Aircraft Spotting

Spotting Web Sites

• Aeronautics  An aviation spotter site with a goal to show you some spotter photos and give additional information about aviation and its history.
• AFRICASPOTTER.at.tt  Planespotting in South Africa with information about South African airports, maps, photos and thousands of links to airports and airlines worldwide. Try www.africspotter.at.tt if unable to connect.
• Aircraftrecognition  A site about aircraft recognition with fact sheets, pictures, links, aircraft quizzes, forum, and more.  Primarily in Danish, but with a growing English version.
• Aircraftspotting.net  Spotters who log registrations or take pictures will like this site.  The emphasis is on civil airliners, but you will also find information and photographs of military aircraft and air shows.
• airliners.lu  An enthusiast's page by some pilots and spotters with pictures, forum, and a guestbook.
• Airport & Airfields Spotting Info  This site is designed for the aviation enthusiast and lists details from airfields and airports all over the world.
• AirportWatch  A site for the discussion of movements at all UK airfields.
• ..../:\\ a p p r o a c h by filip koska  Spotting... mostly from Prague - Ruzyne.
• Ar & Ed's Dutch Aviation Page  Aviation photography in the Netherlands.  Civil and military aircraft, mostly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, but also other Dutch airfields, museums and airshows.  Information for spotters.
• Arrivals at Birmingham International  This site has been written to show aviation enthusiasts around the world pictures of air movements from Birmingham International Airport.
• The Aviation Enthusiasts and Spotters Webring This Webring is for Webmasters of web pages related to spotters and aviation enthusiasts to provide a means to link together all the various pages.
• AviationPhotos  This site has a nice gallery of commercial airliner photos.  Image wallpaper is available and color prints are available for sale.
• Azoresairphotos.com  Plane spotting in the Azores (Portugal).  Photos in LPLA, LPAZ, LPPD.
• Azores Spotting  Site dedicated to plane spotting in the Azores Islands (Portugal).
• BizAviation.net  An online community for pilots, aircraft owners, spotters, and other enthusiasts of business aviation, business jets, and turboprop aircraft.  The aircraft photographs are high resolution and the library of aircraft information is based on a Wiki-system where you can add data or edit existing information.
• Brisbane Aviation & Scanning Page  Plane spotting at Brisbane Airport.
• Bristol International Supporters Group Online  BISON is a website dedicated to spotting activity and supporting the expansion and operations of Bristol International Airport.
• Brussels Airport Spotting  This site by a young Belgian spotter will contain spotting tips & spots, reports, schedules, ATC, and much more.  In Dutch and English.
• CI Aviation  The aim of this site is to provide a colourful collection of aviation images from the Channel Islands and to promote all aspects of aviation within the Channel Islands with a special emphasis on Guernsey.
• Le Cirque Volant - the aviation photographers journal  This subscription e-magazine is for aviation photographers, enthusiasts, and spotters around the world and publishes aviation images taken by amateur and professional photographers.  The magazine contains high quality aviation images, in-depth photographic articles about specific aircraft, and articles about aviation photographers and technique.  Contributors are amateur and professional aviation photographers who have joined the Flickr group.
• Cork Airport Fanatics  The site for fanatics, enthusiasts, and spotters about Cork Airport.
• DSA Movements  A site for Foncaster Sheffield Robin Hood airport which covers movements, photos, airport news, sbs-1, and more.
• dutch-airliners.nl  850 photos taken at Schiphol Airport of all incoming and outgoing airplanes.  Also, other pictures near the runways and platforms.
• Dutch Spotters On-Line  Provided by the Kierewiet Spotting Group.
• Eagle-Eyed Observers of YVR  Official homepage of an aviation spotting club in Vancouver, Canada.
• Extreme Spotting - Airliners In Flight  This site is for people who take photos of planes at cruising altitude, and includes a rich collection of quality pictures of airliners in flight.  Enthusiasts can exchange information and photos in the forum.  Daily news updates, interesting articles and aviation-photography tips.  Original in Polish or English, but with multi-language support.
• The Flying Archive  Pictures from the three Berlin airports SXF, TXL and THF, airline histories (only in German), pictures of ILA 98, spotting in Istanbul.
• Gloucestershire Airport - A view from the Car Park  Spotting, airport development information, links.
• HoustonSpotters.net  A website for spotters around George Bush Intercontinental Airport (KIAH), William P. Hobby airport (KHOU), as well as other surrounding airports in the Houston, Texas area.  The site has spotting resources and a guide, a forum with discussions about upcoming and past events, and a database with photographs taken around Houston airports.  The Spotting 101 section covers topics of interest to new spotters and others who just want to learn about the hobby.
• The Andy Hutchings Web Site  Aviation theme site includes Air NORTH, a British aviation society with a aircraft spotting and historical themes.
• Jetspotter.com  A website displaying aviation photographs from Brisbane and Australia taken by the webmaster and others.
• LPPT Spotting  L1011 website and plane spotting at Lisbon.
• Luton Spotters Website  All you need to know about spotting at Luton Airport.
• OPShots.net  Chronicling the aircraft that visit Cleveland Hopkins International Airport - everything from the mundane to the unusual and rare, from the eighties to the present.  You will also find galleries featuring photos taken by the OPShots Photo Team, a dedicated group of local photographers, and a community forum for local and abroad aviation happenings.
• Pedro Becken's Homepage  Plane spotting at Porto International Airport, Portugal.
