With practice, you’ll soon be able to identify any Boeing 737 variant confidently, whether on the ramp, at the gate, or flying overhead.

At the top of Sacramento International Airport’s six-story parking garage, the air smells faintly of fuel and asphalt. Heat ripples off the tarmac. A United Airlines 737 noses onto the runway and ...

Don’t you just hate getting stuck seated next to that guy on the plane? The person who can take one look at a jet and knows right away which company manufactured it and which family it belongs to, but ...

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Recently, after attending a car show with my son Ian, we investigated one of Miami International Airport’s best plane-spotting locations, nicknamed “The Holes,” for its openings in the airport fence.

“Big bird is taking off!” Suddenly the half-dozen aviation enthusiasts who have congregated at the TWA hotel rooftop bar point their cameras and iPhones at the tarmac below us, where a double-decker ...