Sit on the Right side of the plane for the best views on flights from Atlanta to Santiago. Right side wins at both ends of the flight. At takeoff you get Atlanta's skyline and Stone Mountain; at landing you get the full Andes panorama including Aconcagua. Over the Caribbean and South America the right side also faces west, giving better sunset views on this southbound route.

During takeoff from The William B Hartsfield Atlanta International (ATL), sit on the Right side for the best views. ATL's primary departure runways (8L/8R/9L/9R) send aircraft eastward before turning south. A right-side seat gives views over downtown Atlanta's skyline and the dense urban grid of the metro area as the aircraft climbs and banks southward. Left side faces north toward suburban sprawl with less visual interest. Notable sights include: Downtown Atlanta skyline, Stone Mountain (visible to the northeast as a distinctive granite dome), Lake Lanier reservoir to the north, Hartsfield-Jackson's massive parallel runway complex directly below.

When landing at Arturo Merino Benitez International (SCL), sit on the Right side for the best views. SCL's primary runway 17/35 means arrivals typically come in from the north heading south, or from the south heading north. On approach from the north heading south, the right side faces west toward the Andes — the dramatic wall of the Cordillera including Aconcagua and the peaks above Santiago is on the right. This is the dominant visual feature of any SCL arrival and is unmissable on a clear day. Notable sights include: Aconcagua (6,961m, highest peak in the Americas visible as a snow-capped massif to the northwest), the Santiago urban basin spread across the valley floor, the Mapocho River cutting through the city, Cerro San Cristóbal hill rising from the city grid.

The flight from The William B Hartsfield Atlanta International (ATL) to Arturo Merino Benitez International (SCL) takes Approximately 9 to 10 hours.

The flight tracks south over the Gulf of Mexico, crosses the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America, then follows the Pacific coast of South America southward past Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru before turning inland toward Santiago. The Andes are visible for a long stretch of the flight from the right side. The Amazon basin appears as an endless dark green canopy if the route tracks over interior South America. The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is visible as a stark, completely barren brown landscape before the terrain greens slightly approaching Santiago.