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Planespotting from the Dusseldorf Airport (DUS) Visitor Terrace

Florian Buechtingby Florian Buechting

Dusseldorf Airport (DUS) used to be a great place for plane spotters and aviation geeks. Two visitor terraces, one at the terminal and one at the airport station, gave great views of the tarmac, starting and landing planes. However, multiple issues finally lead to the situation that both spots were closed in the meantime.

The more, the aviation community was delighted when the airport announced that there will be an exceptional opening of the train station terrace. I just had to take that opportunity – and share my plane spotting impressions with you.

This posting comes with 444 major size pictures as part of the travel gallery.

 

Dusseldorf Airport (DUS) Station Visitor Terrace – Location & Admission

The visitor terrace at the (national and regional) rail station of Dusseldorf Airport (DUS) is located right on the Western side of the building. From that spot, you have exceptional views of the East part of the runway. The transport connections are of course very good. The train station even features scattered national high speed rail connections. From there to the airport terminal, you typically take the SkyTrain, which I featured in a previous post. Access is via the upper level, which you reach via the escalators.

The visitor terrace opened exceptionally on three weekends in August 2025. Explicitly, these were the weekends (Saturday/Sunday) 9th/10th, 16th/17th, 23rd/24th August 2025. On each day, there were three time slots of two hours, starting at 10:00, with a 15 minute break to clear the area. Admission was free, but you had to register beforehand. I visited the visitor terrace on 10th August 2025, when the airport offered a Sunrise Special. On that day, they had an exceptional time slot between 5:45 and 9:30. Ticket registration started in early July 2025 and were – as expected – given away in a very short time. The area features toilets and there were some vending machines with drinks and basic snacks. During the “ordinary” time slots, there was also entertainment in the indoor area.

 

Dusseldorf Airport (DUS) Station Visitor Terrace – Plane Spotting

Compared to the ordinary sessions to the days before the morning slot was rather relaxed in regards of the audience. There were maybe 150 to 200 people on the huge terrace, which worked out well and gave great views. The terrace is huge with quite an area with good views. On top of that, many were spotters and used at least the majority of the time slot. On Saturday afternoon, for example, people came to see the Emirates Airbus A320 and left when the plane had arrived. The staff was very relaxed and friendly. Thanks a huge lot to the airport, security and federal police who made this special event available.

The morning time slot is very eventful, especially between 6:00 and 7:30. The airport was operating on both runways. 23L was used for take-offs, 23R for landings. Later, all operations concentrated on 23L. However, especially in regards of departures, there is quite a concentration of airlines and plane types. Eurowings dominates the morning with a majority of Airbus A320 family planes. Due to the summer holiday season, there were also some typical charter carriers. The highlights were rather on the arrival side. For example, Condor brought their Airbus A320 D-AICH with a classic livery from Frankfurt FRA (DE 4790) and Etihad arrived with the Boeing B787 Dreamliner from Abu Dhabi AUH (EY 133). Unfortunately, Turkish Airlines’ Boeing B777 arrival from Istanbul IST (TK 1523, scheduled time 9:00) was delayed by 40 minutes and thus did not make it to the time slot.

 

 

Dusseldorf Airport (DUS) Station Visitor Terrace – The Gallery

Here are 444 major size pictures of the show. They are located in the travel gallery:

 

Dusseldorf Airport (DUS) Station Terrace – Flight overview

The following flights / planes have been featured in this post. Airports I reviewed on Flyctory.com contain a link.

