Düsseldorf Airport
| Continent: Europe | Country: Germany |
| Düsseldorf Airport | |
| Location | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| IATA code | DUS |
| ICAO code | EDDL |
| Airport type | Commercial |
| Website | http://www.duesseldorf-international.de/ |
| Overview map | Google Maps |
| Communications | |
| Tower | 118.3 |
| Ground | 121.9 |
| Clearance | 121.775 |
| Approach | 119.4 |
| Departure | 128.85 |
| ATIS | 123.775 |
| Departure | - |
Official Spotting Locations
Observation platforms
Dusseldorf has two large observation platform.
The first platform can be found at the terminal. It offers view over the terminal area and planes taxiing. When planes come in from the west you can see the planes line up on the nearby runway, and land at the far runway. A nice aviation store can be found just outside the platform.
- AirTeamImages.com sample photo: [1]
- AirTeamImages.com sample photo: [2]
The second platform can be found at the long distance train station (not to be mistaken with the local train station in the terminal!). Here you are just as close by to the planes, but there is no clutter at all. Therefor this place is preferable. When planes come in from the east they land on the far away runway, and take-off from the nearby runway. Lining up is very close by as well.
- AirTeamImages.com sample photo: [3]
- AirTeamImages.com sample photo: [4]
Entry price
adults: EUR 2,00
disabled, students, elderly: EUR 1,50
kids (up to 16), groups over 20: EUR 1,00
kids (up to 6): free
Opening hours
Summer (30.03 to 25.10): daily 06:00 - 21:00
Winter (26.10 to 29.03): daily 09:00 - 20:00
Other Spotting Locations
Location
Just outside the train station you can see the police hangar. There is a crash gate you can poke your lense through to photograph any planes that may be outside. The local police wing has Bo-105s.
Locations to Avoid
Location
Regular Traffic
As it is a German airport of course you'll find a lot of Lufthansa (B737, A320, CRJ, ATR). Also international airlines like Finnair (A319), British Airways (A319, A320, B757, B767), Air France (B737, A318, A319, A320, ERJ, CRJ), Iberia (A320), Aeroflot (TU154, A319, A320), Emirates (B777), Alitalia (ERJ), LOT (ERJ), CSA, Austrian, Scandinavian and much more, check the flightplans at the official website. There are also a lot of charter airlines: LTU(A320, A321, A330) it's their base, Hapag Lloyd (B737), Air Berlin (B737, A320), Condor (A320, B757, B767) and also low-cost-carrier like Germanwings (A319, A320)
From the upcoming summer-season Delta Airlines (B767) will take up daily flights to ATL, and Norwegian (B737) and FlyMe (B737) are new candidates to serve Scandinavia.