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The best spotting location by far is the "Mirador". This place is located behind the new airport passenger terminal. The Mirador used to be much bigger but it was broken down to make room for the parking lot of the new airport terminal but there is still a section there where you can park your car. The Mirador is located right next to the road that goes to the airport. When you leave the airport terminal you have to go to the left to go up the hill. When you are going up the hill you will see a blue traffic sign with an arrow to the left. Here you will see that the road originally went to the left. This used to be the parking area for the Mirador but the road is broken down but with part of the road still there where you can park your car. You can recognize this location by the white/red drums. When you come from the other direction of the road the Mirador is to your right of course. In this case you have to pass the main airport entrance which is clearly visible by the orange wall with the airport name on it in big letters. When you have passed this entrance the road will go up again and just before the road goes downwards again you will see the Mirador on your right with the white/red drums. Don't drive to fast here, otherwise you will miss the Mirador and you will have to drive all the way down the hill to turn again. The best way to reach the Mirador is by coming from the direction of the main airport entrance. The airport police will not stop you at the Mirador as many local people watch aircraft arriving and departing from this location.

The small disadvantage of this location is heat haze for arriving aircraft that are on the runway. As you have much less heat haze problems when the aircraft taxi by after arrival, this heat haze disadvantage can be avoided here.