Guide to Malaga Airport

What looks like the regular spot for local spotter / photographers is situated behind the town of Churriana. This is fairly easy to get to and has no shortage of parking spaces. The spot is good for afternoon photography when the sun has moved around to the west. The area can be used when either runway is in use although personally I think its a lot better when runway 32 is used. You can walk from the parking area towards the runway 32 threshold and get some good landing shots. Theres a big embankment here which gets you well above the fence for some nice pictures ie the Delta shot below.

When runway 14 is in use its a little more difficult. First of all not all your actually quite a distance down the runway here so a lot of the smaller types are well in the air by the time they get to you. With this in mind you want to get as far towards the runway 14 end as possible. However, huge fences have been put up on the area by the road with no way of getting a shot over them. The best you can do is try getting shots from the parking area, although your too far away most of the time, some aircraft do use up enough runway to get a shot. The Monarch and Air Europa shown below are example of photos taken using runway 14. Therefore its possible to get a good shot from here, but difficult, with many obstacles to avoid in order to get pictures like the two below.

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: N36° 40' 6" (N36° 40.106')
Longitude: W4° 29' 44" (W4° 29.738')

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This one is certainly off the beaten track. Standing in the farmers field you can overlook the threshold of runway 14, getting shots of aircraft on short final for landing or lining up ready for take-off. The area is reached via a dirt track with only a couple of buildings down the road. I did come across some of the local residents and the farmer whos field I was in and both seemed fine with me being there, knowing I was there to take pictures and the car being parked well out of the way. If visiting this spot though please do respect that this is private land and keep your visit as trouble free for the locals as absolutely possible.

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: N36° 40' 56" (N36° 40.941')
Longitude: W4° 30' 50" (W4° 30.84')

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This point is good until 11 am

There is a traffic circle, park right next to it, we can go to the center of the traffic circle or even go to a high departure from runway 13.

Landing and departure from runway 13.

Lenses from 40 to 200

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: N36° 41' 17" (N36° 41.278')
Longitude: W4° 30' 29" (W4° 30.49')

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