Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Boston to Masterton. The left side wins overall primarily for the Boston departure, which offers a genuinely spectacular urban and coastal panorama. The landing views at Masterton are modest regardless of side — it is a small regional airport with pleasant but not dramatic scenery. The Boston departure on the left is the highlight of the flight.

During takeoff from General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS), sit on the Left side for the best views. Boston Logan's primary departure runway 33L/33R sends aircraft northwest over the harbor and city. Left side gives you the Boston skyline, the Charles River, and Cambridge laid out clearly as you climb. Right side faces the open Atlantic with little to see. Notable sights include: Boston downtown skyline and Back Bay, Charles River and MIT/Harvard campuses, Boston Harbor islands, Cape Cod Bay to the south.

When landing at Masterton (MRO), sit on the Right side for the best views. Masterton Airport's main runway is oriented roughly 06/24. Arriving from the north on runway 24, aircraft approach from the northeast over the Tararua Range. The right side faces west toward the Tararua Range foothills and the Wairarapa plain, while the left side looks out over the flat farmland of the Wairarapa valley. Right gives the more dramatic terrain. Notable sights include: Tararua Range ridge line to the west, Wairarapa plain and Lake Wairarapa to the south, Ruamahanga River winding through the valley floor, Masterton township grid.

The flight from General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS) to Masterton (MRO) takes Approximately 17 to 19 hours with one stop, typically via Los Angeles or San Francisco, as no nonstop service exists on this routing.

Departing Boston the route tracks southwest across the US, crossing the Sierra Nevada and Mojave Desert before reaching the Pacific. The transpacific leg crosses the vast open North Pacific, passing south of the Aleutian Islands arc. The route then descends toward New Zealand, crossing the subtropical Pacific with occasional low cloud systems visible below. On approach to New Zealand, the North Island's volcanic plateau and Cook Strait may be visible before reaching the Wairarapa on the North Island's southern tip.