Austin to New York flight path: AUS to JFK

Sit on the Right side of the plane for the best views on flights from Austin to New York. The right side wins out mainly on the strength of the JFK approach, which offers a genuine New York City skyline view over Jamaica Bay and the Verrazano Bridge — a highlight that outweighs the mostly flat, unremarkable cruise scenery shared by both sides over Texas, Louisiana, and Tennessee.

During takeoff from Austin Bergstrom International (AUS), sit on the Left side for the best views. Departing AUS to the south before turning northeast, the left side gets the better look back at downtown Austin's skyline along Lady Bird Lake and Lake Travis's hill-country shoreline, while the right side mostly shows flat suburban sprawl. Notable sights include: Downtown Austin skyline, Lady Bird Lake, Lake Travis, Texas Hill Country ridgelines.

When landing at John F Kennedy International (JFK), sit on the Right side for the best views. On approach into JFK from the south/west, arrival paths that line up for the bay-side runways swing past Jamaica Bay and give a clear right-side view of the Manhattan skyline, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and the Rockaway Peninsula shoreline before touchdown. Notable sights include: Manhattan skyline, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Jamaica Bay wetlands, Rockaway Peninsula.

The flight from Austin Bergstrom International (AUS) to John F Kennedy International (JFK) takes 3h 15m.

Mississippi River near the Louisiana-Mississippi border, Tennessee River valley, and the low Appalachian foothills of eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia along the route toward the mid-Atlantic