KMIA/MIA - Miami - EB Hotel - October 2026

At EB Hotel at MIA airport facing rooms have the view below, the higher the floor the better.

October 2026 note: Stayed in room 321, a little too low, but that was all they had on this date.  Could still see all departures heading east, so not the end of the world.

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KMCO/MCO - Orlando - Avid hotel - October 2026

The hotel is situated just outside the airport on the north side, just west of the runways. The hotel has an airport shuttle which runs every 30mins.  Its a nice but basic hotel, and I managed to get a room at a reasonable price.

The best rooms are 501-504 as they are on front facing towards the airport.  Arrivals were from the south, departures to the north and with electronics and little effort nothing will be missed.  I had room 502 which is a 2 queen bedded room and was perfect for the visit.

The rooms on eastern side of the hotel give good views on both runways too, although due to the angle seeing the approach would be harder to see than in rooms 501-504.  With that in mind rooms with odd numbers 505 till 519 are also fine, just not quite as good as 501-504. 

There is a 7Eleven next to the hotel for food and drinks. 

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ZSHC/HGH - Hangzhou - Manju Hotel - October 2026

This is the perfect hotel but there is no perfect room.  We were given rooms 8817 and 8830.  8830 which looks towards the terminal and 8817 which looks the opposite direction.  Both rooms complemented each other well.  However here are some more notes.

Rooms 8802 through 8817

The best room is probably 8817 however.  It's on the eighth floor.  The windows in this room has a view of the approach to runways 06 and 07 as well as the holding point for Runway 07.  Next to the room is a public area with a view to a gap in the buildings (next to the Loong Air HQ) that allows you to see aircraft taxing to the holding point of Runway 06.  So if 06 and 07 are in use nothing will be missed if you are closely monitoring the tracking sites.

 
If however they are using runways 25 and 24 arrivals turn off before coming into view so will not be seen from this room until they depart.  Alternative rooms with this same view are 8816-8802 but each room gets progressively further away from the public window, so it's further to walk.

Rooms 8823 through 8837

An alternative view can be had from any room between 8823 to 8837 with the lower numbers being the best due to their proximity to the aforementioned window.  The views from these rooms are over the terminal and the approach to runway 25 and runway 24 are visible.  Departures from runway 25 can also be seen.  Departures from runway 24 are visible as long as they lift off quickly and are not too heavy!  However the full climb out is visible from the public window.

General Notes

The rooms a very cheap and bookable via Trip.com, therefore I would suggest if there is more than one of you travelling together you should get separate rooms.  Then ask for one on the front and one on the back to ensure you have both views available.  That's what we ended up doing.  If there is just one person - then ask for the room depending on the runway direction and choose the direction looking towards whichever approach is in use.

The hotel is on the 7th and 8th floor of a service building, so I think all rooms will have some sort of view regardless of what you book.

There is no restaurant but there is a 7-11 convenience store next door where snacks can be bought.  To get to/from the terminal I would recommend getting a Didi (China's answer to Uber).  There is a public transport options, however a Didi cost less than £2 and was very convenient.

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The following photos are from Room 8830.

The following photo is from Room 8817.

View from the window next to 8817, showing the gap.

ZSSS/SHA - Shanghai Hongqiao - Air China BoYue Hotel - October 2026

The hotel is located at Terminal Two. We paid on arrival to upgrade to executive rooms to ensure the highest possible position. Rooms allocated were 1002 & 1005, both of which gave a panoramic view across Hongqiao Airport and both were twin bedded rooms. These rooms also came with executive lounge access on the 11^th floor (again with similar views).

Rooms 1002-1003 & 1005-1012 should all be okay to watch the proceedings.  Note that there is no room 1004. Deluxe Twin Rooms and 738, 907, 911 & 915 were also good enough, despite being on lower levels.

 

Photos are possible from the rooms or from the executive lounge. Note that the windows did distort in places so you need to be careful to ensure good quality photos are taken.

 

Price was CNY 1,150 per twin room (approximately £120.00), which included the executive room upgrade negotiated on arrival.

 

We used the very modern Shanghai Airport Link Line rail transfer from Pudong to Hongqiao. This took about 40 minutes, was very cheap but unfortunately was primarily underground so offered limited city views. Price per person 26 Yuan one way (approx. £2.80).

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