All inbound and outbound movements can be seen from the balcony, including most aircraft parked up on the central terminal ramps. It has been known to count around 15 arrivals at a time on the three arrival runways so this place will keep you occupied. The Signature Ramp is also easily seen from the balcony giving views of a number of bizz jets.

At the Eastern end of the hotel corridor is a large window with great views onto the cargo ramp where a number of Fedex aircraft can be read off. The UPS aircraft tend to park nose in making identification slightly more difficult although most of these will be seen from the room when they arrive or depart. The large window at the western end of the corridor gives views out to the Delta Maintenance apron where a number of aircraft may be parked up long term.

On clear days the hotel balcony gives views of very busy overflights, many high level airways intersect over Atlanta giving the opportunity to log 300+ overflights in a day. Peachtree executive departures to the South also overfly Atlanta at around 5000 feet therefore flight tracking software is essential.

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For those of you not familiar with this location, if you look at Google Maps, its located at the North East side of Atlanta Airport not far off the I-75. If you also look at Google maps, its not far from the end of Runway 26R, which is the runway the GA, Fedex, UPS tend to use if they are landing in a Westerly direction. If they are landing towards the west as they were for all my stay, you can read off the nearest two runways arrivals (or departures if on the other runways subject cloud) with a good powered and clear telescope but I could imagine when the temperature goes up, it may be different. For the users of SBS or similar equipment, it is easy to keep a track of what is going on. I will say at an early stage, the weather for the two nights I was there was clear and sunny, I cannot comment on what the views would be if they were landing/departing towards the East and the weather was a bit gloomy or raining. There were also some overflights that were tracking on SBS which seemed to track right over the top of the hotel, so if its clear, you may pick up a few extras if you collect OTT’s.

The rooms, I stayed in room 916 … Looking around the corridors, Rooms 916, 917, 901 and 902 would give the same good out towards arrivals (or departures). Looking at the hotel, similar room numbers on the 10th, 8th, 7th and maybe the 6th or even 5th floor would give the similar views. My room had a small metal bar to prevent the door to the small balcony being opened, but a previous occupant or someone else had also handily ‘broken’ this so it came away and access on to the balcony was possible. Its not a huge balcony and you cannot sit outside on a chair like the Renaissance. Another tip here, I had previously e-mail the manager in advance and requested a room looking towards the airport, I had an almost immediate reply saying I had a room blocked, the e-mail address is  info@bwatlairport.com    and the lady who replied was Delaine, who’s name appears on Tripadvisor. The room consisted of a King Size bed and a sofabed, there was also a fridge in the room to keep refreshments nice, cold and accessible. Its also a big enough room for two or three folk to stick around watching the action without it being too cramped. Its also free parking overnight, free breakfast and there is a free courtesy bus from the airport.