Midday Flying

Flights that are early in the morning or later in the evening seem to be the most conducive to producing decent pictures in the airports.  Early, the day hasn't started, so planes can pretty reliably counted on to run on time.  Later in the evening, the chaos of the day has unfolded, planes are running late, but somewhere in the airport you can usually find a vista that provides a pretty good view of the sunset with some relatively interesting things going on in the foreground.

Midday travel didn't work out that way today.  Flights were late which led to rushing across the airport to make connections.  The sunset was missed by about an hour or so, and slightly washed out pictures were the result.  Even some of the backdrops that appear in the beginning and the end of the day (airplanes at the terminal) were busily employed elsewhere.

C'est la vie.

Here are the panoramas that resulted from midday flying.

Empty Gate - Mobile International Airport

The Aircraft Arrives, Late - Mobile International Airport

Mechanical Issues Being Resolved - Charlotte International Airport

Too Early to Capture the Sunset - Charlotte International Airport

It sounds a bit like there is some whining afoot.  That's probably a little true.  It was a bit of a hectic travel day, but I'm grateful I'm home and I'm grateful that I didn't have to drive the 1200 miles or so that the air travel saved me.  At the end of the day, my expectations of safe and mostly reliable scheduling have been met.  There was also the opportunity to consume two airport sandwiches.  They were actually pretty good...if you ignored the cost.