Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP / LROP) Plane Spotting Map & Live Active Runway Predictor

As of Wed 28 Oct, 00:30 local, the METAR/TAF wind vector predicts landing and departure 26R+26L. The METAR wind is 270° at 3 kt. 26R shows +3.0 kt headwind and 0.3 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed.

At 08:00 local the sun is at 121° azimuth and 11° elevation. Short final 26R - sunny side scores 94/100, 1234 m from runway 26R, view bearing 293.3°, best as a morning spot with a 150-600mm lens. At 16:00 the sun is at 239° and 11°. Short final 26R - sunny side scores 72/100 on a 293.3° 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 Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP/LROP) 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.

LROP spotting locations sun direction: Short final 26R - sunny side (runway 26R) is SIDE LIGHT in the morning, SIDE LIGHT at midday, and BACKLIT / GLARE in the afternoon. Recommended focal length 150-600mm. Best local hours for crisp fuselage illumination: 08:00. Avoid 13:00-17:00 harsh backlit contrast. Short final 26L - sunny side (runway 26L) is SIDE LIGHT in the morning, SIDE LIGHT at midday, and BACKLIT / GLARE in the afternoon. Recommended focal length 150-600mm. Best local hours for crisp fuselage illumination: 08:00. Avoid 13:00-17:00 harsh backlit contrast.

Short final 26R - sunny side is 1234 m from the 26R 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 120.9 MHz, Ground 121.7 MHz, Approach 118.25 MHz, ATIS 118.5 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 120.9 MHz.

TAF at Wed 28 Oct, 05:00 shifts the wind to 40° at 14 kt, favoring 08L+08R in about 4.1 hours. 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/LROP#runway-alerts