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This airport is the home base of
United Parcel Service and there's always a wide variety of UPS planes
including 747s - except on Sundays. Passenger traffic is somewhat
limited, but includes Southwest and several regional airlines such as Delta
Connection, American Eagle, and Northwest Airlink.
There is a residential area on
the west side of the airport similar to the one at Memphis where you can
park on the grass where homes once stood and watch traffic on the west
runway. Most UPS planes use this runway. It is located along
Crittenden Ave. near Nevada Ave. south of the I-264 freeway (shaded area on
map). Since you are facing east, the best photography would be in the
afternoon but weekends are slow since UPS does not fly on Sunday and has a
limited schedule on Saturday.
The other area is a new parking lot called the
"Waiting Area". It is on the east side of the terminal loop (just
follow the signs; see map) and was built after 9/11 when
cars could no longer park near the terminal to wait for passengers.
Cars can go to this lot and park & wait for passengers but since it is near
the end of the east runway you will also get a good view of traffic using
this runway. There is no charge and photography is also best in the
afternoon here. Most of the passenger airline traffic uses this
runway.
Louisville is a fairly decent airport to watch
aircraft at and you don't need a huge lens to shoot photos of those big UPS
jets using the west runway. Overall I'd rate Louisville a 3.
When I visited SDF I was not able to shoot from the
west side/Nevada Ave. area but check out some great shots in the link below
from photographer Paul Robbins of Nashville.
Click here to see photos from
the west side/Nevada Ave. area
Click here to see
my photos from
the "Waiting Area"
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