Plane Spotting Sydney
There are two major hotel whch offer great plane spotting at Sydney Airport. The Stamford Plaza has for a long time been a great favourite due it’s great views from the Domestic terminal side. This hotel has now been challenged from the new Rydges Hotel which offer great Sydney Airport Photography opportunities from it’s runway facing rooms.
| The Stamford Plaza Hotel | ||
| This hotel is situated in a superb location being just a 5 minute walk from the domestic terminal and the general aviation area. With a rooftop swimming pool that overlooks the runways this hotel comes highly recommended. For those who require liquid refreshment whilst watching the action, try the AV8 bar as this is reportedly the cheapest bar in the hotel. There are also lots of eating establishments in the domestic terminal just a short walk away. | ||
| Location: | *** | The close proximity to the terminal buildings mean that there is no need to waste time waiting for a courtesy bus. |
| Spotting: | *** | Rooms 910-930 give distant, but workable views of the airport. If you ask for a high level room overlooking the airport (floor 7 or above) you should miss little. Flight tracking software will ensure that you tie up the distant movements. |
| Photos: | ** | Distant, or low quality side on shots can be had from certain rooms. |
| Value: | * | Quite expensive but the excellent views are real compensation. |
| Book: | FURTHER INFORMATION AND ONLINE BOOKINGS CAN BE FOUND HERE at AGODA or on the website of Booking.com
The above websites are excellent as they allow to book an airport facing room as part of the booking process in order to guarantee a view. Please help support our site. We are constantly checking the links for hotels to find the best price offered for our readers. If the price on this site is the best quote you receive, please help us by booking your hotel from the link provided as we receive a small commission payment from the hotel. This helps contribute to the running costs of this site enabling us to continue to offer a great service. Plane Spotting Hotels are also pleased to have entered a partnership with an ATOL approved travel agency which specialises in packages for plane spotters (your travel consultant is a fellow aviation enthusiast who understands your needs). An independent travel agency can often find you better deals for your hotels as they can access travel agents exclusive deals, especially when packaged in with flights or car hire as many suppliers offer further discounts. Quote The Plane Spotting Hotels website when contacting the NOT JUST TRAVEL WEBSITE and you will be dealt with by the Plane Spotting Travel Expert who can assist you with all aspects of planning your trip. |
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| Stamford Plaza room view onto maintenance | Some rooms have great runway views |
Credit for photos www.tripadvisor.co.uk
Above :This video shows the excellent views available from an airport facing room at The Stamford Plaza.
| Rydges Sydney Airport Hotel | ||
| Location: | *** | Is located more or less on the International terminal complex and is only a 1 minute walk away from the many shops and restaurants
found in the terminal complex. |
| Spotting: | *** | Excellent views from airport facing rooms allowing the majority of movements to be seen and read off with a standard set of binoculars.
The hotel advises that all deluxe rooms have views overlooking the airport, with the best views on floors 7 and above. Do not however book a superior Queen room as these all face away in the wrong direction with no views. The following report credit Royston Wood: Recently I stayed in Room 728 and every single movement could be seen. Some using Runway 16L/34R won’t be identifiable during landing/take-off, but they should be readable using binos during taxy to/from terminal. Otherwise SBS or FR24 will help air identification. Whilst the GA ramp is not visible from this hotel, you can either catch the Airport T-Bus Shuttle service or the Airport Link Train from the international terminal across to the domestic terminals (both cost $6 each way), and then it is about a 15 minute walk to the GA area from there. Up until now I have always stayed at the Stamford Plaza for the views, but now that I have tried the Rydges, I reckon the views are much better from here of the overall action as you get a more spotter friendly ‘side on view’ to everything. |
| Photos: | *** | Great photographs should be possible with up to a 300 zoom. |
| Value: | * | You pay a premium for terminal hotels and The Rydges is no exception with rooms starting at around £105 |
| Book: | A Plane Spotting Package including room with great views can be booked through Booking.com .Please help support our site. We are constantly checking the links for hotels to find the best price offered for our readers. If the price on this site is the best quote you receive, please help us by booking your hotel from the link provided as we receive a small commission payment from the hotel. This helps contribute to the running costs of this site enabling us to continue to offer a great service. | |
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| Great views of Runway 16R from The Rydges | Click on photos to expand |
Above. Great views at The Rydges
Above. When there are no public events using the facilities, the Rydges hotel opens up the rooftop viewing deck for a small admission fee. Check out the YouTube Channel of Abraxas for further great Aviation videos
| The Ibis Budget Hotel (Formally Formule 1 Hotel) | ||
| This hotel is situated around 50 yards from the GA ramp and hangers and is an ideal base for plane spotting at Sydney Airport. | ||
| Location: | *** | 50 yards from the GA apron and around a 10 minute walk from the domestic terminal. |
| Spotting: | ** | No reports of views of the runways from here, however room 602 has reported views over the GA area |
| Photos: | * | No confirmed reports of photo opportunities from the hotel. |
| Value: | *** | Great value at around £50 a room per night |
| Book: | FURTHER INFORMATION AND ONLINE BOOKINGS CAN BE FOUND HERE or on the website of Booking.com
Please help support our site. We are constantly checking the links for hotels to find the best price offered for our readers. If the price on this site is the best quote you receive, please help us by booking your hotel from the link provided as we receive a small commission payment from the hotel. This helps contribute to the running costs of this site enabling us to continue to offer a great service. Plane Spotting Hotels are also pleased to have entered a partnership with an ATOL approved travel agency which specialises in packages for plane spotters (your travel consultant is a fellow aviation enthusiast who understands your needs). An independent travel agency can often find you better deals for your hotels as they can access travel agents exclusive deals, especially when packaged in with flights or car hire as many suppliers offer further discounts. Quote The Plane Spotting Hotels website when contacting the NOT JUST TRAVEL WEBSITE and you will be dealt with by the Plane Spotting Travel Expert who can assist you with all aspects of planning your trip. |
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