EDDP/LEJ - Leipzig - Westin - October 2025

It's important to point out - Do not book this if you want an airport hotel, but if you do end up in Leipzig City on a non spotting trip, this will provide at least some view.

A 10min walk from the main train station in the city Centre the Westin Hotel allows some views to the airport which is around 5kms to the northwest of the city.

The hotel has around 25 floors, anything from 10 and higher will give good views.  Rooms ending **01-06 and **23-27 will give good views.  However fear not if you end up on the southside overlooking the old town, you can easily walk to the lift area to get the same view.

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An aircraft on the approach to Runway about 2500ft.

A view of the airport in the distance.

Floor Plan (15th Floor)...

LIRN/NAP - Naples - Palazzo Salgar Hotel - 26th October 2025

We stayed at the Palazzo Salgar Hotel on the front. A port/sea facing room will get all movers. 99% of departures heading out over the sea go over the hotel. If like us, we have a south facing room, I only see what turns south. There’s a roof terrace facing north ish which you will see all departures and should get albeit far out, arrivals when over the sea.  

Note this is not an airport hotel.

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Credit: Jeff Hulme

KCHS/CHS - Charleston International Airport - SpringHill Suites - May 2024.

Stayed at the SpringHill Suites nearby. Rooms facing south will allow for landings on runway 33 to be had. Room 309 worked (310 was next door and would work, too). There is a small convenience store of sorts offered by the hotel, but for food options its best to explore the local area.

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WMKK/KUL - Kuala Lumpur International - Tune Hotel KLIA Aeropolis, - October 2025

I booked the Tune after reading good reviews- what I hadn't realised was that there are two Tunes and I got the wrong one! Although the guy on reception was helpful there really are not great views to be had-. I could see arrivals as dots and 33 departures if I was quick from the 5th floor room (579) but not recommended. Make sure you book the Tune Aeropolis and not Tune KLIA2. 

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GCFV/FUE - Fuerteventura Airport - Globales Costa Tropical - October 2025

Just spent a weekend at Costa de Antigua, Globales Costa Tropical, its a bit closer to the Airport than the Caleta de Fuste area, everything inbound passed at approx 200-300 ft. A 5 min walk from the hotel entrance allowed views towards the airport, with ramp and runway in view so anything missed landing easy viewed.

Normal landings viewable from the swimming pool area. We had a 2nd floor room with sea view, so standing outside the apartment door could watch inbounds easy when at the room.

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Credit Keith Hatfield

LKPR/PRG - Prague Marriott Courtyard - October 2025

 The hotel is a Short  walk from arrivals The Hotel has seven floors and ideally you want floor 5 - 7, rooms are either side of the building with even numbered rooms facing the outside of the building and odd numbered rooms facing the interior courtyard.  Rooms x02 to x48 face the approach of  runway 24 and rooms x26 to x48 face Terminal 2 and runway 12/30.    

the front of the hotel is glass and there is a corridor that runs the full width of the hotel, on the 7th floor there are two sofas where you can sit and watch all movements on runway 24/06.   

The view from the sofas

and three photos with the view from room 746.

The GA and maintenance areas cannot be seen from the hotel but there is a carpark a couple of minutes away where they can be seen,

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WSSS/SIN - Singapore - Crowne Plaza - October 2025

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. 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.

Runway view rooms also allow Seletar arrivals and departures to be seen from the room is the visibility is OK.  

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KPHX/PHX - Phoenix - Drury Inn and Suites - October 2025

Staying at Drury Inn and Suites East Universal Drive Room 616.

The entire "wall" is a window facing Sky Harbor Airport.  All gates from Delta to Frontier and most Southwest are visible and everything on the South Runway can be seen. The view also looks straight up the taxiway between Terminals 3 and 4 so anything on the North Runway appears apart from an odd aircraft turning short. All arrivals from the East are visible right up to touchdown. You miss almost nothing (And there is a happy "hour" 5.30 till 7.00 every evening with up to three free Alcoholic drinks plus food)

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VHHH/HKG - Hong Kong - Regala sky city hotel - October 2025

NOTE this is not the Regal Airport Hotel.

I stayed here for one night arriving at 2300 …. Despite asking on my reservation and at reception they said no rooms have any airport view.  I think the reception just couldn’t be bothered to accommodate …..  The hotel is a circle style with inward and outward facing windows. I saw the top floor marked sky garden so I headed up there as soon as I woke up.  The open area is accessed by a stair case adjacent to room 12111 and is open 0800-2200.  Again , no power sockets , facilities and very little shelter.  This was approx £65 per night …… the rooms are very small ….. they also come with no fridge, but have good aircon.  .  The opportunity to be outside , and also to see Schenzen in the distance , made up for the lack of reception help.  There are some plastic tables / chairs on the roof so I moved these into the part shaded area which worked fine.    The hotel has microwave snacks / meals and a full restaurant service.    The bus to the hotel runs from bays 9-12 in the T 2 bus station area. 

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LTAI/AYT - Antalya - Holiday Inn - Lara - October 2025

I stayed at the Holiday Inn - Lara Antalya which I think has been reported on before. The hotel is a couple of miles south of the airport and about a mile east of the extended centreline for runway 36C, the main runway used for arrivals over the sea. 36R/18L is departures preferred and 36L/18R is used by the occasional mil visitor.  I had an 11th floor sea facing room with a balcony and breakfast was included. During occasional runway inspections / works on 36C any arrivals landing on 36R come right over the hotel. 

For photos you'll need a 400mm tele lens to take pictures from the balcony of arrivals on 36C.  They did switch ends a couple of times due weather, but you can briefly glimpse departures from the balcony when they do go off runway 18L. 

Some of the Russian SU95's didn't seem to show on apps including ADSB exchange but nearly all were read off from the balcony. They do however appear on the arrivals list for the airport on FR24 within a couple of minutes of landing. Everything else appears on the usual apps. 

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