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[[Image: 11067_wm.jpg |thumb|200 px|Embraer 170 departing from runway 31]]The Spotters' Wall, as it is known, is really an elevated viewing platform. Built by the Malta Aviation Society some years ago, it offers unobstructed views of runway 13/31 and it is the place from which to shoot takeoffs in either direction. With any luck the aircraft will rotate right in front of you. It is easily the best spot for photography at MLA. Its only drawback is its very popularity: it can get crowded if there is a particularly unusual movement. Works currently under way have made this spot difficult though not impossible to reach by car. Hopefully this situation will be temporary. | [[Image: 11067_wm.jpg |thumb|200 px|Embraer 170 departing from runway 31]]The Spotters' Wall, as it is known, is really an elevated viewing platform. Built by the Malta Aviation Society some years ago, it offers unobstructed views of runway 13/31 and it is the place from which to shoot takeoffs in either direction. With any luck the aircraft will rotate right in front of you. It is easily the best spot for photography at MLA. Its only drawback is its very popularity: it can get crowded if there is a particularly unusual movement. Works currently under way have made this spot difficult though not impossible to reach by car. Hopefully this situation will be temporary. | ||
Just down the road, on the opposite side to the airport perimeter, lies the Medavia aircraft maintenance complex. Aircraft transiting from the airport to the Medavia facilities and vice versa cross the airport perimeter road. However, a project is under way to incorporate this area within the airport perimeter. The road | Just down the road, on the opposite side to the airport perimeter, lies the Medavia aircraft maintenance complex. Aircraft transiting from the airport to the Medavia facilities and vice versa cross the airport perimeter road. However, a project is under way to incorporate this area within the airport perimeter. The perimeter road has been blocked to traffic just short of the Medavia complex, and the sight of road crossings at MLA will soon be a thing of the past. | ||
'''Time of day:''' Noon to evening or from around 9 am on in winter for take-offs and landings. | '''Time of day:''' Noon to evening or from around 9 am on in winter for take-offs and landings. | ||