What did I just see land at Manchester Airport?
What did I just see land at Manchester Airport?
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Ganglandboss

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8,506 posts

228 months

Tuesday 27th January
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I was just driving around the airport, as the route through the runway tunnels was closed. I was heading east along Ringway Road West / Manchester Airport Relief Road.

As I was coming up to the runway, a plane landed in the direction shown below.



The time was somewhere between 22:45 and 22:48 on Tuesday 27th of January.

The plane was grey, shorter than an airliner, with a pointed nose; it looked military.

Can any clever person give me an idea what it could have been.

I only caught a brief glimpse, and my view was particularly blocked.

greygoose

9,469 posts

220 months

Tuesday 27th January
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Andy Burnham returning home?

Jakg

3,997 posts

193 months

Tuesday 27th January
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Ganglandboss said:
The time was somewhere between 22:45 and 22:48 on Tuesday 27th of January.
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?replay=2026-01-27-22:40&lat=53.357&lon=-2.281&zoom=13.5

Best match seems to be this unfortunately:

Charlie1986

2,098 posts

160 months

Tuesday 27th January
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Either a TUI flight or Lufthansa flight landed around that time