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For morning and late afternoon silhouette shots, this an awesome spot. The hangar is now being used by Dassault aviation for maintenance of their biz-jets. You may be checked out here but as long as you are not doing anything stupid they should be fine with you being there.

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The SE corner of the parking garage is a pretty good spot to get planes taxiing,departing,landing and watching the WN ramp operations and now the new tower provides a new background, see the first link below for an example. You do have to pay to get in, the best way is to go through the "Long Term" parking gate and just follow the signs. It is a challenge, but you can get some good shots from the NE corner of the lot which looks down on the cargo ramp and even "Charlie" gates where Horizon and American park. Sometimes special visitors like cargo 747's and 767's etc will park in-between the two ramps. You can get good shots of planes departing, flaring, and taxiing from runway 16L/R and taxiing to the gate,slowing down and climbing off of 34L/R. One other special thing about this spot is that if you have good timing and luck (eg: plane rotates at the right point) you can get some shots with the new tower in the background. You may a have a cruiser stop by to check your ID but overall it isn't bad. This is an afternoon spot and is best with a 100-400mm or longer lens.

 

 

There are also often military types here, often C-130's and C-17's. You may also see fighter types and government aircraft. Several charter airlines also stop by, including Sun Country Airlines.