05:50 AM local time at Zurich Airport. The airport is still closed as I set up my equipment on the new spotting hill at the west side of the airport. It's almost silent, only a few cars and singing birds are hearable. Then I hear the sound of an aircraft. As I look up I see an Edelweiss Air A340300 overhead, inbound from Cape Town. It's supposed to be the first aircraft movement of this sunny Saturday. On the right hand downwind of RWY 34 I notice another aircraft. The silhouette looks like a B777300ER. It will be the second airplane to land this morning. The airport opens its doors daily at 06:00 AM, and at 06:01 the Edelweiss A340300 is cleared to land on RWY 34.
The early morning is one of my favorite day times to do plane spotting. It's a very unique ambience to experience an airport waking up, and the traffic is quite nice as well as a lot of heavy aircraft are inbound during these hours. Everything together doesn't hold me off to get up at 04:30 AM to capture these airplanes touching down right in front of me. And if you get a beautiful sunrise on top of it, it's even more exciting. I hope you enjoy this compilation :)

VIDEO LOG
0:14 intro shot of airport
0:46 Edelweiss Air | A340313X | HBJMF
1:36 Swiss Global Airlines | B7773DEER | HBJNE
2:20 Swiss Int. Airlines | A330343X | HBJHD
3:07 Swiss Int. Airlines | A330343X | HBJHK
3:53 Swiss Int. Airlines | A340313X | HBJME
4:40 Swiss Int. Airlines | A320214 | HBJLR
5:14 Helvetic Airways | F280100 | HBJVE
6:03 Swiss Int. Airlines | A330343X | HBJHB
6:51 Swiss Int. Airlines | A330343X | HBJHG
7:30 Swiss Int. Airlines | A319112 | HBIPV
8:37 Swiss Int. Airlines | A330343X | HBJHL
9:32 sunrise timelapse
10:00 Wstands
10:13 Helvetic Airways E190 getting deiced
10:24 Germania Flug | A319112 | HBJOG
11:30 Etihad Airways | B7879 | A6BLC
12:13 Swiss Global Airlines | B7773DEER | HBJNF
12:56 Darwin Airline | Saab 2000 | HBIZP
13:54 Cathay Pacific | B777367ER | BKPE
14:40 Austrian Airlines | DHC8 402 | OELGM
15:48 American Airlines | B767323ER | N384AA
16:35 Austrian Airlines | DHC8 402 | OELGP
17:09 Delta Airlines | B767332ER | N182DN
17:52 Swiss Global Airlines | CS100 | HBJBG
18:21 Thai Airways | B7773ALER | HSTHR

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microphone: RODE VideoMic pro
tripod: Velbon DV7000
editing software: Final Cut Pro

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