• Perkins Aviation Spotter pictures  Many pictures including special liveries, situations, and inside shots, all taken at Zurich International Airport (Switzerland).
• PixelAir  The personal page of a spotter from Cheshire England with photos and helpful information.
• www.PlanePhotos.ch  Civil aviation photography from Switzerland with a selection of airliner photos, many taken at Zurich Airport.
• PlanePics.Com  Houston area plane pictures.
• Plane-Spotter.net  Movies and pictures from Oslo Aiport, Gardermoen.  Airlines and aviation facts, plus an Avi Forum.
• Planespotter.org  Offers photos of airplanes, airport information, airline and aircraft details, forums, and much more for plane spotters and aviation enthusiasts around the globe.
• planespotting.com  Dedicated to plane spotters and aviation enthusiasts everywhere with a mission to create greater awareness of plane spotting, provide plane spotting information about airports around the world, link plane spotters and aviation enthusiasts with many other interesting aviation sites on the internet, and connect plane spotters with each other.
• Planespotting-NUE  Airplane pictures taken at Nurnberg International Airport NUE / EDDN.  You can also find information about the airport itself or view the gallery about the airport.
• The PlaneSpotting Zone  Dedicated to planespotting and civil aviation: photo gallery, IATA and ICAO codes, planespotting links.
• Plane Watching at Philadelphia International Airport Viewing locations, airport information, frequencies.
• PSM (Plane Spotting Maa)  A website about Maastricht Aachen Airport with pictures, information (live arrival/departure board), news and a lots more.  Also, pictures from other airports.
• Reunion Spotting  Thousands of Reunion Island spotting images, organized by airline.
• RNAV Polish Spotters  The official web site of the Polish contrail spotters (RNAV spotters), with a forum, gallery, and download zone.
• Scramble  Home of the Dutch Aviation Society, for the civil and military aviation enthusiast: the monthly magazine "Scramble," spotter conventions, bus and air trips for aviation enthusiasts, airshow information, airfield information for European spotters, Dutch civil aircraft register.
• The Skyclub  In the 1950's, a group of teenagers formed a club to enjoy plane spotting and share in other activities.  This website was created as an inspiration for today's teenagers, and so the old guys could reminisce.  The old airliner photographs are great.
• Socal Approach  Plane spotting, airport watching, Air Traffic Control, flight simulation.
• Spotterfreak.net  Plane spotting information, fleet lists, plane spotter guides, airshow reviews, calendars, aviation articles, and much more.
• spotters@fai.org  Database of Aviation World Records open to spotters by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the world governing body for air sports.  Access to information on the latest aircraft, gliders and helicopters used to set records.  The database can also be queried to check if aircraft you have spotted in the past have been used to set records.
• SpottersBlog  Free blogs for everyone in aviation.  Sign up for your free blogaccount with loads of features.  Instant activation - start blogging today.
• spottersmania  "for the real spotters!" Airplane spotters can post pictures, reports, and news.  Photo album, picture of the month (send your's in!), forum, blog, and links.
• Spotting EHBK  A website with a lot of pictures and information about Maastricht Aachen Airport, as well some other major airports.
• Spotting Paris  Plane spotting at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.  Very nice photographs.
• Steven's Airport Movement Pages (Heathrow) Movements, archives, photos, registers, frequencies, links.
• Taxiway Alpha: The Scottish Aviation Page  Information about aviation in Scotland, raging from latest news, spotting guides and airport facility information.  Covering Edinburgh, Glasgow International, Prestwick, Aberdeen and all other Scottish airports.
• Teejee'sPage  Many nice photographs by this airplane spotter.
• Torben Koed Homepage  A site about aviation and aircraft spotting with photo pages, daily ACARS report from Copenhagen, and a large collection of links about Danish and Russian aviation.
• Vienna Aviation by Manfred Saitz  Pictures from today and yesterday taken at Vienna International Airport.
• World-of-aviation.de  A civil aviation spotting page with photos from around the world.  Browse by livery, airline, aircraft, category (airport photos, cockpit photos, contrails, rotation, window views, etc.), and location.
• Zurich Runway 14  A spotter site for local and other spotters.

Spotting Equipment

• Optics Pro  One of Europe's leading suppliers of binoculars, spotting scopes, night vision goggles, and other optical instruments. They sell a great range of products and seek to provide their customers with professional and impartial advice, both before and after their purchases.  Binocular brands include Omegon, Zeiss, Swarovski, Leica, and Kowa.  There is a good list of spotting sites in their Links section.

Spotting Mail Lists

• Email MachThree-Spotters Body: subscribe MachThree-spotters.  For providing and obtaining information about the movements of aircraft, so that registrations, C/Ns and schedules etc. may be exchanged.  Although Europe based, Worldwide contributions are welcomed.  This list is primarily concerned with the movements of civilian aircraft, although military movements at what are usually civilian only airports should not be excluded from reports.
• Send Email to Mil Spotters, Subject and Body not required.  A mailing list for military spotters only.
• Touchdown-News  The aim of this eGroup is to provide a low-volume e-mail news service and archive of military aircraft movements of interest to European-based spotters.  The intent is to provide a daily log of movements for RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath plus regular updates of interesting military movements and deployments to other airfields in the UK and Europe.  A secondary intent is to provide an archive for the military aircraft serial logs gathered on various Touchdown sorties throughout the World since 1992.