Sit on the Right side of the plane for the best views on flights from Boston to San Diego. Right side wins both departure and arrival, and across the flight path it also captures the better views of the Rockies and Sierra Nevada as the route tracks southwest. The right side faces generally north and northwest during cruise, giving you looks at the Colorado Rockies and eventually the southern Sierra Nevada range.

During takeoff from General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS), sit on the Right side for the best views. Logan's most common departure is runway 22L/22R heading southwest, which puts the right side facing northwest toward downtown Boston, the Charles River, and the Back Bay skyline. You get a clear look at the city grid and harbor islands as the aircraft climbs out over the water. Notable sights include: Downtown Boston skyline, Boston Harbor and its islands, Charles River and Cambridge, Quincy Bay.

When landing at North Island Nas (NZY), sit on the Right side for the best views. NZY sits on North Island in San Diego Bay, and approaches typically come in from the northwest over the Pacific or from the north. A right-side seat gives you the view across San Diego Bay, the downtown skyline, Coronado Bridge, and Point Loma as you descend. Left side faces mostly open ocean or the suburban sprawl of Chula Vista. Notable sights include: San Diego Bay, Coronado Bridge, Point Loma peninsula, downtown San Diego skyline.

The flight from General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS) to North Island Nas (NZY) takes Approximately 5 hours 30 minutes to 6 hours.

The flight tracks southwest across upstate New York and Pennsylvania, then over the Appalachians in Ohio or Indiana, across the flat agricultural plains of Missouri and Kansas, over the southern Rocky Mountains in Colorado or New Mexico including the Sangre de Cristo and San Juan ranges, across the Mojave Desert, and finally descending over the mountains east of San Diego including the Laguna Mountains before dropping into the coastal basin.