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===Central Airport===
===Central Airport===
The Daily Garages offer a better vantage point for all three runways.  Daily Garage I offers a spectacular view of the Main Terminal and Signature Flight Support.  If you have a decent lens, you should be able to get decent shots, but this point is more for overviews because of the distance.  Daily Garage II offers a great view of the south cargo ramp, which houses DHL and UPS.  Further north is Fed-Ex.  Occasionally, Piedmont-Hawthorne will put larger customers down here, such as the UAE's B747SP.  You will need a decent lens to get good pictures of the north cargo ramp.<br>
The Daily Garages offer a better vantage point for all three runways.  Daily Garage I offers a spectacular view of the Main Terminal and Signature Flight Support.  If you have a decent lens, you should be able to get decent shots, but this point is more for overviews because of the distance.  Daily Garage II offers a great view of the south cargo ramp, which houses DHL and UPS.  Further north is Fed-Ex.  Occasionally, Piedmont-Hawthorne will put larger customers down here, such as the UAE's B747SP.  You will need a decent lens to get good pictures of the north cargo ramp.
 
Both garages are $5/hr with a max of $15/day.  Again, make sure you have an ID in case you are questioned.  They may ask you to leave here, though, because these lots tend to be more popular.
Both garages are $5/hr with a max of $15/day.  Again, make sure you have an ID in case you are questioned.  They may ask you to leave here, though, because these lots tend to be more popular.


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===Westfield High School===
===Westfield High School===
The school is a good distance away (3.75mi from the threshold of runway 1L and 3mi from the threshold of runway 1R), but offers a decent spot for approaches to runways 1L and 1R.  As long as school is not in session, security tends to be lax or non-existant.  The student lot is often used by parents to teach their children to drive, along with other activities, so your presence will go largely unnoticed.<br>
The school is a good distance away (3.75mi from the threshold of runway 1L and 3mi from the threshold of runway 1R), but offers a decent spot for approaches to runways 1L and 1R.  As long as school is not in session, security tends to be lax or non-existant.  The student lot is often used by parents to teach their children to drive, along with other activities, so your presence will go largely unnoticed.
The school is off of Route 50 on Stonecroft Blvd.<br>
 
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The school is off of Route 50 on Stonecroft Blvd.


==Locations to Avoid==
==Locations to Avoid==