Zakynthos Airport Dionysios Solomos (ZTH/LGZA) is located 6 Km south of Zakynthos town and 1 km from the famous resort of Laganas on the south east coast of the Ionian island of Zakynthos, in Greece. With over 1.2 million passengers a year, the Airport is served by Olympic Airlines with frequent flights to Athens, as well as by other European low-cost airlines and seasonal charters. Planes are not permitted to land or depart during the night. This is due to the endangered loggerhead turtles or “caretta caretta” which lay their eggs on the beaches at night.

The airport has lot’s of flights from the UK (Thomas Cook, TUI, Jet2), but also lots of airlines from The Netherlands (Transavia, TUI, Corendon). Also Travel Service is flying on and off. There are not a lot of flights from Germany, however Condor sends the 757-300 operating for both Condor and Thomas Cook UK. This is the largest aircraft I’ve seen on the island. Some other airlines: Easyjet, TUI Belgium + Scandinavia, Primera Air, DAT, Blue Air, El Al, Israir, Ellinair, Olympic, Aegean, Bulgarian Air Charter, Blue Panorama, Volotea, Meridiana, Enter Air, Nordstar, Small Planet, Vueling, Tarom, Air Moldova, Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian, Finnair, Sky Express, Austrian, Niki, Swiss, Air Baltic and more.

A detailed timetable can be found on the official airport website.

Written by Cornelis Boersma (Last visited: July 2017)

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Airport Informations	Runways	16/34
		2.228 m (7,310 ft)
Spotting Informations	Ladder	Not needed.
	Car	If you have a hotel near Kalamaki Beach you can easily walk for all runway 34 arrivals (mainly in use). But a car is absolutey needed in case of runway changes or if you like to visit other spots!
	Restrooms	Plenty of hotels, restaurants and the airport itself around.
	Drinks/Food	Plenty of hotels, restaurants and the airport itself around.
	Hotels	Best to book a hotel near Kalamaki Beach as its the busiest runway.
	Season	Zakynthos is busy in summer (May till the end of September). In winter you might only see interisland traffic or the scheduled flights to/from Athens.
Runway Usage	General info	Runway 34 is mainly in use for all landing and departures. Runway 16 is in use occasionally.

	Spot #1 – Runway 16 arrivals afternoon
WHERE	You can park your car at the Lidl supermarket. From here you can see all the inbound planes landing and you can read all the planes numbers easily. For photographers you can walk around to get the angle you like. Country side is right behind with unobstructed views. From the parking lot itself you have light poles and powercables partly obstructing your view.
WHAT	Arrivals on runway 16
TIME	Light conditions in the summer are perfect from noon until late evening
MISC.	You can park your car at the LIDL’s parking lot where you can buy food.
FOCAL LENGTH	~100-200mm.

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	Spot #2 – Rampshots or runway 34 departures/arrivals
WHERE	The spot is just next to the terminal were is a waste company located. Park your car before the dump where there is shade and other cars are parking. Walk up the hill, there is a white dirt path to the top. From here you have great views on the ramp, only the first parked aircraft unfortunately, but you can read of and photograph all landing and departing aircraft.
WHAT	Rampview, all runway actions. If they are using runway 34 most landing traffic will roll to this point and anything taking-off will just be airborne by here. If they are using runway 16 anything taking off will come close but landing traffic is a bit more difficult as there is a lot of thick vegetation at the top of the hill which prevents views to the west. Walk to the north side of the hill for runway 16 landing traffic but there may be better places.
TIME	From sunrise till 11.00.
MISC.	Bring your own drinks, there is nothing here. The hill is right next to a dump so it can be a bit unpleasant (smell/flies/rubbish)! Maybe a local dog will join you.
FOCAL LENGTH	~50-200 mm.

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	Spot #3 – Runway shots
WHERE	Next to the terminalbuilding (north side).
WHAT	All runway traffic.
TIME	From sunrise till ~12.00.
MISC.	Food, drinks, restrooms inside the terminal building. Be aware of taking pictures of aircraft to/from Israel. People might ask you to delete your photo’s. Other aircraft is no problem.  Be aware when there is an aircraft parked on the most northern parking spot, you can have APU exhaust as most aircraft use it during turn-around! There can be a lot of ground equipment in the way, plus the ramp which the passenger buses use to/from the terminal can get in the way.
FOCAL LENGTH	~50-200mm.

	Spot #4 – From terminal (airside) – Runway and rampview
WHERE	Inside the terminal, arrivals, or on departures (both airside) you can easily take pictures from inside the building, but it is behind glass. Now and then a bus will stop in front of you to pick-up or drop off passengers.
WHAT	Ramp and full runway view, but be aware of APU exhaust.
TIME	From sunrise till ~12.00.
MISC.	Food, drinks, restrooms inside the terminal building.
FOCAL LENGTH	~50-200mm.

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	Spot #5 – Ramp view/runway view
WHERE	Next to the terminalbuilding (south side).
WHAT	All runway traffic.
TIME	From sunrise till ~12.00.
MISC.	Food, drinks, restrooms inside the terminal building. Be aware of taking pictures of aircraft to/from Israel. People might ask you to delete your photo’s. Other aircraft is no problem. Aircraft can park right in front of you blocking your view. Also here you can have APU exhaust as most aircraft use it during turn-around! There can be a lot of ground equipment in the way, plus the ramp which the passenger buses use to/from the terminal can get in the way.
FOCAL LENGTH	~50-200mm./td>

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	Spot #6 – Morning arrivals runway 34
WHERE	On the road from Kalamaki to Laganas you can easily park your park and do what you like best, spotting! You can park your car along the road or a side road. You can walk from spot 6 to spot 7 which is just several minutes. From Macedonia hotel you have approximately the same views as from spot 6.
WHAT	Runway 34 arrivals
TIME	From sunrise till ~12.00.
MISC.	Food & drinks are close, enough mini-markets around.
FOCAL LENGTH	~50-200mm.

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	Spot #7 – Afternoon arrivals runway 34
WHERE	On the road from Kalamaki to Laganas. You can park your car along the road or a side road.
WHAT	Runway 34 arrivals.
TIME	Light conditions are good from noon, but best from 15.00 till sunset.
MISC.	There is a small van, selling cold drinks, small bites, icecream. You can relax in the shade as well.
FOCAL LENGTH	~50-200mm.

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	Spot #8 – Arrivals runway 34
WHERE	Relax at the Kalamaki Beach and take your photos! You can park your park on the side road (next to spot 6) you can drive up to the beach (Kalamaki Beach Taverna) where lots of parking places are available.
WHAT	Runway 34 arrivals from the beach.
TIME	All day! You can start at sunrise and just walk yourself into the spot you like all the way till sunset.
MISC.	Some hotels offer facilities. In morning you are close to the hotles, but for the afternoon/evening its easy to bring water/food so you don’t have to walk all the time.
FOCAL LENGTH	~100-200mm.

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