Arrivals
Scheduled Arrival Flight from Registration Type
06:05 EW9541 Kutahya (KZR) 9H-SWG A320
06:05 EW9891 Nador (NDR) 9H-MLO A320
06:10 DE1707 Heraklion (HER) 9A-SHO A320
06:10 XC4070 Ankara (ESB) 9H-CXF B738
06:15 XQ988 Izmir (ADB) TC-SRE B738
06:30 XQ1340 Trabzon (TZX) TC-SPK B738
06:35 XC4082 Kayseri (ASR) 9H-TJB B738
06:35 IV8224 Pristina (PRN) LZ-LAE A320
06:45 XQ1370 Mersin (COV) TC-SPP B738
06:58 4R7490 Hurghada (HRG) YR-SEA A320
07:05 NE7140 Hurghada (HRG) SU-NMG A320
07:05 PC1619 Kayseri (ASR) TC-AIS B738
07:25 EY133 Abu Dhabi (AUH) A6-BLG B789
07:25 DE4790 Frankfurt (FRA) D-AICH A320
07:40 AY1393 Helsinki (HEL) OH-LXH A320
07:40 KL1797 Amsterdam (AMS) PH-EZS E190
07:55 XQ3580 Dalaman (DLM) TC-SMR B38M
08:15 LH72 Frankfurt (FRA) D-AIBD A319
08:20 U23025 Milan (MXP) OE-LKM A319
08:30 LX1016 Zurich (ZRH) HB-JVZ E195
08:30 XQ282 Antalya (AYT) LY-NVG A320
08:40 VL2004 Munich (MUC) D-AIJP A20N
08:50 OS151 Vienna (VIE) OE-LWD E195
08:55 XQ968 Izmir (ADB) TC-SNU B738
09:00 PC5677 Antalya (AYT) TC-NBD A20N
Departures
Scheduled Departure Flight from Registration Type
05:50 DE144 Pristina (PRN) D-ATCA A321
05:50 DE202 Antalya (AYT) D-ANLB A21N
05:50 DE1514 Palma de Mallorca (PMI) D-ATCC A321
05:50 DE1622 Rhodes (RHO) D-ABOG B753
05:50 DE1774 Palma de Mallorca (PMI) D-ABOJ B753
05:50 X32312 Palma de Mallorca (PMI) D-ABKI B738
05:50 X32312 Palma de Mallorca (PMI) D-ATUO B738
06:00 EW9574 Palma de Mallorca (PMI) 9H-EWC A320
06:00 LH73 Frankfurt (FRA) D-AILK A319
06:00 X32814 Faro (FAO) D-ABKM B738
06:00 X3102 Boa Vista (BVC) D-AMAA B38M
06:05 DE1756 Samos (SMI) 9A-IRM A320
06:05 DE1826 Olbia (OLB) D-AICP A320
06:10 EW9684 Kavala (KVA) D-ABNI A320
06:10 EW9864 Palermo (PMO) 9H-EXY A319
06:10 EW9958 Split (SPU) D-ABGJ A319
06:10 X34104 Heraklion (HER) D-ATUK B738
06:15 DE1612 Corfu (CFU) D-AIAS A321
06:15 EW9916 Tirana (TIA) 9H-EXZ A319
06:20 KL1796 Amsterdam (AMS) D-AJHW E190
06:25 EW9972 Pula (PUY) D-AEWS A320
06:30 EW9576 Palma de Mallorca (PMI) 9H-EUV A320
06:30 EW9918 Tivat (TIV) D-ABNU A320
06:30 LH2031 Munich (MUC) D-AIUB A320
06:35 EW9530 Alicante (ALC) D-ABZI A320
06:35 EW9578 Palma de Mallorca (PMI) D-AEEB A21N
06:40 AF1107 Paris (CDG) F-HBLC E190
06:45 EW9542 Gran Canaria (LPA) D-AEWM A320
06:45 EW9690 Malta (MLA) 9H-SWJ A320
06:50 EW9580 Palma de Mallorca (PMI) D-AIDU A321
06:50 EW9654 Thessaloniki (SKG) D-AIDP A321
06:55 EW9552 Fuerteventura (FUE) D-AIDQ A321
06:55 EW9680 Athens (ATH) 9H-AML A320
06:55 EW9662 Santorini (JTR) D-AGWJ A319
07:00 DE138 Agadir (AGA) 9A-SHO A320
07:00 EW9420 Nice (NCE) 9H-SWG A320
07:00 EW9462 London (LHR) D-AGWU A319
07:00 EW9626 Zakynthos (ZTH) D-ABHG A320
07:05 EW9570 Jerez (XRY) 9H-SWF A320
07:05 EW9670 Heraklion (HER) D-AEWW A320
07:05 XC4195 Bodrum (BJV) 9H-TJF B738
07:10 EW9830 Florence (FLR) D-AGWA A319
07:10 EW9978 Erbil (EBL) D-AENC A20N
07:15 EW9534 Malaga (AGP) D-AIDV A321
07:15 EW9732 Krakow (KRK) D-AGWP A319
07:15 EW9860 Naples (NAP) D-AGWE A319
07:15 XC5523 Antalya (AYT) 9H-CXF B738
07:20 EW9440 Barcelona (BCN) D-ABZN A320
07:20 EW9558 Tenerife (TFS) D-AEED A21N
07:20 TK1530 Istanbul (IST) TC-LPC A21N
07:25 EW9640 Porto (OPO) 9H-EUW A320
07:25 IV8225 Pristina (PRN) LZ-LAE A320
07:25 XQ1329 Zonguldak (ONQ) TC-SRE B738
07:30 BA943 London (LHR) G-EUOE A319
07:40 EW5702 Pristina (PRN) D-AENH A20N
07:40 XQ185 Antalya (AYT) TC-SPK B738
07:55 PC1006 Istanbul (SAW) TC-AIS B738
08:00 XR4089 Hurghada (HRG) 9H-TJB B738
08:00 4R7491 Hurghada (HRG) YR-SEA A320
08:05 XQ181 Antalya (AYT) TC-SPP B738
08:15 EW9814 Catania (CTA) 9H-MLO A320
08:15 KL1798 Amsterdam (AMS) PH-EZS E190
08:20 EW9594 Palma de Mallorca (PMI) D-ABZK A320
08:25 AY1394 Helsinki (HEL) OH-LXH A320
08:35 X32724 Trieste (TRS) D-ABMQ B738

 

 

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