Gallery: Airports at Night
Joe Pries June 01, 2021
A United Airlines Airbus A320 taxis to the gate at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) after arrival from Chicago O’Hare (ORD).

An All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787-9 in a Star Wars color scheme taxis to the gate at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport with a Japan Airlines (JAL) Boeing 777-300 behind parked for the night.

Delta Air Lines Airbus A350-900’s first-ever arrival in Atlanta (August 2017) at 2 a.m. from the Airbus factory in Toulouse, France with an appropriate water canon salute.

A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350-900 taxis to the gate at Tokyo Narita International Airport.

A TAM Airlines (now part of the Brazilian LATAM Airlines Group) Airbus A320 flares to land on runway 9 at Miami International Airport.

A Qantas Boeing 787-9 wearing 100-Year Anniversary special colors on its first-ever arrival at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

A Japan Airlines J-Air Embraer 170 slows down in Sapporo New Chitose on a bone-chilling cold January night.

A new-liveried Lufthansa Airbus A321 departure at Düsseldorf Airport.

A JetBlue Airways Airbus A320 in NYFD color scheme tugged over to a remote hardstand for overnight rest at New York JFK.

A United Airlines Airbus A320 taxis to the gate at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) after arrival from Chicago O’Hare (ORD).

An All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787-9 in a Star Wars color scheme taxis to the gate at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport with a Japan Airlines (JAL) Boeing 777-300 behind parked for the night.

Delta Air Lines Airbus A350-900’s first-ever arrival in Atlanta (August 2017) at 2 a.m. from the Airbus factory in Toulouse, France with an appropriate water canon salute.

A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350-900 taxis to the gate at Tokyo Narita International Airport.

A TAM Airlines (now part of the Brazilian LATAM Airlines Group) Airbus A320 flares to land on runway 9 at Miami International Airport.

A Qantas Boeing 787-9 wearing 100-Year Anniversary special colors on its first-ever arrival at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

A Japan Airlines J-Air Embraer 170 slows down in Sapporo New Chitose on a bone-chilling cold January night.

A new-liveried Lufthansa Airbus A321 departure at Düsseldorf Airport.

A JetBlue Airways Airbus A320 in NYFD color scheme tugged over to a remote hardstand for overnight rest at New York JFK.

A United Airlines Airbus A320 taxis to the gate at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) after arrival from Chicago O’Hare (ORD).
The view of airports and aircraft at night is as different as, well, night and day. During the daylight hours, they can be a frenzy of stressful activity. But flying at night can be wonderfully relaxing, as the bright, colorful lights display a different, more relaxing and sleepier world.