, only taxis were available but they wanted to overcharge.

Len90
2022-09-22, 09:49 PM
I think Air Force 1 uses 31R\31L for arrival. Most others arrive wo
Ith the runway in use then get escorted down Rwy 3IL towards Helipad. I always get escorted off the rooftop parking garage by Barton security
Do you let you stay? I also hate backlit photos. You would have loved T3 PanAm rooftop views. No secirity & restrooms & food services nearby. It was demplished & JFK has no designated area for spotters.

AF1 likes 31L for arrival and 13R for departure to minimize taxi time. Landed 31L on Tuesday despite a 4s operation. Nassau police were accommodating to the spotters out on Tuesday and had no issue with us taking pictures of her as she landed in glorious light.

Overall it’s been a great UN week and the weather has cooperated pretty well for it.

UK showed in one of their 321neo’s.

NWA DC9
2022-09-24, 12:31 PM
The IL96 just departed Dulles for JFK

MarioFL
2022-09-27, 09:01 PM
not sure if there's any other UN aircraft around but Libya finally re positioned to JFK from Stewart and left JFK around 19:00L.

Thanks for the great thread and updates, nice to see this topic survive lol

jbluflyermatt
2022-10-18, 07:41 PM
Whoops! May have gone afk for three weeks. Pakistan's other G450, 4270, came into LaGuardia and repoed to Islip on the 30th, then back to LaGuardia and out to DC on October 3rd. Here's the final list of aircraft that visited for this year's UNGA (quite an impressive one!):

Argentina - A332 - LV-EVH
Bangladesh - B789 - S2-AJY
Bolivia - FA50 - FAB-002
Botswana - GLEX - OK1
Brazil - A319 - 2101
Brazil - E35L - 2583
Brazil - E35L - 2585
Brazil - E190 - 2590
Canada - A310 - 15001
Canada - CL60 - 144619
Chile - B763 - 985
China - B737 - B-3999
Colombia - B734 - FAC1208
Colombia - B737 - FAC1219
D.R. Congo - B739 - LX-DIO
Ecuador - E35L - FAE-051
France - FA7X - F-RAFA
France - A332 - F-RARF
Gabon - GLF6 - TR-KGM
Gabon - GLF4 - TR-KSP
Germany - A343 - 16+01
Guinea-Bissau - GLF5 - N890DA
Hungary - FA7X - 606
Hungary - FA7X - 607
Iran - A343 - EP-IGA
Iraq - B77L - YI-AQZ
Italy - A319 - MM62174
Ivory Coast - A319 - TU-VAS
Japan - B77W - 80-1111
Japan - B77W - 80-1112
Japan - B77W - JA798A
Jordan - GLF6 - VQ-BNZ
Kazakhstan - A332 - UP-A3001
Kuwait - A345 - 9K-GBB
Lebanon - FA8X - T7-MIK
Libya - A342 - 5A-ONE
Malaysia - A359 - 9M-MAG
Mali - B737 - TZ-PRM
Monaco - FA8X - 3A-MGA
Morocco - B744 - CN-RGA
Namibia - FA7X - V5-GON
Netherlands - B737 - PH-GOV
Niger - B737 - 5U-GRN
Nigeria - B737 - 5N-FGT
Oman - GLF5 - A4O-AD
Pakistan - GLF4 - 4270
Pakistan - GLF4 - J-755
Pakistan - GLF4 - J-756
Palestine - B737 - T7-PAL
Paraguay - C680 - FAP-3001
Peru - B735 - 356
Philippines - A359 - RP-C3508
Poland - B738 - 0111
Poland - B738 - 0112
Qatar - A320 - A7-AAG
Qatar - A343 - A7-AAH
Qatar - B748 - A7-HBJ
Qatar - B748 - A7-HHE
Qatar - A320 - A7-HSJ
Qatar - A319 - A7-MHH
Romania - FA8X - LX-LXL
Russia - IL96 - RA-96023
Rwanda - GLF6 - EI-LSN
Saudi Arabia - B737 - HZ-MF1
Saudi Arabia - A332 - HZ-SKY2
Sierra Leone - GLF5 - N890DA
Slovakia - A319 - OM-BYA
South Korea - B748 - 22001
Spain - F900 - T.18-3
Spain - A310 - T.22-1
Sudan - B737 - A6-RJU
Swaziland - A343 - 3DC-SDF
Turkey - A400 - 21-0118
Turkey - GLF5 - TC-ATA
Turkey - B748 - TC-TRK
Turkey - A332 - TC-TUR
Ukraine - A319 - UR-ABA
UAE (Abu Dhabi) - B772 - A6-ALN
UAE (Abu Dhabi) - B788 - A6-PFC
United Kingdom - A21N - G-GBNI
United States - B742 - 82-8000
United States - C17 - 97-0041
United States - B752 - 98-0001
Zimbabwe - B762 - P4-CLA

A319 - 9H-TBN
A320 - CS-TFY
A319 - HB-JJJ
A310 - HZ-NSA
FA7X - VP-BGT
A318 - VP-CKH

All these tails unassociated with countries may have not been here for UNGA, but I'll keep them on the list anyway since they're more exotic. If anyone knows of any planes that I missed, please let me know!! And thanks to those of you who contributed and made this year's UNGA a big success, despite everything coming on a Monday this year. Super excited for next year, when everything will hopefully be completely back to normal.