Hong Kong-Dallas flight AA138 香港直航達拉斯: Takeoff, Taiwan, Bodega Bay, Taos Cty-New Mexico 2016-01-27
A glimpse of central
Taiwan through
East Asia's thick winter cloud is followed on this Hong Kong-Dallas flight by a
Bodega Bay, California on reaching the
U.S.A.
View of
New Mexico's
Taos County high country and
Sangre de Cristo Mountains precedes a parallel final approach into
DFW Airport.
0:12 Welcoming the
Year of the Monkey, 2016
0:13-1:00 Pre-departure announcements
4:28
Pushback begins
8:21 Taxiing begins (
Castle Peak 青山 in background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Peak,_Hong_Kong)
9:50-10:05
Lung Kwu Chau Island 龍鼓洲
10:05-10:10
Sha Chau Islands 沙洲
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha_Chau_and_Lung_Kwu_Chau_Marine_Park
14:55
Takeoff run begins on runway 7R
18:48-20:26 Southeasterly climbout over
Hong Kong Island as depicted on simulated map
20:26
Start of easterly trek over
South China Sea
25:40-28:00
Flight data west of Taiwan
32:45-33:00
Section 3, Yunke Rd,
Douliu City Yunlin County, Taiwan
台灣雲林縣斗六市雲科路三段
34:00-34:10 Meal #1
35:50-36:00
Present position over southern
Kyushu, Japan 日本九州
38:40
Dusk over
Pacific Ocean east of
Honshu, Japan 日本本州
39:45-40:50 Mid-Pacific flight data & map positions
40:10 Meal #2 (sandwich & chocolate bar)
40:50 Glimpse of in-flight audio entertainment
40:57-41:27
North Pacific at night
41:27-43:09 Flight data over eastern North Pacific
43:09-44:10
Sunrise over eastern North Pacific
44:10-44:45 Flight data off
Northern California coast
44:45-47:20
North American continent at Bodega Bay, California,
USA
47:20-47:39 Approaching
Lake Berryessa, California, USA on simulated view from cockpit
47:40-47:46 Approaching
Farmington, New Mexico &
Durango, Colorado, USA on simulated view from cockpit
48:15-48:35 Llano,
Taos County, New Mexico
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taos_County,_New_Mexico
48:35-51:52
Crossing Sangre de Cristo Mountains in New Mexico
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangre_de_Cristo_Mountains
49:51-50:10
Mora,
Mora County, New Mexico El. 7,
180' / 2,186 m.
ASL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mora,_New_Mexico
51:43-52:04 Flight data & present position southeast of
Taos, New Mexico
52:04-52:10 Meal #3 (vegetarian pasta)
52:10-53:25 Flight data & present position near
Amarillo, Texas,
USA
53:26-53:52 Fifty-minutes-to-landing announcement
53:52-55:10
Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River near
Odell, Texas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_Dog_Town_Fork_Red_River
55:15-55:45
Decatur,
Wise County, Texas, USA
56:10
US Route 287 to
Dallas
56:50-58:00
Eagle Mountain Lake (
Fort Worth,
Azle,
Pelican Bay,
Newark, Texas, USA)
58:10-58:20
BNSF Railway Intermodal Facility,
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
58:27-58:45
Fort Worth Alliance Airport, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
58:45
Interstate 35W
1:03:45- 1:04:30
Lake Arlington, Texas
1:05:20-1:06:00
Joe Pool Lake,
Texas
1:05:55
Interstate 20 & Texas
360, Arlington, Texas
1:06:40 Start of parallel approach aircraft to
DFW's east side runway
1:07:35
Interstate 30 &
President George Bush Turnpike,
Grande Prairie, Texas
1:08:13-1:09:00
Downtown Dallas, Texas, USA
1:10:35
Touchdown on runway 36L
More information on aircraft type and routing available on FlightAware's tracking record of this flight:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL138/history/20160127/0540Z/
VHHH/
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