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By: 24th January 2009 at 13:23 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Hi all, just wondered if anyone here has done much spotting/photography at Madrd Barajas, and in particular did anyone fly in there to do so? STN-MAD day return in March on Ryanair is £10 inc taxes etc, pretty damn good for a flight to a major airport! I'm definitely thinking of going down there but not sure if anywhere is easily accessible for photos, or if you need locals knowledge/access to a car to get anywhere for photos.MAD is one of my favourite airports to go spotting! It's a very good place.
You can spot planes from one of the snackbars in one of the terminals, but I must admit I forgot which terminal, definately one of the older ones. Views here are poor as your are facing through dirty glass.
Much better is a spot on the perimeter. It takes a while to walk there, but it is quite worth the effort. There is a small sand-path leading up an embankment near the intersection marked M110 on below map. If you follow that path you will end up at the spotters area. Here planes taxi past closely.With my 70-200MM I could easily handle all the movements, though everything roughly sized B772 and larger would not fit side-on. Movements at T4' sattelite terminal can be seen, and the A340-600s can even be photographed due to their large size, but expect heathaze to be a killer. This spot will be best between 12:00 and sundawn, earlier and the sun will be facing you.
You are in the middle of nowhere, so prepare yourself by bringing something to drink/eat.
By: 24th January 2009 at 17:23 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-http://www.plane-mad.com/guides.php?guide=MAD
Sam
By: 24th January 2009 at 22:22 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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You are in the middle of nowhere, so prepare yourself by bringing something to drink/eat.
I nice pitcher of Sangria and a plate of Tapas maybe!!!
By: 24th January 2009 at 22:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I nice pitcher of Sangria and a plate of Tapas maybe!!!
What, no Paella ????
By: 24th January 2009 at 22:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-What, no Paella ????
Plane spotting in the baking afternoon sun...I'd prefer something cold
By: 25th January 2009 at 07:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Cheers for that Peter and Sam. I did see that spottign guide on plane-mad.com, but all the locations looked too far to walk. Peter, you say that walk is quite long, but do you know approx how long it took? I've booked the flight for the end of March, only 5 hours on the ground so I'm hoping to atleast get 2 hours taking photos.
By: 25th January 2009 at 10:55 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Cheers for that Peter and Sam. I did see that spottign guide on plane-mad.com, but all the locations looked too far to walk. Peter, you say that walk is quite long, but do you know approx how long it took? I've booked the flight for the end of March, only 5 hours on the ground so I'm hoping to atleast get 2 hours taking photos.About 40 or 45 minutes. Don't know the time it takes from T4 though.
By: 25th January 2009 at 15:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-You need to take the subway from the airport to Barajas (one stop IIRC) - that reduces the walk substantially and the fare is very cheap.
Andy
By: 25th January 2009 at 16:37 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-You need to take the subway from the airport to Barajas (one stop IIRC) - that reduces the walk substantially and the fare is very cheap.Now you tell me. :DAndy
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By: wannabe pilot - 24th January 2009 at 12:45
Hi all, just wondered if anyone here has done much spotting/photography at Madrd Barajas, and in particular did anyone fly in there to do so? STN-MAD day return in March on Ryanair is £10 inc taxes etc, pretty damn good for a flight to a major airport! I'm definitely thinking of going down there but not sure if anywhere is easily accessible for photos, or if you need locals knowledge/access to a car to get anywhere for photos.