The Albrecht Duerer Airport in Nuremberg is the 10th largest airport in Germany. In 2018 the airport handled 4,46 Million Passengers. NUE handles german airlines like Eurowings,  Lufthansa, Lufthansa Regional, Tuifly, Corendon and SunExpress. The Airport is served by the european network carriers Air France, KLM, Swiss and Turkish Airlines.

In addition there are Charterflights of Bulgarian Air Charter, Onur Air, Pegasus Airlines, Ryanair, Sunexpress, Vueling and Wizzair. The Airport ist also Served by TNT Airways operated by Cygnus Air, Farnair Europe, Jettime and Panair during the night. There are also sometimes US Army and Airforce etc (Omni, Atlas). flights besides many Buisnessjets and some Resuce helicopters.

Written by Patrick Weis – Thanks to Christian Preinl, Christian Wewerka, Tobias Flohr and Daniel Engelhardt for their cooperation to provide most of the pics and information for the guide. Last update August 2020.

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Airport Information
Runways
10/28	2.700 m (8.858ft)
Terminals	One handling all operations.
Spotting Information
Ladder	Sometime necessary with up to 3 steps. See detailed description.
Car/Public Transport	Car is not neccesary, but makes it easier. Most of the spots can be reached by public transport as there is a U-Bahn station at the airport
Restrooms	In the Terminal availible.
Drinks/Food	In the terminal and as shown on the Map
Hotels	There is an Mövenpick Airport hotel directly next to the Airport.
Season	The best months to travel are during summer as there is not that much rain and more charter flights.
Runway Usage
10/28	Nothing special. Used in both directions.

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Carpark P2 - All runway and most ramp/taxiway movements

WHERE	This spot is located on top of the Carpark P2 on the highest floor. Parking directly in the carpark is very expensive as this is a buinesscarpark. Park your car as marked on the map at the short term parking.
WHAT	This is a good spot for both runway directions. In the summer months there is often heat haze due to the distance.
TIME	Best light conditions are from 08:00-16:00.
MISC.	Restaurant/Supermarket inside the airport. Toilets in the first floor of the Carpark
FOCAL LENGTH	70-400mm

Observation deck - All runway and most ramp/taxiway movements

WHERE	Park your car as marked on the map and go insde the terminal and follow the “Besucherterassen” sign to the second level.
WHAT	This spot is good for aircraft movements for both runway directions but it is behind glass.
TIME	Best light conditions are from  08:00-16:00.
MISC.	There are facilitys inside the terminal.
FOCAL LENGTH	24-300mm

Tower - All runway movements, ramp

WHERE	Park your car as marked on the map next to the hangar and walk to the tower. Walk up to the fence on the grassstrip.
WHAT	From this spot you can take all plane movements on both runway directions and all parked aircraft. A 2-3 stepledder is good for spotting. Nightshots of parked aircraft are possible here.
TIME	Best light conditions are from 08:00-16:00
MISC.	The next facilitys are at the teminal
FOCAL LENGTH	24-400mm AN12 night shot = 200mm / C5 double = 70mm

Continue by foot on the left in the grass/tree strip here:

Afterwards you will end up here – at the spot:

Crashgate - 10 taxiway and touchdown morning

WHERE	This spot is located at the crashgate at the Irrhainstraße. Park your car not directly at the crashgate but on the opposite side of the street on the grassstrip. From the terminal you can walk there, but by car you have to drive the marked route on the map!
WHAT	From this spot you can take pictures of all Runway 10 movements and heavy 28 takeoffs. You need a 2-3 stepladder here.
TIME	Best light conditions are from 08:00-16:00. On the Taxiway until 17:00.
MISC.	No facilities here
FOCAL LENGTH	50-300mm B772 twy = 100mm / A321 rwy = 230mm

