Flying to Mobile, Alabama today. Home to both a decent regional jet operation and a Coast Guard Aviation Training Center, Mobile Regional is the 3rd busiest airport in Alabama. MOB is scheduled to have its commercial traffic mobed over the next few years to BFM, located closer to the city.
Server: Solo
Airline: Delta Connection (Operated by Endeavor Air)
Aircraft: Bombardier CRJ-900
Origin: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia (ATL)
Destination: Mobile Regional Airport, Mobile, Alabama
Flight Number: DL4859
Route: KATL-KMOB
Seat: 14A (Main Cabin)
Time En Route: 1 Hour 6 Minutes
Boarding our aircraft at Gate D34, a 76-seat CRJ-900 operated by Endeavor Air, the result of a merger in 2012 between Mesaba Airlines and Pinnacle Airlines
Taxiing to Runway 26L past Company headquarters
Zooming out of Atlanta
Cruising over central Alabama
Field in sight on our downwind leg
Landing in Mobile
Taxiing over to the terminal. Mobile is served not only by Delta Connection, but also by American Eagle from DFW with the E170/175 and CLT with the ERJ-145, and United Express from IAH and IAD with the ERJ-135/145.
Parked at Gate 2, viewed from the terminal walkway between the main building and the pier