I was recently in Spain on holiday and was staying not far from Malaga Airport. I made a few visits and found various spots that offer good photo opportunities. While I was there only one runway (13/31) was in use. The new (not quite parallel) runway 12/30 has been officially opened but was not used while I was there. Here is a selection of the more interesting aircraft that I shot (full set here http://www.flickr.com/photos/24101413@N03/sets/72157631175302888). I can provide further details of spotting locations if anyone needs them.
CN-COF ATR-72-600 by Irish251, on Flickr
SX-BRM Fokker 50 by Irish251, on Flickr
EC-LNP ATR-72-202 by Irish251, on Flickr
EC-KPP Dassault Falcon 100 by Irish251, on Flickr
EC-LQV ATR-72-600 by Irish251, on Flickr
CS-TMV Beech 1900D by Irish251, on Flickr
SP-MIX PC-12/47E by Irish251, on Flickr
EC-LKJ CASA 212-200 by Irish251, on Flickr
EI-EPS A319-111 by Irish251, on Flickr
PH-HZE Boeing 737-8K2 by Irish251, on Flickr
EC-LRN A320-214 by Irish251, on Flickr
G-NOAH A319-115CJ by Irish251, on Flickr
C-GPAT A310-308ET by Irish251, on Flickr
By: Tartan Pics - 23rd August 2012 at 11:46
Some mighty fine stuff there… love the wee Casa 212 🙂
By: Short finals - 22nd August 2012 at 21:24
The light is difficult enough, depending on the time of day, and being on a family holiday I was constrained as to the times I visited. The ideal would be landing on 13 in the morning and then departing 31 in the afternoon, but when I was there the opposite tended to be the case! The take-offs with the hills behind were taken from the terminal, airside, as I waited for our flight home.
The new runway is to the north of the existing one and there is a linking taxiway at the north end which may offer photo opportunities. http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=7381976
From the taxiway alignments of new runway, it looks to me like when they do begin dual runway operations, it won’t be used for landings from the sea.
By: Culpano - 22nd August 2012 at 20:50
Great stuff. I spent 4 days there in 1999 in a farmers field and got rafts of great shots. I went back last year and there was no access to the field and photography was difficult. The lighting wasn’t that good either from the spot i found at a car hire place. Seems like you found other decent spots. I didn’t notice they were building another runway !
By: MSR777 - 22nd August 2012 at 02:21
A really great set of pics there. It’s always good to see an A310:) I just wonder how much worse some of these airline names have to get? Fly Time? Helitt? :rolleyes:
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August 21, 2012 at 11:32 pm