Both viewing decks are open till 2000 if I'm not mistaken and all aircraft can be read off from one or the other depending on runway direction. After these close there isn't normally a great deal due in unless you need German charter aircraft and I think the airport closes at 2300. There are some windows on the ground level below the viewing area at the railway station where you would be able to read off aircraft taxying to the holding point of runway 23 should that be the active runway (it usually is.)
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I went on a day-trip to Düsseldorf airport by train on Tuesday 26th February. Intercity 3021, Intercity Express 121 and Inter Regio Express 10112 took me in slightly more than 3 hours to Düsseldorf Airport Railway station. I adjourned to the observation deck 9.40 am. As the weather forecast had promised that rain would set in during the morning, I decided to visit the General Aviation Terminal as soon as possible. At 10 am I took the Skytrain to terminal C and from there it took about 10 minutes on foot to get there. After reading off the aircraft present (see end of list) I returned to the observation deck at the railway station and stayed there from 11 am till 18.40 pm. Here are the results:
One request:
Also present a bizjet, probably a Bae 125, registration ending in .Y-HCW. Anyone?
In the meantime I received information from Phil (dusinfo.net; thanks!). This one should be LY-HCW, in maintenance since 16 February. No c/n known yet for this Bae 125.
The weather was wet most of the day with drizzle and rain and a lot of wind.
Jeroen and I (Ivo) visit duesseldorf today,here are some movements..
FROM 8.10U:
BALTIC,737-300 WINGLETS YL-BBI
NIKI,320,OE-LEX
BLUEWINGS,320D-ANNI TAIL JET BLUE NO TITTLES..ON APRON PARKING
SKY,738,TC-SKH
SKY,734,TC-SGD EX SAGA NOW SKY COLOURS !!
KD,735,VP-BDB
BJ,322,TS-INI
8U,322,S5-AAA WITH OPP BY ADRIA SMALL TITTLES
S7,319,VP-BTW
8A,734,CN-RNA NEW COLOURS
AB/LT,332,D-ALPJ NO TITTLES/TAIL LOGO,RED NEW DELIVERY..
DE,753,D-ABON..WIR LIEBEN FLIEGEN CS
AF,ERJ190,F-HBLF
AE,322,SX-BVL
MAT,322,LZ-MDA..VIA
YL-MAR,Raytheon Hawker 800XP..NICE VISITOR
IN THE MORNING CLEAR,MORE CLOUDS LATER AROUND 11U CLOUDY/SUN