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Guide to Vienna Schwechat Airport

Contributors: lapi27, Northern Boy
Updated Friday 11th March, 2011

ICAO Code: LOWW
IATA Code: VIE

Latitude: N48° 6' 44"
Longitude E16° 35' 43"

Sunrise Today: 07:14
Sunset Today: 17:00

Vienna has 2 runways 16/34 & 11/29 in a T configaration. The traffic is a nice mix of European and Eastern carriers but only Air Transat from North America. Far East Cargo flights are numerous and there is considerable Bizjet traffic. The airport changed it's approach and departure patterns about 10 times during the 2 days I was there, making it rather a frustrating airport to spot at. It was also suggested by the locals to carry ID at all time and be careful where you park you car. The terminal is to the north of the east-west runway and was not visited. Interesting A/c seen while there was an Qatar A320, EVA A330 and a Dniporavia EMR 145. A bicycle would be a massive asset.

Radio Frequencies

Approach 128.2 MHz
Tower 119.4 MHz
ATIS 121.725 MHz
Ground 121.6 MHz
Info 118.525 MHz

Links

Official site of the Vienna International Airport

Vienna Schwechat Airport Weather

All times on the weather descriptions are local

Observed at 08:20 - (29 mins ago)

-10°C

Mostly Cloudy
Clouds: Few Clouds at 3,000ft, Scattered Clouds at 5,000ft, Broken Clouds at 7,000ft
Wind: 340° at 15 knots
Visibility: Greater than 10km
QNH: 1031
Dew Point: -18°C
Runways with a headwind: Runway 29, Runway 34

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Movements

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Spot A - The Cemetery

Situated at the S/E corner of the airport. at the village of Klein-Neusiedl there is a small cemetery with a small carpark. From here walk round the tree line and up the dirt road to a suitable point to spot. A small set of steps would be advantageous.

Sat Nav Co-ordinates
(Some locations may not be next to a road but the sat nav should get you pretty close using these co-ordinates)

Latitude: N48° 5' 10" (N48° 5.159')
Longitude: E16° 35' 49" (E16° 35.818')

Spot B - The Cross

Where the two runways intersect there is a crash gate and a small picnic area and the path mentioned in spot 1 continues to here. Do Not drive up the road from Klein-Neusiedl.

Sat Nav Co-ordinates
(Some locations may not be next to a road but the sat nav should get you pretty close using these co-ordinates)

Latitude: N48° 6' 4" (N48° 6.071')
Longitude: E16° 35' 26" (E16° 35.428')

Spot C - South Of East West Runway

To get here, it is a long walk and you must leave your car parked safely near the B10 road. From here aircraft departing westerly can be seen and has a limited view of the ramp. However the east bound traffic tend to depart to the north. Arrivals from the west can be photoed by moving back towards the B10 and departures moving to the east.

Sat Nav Co-ordinates
(Some locations may not be next to a road but the sat nav should get you pretty close using these co-ordinates)

Latitude: N48° 6' 53" (N48° 6.879')
Longitude: E16° 32' 42" (E16° 32.694')

Spot D - Parking house P4

This spot is at the terminal, behind the NH hotel.
You have go in to the parking house P4 , and go up to the level 8. From here you can take pictures of the parking planes, on a part of the apron. And also possible to shot the Cargo apron, and some part of the rwy16/34. But there are many obstucting objects, pylons, GPU-s, stairs,etc.
This spot is ok in the afternoon.
This spot is ideal if you dont have car, but you have some free hours at the terminal, because is in walking distance.
If you are with a car, you have to pay 3Euro/hour for parking.

Sat Nav Co-ordinates
(Some locations may not be next to a road but the sat nav should get you pretty close using these co-ordinates)

Latitude: N48° 7' 13" (N48° 7.223')
Longitude: E16° 33' 55" (E16° 33.919')

Photos

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Comments About This Airport / Guide

Posted by: Andrej Rzyman

Wednesday 4th January, 2012 at 22:08 GMT

Perfect help for my tomorrows planespotting trip. A plan is to walk around the whole airport.

Posted by: Manu Zanetti

Sunday 27th March, 2011 at 03:47 GMT

I enjoyed my flight from the US. Thankyou

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