#KPAE

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2026-02-09

Aviation weather for Seattle Paine Field International airport in Everett area (USA) is β€œKPAE 091653Z 14007KT 2SM BR OVC004 05/04 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP252 T00500044” : See what it means on bigorre.org/aero/meteo/kpae/en vl

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2026-02-05

How many runways can you see for Seattle Paine Field International airport in Everett area (USA) ? : The answer is on bigorre.org/aero/meteo/kpae/en vl

Ian Kluft βœ…βœˆοΈπŸŽˆπŸŒ‹ikluft@avgeek.social
2026-01-27

Boeing 787-9 line number 1011 in Norwegian livery approaching Portland #KPDX from Everett #KPAE as BOE845 for repainting into Lufthansa livery. This is the next of the saga of Norwegian 787 orders stranded in production when the airline went out of business. The whole batch have been bought by Lufthansa to get ahead of factory backlog. I can't see Runway 10R/L final approach from home, but got this 5mi/8km away at 10,000ft over Vancouver WA on downwind to PDX. #aviation #business #travel #avgeek

Boeing 787-9 line number 1011 as BOE845 on downwind leg of the approach to Portland PDX. It's in Norwegian livery but wasn't delivered because the airline went out of business. Lufthansa has bought the whole batch of parked planes and it was coming to Portland to be repainted in their livery. In this view seen from my home in Portland, it was at 10,000ft over Vancouver WA at a distance of 5mi/8km.
photo by Ian Kluft
January 27, 2026
Portland, Oregon, USA
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2026-01-12

How many runways can you see for Seattle Paine Field International airport in Everett area (USA) ? : The answer is on bigorre.org/aero/meteo/kpae/en vl

Ian Kluft βœ…βœˆοΈπŸŽˆπŸŒ‹ikluft@avgeek.social
2025-12-19

The Alaska Airlines route between Everett #KPAE and Portland #KPDX may change how we track planes flying to or from the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar. Usually a new 777 (or reworked 787, but they're almost done with those) is paired with a Boeing Crew Transport turboprop, either a C208 or PC12 to take the test pilots down or back. If they take Alaska, it means one less thing to catch an avgeek's attention. There was no crew transport after Tuesday's 737MAX8 arrival either. #aviation #avgeek #PNW

Great Circle Mapper image of Portland PDX - Everett/Paine PAE
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=pdx-pae&MS=wls2&DU=mi
Maps generated by Ian Kluft using the Great Circle Mapper - copyright Β© Karl L. Swartz
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2025-12-16

Aviation weather for Seattle Paine Field International airport in Everett area (USA) is β€œSPECI KPAE 162057Z 19020G29KT 10SM -RA BKN009 BKN016 OVC075 11/10 A2979 RMK AO2 PK WND 19028/2055 P0000 T01110100” : See what it means on bigorre.org/aero/meteo/kpae/en vl

Ian Kluft βœ…βœˆοΈπŸŽˆπŸŒ‹ikluft@avgeek.social
2025-12-12

Matt Cawby posted pics of 787-9 Dreamliner LN983 departing Everett on today's ferry flight to Portland. paineairport.com/kpae421211.htm #KPAE #KPDX #aviation #avgeek #PNW

Ian Kluft βœ…βœˆοΈπŸŽˆπŸŒ‹ikluft@avgeek.social
2025-12-12

Video: red-nosed ex-Norwegian (cancelled order) 787-9 Dreamliner landing at Portland Int'l Airport #KPDX on Runway 28L after a ferry flight from Everett #KPAE. This plane will be repainted for new customer Lufthansa in the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar. (While the long-term parking garage was a good vantage point, the cloud of touchdown tire smoke blew right into the garage.) #aviation #business #avgeek #travel #PNW

Ian Kluft βœ…βœˆοΈπŸŽˆπŸŒ‹ikluft@avgeek.social
2025-12-12

Another red-nosed ex-Norwegian (cancelled order) 787-9 Dreamliner was ferried from Everett #KPAE to Portland #KPDX to be repainted for new customer Lufthansa. Online sleuths have identified this one as line number 983 which will be registered D-ABQC. If it already had its interior done in Everett, then Boeing may have time to finish this one in time to count its delivery this calendar quarter. Maybe. #aviation #business #avgeek #travel #PNW

