Kuala Lumpur – Saturday 15th November 2025 (Grant Robinson)

This morning, a bunch of us left the hotel early to go around by taxi to the spotting point marked on Google Maps as Anjung Spotter Observation Deck, not far from the threshold of Runway 32L – 2.716469, 101.711904. You could walk it from the TUNE Aeropolis, but as the Grab taxis are reasonably priced, we saved our feet. From this area, you get good views of any stored aircraft left outside the Sepang Aircraft Engineering hangars and also views of those inside. The large hangar doors will almost certainly be open due to the heat and humidity. Those with reggies removed, being repainted or with work stations around them, defied identification, but we managed a fair haul nonetheless.

Some of us got a taxi back to the hotel, whilst others took one to Terminal 1 where they would spend the day using the excellent and panoramic viewing gallery there – only downside there is no charging points. You can cover all the runway movements right there in front of you, and have food and toilets nearby. Also you are kept nice and cool thanks to the terminal A/C and being enclosed by glass. It is possible to get photographs of aircraft using the taxiway past this area.

Back at the TUNE Aeropolis is a different experience, but one that I prefer as this place allows for coverage of the all runways and a bit of photography with no glass in the way. You also have your one man room as a base to retreat to should you need to cool down, charge anything or use the facilities. In theory, it doesn’t matter what room you get here, as you can freely move around the balconies and levels, much like American motels, although it makes sense to hang around outside your own room rather than somebody else’s. I had room 415 which worked perfectly fine for me. I would recommend 5th floor rooms 510 through to 518 for good views of runways 33/15 & 32L/14R. With a little bit of moving around the building, you can also cover the remaining runways 32R/14L. As the arrivals were from the South to the North, this hotel served us well. Depending on the cloudbase, you might also catch some Firefly ATRs coming/going from Subang.

Also from ground level near the hotel (2.732807, 101.723042), you can get a view of some of the stored Scoot Airbus that were parked at 2.737868, 101.723648. A couple of us tried to get much closer by walking, to see more of these but it wasn’t possible due to the security of the KLIA Cargo Village area. I found later on that you can see all of them from the International part of Terminal 1 – the cross shaped KLIA Satelite A Building (Satellite Terminal). There is a McDonalds at 2.748286, 101.714155 from where I could see the stored Scoots and any movements on Runway 32L.

This was my last day on the official Asia 2 tour and as everybody was going in different directions tomorrow, some going home and others meeting me in Dubai for the Air Show and some Dubai time, I chose to do something a little different. My version of different was to transit Muscat to Dubai and then Riyadh/King Khalid to Heathrow…..

The following log is in country prefix, then airline, type and reg order and my photographs of aircraft and hotel can be seen at;

https://www.flickr.com/photos/62861611@N08/albums/72177720331070915/

Kuala Lumpur

Maintenance area:
9M-AFD, Airbus A320 214, AirAsia (2683)
9M-AJX, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (4462)
9M-AQC, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (4793)
9M-AGT, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (8022)
9M-RAN, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (8797)
9M-AGO, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (6642)
9M-AGQ, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (8025)
9M-XBG, Airbus A330 343E, AirAsia X (1467)
9M-XXC, Airbus A330 343E, AirAsia X (1048)
9M-MLI, Boeing 737NG 8FZ/W, Firefly (31793)
9M-MTA, Airbus A330 323E, Malaysia Airlines (1209)
9M-MTG, Airbus A330 323E, Malaysia Airlines (1318)
9M-MLT, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (39334)
9M-MXH, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40135)
9M-MXI, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40136)
9M-MXY, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40162)
9M-MRE, Boeing 777 2H6ER, Malaysia Airlines (28412)
9V-TRU, Airbus A320 232, Scoot (5426)
9V-TRN, Airbus A320 232SL, Scoot (5915)
9V-TNE, Airbus A320 271NSL, Scoot (10241)
PK-AZP, Airbus A320 216, Indonesia AirAsia (3299)
RP-C3279, Airbus A320 214SL, Aero K Airlines (6051)
RP-C3239, Airbus A320 271NSL, Cebu Pacific Air (8988)
RP-C8977, Airbus A320 216, Philippines AirAsia (2816)
VH-VUO, Boeing 737NG 8FE/W, Virgin Australia (36601)
VN-A282, Airbus A321 251NXSL, Sun PhuQuoc Airways (12612)
VP-BFP, Airbus ACJ318 112 Elite (4878)
VQ-BIG, Airbus ACJ330 243 (1751)
XU-878, Airbus A319 112, Cambodia Airways (3853)
(B-5356), Boeing 737NG 81B (fuselage), China Southern Airlines (35385)
(B-6173 or B-6175), Airbus A319 133 (fuselage), China Southern Airlines

