St. Louis Lambert Intl. Airport - Spotting Guide

St. Louis Lambert Intl. Airport – Spotting Guide

July 26, 2024 - last modified on July 26, 2024

In 2023, 14.5 mio passengers used the airport of the city of St. Louis, Missouri. The glory days of the former hub of TWA/AA are gone, but there are still many flights taking place. The new home carrier is Southwest Airlines which is responsible for the vast majority of movements, followed by American Airlines and the common US carriers. Lufthansa offers a nonstop connection to its hub in Frankfurt.

Written by Achim Walther. Last Update: June 2024

General Information
Terminal	The airport has two terminals.
Runway	The airport has four runways, three of them are parallel while one is for crosswinds.

	Washington Park Cemetery
WHERE	The location is on a path within the Washington Park Cemetery where you can stay. The path is on the northern boundary of the cemetery, close to the I70. There are several access points to the cemetery from James S. McDonnell Blvd and Natural Bridge Rd. Parking space is at one of the shops around or you can drive directly on the cemetery.

WHAT	Good for landings on 30R and departures on 12L. For landings on 30R you should walk down the way in direction to Dwight D. Eisenhower Hwy and go up to the end. There’s a small ramp where you get a good angle. But be aware. You see the planes very late and have eonly a small window for taking the picture. For starts on 12L a postion near the antenna mast should be good.

TIME	Late morning until evening. Backlit in the (summer) mornings.

MISC.	Even the cemetry is no more active since 1985 please be respectfully to this place and the workers how try to restorate it and take all your stuff back with you. Depending on your postion you might get some shadow by the trees. On Natural Bridge Rd are a lot of hotels and Fastfood chains.

FOCAL LENGTH	738 = 350mm

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DFW Planespotters

1 month ago

this is legitimately a horrible guide.

addtion spots:

all along 11911 Natural Bridge Rd where the hill is, mainly right and behind of the Missouri National Guard building, probably 100-400 FT.

12155 Gist Rd, by the end of the runway 11, on the hill
5822 James S. McDonnell Blvd, again on the hill, by the end of the 30R
4725 Fee Fee Rd, anywhere. nice overhead views of arrivals sometimes for 12R

Parking garage

Hunter Research and Training Center, (go to the hill behind it, 38.746184047256435, -90.38852218025481)