Plane Spotting Hotels website has a nice section on hotels at New York JFK for those wanting spotting views at the airport.

The Holiday Inn and Ramada Plaza hotels are the best options.

The Holiday Inn has distant, but good, views – particuarly for those with telescope poles. Having a SBS is also definitely useful here! Rooms that don’t face JFK have distant views of La Guardia airport, which is also useful if you have a SBS.

From the Ramada, rooms have views of aircraft when landing on runway 13L, but there’s also a grassy bank area a short walk from the hotel with much better views.

First of all, apologies for the lack of updates lately. I’ve been off touring South America – airport reports to follow soon!

Anyway, here’s a note about the Marriott Hotel at Philadelphia Airport. If you’re at the airport spotting, then this is probably the best choice for you.

The Marriott has great views over the airport and movements on all of the runways and a lot of the aprons. Since the hotel is tall, you’re better off going for rooms on floor 10 and above to get the best views.

A recent report (credit Bob Smith) states that the following rooms are the best: 1407-1419, 1429-1439. All of these rooms have views of the main runways, but the latter ones look mainly towards the UPS apron.

Travelodge are holding another £9 per night room sale. This is particularly useful if you’re on the road spotting as there are many Travelodge hotels located near airports in the UK.

Some particularly useful ones are at and around London Heathrow airport. The new one at Terminal 5 even has rooms overlooking the action.

The sale starts at 6am on 23 April. Booking period is 27 August to 30 November. Click here for booking.