Billund is a regional airport, comparable to Rotterdam. Lots of places to peek through the fences and a decent view on the main platform. Also, the runway offers good opportunities for spotters. Although no official designated spottersplaces, there are lots of spots to park your car. Local police is friendly, as long as you abide by the rules.
Billund has different categories of visitors. First, there’s the regular traffic, consisting of Cimber Air, Cimber Sterling, KLM, Lufthansa and Ryanair flight. Also, there’s a lot of holiday traffic from Jettime, Primera and Thomas Cook Scandinavia.
On the cargo and general aviation platforms you can find the occasional DHL and TNT aircraft, as well as light aircraft, helicopters and business jets. Also, Danish military aircraft use the field for refueling.
The next couple of pictures were shot between September 30th and October 3rd, in random order and in different weather conditions, so sorry about the quality of some of the pictures.
#1 The ‘new’ terminal, shot from the Cessna we booked a sightseeing flight in.
#2 Crosswind approach at runway 09.
#3 ‘Our’ aircraft.
#4 A Lithuanian registered Saab 340A of Danish Air Transport.
#5 EI-CVR, an Aer Arann ATR42, parked at the maintenance area.
#6 Bombardier Challenger 300 N788MM.
#7 Pilatus PC-12 in the hangar.
#8 Robinson R-44.
#9 Sun-Air operates both the Dornier 328 and 328JET for British Airways.
#10 EI-EKE of Ryanair, a regular visitor.
#11 These 737’s will fly 2 times a day to Schiphol this winter.
#12 OY-VKS, an A320 from Thomas Cook Scandinavia.
#13 Jettime operates a number of Classic 737’s, with and without winglets.
#14 Primera Air (Scandinavia) operates NextGeneration 737’s.
#15 Familiar face at Billund: Cimber Air.
#16 View of the platform.
#17 Gate guard in front of Legoland. No idea which one this is…
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