Irrhainstraße - 10 arrivals morning and lineup

WHERE	This spot is located a bit further up the “Irrhainstraße”. Park your car at the side of the street and don’t block it.
WHAT	You can catch all aircraft arriving runway 10 and line up’s. You need a 2-3 Stepladder here
TIME	Best light conditions are from 08:00-16:00 for arriving aircraft and for lineup from 16:00-19:00
MISC.	No facilities
FOCAL LENGTH	70-400mm B763 line-up = 300mm

Irrhainstraße - 10 evening arrivals and line up

WHERE	This spot is located a bit further up the “Irrhainstraße”. Park your car on the side of the street and don’t block it.
WHAT	You can catch all aircraft arriving runway 10 and line up’s
TIME	Best light conditions are from sunrise-7:00 and 18:00-sunset during the summer
MISC.	No facilities here
FOCAL LENGTH	70-300mm

Forrest - 10 evening touchdown

WHERE	Park your car at spot 6 and walk along the perimeter fence to the spot.
WHAT	From this spot you can take all plane movements on runway 10 and 28 heavy take offs. Here you need a 2-3 stepledder.
TIME	Best light conditions are from sunrise till 7:00 and 18:00 till sunset
MISC.	No facilities here.
FOCAL LENGTH	70-300mm B763 rwy = 120mm / A359 twy = 230mm

Forrest - Evening 28 arrivals and line up early morning

WHERE	This spot is located at the side of the “Rathsbergstraße” where a small parking lot is situated. Walk along the perimeter fence untill you’re at the position you like. Best spots are behind the line up.
WHAT	Just for parked Aircrafts parked near the tower. Here you need a 2-3 stepledder.
TIME	Best light conditions are from sunrise-12:00 and Nightshots
MISC.	No facilities here
FOCAL LENGTH	70-340mm B738 twy/line-up = 330mm

Rathsbergstraße - 28 morning line up

WHERE	This spot is located as marked next to the “Rathsbergstraße” at the parkingspot.
WHAT	For early morning and late evening arrivals on RWY 28 and early moring line ups. Here you need a 2-3 stepledder.
TIME	Best light conditions are from sunrise-7:00 and 18:00-sunset for arrivals and Sunrise-10:00 for line ups.
MISC.	No facilities here
FOCAL LENGTH	70-300mm B772 = 280mm

Forrest - 28 taxiway and touchdown

WHERE	This spot is located when you start from the terminal pass the Cargo Terminal and walk then along the fence until you have a clear view of the taxiway (tagged on the map). It takes you approximate 15 minutes. Better to use this spot only if it’s not wet as you walk through the forest on an unsealed way.
WHAT	From this spot you can shoot the most RWY 28 movements. Here you need a 2-3 stepledder.
TIME	Best light conditions are from 8:00-16:00
MISC.	Facilities in the terminal
FOCAL LENGTH	18-300mm B763 twy = 40mm / C5 rwy = 130mm

Almoshof Hill - 10 movemenst, 28 departures

WHERE	For this spot start at the terminal, pass the tower and FAI Hangar until you finid a hill on the left side. With the car you have to use the marked route when you want to park next to the spot.
WHAT	From this spot you can shoot the most RWY 10 movements and 28 heavy depatures. But there is often a lot of heathaze. Just really good for heavys.
TIME	Best light conditions are from 8:00-16:00
MISC.	Facilitys in the terminal
FOCAL LENGTH	200-500mm C130 night shot = 360mm

Rental Car's Carpark - All runway movements

WHERE	This spot is located on top of the Rental Car Parking Garage. There are steps on the side where you can go up.
WHAT	From this spot you can shoot parked aircraft near the tower and all runway 10 and 28 movements. But be careful don’t scratch any cars!
TIME	Best light conditions are from sunrise-12:00 and nightshots
MISC.	Facilitys in the terminal
FOCAL LENGTH	200-500mm

LHT Hangar - Apron

WHERE	This spot is located on the left side of the hangar.
WHAT	From this spot you can take taxiing aircraft on the apron. Spot through the crash Gate.
TIME	Best light conditions are from 08:00-11:00
MISC.	Facilitys in the terminal
FOCAL LENGTH	50-400mm B738 = 180mm