Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ / EDDP) Plane Spotting Map & Live Active Runway Predictor

As of Tue 27 Oct, 22:20 local, the METAR/TAF wind vector predicts landing and departure 08R+08L. The METAR wind is 170° at 8 kt. 08R shows +0.8 kt headwind and 8.0 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed.

At 08:00 local the sun is at 122° azimuth and 8° elevation. Short final 08R - sunny side scores 74/100, 1234 m from runway 08R, view bearing 56.7°, best as a afternoon spot with a 150-600mm lens. At 16:00 the sun is at 239° and 7°. Short final 08R - sunny side scores 95/100 on a 56.7° view. Morning and afternoon picks follow that bearing: a view that wants the sun in the east is a morning spot, and a view that wants it in the west is an afternoon spot.

The best time to plane spot at Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ/EDDP) is the window marked CLEAN FRONT LIGHT for the fence you are using. Morning (07:00-11:00) front light: no listed spot stays fully front-lit. Afternoon / golden hour (14:00-18:00) front light: no listed spot stays fully front-lit. Midday (11:00-14:00) is HIGH SUN / TOP LIGHT at 0 of 2 spotting locations. Read the Best Time of Day & Lighting Schedule by Spot table for the lens and the hours to avoid harsh backlit contrast.

EDDP spotting locations sun direction: Short final 08R - sunny side (runway 08R) is BACKLIT / GLARE in the morning, SIDE LIGHT at midday, and SIDE LIGHT in the afternoon. Recommended focal length 150-600mm. Best local hours for crisp fuselage illumination: 16:00. Avoid 08:00-11:00 harsh backlit contrast. Short final 08L - sunny side (runway 08L) is BACKLIT / GLARE in the morning, SIDE LIGHT at midday, and SIDE LIGHT in the afternoon. Recommended focal length 150-600mm. Best local hours for crisp fuselage illumination: 16:00. Avoid 08:00-11:00 harsh backlit contrast.

Short final 08R - sunny side is 1234 m from the 08R centerline, so the lens is 150-600mm. The bands are fixed from that distance: 70-200mm inside 250 m, 100-400mm from 250 m to 450 m, and 150-600mm beyond 450 m. The aircraft itself is about 573 m from this pin on a 700 m final.

Monitor Tower 121.1 MHz, Ground 121.8 MHz, Approach 124.175 MHz, ATIS 123.95 MHz. Online streams lag by 30 seconds or more. A handheld VHF airband scanner at the fence is the zero-delay way to hear a runway change on Tower 121.1 MHz.

No TAF wind shift in the next 6 hours flips the flow. Wind stays near 170° at 8 kt, so 08R remains the favored arrival. The $3/mo Telegram Runway-Shift Alert pings you when D-ATIS or the METAR wind vector changes the active runway: https://planespottingmap.com/airport/EDDP#runway-alerts