Tom Ding
ENCOUNTER / 0424 JUL 2026HANEDA T3 / TOKYO

Haneda, 04:00

The airport before sunrise, when ramp light and runway blue become the same color.

Haneda Airport glowing blue before sunrise with aircraft parked beneath the control tower
001The airport before the dayTERMINAL 3 / BLUE HOUR
ABOUT THE SERIES
Before sunrise, the airport runs on pools of light.

Made between roughly four and five in the morning from the Terminal 3 observation deck. The sequence follows Haneda as darkness gives way to motion, color, and the first hard edges of daylight.

SEQUENCE12 FRAMESSCROLL →
Haneda Airport glowing blue before sunrise with aircraft parked beneath the control tower
001

The airport before the day

TERMINAL 3 / BLUE HOUR
An ANA aircraft held in warm ramp light against the blue airport before dawn
002

Holding under ramp light

ANA / APRON
An Air China aircraft at a gate surrounded by blue taxiway lights before dawn
003

Light divides the stand

GATE / PRE-DAWN
A wide view across Haneda Airport toward the control tower in blue-hour light
004

Tower, runway, waiting

HANEDA / 04—05
A Japan Airlines aircraft photographed with a panning motion across the runway
005

The aircraft becomes a line

PANNING / TAXI
An ANA aircraft turning toward the camera on the apron
006

Turning toward the stand

FRONT / APRON
An ANA aircraft moving across green runway margins in a panning photograph
007

Crossing the green

PANNING / MOTION
A Japan Airlines aircraft taxiing across the airport in early daylight
008

Traffic settles into daylight

JAL / TAXI
A commercial aircraft seen in full profile on the Haneda apron
009

An arrival in full profile

RAMP / DAYBREAK
The rising sun breaking through cloud above Haneda Airport and its control tower
010

The sun finds one opening

TOWER / FIRST LIGHT
An open runway field at Haneda Airport under clear morning light
011

Runway between movements

FIELD / PAUSE
A J-Air aircraft crossing a window-framed view of Haneda Airport
012

The last view through glass

TERMINAL 3 / DEPARTURE