One of the best places to spot at San Francisco Airport (SFO) is Bayfront Park which looks across to runways 28L/R.
This location is a public park alongside the Old Bayshore Highway, a short distance from the Bayshore Freeway (101) and the airport terminals.
From this spot you can see all movements at the airport, and with a good camera lens take excellent pictures of aircraft on runways 28L/R and the taxiways linking them.
Contributor Erik Ritterbach has sent these photographs from his recent spotting trip.
Here’s a map of the location
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Erik’s photograph appears on the front cover of our new guide, Airport Spotting Guides USA (2nd Edition) which covers over 430 US airports in all 50 states. It includes details and maps showing where to spot, as well as information on what you’ll see, good spotting hotels and aviation museums.
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Great tip, this has been added to my list. Funny thing is if you zoom in on the map there is a point on the map that says “Airport plane watch area”
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Airport+plane+watch+area/@37.6039001,-122.3747744,17.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x808f77c8c8362a15:0xb56c5d8320c7d120!8m2!3d37.603577!4d-122.3736573
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I’m there in late July, and have even booked a hotel there too. What lens did Eric use? Ideal time of day?
Love a chat if he wants to email me?
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