Notes:

Overview of BEY from 15000ft. The black patches on the runways and taxiways are repairs of bomb damage from the IAF raid last year (July 2006).

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Aircraft

OLBA - Airport - Runway

Looking down RWY17 in Beirut

Daniel Nicholson OLBA
82,765 11 0 Airport
OLBA - Airport - Airport Overview

Photo taken through the window of an EK A330-200, A6-EAF, as we were taking off for DXB

Paul Denton OLBA
22,895 5 0 Airport
OLBA - Airport - Airport Overview

Departed runway 21, following the LATEB 1B instrument departure, this is what you get

Ian Lim OLBA
18,977 4 0 Airport

Photo location

OD-MRL - Airbus A320-232 - Middle East Airlines (MEA)

Flight MEA0304 OLBA-HECA

Tomasz Kozakowski OD-MRL
3,300 3 0 Airbus A320-232
9K-APG - Airbus A330-841 - Kuwait Airways

Rami Khoury 9K-APG
3,555 9 0 Airbus A330-841
D-AISL - Airbus A321-231 - Lufthansa

Landing runway 03

Peter Kesternich D-AISL
3,663 3 0 Airbus A321-231

Photographer

TC-JJJ - Boeing 777-3F2ER - Turkish Airlines

Our speeds were almost perfectly matched as our tracks converged just before entering US airspace

Orry_Dryver TC-JJJ
33,941 35 8 Boeing 777-3F2ER
A6-EHE - Airbus A340-642 - Etihad Airways

We slowly overtook this A340 operating 2000ft above us, as we approached the Iraq border

Orry_Dryver A6-EHE
13,303 9 1 Airbus A340-642
OTHH - - Airport Overview

The New Doha Intl Airport (NDIA)

Orry_Dryver OTHH
24,128 3 0

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OLBA

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Jun 04, 2007

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Notes

Overview of BEY from 15000ft. The black patches on the runways and taxiways are repairs of bomb damage from the IAF raid last year (July 2006).

Camera

Nikon D80
OLBA - Airport - Runway

Looking down RWY17 in Beirut

Daniel Nicholson OLBA
82,765 11 0 Airport
OLBA - Airport - Airport Overview

Photo taken through the window of an EK A330-200, A6-EAF, as we were taking off for DXB

Paul Denton OLBA
22,895 5 0 Airport
OLBA - Airport - Airport Overview

Departed runway 21, following the LATEB 1B instrument departure, this is what you get

Ian Lim OLBA
18,977 4 0 Airport
OD-MRL - Airbus A320-232 - Middle East Airlines (MEA)

Flight MEA0304 OLBA-HECA

Tomasz Kozakowski OD-MRL
3,300 3 0 Airbus A320-232
9K-APG - Airbus A330-841 - Kuwait Airways

Rami Khoury 9K-APG
3,555 9 0 Airbus A330-841
D-AISL - Airbus A321-231 - Lufthansa

Landing runway 03

Peter Kesternich D-AISL
3,663 3 0 Airbus A321-231
TC-JJJ - Boeing 777-3F2ER - Turkish Airlines

Our speeds were almost perfectly matched as our tracks converged just before entering US airspace

Orry_Dryver TC-JJJ
33,941 35 8 Boeing 777-3F2ER
A6-EHE - Airbus A340-642 - Etihad Airways

We slowly overtook this A340 operating 2000ft above us, as we approached the Iraq border

Orry_Dryver A6-EHE
13,303 9 1 Airbus A340-642
OTHH - - Airport Overview

The New Doha Intl Airport (NDIA)

Orry_Dryver OTHH
24,128 3 0
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Orry_Dryver
Orry_Dryver

Thanks very much for the comments guys!

Tomasz Janiak
Tomasz Janiak

Wonderful aerial shot of Beirut Airport. Appreciate for sharing Orry:)

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Steve Spears

Most interesting! Exceptionally clear for being @ 15,000 ft.