Bydgoszcz Airport - Spotting Guide

Bydgoszcz Airport – Spotting Guide

June 13, 2019 - last modified on November 19, 2023

Bydgoszcz airport is located in the southern part of the Bydgoszcz city and handeld over 400.000 passengers in 2018. It is named after the former Polish primeminester Ignacy Jan Paderewski and the airfield’s complete name is “Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport” (BZG/EPBY). The civilian airport is shared with the local aeroclub and military aviation works. Schedule passenger flights are operated by Ryanair and Lufthansa (Frankfurt) only. Despite that, there are some charters from Enter Air, Onur Air, AMC, and Smartwings. There are some GA flights as well. At the local aeroclub there is a parked AN-2.

The airport is sourrounded by wood on the south and the west. When landings are 08 there no possibilities to take pictures on final approach!

Flight timetable is available on the official website.

Written by Bartosz Kaczmarek (local spotter). Written June 2019

Rating
Movements
Airline Variety
Photo Locations
Weather
Airport Information
Runways
08/26	2.500 m (8.202 ft)
Terminals	One for all flights,
Spotting Information
Ladder	Not needed. Photo holes in the fence.
Car/Public Transport	Car not necessary, public transport available. Bus line 80 runs from the cities railway station to the terminal.
Restrooms	At all locations available.
Drinks/Food	At all locations available.
Hotels	Hotels are located in the city center. There is no airport hotel.
Season	November and December are the worst ones, so rather come in summer with additional charter flights.
Runway Usage
08/26	Used in both directions depending on the wind. If calm, 08 for arrivals and 26 for approaches
Grass runways	There are several grass tracks on the north side of the field, used by the local aeroclub.

	Spot #1 – Jana Pawla Rd – 26 approaches, 08 departures
WHERE	The location is along Jana Pawla street at the side of the road. You can get there by bus or by car. It is not allowed to leave car on Jana Pawla street, car can be parked on the pararell road to Jana Pawla. There are possiblities to spot along the road, depends what type of photo you would like to get. Side on, front etc. If you have no car you can walk from the terminal to this spot for approximate 10-15 minutes.

WHAT	Runway 26 approaches and 08 departures.

TIME	All day in winter. In summer you can go to the north side of the runway.

MISC.	There is a supermarket and a KFC north of the location.

FOCAL LENGTH	50mm to 300mm.

	Spot #2 – Terminal – left side – Apron, 26 approaches and 08 departures
WHERE	Next to the terminal on the left side there is a fence with some photo holes. Just search your favourite position along this fence, depending on parked ground staff and the object you want to spot from here.

WHAT	Very good spotting place for apron movements and runway 26 approaches as well.

TIME	From late morning until sunset.

MISC.	Nearest facilities inside terminal. Sometimes ladder is required. Everything you need within the terminal.

FOCAL LENGTH	18mm to 400mm

	Spot #3 – Terminal – right side, parking place – Apron
WHERE	Almost the same like #2 but this time it’s on the right side of the terminal. Just search your favourite position along this fence, depending on parked ground staff and the object you want to spot from here.

WHAT	Aircraft parked on the apron, going in and out of the apron. No runway movements visible from here

TIME	From morning until late midday.

MISC.	There is one photo hole on this side. Everything you need within the terminal.

FOCAL LENGTH	18mm to 300mm