| Birmingham is a small airport, and
there is not a lot of variety. The most dominant airline is
Southwest, so you'll see their familiar orange and blue planes all day.
Others include Northwest (DC9), Delta (737, 757, and Regional Jets),
USAirways (737 and Regional Jets), and Continental (737 and Regional
Jets).
There is a 2 lane road that runs nearly parallel
to the main runway (6/24, 10,000ft), East Lake Rd. which is basically on
a hill which overlooks the runway and entire airport. You can pull
off on the shoulder right by the fence and watch what little action
there is. Also, this spot is close to the business and general
aviation hangars so most of that traffic will taxi very close to this
fence. The spots along this road for viewing are pretty much near
the middle of the runway so to photograph planes at either end you'll
need a long lens.
There are a couple other spots not shown on the
map which are roads that run around the ends of the runways where you
can get a close up view of planes approaching. On the south end,
make a right at the light on East Lake Rd and it will curve around the
end of the runway leading to the FedEx terminal (this road is not on the
map). On the north end there is also a road which runs around the
end of the runway.
I'm giving Birmingham a 2 because there is a lack
of variety and traffic throughout the day.
Click here to see photos from East Lake Rd.
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