A large proportion of visitors to this website are aircraft spotters looking for information on where to spot and photograph aircraft at different airports around the world. So I thought it would be helpful to have a page to collate some of the best airport spotting guides we have posted.
Before you check out the links below, do check out our Airport Spotting Guides book which covers hundreds of different airports around the world – all written with the spotter in mind.
Below is just a selection of our guides. We are always writing new posts and tips on where to spot at airports, so make sure you keep coming back for the latest updates!
Spotting in Europe
- Aberdeen (hotel)
- Amsterdam Schiphol
- Barcelona
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Brize Norton
- Brussels National Zaventem | Spotter Platforms
- Chateauroux
- Cologne/Bonn
- Copenhagen
- Dublin / Dublin (hotel)
- East Midlands
- East Midlands (hotel)
- Edinburgh
- Fuertaventura
- Geneva
- Hamburg Finkenwerder
- Helsinki Vantaa
- Ibiza
- Istanbul Ataturk (hotel)
- Kemble
- Lanzarote Airport
- Leipzig Airport
- Lisbon
- London City (hotel)
- London Gatwick
- London Heathrow (hotels)
- London Luton
- London Southend
- London Stansted / London Stansted (hotel)
- Madrid
- Mahon Menorca
- Malmo Sturup
- Malta
- Manchester / Manchester Video
- Minsk National
- Moscow Domodedovo (video)
- Munich Airport | Munich Spotter Hill
- Nantes
- Naples
- Netherlands Airports
- Norwich
- Oslo Gardermoen (hotel)
- Palma de Mallorca
- Palma Son Bonet
- Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Paris Orly
- Paris Vatry
- Perpignan
- Porto
- Stockholm Arlanda
- Strasbourg
- Tarbes Lourdes
- Tenerife / Tenerife South (hotel)
- Teruel Airport
- Toulouse
Spotting in Asia & Middle East
- Bangkok Don Mueang / Bangkok Don Mueang (hotel)
- Dubai International (hotel)
- Fukuoka Airport
- Ho Chi Minh City Tan Son Nhat / Ho Chi Minh (hotel)
- Hong Kong
- India (various)
- Jakarta Soekarno Hatta / Jakarta Soekarno Hatta (hotel)
- Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Kuala Lumpur International
- Manila
- Muscat
- Nagoya Komaki
- Osaka Kansai
- Phuket (hotel)
- Shanghai Pudong (hotel)
- Singapore Changi
- Taipei Taoyuan
- Tokyo Haneda
- Tokyo Narita (hotels)
Spotting in North America
- Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
- Baltimore/Washington
- Boston Logan (hotel)
- Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Burlington, Vermont
- Charleston Airport
- Chicago O’Hare / Chicago O’Hare (hotels)
- Cleveland Hopkins
- Fort Lauderdale
- Greenwood Leflore
- Halifax Airport
- Houston Hobby (hotel)
- LA/Ontario Airport
- Las Vegas Area
- Long Beach Airport
- Los Angeles International / Los Angeles Jim Clutter Park
- Marana Pinal Airpark
- Miami International
- Minneapolis St Paul
- Montreal Trudeau
- New York JFK Airport (JFK Terminal 5)
- New York LaGuardia
- Opa Locka
- Orlando International
- Penticton Airport
- Phoenix Goodyear
- Phoenix Mesa Gateway
- Raleigh Durham Airport
- San Francisco
- San Jose CA (video)
- Santa Ana John Wayne Airport
- Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Seattle Area
- Seattle Everett Paine Field
- Teterboro Airport
- Toronto Pearson (hotel)
- Van Nuys Airport
- Washington Dulles
- Washington Reagan National
Spotting in South America
- Cancun
- Cartagena
- Cusco Airport
- Rio de Janeiro Galeão
- Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont
- Sao Paulo Guarulhos
- Sao Paulo Congonhas
Spotting in Australasia & Pacific
Spotting in Africa
Our Spotting Guides to World Airports
If you want a complete guide to spotting at the best airports around the world for our hobby, our Airport Spotting Guides World Airports book takes you through where to spot at over 300 different airports. It includes spotting locations, spotting hotels, museums, and details of what you’re likely to see at different airports.
