Guide to Dublin Airport (DUB / EIDW)
Updated Wednesday 24th May, 2006
Dublin is Ireland's biggest airport by far with annual passengers of around 17 million,the airport recieves a wide range of operators from long haul american carriers to european low costs,daily services include American Airlines,Delta Airlines & Continental Airlines seasonal operators are US Airways,Air Transat & Skyservice Airlines,on the low cost front the airport is of course a Ryanair hub with a steady stream of movements throughout the day,others include Germanwings,Hapag Lloyd Express,the airport recieves extensive charter traffic all year round as well as steady biz jet movements,cargo traffic includes Singapore Cargo 747-400F,& DHL,TNT A300F's,SR Technics have a large facility here with regular visits of Virgin Atlantic aircraft.The airport offers a number of great vantage points.
New for summer 2006 is a 3 times a week service to Bahrain by Gulf Air using A330's,their service operated on wednesday,friday & sunday,also Continental serve twice a day using two 757's.
Radio Frequencies
Approach: 121.1
Area North: 129.17
Area South: 124.65
Clearance: 121.87
Ground: 121.8
Tower: 118.6
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Dublin Airport Weather
All times on the weather descriptions are local
Observed at 05:30 - (24 mins ago)
13°C
Mostly Cloudy
Clouds: Broken Clouds at 500ft, Broken Clouds at 6,000ft
Wind: 260° at 13 knots
Visibility: Greater than 10km
QNH: 1010
Dew Point: 12°C
Runways with a headwind: Runway 28, Runway 34
Spot A - Runway 28 entry point
This is the most popular spot situated parallel to the entry of runway 28,it is a car lay-by that offers great views of all movements of runway 10/28 depending on which is in use aircraft either line up here or from this spot aircraft are just airborne,there are no charges to park here.
A 300mm lens will be plenty here,a decent pair of binoculars will be needed to read regs of aircaft parked on the apron on the other side of the airfield not on stand.Due to a new higher fence being built in front of this spot(which curiously drops down 2 feet after the lay-by),photos from this spot will have a big chunk of fence in them,all credit should go to the airport authority for that,they really ruined a good spot.However if spotting is of only interest then this spot is still the best.
Spot B - Runway 10 entry point
This spot is situated at the other end of the runway,looking over the entry point of runway 10,it offers good shots of landing & departing aircraft,there is no offical car parking here,the spot is a grass mound next to an entrance to an industrial estate, again there are no charges to view aircraft.
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