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Schiphol has three official viewing areas: The observation deck at Schiphol Plaza, the McDonalds overlooking 09/27 (Buitenveldertbaan), and a parking lot alongside 18R/36L (Polderbaan). The official spot alongside 06/24 (Kaagbaan) has been closed.

===Observation Deck===

The airport hosts a large outdoor observation deck with great views of the terminal. There is also Dakota's Café & Bar, just inside the observation deck with good view if the weather is bad. Unfortunately the platform faces the sun most of the day. For photography it is therefore not too great. If you want to catch registrations this is a great place though! Just don't forget to bring your binoculars!

Operating hours:

*Summer 07:00 - 20:00

*Winter 09:00 - 17:00

Schiphol East (Oost in Dutch) is the maintenance and executive part of the airport. You can see a limited part of East. This includes the police air wing (Bo-105, C.172), the hangars of the DDA Classic Airlines and some Martinair hangars like 4-RUYS were the Fokker´s 70 and 100 are maintained. The biz jet ramp can also be seen.

There are a lot of private planes based at Schiphol East but in the weekend there is allways a VLM Airlines, Transavia or KLM Cityhopper. Planes from football clus that come to visit Amsterdam can also be seen like the Yak-52 that recently visited Amsterdam. The Netherlands Cost Guard is also based at Schiphol East

Adria Airways, Aer Lingus, Air Astana, Air Baltic, Air France, Air Malta, Air Memphis, Air Moldova, Air Zena, Aeroflot, Alitalia, AMC Airlines, Antonov Airlines, ArkeFly (TUI group), Asiana Cargo, Atlasair, Atlas Blue, Atlasjet, Armavia, Austrian Airlines, Blue 1, BMI Baby, BMI British Midland, British Airways, Bulgaria Air, Cargo Air Lines, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, China Southern, Continental, Croatia, CSA, Cyprus Airways, DAS Air Cargo, Delta Airlines, DHL, Dragonair Cargo, Easyjet, Egyptair, El Al, Emirates Skycargo, Eritrean, Estonian, Ethiopian, European Air Express (will start flights march 6th 2006), Eva Air, Finnair, Fly Air, Fly Me (will start flights summer 2006), Helios Airways, Iberia, Icelandair, Inter Ekspres, Iran Air, Israir, Japan Airlines, JAT, Jet2, Kalitta, Kenya Airways, KLM, KLM Cargo, KLM Cityhopper, Korean Airlines, Kuzu Airlines, Libyan Arab Airlines, Lithuanian Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Lotus Airways, Lufthansa, Macedonian Airlines, Maersk (to be rebranded as Sterling), Malaysia Airlines, Malev, Martinair, Martinair Cargo, Meridiana, MNG Airlines, Nippon Cargo Airways, NWA Northwest Airlines, Olympic Airlines, Onur Air, Pegasus Airlines, Portugalia, Pulkovo, Qatar Airways Cargo, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian, Scot Airways, SAS, Singapore Airlines, Sky Airlines, Sky Europe, Slovak Airlines, Smart Wings, Sterling (will start flights march 26th 2006), Surinam Airways, Swiss, Syrian Airlines, TACV, TAP Air Portugal, Thomsonfly.com, TMA, TNT, Transavia, Tristar Airways, Tunisair, Turkish Airlines, Ukraine International, United, US Airways, Varig Brasil, Virgin Express, VLM, West Air Sweden, Wizzair (will start flights December 1st 2005)