Bristol Airport

Continent: Europe

Country: United Kingdom

Region: England

Bristol International Airport
Location	Bristol, England
IATA code	BRS
ICAO code	EGGD
Airport type	Commercial
Website	http://www.bristolairport.com
Overview map	Multimap
Communications
Tower	133.85MHz
Ground	121.925MHz
Clearance
Approach	125.65MHz and 136.075MHz
ATIS

Main Spotting Location

Although BRS doesn't have an official Spotting Area, there is a location off Downside Road, on Winters Lane. This area is probably the best out of the few places, because you catch the 09 Line ups and landings, and the long 27 departures when the heavier aircraft such as the FCA 767 are in. Airport Staff and Police seem to have no problem with this; you'll usually get a wave from the ASU. A ladder is recommended for people wishing to partake in photography.

Location

This location is off Downside Road, along Winters Lane, on the turning for Tall Pines Golf Club.See Map.

Other Spotting Locations

Below the ILS System for 09 is another place where sometimes people stop, only usually used when R/W 09 is active. Here you can get some interesting angles for photography.

Location

This location is off Downside Road, along Winters Lane. See Map.

Locations to Avoid

Pathway leading up to RWY27 threshold

On the Southeast end of the airfield there's an unmarked gate by the A38 through which a path (the old road) can be found that leads right down to near the threshold of RWY27. Whilst this provides great views, one is in clear view of pilots lining up as well as security staff who will ask you to move immediately. The gate leading down that path is not marked and as such one might be fooled into thinking it's a legitimate spot but it would in fact seem that you may be described as a "security scare" if you venture there.

Regular Traffic

The following is a list of regular scheduled airlines and their destinations, plus Aircraft operating.

   * Aer Arann (Cork, Galway, Nantes) ATR 72-500
   * Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle) ATR-42-500
   * Air Malta (Luqa) Airbus A320-200
   * Air Southwest (Jersey, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newquay, Plymouth) DHC-8-311
   * Aurigny Air Services (Guernsey)ATR-72-202
   * Brussels Airlines (Brussels)BAE Systems Avro 146-RJ85
   * Continental Airlines (Newark) Boeing 757-200 W/ Winglets
   * Eastern Airways (Aberdeen, Isle of Man) British Aerospace Jetstream 41/Saab 2000
   * easyJet (Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast-International, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bordeaux, Edinburgh, Faro, Funchal [starts 29 October 2007], Geneva, Glasgow, Grenoble [from 13 December 2007], Ibiza, Inverness, Kraków, La Rochelle, Lisbon [starts 31 October 2007], Madrid, Mahon (Menorca), Marseille, Malaga, Milan-Malpensa, Murcia, Newcastle, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Pisa, Prague, Rijeka, Rome-Ciampino, Toulouse, Valencia, Venice, Warsaw [begins October 2, 2007]) Airbus A319 On All Routes Apart from Newcastle and Belfast Services which are served with their based 737-700's.
   * Flybe (Jersey)DHC-8-402Q 
   * KLM
         o KLM Cityhopper (Amsterdam) Fokker 100/70
   * OLT (Ostfriesische Lufttransport) (Bremen, Hamburg) Saab 2000/Saab 340
   * Ryanair (Bratislava [begins 8 November, 2007], Budapest [begins 7 November, 2007], Derry [begins 7 November, 2007], Dinard [begins 8 November, 2007], Dublin, Girona, Katowice [begins 10 November, 2007], Knock [begins 7 November, 2007], Milan [begins 7 November, 2007], Porto [begins 7 November, 2007], Poznań [begins 8 November, 2007], Riga [begins 7 November, 2007], Rzeszów [begins 8 November, 2007], Salzburg [begins 19 December, 2007], Shannon, Wroclaw [begins 7 November, 2007]) Boeing 737-800
   * Scandinavian Airlines System (Stockholm-Arlanda) MD-81 (DC-9-81)
   * Skybus (Isles of Scilly) DHC-6-310 Twin Otter