Maastricht-Aachen

1North side approach

If runway 21 is in use, you can park your car at the side of the road when you come off highway A2. Best lens here is 75-300 mm. Another possibility is to enter the Australielaan, a side road to a business area, and park there.

2Vista college

The Vista college in the eastern airport area, holds some instructional airframes. During weekdays you can ask and may gain entrance.

3Uletraten - Europalaan ramp views

Leave the eastern airport area and continue south on the Europalaan. On the outskirts of Ulestraten there is a spot to park your car for a short while. Walk along the fence southward to read off the aircraft parked on the eastern aprons.

4Vliek

Continue south on the Europalaan (which becomnes Bamfordweg.) Make a left into the Nieuwe Vliekerweg. Take the first road left, this is Vliek and is a dead end. Past the farm you can park your car. You can either cross the road to the crash gate or stay on the bicycle track.

5Nieuwe Vliekerweg

Par at the start of the road that leads you to spot 3, this is the Nieuwe Vliekerweg. You can cross teh road to the fence. Alternatively, you can walk more south along the bicycle track for approaches at runway 03.

6South side - threshold runway 03

When runway 03 is in use, either continue south from spot 3/4, Nieuw Vliekerweg, or head south after leaving the terminal, on the Vliegveldweg. Were these two roads meet you have several options for around the threshold of runway 03.
Park your car just southwest of the Nieuwe Vliekerweg, there is a small road and piece of barren land there. You can go right up to the fence, but in that case bring your step ladder. You will be able to take perfect pictures. An Airbus A300 needs about 70mm, a Boeing 737 about 100mm. Every aircraft from the size of a Boeing 737 will use this point. The light here is perfect from sunrise in the morning until two o'clock in the afternoon.

7P2 Long term parking

An alternative to staying at spot 6, is walking north along the Vliegveldweg up to the new P2 long term parking lots. From there, you can stand along the fenceline. Photographing over it will be challeging as the fence is 2.80m high... From spot 5, it is a 1 km hike. Unless, you are willing to park your car here and pay for it. Light is good in the second half of the afternoon.

We do not know if they leave you in peace here for long. But the previous/old spots on the West side are no longer available, so this may be one of the few options left on the West side, together with spot 6.