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Good Spotting: Anderson AFB Guam

as739x From United States of America, joined Apr 2003, 5819 posts, RR: 23
Posted (4 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2312 times:

So I am headed to Guam in a few weeks for some R & R and was wondering, is there any good spotting near Anderson? Looking at the security TFR it appears to be on the north side of the base, so can I assume most activity arrives from the north?

Thanks for any insight.

"Some pilots avoid storm cells and some play connect the dots!"

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rfields5421 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 6145 posts, RR: 25
Reply 1, posted (4 months 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2276 times:

Guam winds are consistent and about 360 days per year - landings are from the southwest to the northeast.

We used to sit on the roof of a house several of us rented in Dededo back in 1972 and watch the B-52s coming back from missions over Vietnam. (I was stationed with a USN squadron at NAS Agana back then - what is/was the international airport).

Even on active duty, I never found a good position to take photos of aircraft taking off from Andersen out over the ocean.

as739x From United States of America, joined Apr 2003, 5819 posts, RR: 23
Reply 2, posted (4 months 1 week 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 2233 times:

Thanks for the quick reply Fields. I have been checking the winds out, and your right, from the NE a lot. Maybe I can find something somewhere decent to watch the inbounds.

"Some pilots avoid storm cells and some play connect the dots!"

KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11708 posts, RR: 52
Reply 3, posted (4 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 2039 times:

Nearly all of the take-offs from Andersen AFB are to the north, out over Patties Point (a 500' cliff drop and sprig of land out into the Pacific Ocean). All of that land is part of Andersen AFB and is closed to the public. There is a military only beach called Taragi Beach about a mile west of Patties Point that you can see departures from. But you need a military ID card, or military dependent ID card to use that beach.