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in red-nosed Norwegian livery on final approach to Runway 28L at Portland International Airport PDX. This plane will be repainted in the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar to Lufthansa livery.
photo by Ian Kluft
December 11, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USABoeing 787-9 Dreamliner in red-nosed Norwegian livery taxiing after landing on Runway 28L at Portland International Airport PDX. This plane will be repainted in the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar to Lufthansa livery.
photo by Ian Kluft
December 11, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA
Ian Kluft βœ…βœˆοΈπŸŽˆπŸŒ‹ikluft@avgeek.social
2025-12-10

Matt Cawby also posted pictures of the same ex-Norwegian/now-Lufthansa 787-9 on his Paine Airport web site. paineairport.com/kpae421209.htm We both posted pictures of the opposite sides of the PAE-PDX and PDX-PAE flights when it came down in Norwegian livery of its original cancelled order and returned in Lufthansa livery. Boeing bases 787s that need rework in Everett because there isn't room at the Charleston factory. 787s were built in Everett from 2007-2021. #KPAE #KPDX #aviation #avgeek #PNW

Ian Kluft βœ…βœˆοΈπŸŽˆπŸŒ‹ikluft@avgeek.social
2025-12-09

Lufthansa doesn't currently serve Portland PDX. (They have in the past.) This 787-9 Dreamliner was just out of the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar, with an extended visit for interior work, replacing equipment from a cancelled order by Norwegian. It departed for Everett #KPAE where presumably customer delivery will occur soon. This was the best picture I got in the wind and rain. #KPDX #aviation #avgeek #PNW

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in Lufthansa livery. It departed Portland PDX with callsign Boeing 843 for Everett Washington PAE
photo by Ian Kluft
December 8, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA
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2025-11-15

Aviation weather for Seattle Paine Field International airport in Everett area (USA) is β€œKPAE 151753Z 18005KT 1SM R16R/P6000FT BR OVC004 12/11 A2999 RMK AO2 RAB00E14 CIG 003V006 SLP156 P0000 60000 T01170111 10117 20111 51011” : See what it means on bigorre.org/aero/meteo/kpae/en vl

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2025-11-11

Aviation weather for Seattle Paine Field International airport in Everett area (USA) is β€œKPAE 111953Z 34003KT 10SM CLR 10/04 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP221 T01000044” : See what it means on bigorre.org/aero/meteo/kpae/en vl

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2025-11-11

Aviation weather for Seattle Paine Field International airport in Everett area (USA) is β€œKPAE 111753Z 01005KT 10SM CLR 09/04 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP238 T00940044 10094 20044 58010” : See what it means on bigorre.org/aero/meteo/kpae/en vl

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2025-11-01

Aviation weather for Seattle Paine Field International airport in Everett area (USA) is β€œSPECI KPAE 012000Z 32008G16KT 3SM -RA BR BKN004 BKN011 OVC039 10/09 A2982 RMK AO2 PRESRR P0000 T01000094 $” : See what it means on bigorre.org/aero/meteo/kpae/en vl

Ian Kluft βœ…βœˆοΈπŸŽˆπŸŒ‹ikluft@avgeek.social
2025-10-29

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner landing in fog at Portland Int'l Airport #KPDX today. This plane was built for Norwegian Air Shuttle but not delivered because the airline's long haul division went under. It taxied to the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar. It flew here from Everett, Washington #KPAE where it has been stored waiting for a new buyer. An online search indicates its new customer is Lufthansa. (thx @JetTip for the alert) #aviation #business #travel #avgeek #PNW

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in the livery of Norwegian Air Shuttle, but not delivered because Norwegian's long haul division went under during COVID. In the photo, the plane was landing at Portland International Airport on Runway 10R. It went to the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar to be repainted for its new buyer Lufthansa.
photo by Ian Kluft
October 29, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USABoeing 787-9 Dreamliner in the livery of Norwegian Air Shuttle, but not delivered because Norwegian's long haul division went under during COVID. In the photo, the plane was landing at Portland International Airport on Runway 10R. It went to the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar to be repainted for its new buyer Lufthansa.
photo by Ian Kluft
October 29, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USABoeing 787-9 Dreamliner in the livery of Norwegian Air Shuttle, but not delivered because Norwegian's long haul division went under during COVID. In the photo, the plane was taxiing at Portland International Airport on Runway 10R. It went to the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar to be repainted for its new buyer Lufthansa.
photo by Ian Kluft
October 29, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USAscreenshot of the flight track on ADSB.lol for Boeing Flight 843, a 787-9 Dreamliner ferried from Everett Paine Field PAE where it was parked waiting for a new buyer to Portland Int'l Airport PDX where it will be repainted. Online search indicates the new buyer is Lufthansa.
Ian Kluft βœ…βœˆοΈπŸŽˆπŸŒ‹ikluft@avgeek.social
2025-09-30