Around the rest of the airport:
4R-ANF, Airbus A321 251NSL, SriLankan Airlines (8106)
9M-AFE, Airbus A320 214, AirAsia (2699)
9M-AFF, Airbus A320 214, AirAsia (2760)
9M-RCB, Airbus A320 214, AirAsia (4727)
9M-AHJ, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (3477)
9M-AHV, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (4079)
9M-AHX, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (4263)
9M-AJY, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (5137)
9M-AQA, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (4404)
9M-AQB, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (4458)
9M-AQD, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (4882)
9M-AQE, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (4571)
9M-AQF, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (4582)
9M-AQG, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (4477)
9M-AQI, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (4486)
9M-AQN, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (5272)
9M-AQP, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (5397)
9M-AQS, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (5431)
9M-DAB, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (4126)
9M-DAE, Airbus A320 216, AirAsia (3064)
9M-AGM, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (7958)
9M-AGY, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (8317)
9M-AGZ, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (8384)
9M-AJD, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (5863)
9M-AJE, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (5908)
9M-AJG, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (6048)
9M-AJH, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (6064)
9M-AJJ, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (6084)
9M-AJK, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (6088)
9M-AJN, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (6145)
9M-AJP, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (6158)
9M-AJT, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (6262)
9M-RAG, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (8463)
9M-RAT, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (9130)
9M-RAW, Airbus A320 216SL, AirAsia (6702)
9M-AGA, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (7150)
9M-AGE, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (7677)
9M-AGF, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (7719)
9M-AGG, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (7778)
9M-AGJ, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (7950)
9M-AGK, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (7803)
9M-AGN, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (7984)
9M-AGS, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (6419)
9M-AGV, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (8017)
9M-AGW, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (8039)
9M-NEO, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (7236)
9M-RAB, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (8262)
9M-RAH, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (8514)
9M-RAJ, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (8623)
9M-RAL, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (8707)
9M-RAM, Airbus A320 251NSL, AirAsia (8795)
9M-TLA, Airbus A321 211(P2F), AirAsia (1607)
9M-TLB, Airbus A321 211(P2F), AirAsia (1023)
9M-TLP, Airbus A321 211(P2F), AirAsia (926)
9M-VAA, Airbus A321 251NXSL, AirAsia (9139)
9M-XBF, Airbus A330 343E, AirAsia X (1475)
9M-XBH, Airbus A330 343E, AirAsia X (1609)
9M-XXE, Airbus A330 343E, AirAsia X (1075)
9M-XXF, Airbus A330 343E, AirAsia X (1126)
9M-XXJ, Airbus A330 343E, AirAsia X (1423)
9M-XXQ, Airbus A330 343E, AirAsia X (716)
9M-XXZ, Airbus A330 343E, AirAsia X (1612)
9M-XXR, Airbus A330 343X, AirAsia X (654)
9M-LFD, Airbus A330 343E, Batik Air Malaysia (1411)
9M-LFF, Airbus A330 343E, Batik Air Malaysia (1820)
9M-LFG, Airbus A330 343E, Batik Air Malaysia (1828)
9M-LRH, Boeing 737MAX 8, Batik Air Malaysia (43017)
9M-LRJ, Boeing 737MAX 8, Batik Air Malaysia (43018)
9M-LRK, Boeing 737MAX 8, Batik Air Malaysia (43005)
9M-LRP, Boeing 737MAX 8, Batik Air Malaysia (43014)
9M-LRR, Boeing 737MAX 8, Batik Air Malaysia (42990)
