Hiding in plain sight

Well done ea200. The lovely White Waltham as seen from the approach to runway 11

Back to you Sir

Thanks TCU. Just about the first I thought of, but discounted it without checking!

He we go then:


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Kemble? Heading for the scrapper?

Hope not.

Nah Kemble doesn't have HAS's; more likely a UK military base somewhere, possibly (being a civil aircraft) visiting Leuchars or Lossiemouth judging by the hills in the background?

Leeming? There is a Qatari link there, after all

All of those guesses make sense, but it is not in the UK.

Pretty sure it's Europe? The bumpy but not mountainous background makes me think it might be Memmingen...

Well that narrows things down a bit. It's not Europe. You are right about the bumpy but not mountainous though.

Ah OK. The HAS's look NATO-ish, so now I'm thinking Turkey. I'll have a punt at Kayseri and then retire from the field for the evening!

Not an unreasonable punt but unfortunately incorrect.

Izmir - Turkey ?

There you go. It is indeed Izmir Adnan Menderes airport. The Qatar flight was the first of a new route in 2019.
Military and the coastguard base are on the East side opposite the main terminals. Coastguard is mostly helicopters. Never seen any military activity there so maybe all at Cigli these days.

OUAQUKGF has the con.

Thanks ea200. I have nothing to offer so it is OPEN HOUSE.

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​​​​​​​Not an international airport

Bit blurred but it looks like Filfli Rock, the bombing range on Malta.

Sorry about the image - - it's not Malta.......................... a few more hills


this is on the approach
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​​​​​​​If it's not an international airport, is it a domestic heliport? :)

Knowing something of your history Asturias, is this perhaps in the Malvinas? ;)

Possible, possible

and it's used by fix wing aircraft - tho I don't remember so many edge markers when I was last there

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