A flying trip to Samoa

I had a flying trip to Samoa in August... these are the photos from NZ990 on 21 August 2024

Looking north over the Waitākere Ranges

Passing RNZAF Whenuapai

Waiwera and looking to the northern motorway

Te Haupa (Saddle) Island and the Mahurangi Harbour

Mullet Point and Snells Beach

Omaha and Point Wells

On descent through the Apolima Strait flying into Samoa, the island of Savai'i on the left before a right turn to land at Faleolo airport on the island of Upolu.

Short finals

Talofa Airways latest Rockwell Commander 690 5W-MDM was preparing to depart for Pago Pago... The airport at Faleolo is hopeless for plane spotting... I took the second photo from the terminal but there is a screen netting that makes getting clear photos impossible

On the return flight on the 23rd of August...

From the plane, against the light Samoa Airways DHC Twin Otter on the taxi to their maintenance facility

NZ993 lining up on Runway 08 at Faleolo

Samoa Airways' maintenance base

Talofa Airways maintenance base

Faleolo airport terminal

Apia and the reef