Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Atlanta to Providenciales. While the right side has a slight edge at takeoff over Atlanta, the left side dominates the second half of the flight. Once over the Bahamas and approaching Turks and Caicos, the left side delivers the most spectacular Caribbean water colors on descent. The left side also picks up views of the Bahamas island chain and the tongue of the ocean during cruise.

During takeoff from The William B Hartsfield Atlanta International (ATL), sit on the Right side for the best views. ATL typically departs east or southeast on runways 8R/9R/10, meaning a right-side seat looks south over the Atlanta metro sprawl and then out toward the Georgia piedmont. As the aircraft banks southeast toward the Bahamas, the right side picks up the cleaner views of the city grid and Stone Mountain to the northeast briefly before tracking over rural Georgia. Notable sights include: Atlanta downtown skyline, Stone Mountain (granite dome visible to the northeast), Lake Lanier reservoir to the north, Georgia piedmont farmland patchwork.

When landing at Providenciales (PLS), sit on the Left side for the best views. Providenciales airport runway 10/28 means arrivals typically come in from the west on runway 10, tracking eastward over the island. A left-side seat on approach gets the vivid turquoise shallows of the Caicos Bank to the south and the brilliant white sand of Grace Bay and the barrier reef system along the north shore of Provo directly ahead and to the left. Notable sights include: Grace Bay turquoise shallows and barrier reef, Caicos Bank shallow water flats to the south, Northwest Point and its reef drop-off, the salt ponds and mangrove wetlands of western Provo.

The flight from The William B Hartsfield Atlanta International (ATL) to Providenciales (PLS) takes Approximately 2 hours 45 minutes to 3 hours.

The flight tracks southeast over Georgia and South Carolina before crossing the Florida peninsula or its coastline, then over the Straits of Florida and into the Bahamas chain. Visible features during cruise include the shallow Bahama Banks with their extraordinary turquoise color visible even at 35,000 feet, the deep blue Tongue of the Ocean trench between Andros and the Exumas, the Exuma Cays island chain, and eventually the Turks Island Passage before descending toward Provo.