Meanings
present singular third person planespots · participle present planespotting · participle past planespotted · past planespotted
- intransitiverareTo take part in planespotting.
You missed the best place of all to planespot. EAA week at OSH (in late July/early August).
2002 January 13, Michael G. Koerner, “Re: Airports been to”, in misc.transport.road (Usenet)2 more examples
So if you go to planespot at LAS, check your winds. they could save you a trip down there. ¶ PHL is also another good place to go. You may have to go a fair bit to get to it, but you can actually park right next or near the Tower to planespot.
2000 November 8, A Guy Called Tyketto, “Re: Airports with good viewing galleries?”, in rec.travel.air (Usenet)At the U.S. airports where I planespot you see this phenomenon manifested clearly. The planespotting idiots will ignore an Air China 747-400 as it glides in beautifully for landing, […] but let a dirty-looking stealth-schemed United 777 come in and they all get so excited they can barely keep from trembling and can't hold their cameras steady.
2001 March 7, Joe, “Re: What's so great about the 777?”, in rec.travel.air (Usenet)
Origin
Back-formation from planespotting.
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planespot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planespot
“planespot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planespot. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “planespot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planespot.
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