Thursday 7 January 2021 - Boeing 737-73W N946BC arrives for conversion to an E-7 Wedgetail for the RAF

Boeing 737-73W BBJ N946BC was an afternoon arrival from Bangor - the first aircraft for

conversion to an E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning aircraft for the Royal Air Force

by STS Aviation Services in their hangar at Birmingham Airport.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... the aircraft was previously operated as a Boeing BBJ by Deer Jet as B-5273 before

being acquired by Boeing and prepared at Georgetown, Delaware, from where it had

departed on Wednesday morning using flight number "BOE126" Photo Andrew Fellows

.... after night stopping at Bangor, Maine, it continued onto BHX for a late afternoon

arrival landing on Runway 33 and taxying to the STS Aviation Services hangar which

it soon disappeared into - it is due to enter service with the Royal Air Force in 2023

Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EPE operated their "EK040" flight to Dubai....

.... the aircraft is in their Expo 2020 green "Sustainability" colour scheme

.... on a day when aircraft appeared and disappeared as banks of fog moved across

the airfield Photos: Matt Kidgell

easyJet Airbus A320-251N G-UZLF operated their flight "EZY203" from Belfast International

SAS Airbus A330-343 LN-RKM was a morning departure operating another freight flight to Brussels

Beech King Air D-IBFS was an afternoon arrival from Coburg - after a short stop on

the Elmdon apron it departed to Nuremburg and onto Coburg Photo: Andrew Fellows 

Friday 6 August 2010 - Top Fly ATR 42 EC-IDG arrives with Athletic Bilbao

Top Fly ATR 42-300 EC-IDG was an evening arrival bringing in
Athletic Bilbao for their friendly match against Wolverhampton
Wanderers - Wolves - on Saturday afternoon

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Cimber Canadair CRJ200ER OY-RJJ positioned in from Manchester
after dropping off CA Osasuna for their friendly match against Bolton

- it will nightstop at BHX and then take the team home after their
friendly match against West Bromwich Ablion on Saturday
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RAF Super King Air ZK454 made an ILS approach
and go around to Runway 15
.Citation CJ3 D-COWB was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Tuesday 2 August 2011 - Blu Express and Mistral Air operate final student charters

Blu Express Boeing 737-31S EI-DXB positioned in from Milan Linate
to operate the final Blue Panorama student charter flight to Rome
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Mistral Air Boeing 737-33AQC EI-DVC positioned in from Rome
to operate their final student exchange charter flight of the season
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Air Transat Airbus A330-342 C-GCTS operated their flight to Toronto
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Austrian Arrows/Tyrolean Dash 8Q-402 OE-LGI operated the mid
morning Brussels Airlines service in place of the usual aircraft OE-LGC
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RAF Puma HC1 XW226 overflew the airfield during the morning

Monday 27 July 2009 - Cyprus Turkish Airbus A320-232 TC-TCC operates their flight to Ercan

Cyprus Turkish Airbus A320-232 TC-TCC - which is leased from Turkuaz

Airlines - operated their service from Ercan via Dalaman

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RAF C17 ZZ176 was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

on a medevac flight before positioning out to Brize Norton
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Monday 6 July 2009 - RAF Tristar C2 ZE705 is a morning arrival operating a medevac flight

RAF Tristar C2 ZE705 was a morning arrival operating a
medivac flight. It later positioned to Brize Norton

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Cyprus Turkish KTHY Airbus A321-212 TC-KTD operated their

weekly flight from Ercan, Northern Cyprus, via Dalaman

Thursday 24 June 2010 - RAF VC 10 C1K XV106 visits the Elmdon apron while operating a Medevac flight

RAF VC 10 C1K XV106 was an afternoon arrival....

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.... operating a Medevac flight and parking on the Elmdon apron
. After offloading it departed off Runway 33 to Brize Norton....
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.... in the usual manner expected of a VC 10!!
. British Airways Airbus A320-232 G-TTOE positioned in
from Heathrow to operate a charter flight to Dubrovnik
.Nouvelair Tunisie Airbus A320-212 TS-INN again operated
the weekly Koral Blue IT flight from Sharm el Sheikh
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Cobham Flight Inspection Super King Air B200 G-FPLB
spent the day checking the Runway 33 ILS
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Air Charter Scotland Citation CJ2 G-OODM was

a lunchtime visitor to the Elmdon apron
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Netjets Citation XLS CS-DQB was an evening arrival

parking up to nightstop on the Elmdon apron

Wednesday 16 June 2010 - Royal Danish AF Hercules C-130J B-537 visits on medevac flight

Royal Danish Air Force Hercules C-130J B-537 was a morning arrival
..... to collect patients off RAF C 17 ZZ176....
. .... with RAF BAe 146 CC2 ZE700 also visiting in support
.Cyprus Airways Airbus A320-232 5B-DCJ operated their
flight to Larnaca - its first visit to BHX
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Air Lada Metro III EC-GPS operated their evening

scheduled freight service to Amsterdam

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Eastern Saab 2000 G-CFLV operated the return charter to Paris CDG

Saturday 11 May 2013 - RAF Rescue Sea King HAR3 ZA105 visits on a medevac flight from Devon

RAF Rescue Sea King HAR3 ZA105 was a morning visitor operating a medevac flight having already
made one visit earlier to collect a specialist medical team from Birmingham Children’s Hospital....

.... which it transported to a hospital in Devon - it then returned with the patient and the medical
team before continuing back to its base at RAF Valley in North Wales Photos: Mike Hollick

Cessna 510 Mustang D-IRUN was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron while....

Netjets Hawker 750 CS-DUH made a brief morning visit....

.... Specsavers Super King Air M-SPEC also visited Photos: Mike Hollick

Eastern Airways Embraer 135ER G-CGMC positioned in from Newcastle to take West Bromwich
 Albion to Norwich for their Premier League match on Sunday while....

Cello/Chevron Avro RJ 85 G-LENM positioned out to Manchester to operate a charter
to Luton for the FA Cup final at Wembley between Manchester City and Wigan

Tuesday 22 April 2008 - Air Comet Airbus A320 EC-KBM diverts to BHX

Air Comet Airbus A320 EC-KBM diverted into BHX due to a

runway closure at Gatwick - after refueling it departed off

Runway 15 back to Gatwick
.Swiss used Contact Air Fokker 100 D-AGPH on their lunchtime

service from Zurich in place of the usual Avro RJ 100 - the aircraft is in Star Alliance colours
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. Danish Air Transport ATR 72 OY-RUB operated a charter flight
from Billund with the aircraft parking up on the Elmdon apron
.Royal Air Force Tristar C2 ZE705 operated a medivac flight
before positioning out to RAF Brize Norton