9M-LRT, Boeing 737MAX 8, Batik Air Malaysia (42996)
9M-LRU, Boeing 737MAX 8, Batik Air Malaysia (42997)
9M-LRW, Boeing 737MAX 8, Batik Air Malaysia (42829)
9M-LCM, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Batik Air Malaysia (39840)
9M-LCP, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Batik Air Malaysia (43186)
9M-LDK, Boeing 737NG 86N/W, Batik Air Malaysia (41267)
9M-LDC, Boeing 737NG 8GP/W, Batik Air Malaysia (39836)
9M-LDD, Boeing 737NG 8GP/W, Batik Air Malaysia (38309)
9M-LNM, Boeing 737NG 8GP/W, Batik Air Malaysia (39826)
9M-LNV, Boeing 737NG 8GP/W, Batik Air Malaysia (39867)
9M-LNY, Boeing 737NG 8GP/W, Batik Air Malaysia (39871)
9M-LCU, Boeing 737NG 8U3/W, Batik Air Malaysia (41815)
9M-LCZ, Boeing 737NG 8U3/W, Batik Air Malaysia (41812)
9M-LDF, Boeing 737NG 8U3/W, Batik Air Malaysia (41605)
9M-LDG, Boeing 737NG 8U3/W, Batik Air Malaysia (41794)
9M-LDH, Boeing 737NG 8U3/W, Batik Air Malaysia (41796)
9M-MLF, Boeing 737NG 8FZ/W, Firefly (29657)
9M-MLH, Boeing 737NG 8FZ/W, Firefly (31723)
9M-MTZ, Airbus A330 223, Malaysia Airlines (1112)
9M-MUD, Airbus A330 223F, Malaysia Airlines (1180)
9M-MTC, Airbus A330 323E, Malaysia Airlines (1229)
9M-MTF, Airbus A330 323E, Malaysia Airlines (1281)
9M-MTJ, Airbus A330 323E, Malaysia Airlines (1347)
9M-MTO, Airbus A330 323E, Malaysia Airlines (1489)
9M-MNI, Airbus A330 941N, Malaysia Airlines (2088)
9M-MAC, Airbus A350 941, Malaysia Airlines (165)
9M-MAD, Airbus A350 941, Malaysia Airlines (183)
9M-MAH, Airbus A350 941, Malaysia Airlines (378)
9M-MVB, Boeing 737MAX 8, Malaysia Airlines (66440)
9M-MVC, Boeing 737MAX 8, Malaysia Airlines (66360)
9M-MVF, Boeing 737MAX 8, Malaysia Airlines (66371)
9M-MVG, Boeing 737MAX 8, Malaysia Airlines (66442)
9M-MVH, Boeing 737MAX 8, Malaysia Airlines (66376)
9M-MVI, Boeing 737MAX 8, Malaysia Airlines (66375)
9M-MVJ, Boeing 737MAX 8, Malaysia Airlines (68123)
9M-MVK, Boeing 737MAX 8, Malaysia Airlines (43341)
9M-MVN, Boeing 737MAX 8, Malaysia Airlines (43355)
9M-FFF, Boeing 737NG 8FZ/W, Malaysia Airlines (39320)
9M-MLK, Boeing 737NG 8FZ/W, Malaysia Airlines (39321)
9M-MLL, Boeing 737NG 8FZ/W, Malaysia Airlines (39322)
9M-MLN, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (39324)
9M-MLP, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (39326)
9M-MLR, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (39328)
9M-MLS, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (39333)
9M-MLV, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (39941)
9M-MSE, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40147)
9M-MXA, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40128)
9M-MXB, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40129)
9M-MXC, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40130)
9M-MXD, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40131)
9M-MXE, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40132)
9M-MXG, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40134)
9M-MXJ, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40137)
9M-MXK, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40138)
9M-MXL, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40139)
9M-MXM, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40140)
9M-MXN, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40141)
9M-MXQ, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40154)
9M-MXR, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40155)
9M-MXS, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40156)
9M-MXU, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40158)
9M-MXV, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40159)
9M-MXW, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40160)
9M-MXX, Boeing 737NG 8H6/W, Malaysia Airlines (40161)
9M-KXA, Boeing 737 4Q3SF, Mjets Air (26605)
9M-WWA, Boeing 737NG 86NBCF/W, Mjets Air (32690)
9M-WWB, Boeing 737NG 86NBCF/W, Mjets Air (32685)
9M-KXP, Boeing 737NG 8EHBCF/W, Mjets Air (34966)
9M-KXD, Boeing 737NG 8V3BCF/W, Mjets Air (29670)
9M-BZC, Airbus A321 211(PCF), Raya Airways (1887)
9M-RXA, Boeing 767 223BDSF, Raya Airways (22317)
9M-RXC, Boeing 767 232BDSF, Raya Airways (22224)
9M-RXD, Boeing 767 281BDSF, Raya Airways (22787)
