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==Official Spotting Locations== | ==Official Spotting Locations== | ||
===Main road "''bus stops''"=== | |||
Aruba Airport has more or less official spotting locations along the main road from town (Oranjestad) to the airport. This road runs parallel with the runway (Runway 11/29). A few structures resembling bus stops, with benches, are provided to watch airport traffic. Most of the time you will find a few cars parked and people watching planes, but this isn't actually a good location due to the high perimeter fence. Only point and shoot cameras will have lenses small enough to fit through the fence, and this makes it difficult to make anything else than side-on shots. | Aruba Airport has more or less official spotting locations along the main road from town (Oranjestad) to the airport. This road runs parallel with the runway (Runway 11/29). A few structures resembling bus stops, with benches, are provided to watch airport traffic. Most of the time you will find a few cars parked and people watching planes, but this isn't actually a good location due to the high perimeter fence. Only point and shoot cameras will have lenses small enough to fit through the fence, and this makes it difficult to make anything else than side-on shots. | ||
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==Other Spotting Locations== | ==Other Spotting Locations== | ||
Spots near Surfside Beach | ===Spots near Surfside Beach=== | ||
'''Surfside Beach''', the stretch of beach immediately west of the airport, offers some very interesting unofficial spotting possibilities. | '''Surfside Beach''', the stretch of beach immediately west of the airport, offers some very interesting unofficial spotting possibilities. | ||
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===General Aviation (southeast side)=== | |||
This location is next to the new General Aviation terminal on the south side of the airport. You can only reach this site by taxi or car (drive through the village of Simeon Antonio and follow the old coastal road until it ends at the airport fence). | This location is next to the new General Aviation terminal on the south side of the airport. You can only reach this site by taxi or car (drive through the village of Simeon Antonio and follow the old coastal road until it ends at the airport fence). | ||
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==Locations to Avoid== | ==Locations to Avoid== | ||
==Regular Traffic== | ==Regular Traffic== | ||
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KLM has frequent flights in the evening (landing in the early evening, take-off always after dark) with '''MD-11'''. From time to time '''Boeing 747-400''' visits, earlier in the afternoon. | KLM has frequent flights in the evening (landing in the early evening, take-off always after dark) with '''MD-11'''. From time to time '''Boeing 747-400''' visits, earlier in the afternoon. | ||
A variety of smaller airlines serves AUA with '''ATR-42, Cessna Caravan, Let''' and other small turboprop aircraft. | A variety of smaller airlines serves AUA with '''ATR-42, Cessna Caravan, Let''' and other small turboprop aircraft. | ||
Aeropostal and Aserca visit almost daily with '''DC-9''' planes. | Aeropostal and Aserca visit almost daily with '''DC-9''' planes, Surinam Airways has '''MD-80''', and Avianca uses a variety of '''Boeing 757, 767 and MD-80'''. | ||
Various private jets and cargo planes ('''Boeing 727''') can be seen as well. | Various private jets and cargo planes ('''Boeing 727''') can be seen as well. | ||