During our stay we stayed in the Bay Landing Hotel with a bay view room. (Even numbered room on the second floor.). The room provided views and photo opportunities of all 28L and 28R movements as well as 1L and 1R departures.
Movements at Oakland
were visible in good weather but are extremely far so I didn't bother.
Any hotel along the
Bayshore Highway should provide a good view of movements at SFO if the room has
a view of the bay.
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I flew to Cebu with the idea of knocking off the missing gaps of the local fleet, especially the DHC8 and ATR s. I will be returning home with one PAL DHC8 un logged as it was based out of one of the other islands . Cebu pacific also have some of my fleet needs stored at Clark and Alice springs.
Stayed at the water front airport hotel. Check in is at 3 , so as the were landing from the left as you view towards the airport , I looked for a suitable land side place to view. It’s possible to see arrivals from the shelter of a palm tree outside the hotel . I opted though to go back to the terminal area. I sat on the balcony near the security check point for check in counters 1-29. ( what3words location sharpen.silk.alert ) Free airport wifi here too
The
best way to the hotel I found was to head to the upper level … cross the road ,
and look for the red CASINO sign . Go up the steps , and to the right in the
main entrance to the hotel .
I got some quick lunch, many different types of cuisine to choose from . I went to the pizza/pasta place. Very good value ….. There is also a 7-11 that has beers / wine / snacks etc in the airport mall, lower level .
I was
allocated room 511 . This has a panoramic view across the airfield , perfect
for spotting. 501-521 odd numbers only , look towards the airport. The rooms
are a little dated , but that was of no concern . The aircon works well , and
there is a fridge for beers .
Made
20 frames on day 1 at Cebu , many of which didn’t visit Manila whilst I was
there
Another
year, so again a weeks break in FUE, again stopping at the Ereza Mar hotel in
Caleta Del Fuste, as I have said before anything landing from the South can be
seen as they pass over the town about 1000ft or so, you cannot see the airport
or really any departures from Caleta, so don't miss anything you need inbound!
Should take off's be to the South then your see everything outbound as they climb out, but this direction is not very common unless the wind has totally gone weird.
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In Ho-Chi-Minh I booked the Ibis at Saigon Airport, and the free shuttle was waiting for me when I came through to Arrivals. It’s so close you could walk there in about 10 minutes if you only had hand luggage like me, but they insisted on providing it so I felt obliged to take it. I paid for a Deluxe Suite, all of which are on the top (15th) floor. I emailed the hotel to ask for an airport facing room and even getting to the hotel at 9.45am, it was ready and waiting. £46 a night for two nights. Studio King 1211
Floors
3 to 9 are regular rooms with the familiar basic Ibis product and have 31 rooms
per floor. Of these seven rooms (ending in 18 to 26) have views towards
the airport/runway.
Spotting from the room is easy as you have a panoramic view of about half the airfield, but nowhere near as interesting as BKK. The two main players in Vietnam now are Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet - who have a way bigger presence on the aviation scene there than I knew about. By the end of the first day in SGN it was obvious that (a) a lot of aircraft are based in Hanoi and weren’t going to visit SGN anytime soon & (b) a lot of both airlines' Airbus narrow bodies are stored (in SGN & HAN)
Spotting is best from the Ibis Hotel just across the road from the terminals, but new ramps mean stored stuff is out of sight. This is a photo taken with a 400mm lens… Sadly windows in the room were locked with a key, which meant the SBS aerial had to stay inside and this meant aircraft would only appear on the box around 2500ft inbound. FR24 works though, but doesn’t include reg’s until the flight is underway, so no way of now future flights if you’re chasing a particular frame.
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