Spotting at HKG
HKG is a great place to spot planes as there are so many different airlines from Asia, America, Africa and Europe serving this airport.
HKG home based airlines are: Cathay Pacific, Dragonair, Hong Kong Airlines, Hong Kong Express, Air Hong Kong (cargo only).
Most commonly spotted planes are from Cathay Pacific, Dragonair and China Eastern. HKG is also an air cargo hub, therefore, cargo planes from around the world are spotted here too.
The best location to spot planes is the Sky Deck accessible from the Aviation Discovery Centre at Terminal 2 with a HKD$15 entrance fee.
The air in Hong Kong is always smoggy. Even on a sunny day, the sky is still "cloudy". There are very rare clear blue sky days in summer when the wind is blowing from the south over the ocean. However, those days will be unbearable (very hot, burning sun and high humidity at 99% RH).
Screeners: please don't reject photos from HKG as "cloudy with no sun". In fact, it was really a sunny day. In real life, it can be worse (because of thick smog) than what it appears on the photos. Thank Photoshop we can have a few quality photos to upload.
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