Spotting at Gran Canaria: South config (RWY 21) spotting location (Little St. Maarten :D)

Gran Canaria has the busiest airport in the Canary Islands

ABOUT TRAFFIC: The busiest day in the week is saturday, Gran Canaria has the busiest airport in Canary Islands and is the 5th busiest airport in Spain, with 170 flights on saturday in summer and 270 or higher in winter on saturday too, sometimes having more traffic than Malaga or Palma de Mallorca. The best days for spotting are monday, wednesday and saturday. Aibus A340-600 comes nearly everday. In the morning A340 arrives at 10:20 and in the afternoon A340 lands at 18:25. We've Finnair Airbus A330 nearly everyday in the midday at 13:25 local time, and sometimes come the Finnair A340-300 on saturday or sunday. For more accurate information about traffic, contact me with on: Javierjcl@gmail.com .

jueves, 5 de mayo de 2011

South config (RWY 21) spotting location (Little St. Maarten :D)

This spotting location is usefull when rwy 21R or 21L is active, when winds come from the south, from HDG 160º to 240º with more than 10 knots.

This place is located at the "Ojos de Garza" beach, at the north of the airport, we've called it "Little St. Maarten" because every aircraft flyies very low over the fence. Just imagine an Airbus A340-642 over there... just amazing.

For more info about this location or how to reach it, just e-mail me on the following e-mail: javierjcl@gmail.com

More pictures taken at this place can be viewed here:

RWY 21R