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LFBO/TLS - Toulouse - Courtyard Marriott - February 2026

Rooms 519 517 501 505 507 508 511 515 of the the Courtyard Marriott at Toulouse all have view towards the cargo end of the airport. The Hotel has six floors and Basically all odd number rooms and the higher the better.  The rooms are all nice rooms with plenty of plug sockets and fast internet. The Hotel has a bar and restaurant and free car parking  A solid alternative to formula one etc.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/UACd9ZTVeivXjs1Y7

WSSS/SIN - Singapore - Crowne Plaza - January 2026

Stayed a night at the Crowne Plaza Changi Airport.  Booked a runway view room.  All of these seem to be single rooms and not twins.  So I emailed a week before and asked them to add a roll away bed, which they happily did.  It’s expensive, but it’s by far the best placed hotel at SIN, and we only missed a couple of movements in around an 18 hour period.

The hotel is interconnected to T3.  We were allocated room 611 which is a bit lower than you’d ideally like 9th floor is the top floor, however they had nothing higher available. Rooms x02-x12 will give a similar view (and I guess on the lower floors too) except x01/x03/x05/x07 which face the wrong way. Room 909 - 912 offer the best views. Whilst 20C can't be seen from  the corridor outside the Sing AF A332 can be read off in the late afternoon.  Seletar arrivals and departures can be seen from the 9th floor as can Paya Lebar movements 

Runway view rooms overlook runways 02L/20R, so you won’t miss anything on this runway as they are right in front of you.  To see the other runways 02C/20C and 02R/20L you need to leave your room and look through a gap on the other side of the hotel landing (across the top of the swimming pool).   With electronics it is easy enough, however we had to keep using the internal fire escape staircase to get the height we needed (walking up to the 8^th or 9^th floor is helpful) – for the whole time we visited they were landing / taking off on the 02’s - with 02L and 02C being used for all movements and 02R not used at all.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/e1DrBkixFyCxEWi66

RCTP/TPE - Taipei Taoyuan - Gateway City Suites - January 2026

The Gateway City Suites is sited just off the airport and is eleven stories high. Were given room 1014 which gave great views again nothing could be missed, any room facing the airport from 6th floor up would be just as good The building currently has scaffolding over the front but the protective netting is poor and did not affect viewing. This hotel is a cheaper option and is used by a number of Taiwanese tour companies. Therefore the breakfast and buffet meals are more Chinese orientated Western option is available and had no issues, This gives views into EVA maintenance but due to ground equipment reading aircraft is limited, It has no airport shuttle but cabs are very cheap and plentiful.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/o7YXxbWrqWd9qxNN9

Credit Martyn Castle & Dave Hutt