Brussels Airport has inaugurated two spanking new plane spotting platforms. Apart from offering a great view of the airport, the platforms allow aviation enthusiasts to engage in their favorite pastime in all safety. The spotting platforms have been named after the take-off and landing runways they look out over, 01/19 and 07R/25L.
Spotting platform 07R/25L in Steenokkerzeel
The first spotting platform at the Steenokkerzeel transit centre provides an excellent view of runway 25L/07R, which is mostly used for landing aircraft. Which explains why the area surrounding this runway is particularly popular among spotters and why it came out of the survey as the favorite spotting place in the survey. Courtesy of the raised platform, plane spotters now enjoy a clear view of the runway.
The car park at the transit centre was expanded with a few parking spaces for plane spotters. At the threshold of runway 25L too, along Kortenbergse Steenweg, a small car park was laid out to relieve local roads.
Spotting platform 01/19 in Zaventem
The second spotting platform is located near runway 01/19 in the Vliegbos woods. Runway 01/19 is used on weekends for part of the take-offs. When the weather conditions are such that runways 25L/R cannot be used, runway 01/19 is mostly used for landings. Here too, the raised platform now provides a clear and unobstructed view of this runway.
As the Vliegbos woods also attracts a lot of families and children, Brussels Airport also put up some outdoor play equipment and displays that provide information about the airport, popular aircraft types and buildings which can be seen from the spotting platform. Spotters can use the regular parking spaces in the vicinity of the woods.
All photos taken Spotting platform 07R/25L in Steenokkerzeel by Rob Vogelaar
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