Approach To Godzone's NZDN Runway 03

[Aharon]

Shalom and greetings all my pals,

Presenting a nice runway 03 approach and anding to Godzone's NZDN Dunedin international airport located adjacent to the village of Momona on the Taieri Plains approximately 20 miles south west of Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand

On final runway 03 approach passing background view of Lake Waipori



Passing background view of waters of Waipori river going through hills to Taieri Mouth behind the hills



Passing many rows of trees that you would find perfect match in Google Earth or satellitte maps



Passing hills of Berwick forest



More real world realistic rows of trees



Seconds before touchdown



TOUCHDOWN






Engaging reverse thrusters with background view of NZDN terminal



Passing background view of hangar of Mainland Air which is Professional Flight Training & Executive Air Charter company



Backtracking!!!



Taxiing back on the runway toward the terminal



Exiting from runway into taxiway. If you want to know how long the runway is on left or right side, just read the sign below the nose



Taxiing toward gate three



Approaching gate three





Arrived at gate 3 to drop off passengers



Finished with pushback and now starting engines for return trip to Auckland



Checking to be sure there is no late passenger in the terminal



View of newstand where passengers pick up newspapers, magazines, overrpriced snacks, and overpriced drinks



Reading the flightboard information



Thank you for viewing my screenshots. Stay tuned for next exciting flight!!

Regards,

Aharon

[Splitpin]

WOW ....what a trip
I really enjoy the research you put into your posts ...also love the paint on the Airbus

[Aharon]

Splitpin,

Thanks for your kind words.

Regards,

Aharon

P.S

Splitpin:I really enjoy the research you put into your posts

Yes I always believe in researching EACH of all my screenshots and create well detailed explanations on each screenshot. That is what makes a flight screenshot report most effective.

[BruceR]

Nice shots Aharon. My home town airport. Can I point out one small error; that nice first shot is actually Lake Waihola. You can see the township of Waihola in the background. There’s actually a lot more buildings there than is depicted. It’s typically a small NZ town; a couple of garages, a cafe, tavern and permanent and holiday homes. The lake is quite shallow, i.e. “I think” about 6 to 8 feet deep. Very weedy and lots of eels. There’s rowing and water sports there in the summer months. Lake Waipori on the other hand is nothing more than a large oversized swamp immediately above the northern end of Lake Waihola and is only good for duck shooting when in season. The only buildings there are the mai mai’s left over from the last shooting season. You’re correct in the second shot. The Waipori river flows out of both lakes and heads out to the coast at the small settlement of Taieri Mouth like you said. That section of river is very short, probably only 4 or 5 k’s at the most. In your second shot you can actually see the Taieri River flowing into the Waipori River.

It’s great to see good shots like yours with excellent airport scenery, especially when I only live a few k’s from NZDN.


Bruce R

[Aharon]

Bruce,

Thanks for your kind words.

Can I point out one small error; that nice first shot is actually Lake Waihola. You can see the township of Waihola in the background. There’s actually a lot more buildings there than is depicted.

Well............................ When I was doing research and analysis of each of my screenshots, I tried to best of my abilities to match my screenshots to specific locations in Google maps. Regarding the first shot, when researching and trying to match my flight path (actual approach path) to locations in the Google maps, I did notice on Google map that I passed two lakes in middle of final approach and tried to match one of two lakes to the particular screenshot based on the shape and size of the lake in the screenshot and I guess I made the wrong match.

What can I say? Chalk it up as rare error for some guy who is even not New Zealand native such as me or otherwise I would have been pro like you recognizing New Zealand landscape like you are!!!

you’re correct in the second shot.

Thank God!! Two errors in single screenshot flight report would be bad enough!!

And thanks for correcting me about the identity of the lake. Good eye catch!! I did not even notice town consisted of few houses in my first screenshot!

Regards,

Aharon

[hasegawa]

Nice livery... it is new for me...

[Aharon]

Hasewaga,

Thanks for your kind words.

Regards,

Aharon