Sleeping on the Airplane: Six Aviation-Themed Hotels

Sometimes a room with a view means watching jets on the ramp.

Friday, June 24, 2022 at 04:52 PM ET

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This colorful Boeing 727 appears to be flying through the trees, but it’s really more of a tree house. [Courtesy: Hotel Costa Verde]

Key Takeaways:

The article highlights unique hotels and accommodations that creatively repurpose actual aircraft or aviation-themed structures for guest stays.
Examples include luxurious suites crafted from a Boeing 727 fuselage in Costa Rica, a 1960s turboprop in the Netherlands, and a hostel inside a Boeing 747 in Sweden.
Other distinctive aviation-themed hotels featured are the iconic TWA Flight Center transformed into a hotel at JFK Airport and a 1940s-style hangar hotel in Texas.

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727 Fuselage Home

Hotel Costa Verde, Quepos, Costa Rica

Located on the edge of the Manuel Antonio National Forest, this colorful Boeing 727 appears to be flying through the trees, but it’s really more of a tree house—a luxurious one. The 1965 airframe that once served in the South Africa Air and Avianca Airlines fleets now sits on a 50-foot pedestal and has been refurbished with teak furniture and paneling, and a deck built onto its right wing. The hotel’s broad range of accommodations also includes a Cockpit Cottage and Cockpit Cabana built from salvaged aircraft.