At long last, it’s time to go back home to Tennessee. Today’s flight is as close a replication of my flight back to Nashville a week ago as of tomorrow, October 12th. Great trip and great service from Alaska, not to mention one of the most picturesque departures I’ve ever taken. Hope y’all enjoy the report!
Server: Solo
Airline: Alaska Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 737-900ER
Origin: Portland International Airport, Portland, Oregon (PDX)
Destination: Nashville International Airport, Nashville, Tennessee (BNA)
Flight Number: AS1268
Route: KPDX-KBNA
Seat: 16A (Main Cabin)
Time En Route: 4 Hours 45 Minutes
Waiting to board our aircraft at Gate C10 after having a delicious late breakfast/early lunch from MOD Pizza
Starting a single-engine taxi out to Runway 28L for takeoff after a brief delay in pushing back
Taxiing by an American Airlines A321-200 that’ll be departing later as AA2515 to Chicago. Before turning onto this taxiway, we got a glimpse of a conga line of company traffic and a DHL 767-200BDSF ahead of us. At last count, we’re 5th in line for takeoff.
Taking off from PDX. Since we left for Iceland, another TAAG Angola has joined her sister on the ramp of Boeing’s paint shop here in Portland, awaiting delivery to the African airline.
Geology buffs, rejoice! The eastbound WHAMY5 departure gives a great view of not one, not two, not even three, but all four of the Cascades’ most famous (and one infamous one, depending on one’s point of view) peaks: Mount Ranier, Mount Adams, Mount Hood, and the shattered remains of Mount Saint Helens, which blew out and collapsed almost its entire northern face when it erupted on May 18, 1980.
In cruise over the seemingly-endless cornfields of southeast Nebraska
We’ve crossed the Tennessee-Kentucky line as we begin our final descent into Nashville
Landing on Runway 20L in the Golden Hour. After 4 hours and 45 minutes, we’re finally home!
Deplaned at Gate D12, looking off toward Downtown Nashville gleaming in the setting Sun. Due to the closure of Concourse A pending a complete rebuild, all the airlines that operated out of it have moved to Concourse B and the T Gates, the latter of which is not yet modeled in Infinite Flight. As a result, both airline and road traffic in and out of the airport is constantly backed up and, coupled with ATC shortages, means that getting in and out of BNA is like getting in and out of LAX during the peak summer travel season. Nevertheless, it was a great flight and a great way to cap off a great trip!