Brand new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner painted in TAAG Angola Airlines livery but not yet delivered to the customer. Boeing ferried it from Everett Paine Field #KPAE to Portland #KPDX directly, with no test flight maneuvers. The quick 35 minute flight is not common for ferrying new planes to Portland - this plane has apparently already been test-flown. Since it's painted, the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar will apparently be used for other work (unless it needs repainting.) #aviation #travel #avgeek

brand-new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner painted in TAAG Angola Airlines livery but still owned by Boeing before customer delivery, seen landing at Portland Int'l Airport PDX on Runway 10L
photo by Ian Kluft
September 30, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USAbrand-new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner painted in TAAG Angola Airlines livery but still owned by Boeing before customer delivery, seen landing at Portland Int'l Airport PDX on Runway 10L
photo by Ian Kluft
September 30, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USAbrand-new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner painted in TAAG Angola Airlines livery but still owned by Boeing before customer delivery, seen taxiing at Portland Int'l Airport PDX as it exits Runway 10L - the letters ANGOLA are visible on the side of the plane at a distance of about 4 miles/6.5km
photo by Ian Kluft
September 30, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USAscreenshot from ADSB[.]lol of Boeing 159, a ferry flight of a brand new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner from Everett Paine Field PAE to Portland PDX on September 30, 2025
Ian Kluft βœ…βœˆοΈπŸŽˆπŸŒ‹ikluft@avgeek.social
2025-09-05

Wikipedia has an article about Horizon Flight 2059 (regional subsidiary of Alaska Airlines) of October 22, 2023. The flight was scheduled from Everett #KPAE to San Francisco #KSFO. Emerson was off-duty in the flight deck jumpseat when he was restrained for attempting to shut off the plane's engines. The flight diverted safely to Portland #KPDX where criminal charges were filed. Horizon did not retire the flight number 2059. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_A #QXE2059 #crime #aviation #travel #avgeek #PNW

Ian Kluft βœ…βœˆοΈπŸŽˆπŸŒ‹ikluft@avgeek.social
2025-08-16

The pre-delivery Boeing 787-9 (in Shanghai Airlines livery) departed Portland #KPDX today as Boeing 906 to Moses Lake #KMWH. But it did a missed approach and "diverted" to Everett #KPAE. I put it in quotes because Boeing test pilots usually fly to Eastern Washington State for test maneuvers. It was likely what they planned to do, putting a new aircraft through its paces before handing it off to line pilots at the customer airline. flightaware.com/live/flight/BO #aviation #business #travel #avgeek #PNW

screenshot from FlightAware showing the track of Boeing Flight 906 on August 16, 2025
The aircraft is a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. I photographed its departure from Portland so I know it was in Shanghai Airlines livery. The plane was still owned by Boeing at the time of this flight.
The flight plan was filed as Portland PDX to Moses Lake MWH, but then diverted to Everett Paine Field PAE, likely as part of routine pre-delivery flight testing.
Ian Kluft βœ…βœˆοΈπŸŽˆπŸŒ‹ikluft@avgeek.social
2025-08-16

I have to correct an assumption I made when a Boeing-owned 787-9 arrived at Portland #KPDX on Aug 4 (with RAT deployed by the Boeing test pilots as part of checking out its systems). It was evidently not in Portland for paint. The Boeing Portland Paint Hangar also does maintenance. It flew out today still wearing Shanghai Airlines livery, returning to Everett #KPAE via Moses Lake #KMWH. This looks like preparing a plane from storage for customer delivery. #aviation #business #travel #avgeek #PNW

Boeing-owned (not yet delivered to customer) 787-9 Dreamliner in Shanghai Airlines livery, displaying registration B-220G - viewing port side (left side from the aircraft's direction of travel)
taxiing for departure from the Boeing paint (and maintenance) hangar at Portland Int'l Airport PDX
photo by Ian Kluft
August 16, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USABoeing-owned (not yet delivered to customer) 787-9 Dreamliner in Shanghai Airlines livery, displaying registration B-220G - viewing starboard side (right side from the aircraft's direction of travel)
taxiing for departure from the Boeing paint (and maintenance) hangar at Portland Int'l Airport PDX
photo by Ian Kluft
August 16, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA

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