We were originally supposed to fly out of Chicago about two hours after we got there. However, our flight was late getting in, then with various failures of anyone to inform us correctly in Chicago - and the lack of prioritizing transfer passengers through security, we ended up at the gate about five minutes too late to catch our flight to Copenhagen - and SAS only flies across the Atlantic once per day from Chicago. So, it was a long, noisy (and surprisingly cold) night in the airport.
The nice thing, though, was being able to do a lot of planespotting the next morning.
First, we have Volaris, which is an airline that flies primarily to/from Mexico. We liked the tailfin design which made us think of Minecraft. This airline flies exclusively Airbus A319s, A320s and A321s.
EVA Air Cargo - This cargo airline operates both Airbus and Boeing aircraft, but this one is a Boeing 777. Fun fact: I got to observe the first-ever 777 take its maiden flight in Everett, Washington, years ago.
A United flight - a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
Japan Airlines - given the sharpness of the nose here, I'm guessing this craft is one of their Airbus A350s. They also fly 767s, 777s and 787s, but looking at the Dreamliner above, I'm sticking with the Airbus guess.
We had several JAL flights come in at the gate where we were watching.
The best position to watch, perhaps?
Another Boeing 777 - this time from All Nippon Airways
China Airlines Boeing 747 taking off...
Frontier is an interesting national airline based in Denver, Colorado. All of their planes (Airbus A319s and A320s) sport an American wild animal on the tailfin. This one is a Great Horned Owl.
Japan Airlines (787) and All Nippon Airways (777) again.
Copa Airlines is Panama's national airline. They fly Boeing 737s.
Below is another (or the same) United Dreamliner (787).
The Frontier Airline plane leaving - with an American Airlines aircraft taking off from the runway behind.
Then we needed to visit the ladies' room... and when we got back, our SAS A330 (to Stockholm) was there, nearly ready to board.
I would not recommend Chicago O'hare to anyone - in fact, I would advise you avoid it at any cost if you are changing from Domestic to International or vice versa. They do not give you adequate transfer times. (Domestic is hard too, but at least you don't have to go through security again.)
Photos taken by myself in August 2022 with my Nikon D7200.
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Amazing photos @viking-ventures, only one plane taking off here? lol
Well, this is certainly unexpected and a pain when they pull that, but at least you got to amuse yourself, and it makes for a fantastic post. Awesome work on the post.
Thanks. Yes, the experience could have been nicer, for sure, but we did get to where we were going. I have to think about the poor woman who was going to Addis Ababa and missed her flight - her English was very poor as well. I am sure she eventually got to where she needed to be, but hopefully without too much anguish.
I actually wasn't in a very good place for photographing the take-offs - only when they accidentally turned up in another picture.