9V-TRO, Airbus A320 232, Scoot (5188)
9V-TNA, Airbus A320 271NSL, Scoot (8441)
(9V-TNB), Airbus A320 271NSL, Scoot (8661)
(9V-TNC), Airbus A320 271NSL, Scoot (9494)
(9V-TND), Airbus A320 271NSL, Scoot (9414)
9V-NCF, Airbus A321 271NXSL, Scoot (10390)
9V-OFN, Boeing 787 8, Scoot (60279)
9V-SHA, Airbus A350 941, Singapore Airlines (254)
9V-SHC, Airbus A350 941, Singapore Airlines (276)
9V-MBO, Boeing 737MAX 8, Singapore Airlines (44259)
A4O-MH, Boeing 737MAX 8, Oman Air (43797)
A6-ATE, Airbus A321 251NXSL, Air Arabia (9265)
A6-ENU, Boeing 777 31HER, Emirates Airline (41367)
A6-EPO, Boeing 777 31HER, Emirates Airline (42334)
A6-BLR, Boeing 787 9, Etihad Airways (39663)
A6-BND, Boeing 787 9, Etihad Airways (42373)
A7-BAL, Boeing 777 3DZER, Qatar Airways (38244)
A7-BAP, Boeing 777 3DZER, Qatar Airways (38248)
A7-BAZ, Boeing 777 3DZER, Qatar Airways (41781)
B-1396, Boeing 737MAX 8, Air China (60953)
B-303E, Airbus A320 251NSL, China Eastern Airlines (8449)
B-306F, Airbus A320 251NSL, China Eastern Airlines (8888)
B-320N, Airbus A320 251NSL, China Eastern Airlines (9565)
B-30EC, Airbus A321 253NXSL, China Southern Airlines (9168)
B-30F0, Airbus A350 941, China Southern Airlines (411)
B-1176, Boeing 737MAX 8, China Southern Airlines (63271)
B-1207, Boeing 737MAX 8, China Southern Airlines (63248)
B-205K, Boeing 737MAX 8, China Southern Airlines (62880)
B-20C8, Boeing 737MAX 8, China Southern Airlines (63282)
B-209E, Boeing 787 9, China Southern Airlines (60312)
B-5512, Boeing 737NG 85C/W, Jiangxi Air (37577)
B-326M, Airbus A321 271NXSL, Qingdao Airlines (10448)
B-1263, Boeing 737MAX 8, Shanghai Airlines (61630)
B-208M, Boeing 737MAX 8, Shanghai Airlines (61634)
B-328V, Airbus A321 271NXSL, Sichuan Airlines (10778)
B-32F3, Airbus A321 251NXSL, XiamenAir (11486)
B-5708, Boeing 737NG 85C/W, XiamenAir (38403)
B-5435, Boeing 737NG 86N/W, XiamenAir (35644)
B-18907, Airbus A350 941, China Airlines (105)
B-16717, Boeing 777 35EER, EVA Air (32644)
B-58203, Airbus A321 252NXSL, Starlux Airlines (9147)
B-HLR, Airbus A330 343X, Cathay Pacific Airways (421)
B-MCD, Airbus A321 231SL, Air Macau (6912)
EP-MDL, Airbus A310 325, Iran Airtour Airlines (644)
ET-ATH, Boeing 787 8, Ethiopian Airlines (38475)
HS-BBM, Airbus A320 216SL, Thai AirAsia (6170)
HS-THB, Airbus A350 941, Thai Airways International (44)
HZ-AR29, Boeing 787 10, Saudi Arabian Airlines (40058)
JA834A, Boeing 787 8, All Nippon Airways (40750)
PK-MBM, Boeing 737 33RSF/W, AB Airlines (28869)
PK-LBW, Boeing 737NG 8GP/W, Batik Air (39834)
PK-LZM, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Batik Air Malaysia (38318)
PK-LBK, Boeing 737NG 8GP/W, Batik Air Malaysia (39822)
PK-LBS, Boeing 737NG 8GP/W, Batik Air Malaysia (39827)
PK-LZZ, Boeing 737NG 8GP/W, Batik Air Malaysia (39821)
PK-AZW, Airbus A320 214, Indonesia AirAsia (4668)
PK-AZX, Airbus A320 214, Indonesia AirAsia (4688)
PK-AXU, Airbus A320 216, Indonesia AirAsia (3549)
PK-AZO, Airbus A320 216SL, Indonesia AirAsia (5846)
PK-SGC, Airbus A320 232, Super Air Jet (5155)
PK-SJR, Airbus A320 232, Super Air Jet (3457)
PK-TLK, Airbus A321 211, TransNusa Air Services (3612)
RP-C9934, Airbus A321 271NSL, Philippine Airlines (8484)
S2-ALB, Airbus A330 343E, US-Bangla Airlines (1527)
TC-LGO, Airbus A350 941, Turkish Airlines (638)
TC-LGR, Airbus A350 941, Turkish Airlines (651)
V8-RBE, Airbus A320 251NSL, Royal Brunei Airlines (8399)
VN-A542, Airbus A321 211SL, VietJetAir (7048)
VN-A332, Airbus A321 231, Vietnam Airlines (4971)
VN-A608, Airbus A321 231, Vietnam Airlines (5916)
VN-A505, Airbus A321 272NSL, Vietnam Airlines (8924)
VT-EXP, Airbus A320 251NSL, Air India (8682)
VT-IQY, Airbus A320 251NSL, IndiGo (11577)
XU-818, Airbus A320 214, AirAsia Cambodia (4815)
XU-819, Airbus A320 214, AirAsia Cambodia (5109)
XY-AGR, Airbus A319 112, Myanmar Airways International (1791)
XY-ALJ, Airbus A320 214, Myanmar Airways International (3242)
YI-AQY, Airbus A330 202, Iraqi Airways (1339)

On airways:
9M-FYD, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 500, Firefly (830)
9M-FYJ, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 500, Firefly (941)
9M-FYL, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 500, Firefly (948)