• Main Car Park Go in by the Main Entrance, and at the T junction turn right - once you go over the little ramp you're into the main car park. You can see a good deal from the car park (concrete) fence and the patio area outside the Fairoaks Flight Centre (stay within the brown fence). Make your visit pleasant by buying a cup of tea or whatever at the counter inside the flight centre - some visitors seem loathe to do this, but the sign outside clearly says "Open to all". They even sell beers at some times of the day!

• West Car Park Go in by the West Entrance up Youngstroat Lane with office buildings on your left and fields on your right. This road takes a sharp 90 degree left turn into the West car park and almost immediately you reach a T junction. Turning left and then right takes you up to a concrete fence by the grass aircraft parking area. Not such a good view here, but a different one and better view into the black hangar (plus the main hangars if you're tall or you can stand on the door sill of your car or drive a 4x4!). An alternative from the T junction is to go left again but not turn right. You can go right up to the traffic lights by the "No Spotters" signs for an alternative view into the main hangar. There are various other vantage points on the west side (none with particularly spectacular views, though), and you are well advised not to loiter near the fence close to the blue Police hangar which is surrounded by closed circuit cameras!

• Public Footpath West Go in by the West Entrance up Youngstroat Lane with office buildings on your left and fields on your right. This road takes a sharp 90 degree left turn into the West car park. At the sharp turn there is the start of a public footpath up the edge of the fields. Walking down this path takes you behind the Transair building then past Flying Pictures' balloon trailer park and London Transport Flying Club. A little further on this path takes you very close indeed to the 24 threshold and is ideal for photos. Please don't make a nuisance of yourself waving at the planes, though!

• Public Footpath East Running down the east side of the airfield is Bonsey's Lane, and as you drive down here from the A319 road you have the airfield on your right (with trees in between) and houses on your left. This private road is also a public footpath and where the road ends the footpath carries on, right past the 06 threshold and run-up area. It is not easy to park in this road.

NOTE: The airfield operators are notoriously unwelcome to spectators not keeping to the areas listed above. Please respect that it is a privately owned airfield full of (in general) privately owned aircraft and the ability to spectate on airfield land is a luxury. Abuse of these guidelines will not only mess it up for you but many others as well.