JULY 17, 2015

 

Boeing flightline.

 

RC674 Silk Way West Airlines 747-8F VQ-BWY ready to begin a taxi test before a B1 flight.

 

 

ZB079 Etihad Airways 787-9 A6-BLC departing on a C1 customer flight.

 

Thai Airways 787-8 HS-TQF at the compass rose this evening.

 

RC671 AirBridgeCargo 747-8F N823BA was ferried from Victorville tonight.

 

 

N823BA was ferried to Pinal Airpark for storage December 5, 2014.

 

Air China Cargo 777F B-2094 about an hour before it was rolled out of the 40-23 to the fuel dock.

 

ZA718 Aeromexico 787-8 line 330 was moved out of the 45-03 paint hangar to stall 118 this afternoon.

 

KC-46A N462KC in stall 112. Moved to fuel stall F1 on January 18, initial fueling began Saturday evening. Fueling was stopped at 3:50 AM July 19 when 3 gallons of fuel spilled out of the boom onto the ground. Fueling was resumed at 3:00 PM.

 

You read it on paineairport.com first.

 

Fabrication of the first of three autoclaves for the 777X Composite Wing Center is almost complete.

 

There are no production flights scheduled for July 18 and 19, the runway is closed for repainting.

 

Upcoming Runway Closures
Plan for three (3) full weekend runway closures to Runway 16R/34L this summer: weekend of July 18, weekend of August 22, and weekend of October 2. Closures will go into effect at 9:00pm on Friday evenings until 7:00 am on Monday mornings.

This work will allow the Airport to remove failing paint and to repaint runway markings, crack seal openings in the pavement, and install the LED-based Touch Down Zone lights, runway centerline lights, and Taxiway A edge lights.

There will also be a series of seven (7) night-time closures of Runway 16R/34L and eleven (11) daytime closures of portions of Taxiway A . These dates will be finalized in July for August and September closures. Runway 16L/34R will remain operational.