I had some time to kill one afternoon on my most recent trip to Seattle, so I decided to head down to SeaTac to do some spotting—and I was well rewarded. I found a great spot near the north end of the runways which gave me a perfect view of aircraft taking off to the north, including several widebodies (British Airways & Virgin Atlantic 7879s, Emirates & Qatar 777300ERs, a Delta A330300, and a Prime Air 767300ER freighter) and special liveries (Icelandair’s “Vatnajökull” 757200, Alaska oneworld & UNCF 737s, a Delta SkyTeam 737, and Horizon Air Retro & UW Q400s).
Seattle was experiencing a heatwave at the time, so it was unusually hot and sunny that day, but that just meant better lighting and lowerflying planes, so I wasn’t bothered at all—I’m also pretty used to the heat from all my time spotting in Salt Lake City.
I hoped to see a Condor A330, as well, but it had an emergency diversion to Reykjavik on its way from Frankfurt and the return flight was cancelled. I also waited around to try and see a Turkish 7879 and Air France 777200ER, but those flights kept getting delayed, and it was getting to be dinner time, so I called it a day.
0:00 Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 N920AK
0:25 Alaska Airlines A320214 N851VA
0:47 British Airways 7879 GZBKM
1:06 Alaska Airlines (Horizon) E175LR N628QX
1:43 Alaska Airlines (Horizon) E175LR N647QX
2:15 Delta Connection (SkyWest) E175LL N268SY
2:58 Delta Air Lines 757351 N587NW
3:21 Delta Air Lines 757251 N539US
3:46 Alaska Airlines 737790 N644AS
4:29 Delta Air Lines 737900ER N910DU
4:57 Alaska Airlines 737900ER N290AK
5:25 American Airlines A321231 N980UY
5:57 Alaska Airlines (Horizon) Q400 N453QX (Takeoff RWY 34C)
6:15 Alaska Airlines 737990ER N492AS (UNCF c/s)
6:36 Delta Air Lines 737832 N380DA
7:06 Delta Air Lines 737932ER N831DN
7:36 Southwest Airlines 7378H4 N8698B
8:08 Delta Air Lines 737932ER N815DN
8:39 Delta Air Lines A220300 N301DU
9:24 Delta Connection (SkyWest) E175LL N291SY
10:00 Alaska Airlines 737890 N568AS
10:33 Alaska Airlines (Horizon) Q400 N451QX
11:04 Alaska Airlines 737790 N613AS
11:54 Alaska Airlines (Horizon) Q400 N436QX
12:46 Icelandair 757256 TFFIR (“Vatnajökull 80 Years of Aviation” c/s)
13:40 Alaska Airlines 737990 N317AS
14:34 Virgin Atlantic 7879 GVYUM
15:37 Alaska Airlines (Horizon) Q400 N434MK
16:29 Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 N928AK
17:18 Delta Connection (SkyWest) E175LL N304SY
18:05 Alaska Airlines 737990ER N486AS (oneworld c/s)
19:00 Air Canada Express (Jazz) CGGOF
19:48 United Airlines 737824 N73276
20:37 Alaska Airlines (Horizon) E175LR N630QX
21:20 Alaska Airlines 737890 N532AS
22:10 Alaska Airlines 737990ER N263AK
22:38 Alaska Airlines 737890 N553AS
23:37 Taxiing: Amazon Air (ATI) 767319ER(BDSF) N367AZ
23:52 Delta Air Lines A220100 N103DU
24:42 Alaska Airlines 737890 N588AS
25:34 United Airlines A319131 N824UA
26:27 JetBlue Airways A320232 N613JB
27:11 Alaska Airlines 737890 N528AS
28:05 Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 N978AK
28:58 Takeoff: Amazon Air (ATI) 767319ER(BDSF) N367AZ
29:58 United Airlines 737924ER N37427
30:49 Alaska Airlines 737890 N536AS
31:33 Alaska Airlines A320214 N853VA
32:15 Alaska Airlines (Horizon) Q400 N421QX (Retro c/s)
32:48 Delta Air Lines 7378EH N774DE
33:25 Emirates 777300ER A6EQC
34:10 Delta Air Lines 737531 N588NW
34:53 Alaska Airlines (Horizon) E175LR N639QX
35:36 Qatar Airways 777300ER A7BEP
36:19 Delta Air Lines A330323 N820NW
37:09 Delta Connection (SkyWest) E175LL N299SY
38:09 American Eagle (SkyWest) E175LR N509SY
38:59 Delta Air Lines A220100 N133DU
39:46 Landing & Taxi: China Airlines Cargo 747409F B18722
40:28 Taxiing: FedEx Feeder (Empire) C208B Super Cargomaster N700FX
40:48 Southwest Airlines 7377H4 N405WN
41:42 Alaska Airlines 737990ER N461AS
42:32 Delta Connection (SkyWest) E175LL N289SY
43:28 Alaska Airlines (Horizon) Q400 N405QX
44:17 Delta Air Lines 737900ER N908DN
45:07 Alaska Airlines (SkyWest) E175LR N405SY
45:56 Delta Connection (SkyWest) E175LR N614CZ
46:31 Alaska Airlines 737890 N512AS
47:15 Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 N937AK
48:02 Delta Air Lines 737832 N381DN (SkyTeam c/s)
48:43 Delta Air Lines A220100 N114DU
49:33 Alaska Airlines 737990ER N435AS
50:14 Sun Country Airlines 7378BK N808SY
50:56 Alaska Airlines (Horizon) Q400 N435QX (UW Huskies c/s)
51:23 Alaska Airlines 737900ER N282AK
52:06 Alaska Airlines A320214 N642VA
52:52 United Airlines 737824 N78509
53:33 Alaska Airlines A320214 N843VA
54:23 Alaska Airlines 737890 N558AS
54:55 Delta Air Lines A320212 N372NW
55:41 Alaska Airlines 737890 N530AS
56:25 Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 N291BT
57:09 Delta Air Lines A320212 N334NW
57:50 Alaska Airlines (Horizon) Q400 N452QX
58:30 Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 N972AK
59:08 Air Canada Express (Jazz) Q400 CGGBF