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If you can´t get airside, Sharjah Park is the best option for a safe place to observe and take photos from. It is located near the thresshold of RWY30. The main road from Sharjah town to the airport takes you there, roughly two miles after passing the terminal (on your left) you will see it on the right handside of the road. | |||
Its a nice quiet park with a big mound from where you can see and photograph all arrivals on RWY30 or departures on RWY12. Best time is in the afternoon when the sun is behind you and most arrivals (if not all) arrive on RWY30. Unfortunatly the park is not always open. Friday it is open all day though and is quite busy as it is a day off for most muslims just like our sunday! Traffic is a bit slow but there are always some goodies worth waiting for and afternoons always give almost all the Air Arabia fleet returning to SHJ. Some afternoons I have seen 4 IL76´s within 2-3 hours and some of them doing some very interesting VFR approaches coming downwind and litteraly throwing the aircraft around on 3miles final, followed by a landing halfway down the runway. | |||
==Locations to Avoid== | ==Locations to Avoid== |
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