Together with good friend Goldenace007 it was time to do a weekendbreak in Madrid. Iberia had a nice 99 euro-offer so Saturday 9th April (1230-1830lt) and Sunday 10th April (1000-1645lt) were spent on the little mound at Madrid-Barajas. The larger mound is now full of fences and not accessible anymore.
Hotel was taken in Barajas (Best Western, room for 60 euro incl breakfast). Nice area with enough bars/restaurants/Burger King very close by.
From the hotel to the Barajas-Metro station is about 300m walking. From the metrostation to the little mound is about 800m. We found this site for a good desciption how to go to the little mound:
http://www.eddl-spotter.de/lemd-madrid-barajas.html
Weather was awesome, 25-27C with sunny skies and light wind. Be sure to take enough water with you as it can be hot sometimes (and be careful with the sun).
The main purpose was to fleet Iberia but also see the South-American aircraft that visit here.
Almost all Iberia A319/320/321/CRJ200/900/1000/ATR72's park at T4 (western terminal). Air Europa (B737/E195/A330) and Spanair (MD80/A320) park at T1/T2 and all Iberia A340-300/600's park at T3 where also the OneWorld members usually go. Between 1200-1330lt all A340's leave and this is very impressive to see. All 5 CRJ1000's were seen as well as all CRJ900's except for two. EasyJet (11 different A319/day) and Ryanair (15 different B737/day) are frequent as well.
MAD has 4 runways (33L/33R and 36L/36R). Normal procedure is landing on 33's, taking off 36's or landing on 18's and take off on 15's. From the mound most can be monitored.
9th:
EC-LKO 737-800 CALIMA AVIACION all white
N973AV/N948AC A330-200 AVIANCA
N280AY A330-200 US AIRWAYS
CC-CQF A340-300 LAN
7T-VJP 737-800 AIR ALGERIE
HS-TGO 747-400 THAI
N373AA/N370AA 767-300 AMERICAN
A7-BAE 777-300 QATAR
LV-ALJ 747-400 AEROLINAS
HA-LPE A320 WIZZ
SX-DVY A320 AEGEAN
HC-CIZ 767-300 LAN ECUADOR
SP-LLL 737-400 LOT CHARTER
N745AM 777-200 AEROMEXICO
VP-BTW A319 S7 AIRLINES
A6-ERQ A340-300 EMIRATES
N723FD A300 FEDEX
S5-ABV 737-400 LAYONAIR
N712AX 767-200 PORTADELSOL HOLIDAYS
G-GJMB CL850
CS-DKG G550
EC-KCA ASTRA
EC-GYL F27 SEVENAIR (std)
10th:
EI-ELZ 737-400 POSTE ITALIANE
SP-LLE 737-400 LOT CHARTER
HB-JLP A320 SWISS
N827MH/N843MH 767-400 DELTA
N948AC/N968AV/N969AV A330-200 AVIANCA
HZ-AS34 A320 SAUDI
HB-JIY A320 HELLO
YL-LCY 767-300 SANTA BARBARA AIRLINES
N396AN/N348AN/N362AA 767-300 AMERICAN
N175AN 757 AMERICAN
EI-LAX A330-200 AER LINGUS
N34131 757-200 UNITED
HC-CJA 767-300 LAN ECUADOR
SX-DVJ A320 AEGEAN
PT-MVL A330-200 TAM
D-ALEY A319
N776AM 777-200 AEROMEXICO
N284AY A330-200 US AIRWAYS
CC-CQA/CC-CQG A340-300 LAN
CC-CRV 767-300 LAN
LV-BBU 747-400 AEROLINAS
A6-ERS A340-300 EMIRATES
Many Iberia MD87's and MD88's are still parked on the field, all wfu. Near the Iberia hangar an Air Comet A340 EI-ELH (stored), Iberia 747 EC-DIA (stored) and an all yellow primered A330-200MRTT were seen.