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KIAH/IAH - Houston International - Best Western Houston Bush IAH - June 2026

There are a cluster of hotels located east of IAH, at the junction of Will Clayton Parkway and the I-69, in Humble.  Of these, the Wyndham and the Best Western are aligned so that a west facing room can see the arrivals in to 27. 26L and 26R, which are the usual landing runways.  The altitude and light means it is a good spot in darkness and poor weather. 
In the Best Western, rooms are even numbered facing towards the airport.  Both hotels only have three floors.  In this cluster there is also a Red Lion and an America's Best Value Inn: these are aligned the wrong way so any room will only see one or two runways, and they do seem to change their preference for which runways are in use. 
On the north side of Will Clayton Parkway there is a La Quinta, Staybridge Suites and a Sleep Inn.  The alignment of these means the right room will get a view of all three runways. However the Ramada and Holiday Inn would not give the view.   
There is also a handy petrol station, Tim Horton's and Waffe House next door to the Wyndham and Best Western!
 
https://maps.app.goo.gl/3AbsD3suv1hY4f6C8

Credit Mark Curran

EDHI/XFW - Hamburg Finkenwerder - Moxy - June 2026

The Moxy at Finkenwerder opened in September 2025. I booked there for location as I was doing an Airbus tour and did not even think about the "airport view".

Rooms 101-127 all have partial runway views Hotel has parking €20 but local streets are free. 

On checking in I was allocated a room by chance on the 3rd floor with what turned out to be an airport view from room 317. 

 

 

Based on the map rooms 307, 309, 311 , 313 315, 319 , 321 or 323 would look to have similar views.

Note 317 was a "Queen Sleeper" room. But the windows by the lift give a view of Hangar 7 and Leak test.

Some photos with a camera rather than mobile phone can be found here https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCzjSL 

The photo below shows the view from room 205, being a Queen Room with a single bed.  From here, you can see aircraft parked in front of the Engine Run Bay and, anything using or crossing the runway.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/jfU9aomEXiohTFxFA

KTEB/TEB - Teterboro - Holiday Inn - June 2026

We stayed at the Teterboro Holiday Inn where we got a room with two queens and free parking.  You can't see the field like you can from the Hilton but you can see landers and departures from here. The room was a 4th Floor room facing Newark and we were able to see the landers there as well.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/7rLmo6hFaGSURptP9