Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Copenhagen to Budapest. While takeoff favors the right for the Øresund Strait views, the landing approach from the northwest makes left-side seats the stronger choice overall. The Danube's meanders and Buda Hills during descent provide more sustained visual interest than the relatively featureless North Sea departure.

During takeoff from Kastrup (CPH), sit on the Right side for the best views. CPH typically departs runway 04L/R or 22L/R depending on wind. A right-side seat gives views of the Øresund Strait and the Swedish coast during initial climb, plus the broader Copenhagen metropolitan area spreading inland. Left seats face the North Sea and less distinctive terrain. Notable sights include: Øresund Strait (the narrow water channel between Denmark and Sweden), Malmö skyline across the strait in Sweden, Copenhagen harbor and Amager Island below, Roskilde Fjord extending inland to the southwest.

When landing at Ferihegy (BUD), sit on the Left side for the best views. BUD uses runways 04L/R and 31L/R. Approaching from the northwest (typical routing from CPH), left-side seats offer views of the Danube River's distinctive meanders as they approach the airport, plus the Buda Hills on the western bank. Right seats face the flat Pest plains with fewer visual landmarks. Notable sights include: Danube River with its characteristic S-curve bends through Budapest, Buda Hills (low forested hills on the west bank), Margaret Island in the Danube, the urban sprawl of Pest district on the flat eastern bank.

The flight from Kastrup (CPH) to Ferihegy (BUD) takes Approximately 2 hours 15 minutes.

The flight path crosses southern Sweden (low forests and lakes barely visible at cruise altitude), then passes over the Kattegat strait, enters German airspace over Schleswig-Holstein (flat terrain), crosses northern Germany and Poland (agricultural plains with occasional lakes), and approaches Hungary from the northwest. At cruise altitude (typically 30,000-35,000 feet), individual landmarks become small; the most notable midpoint feature is the transition from Scandinavian forests to Central European plains around the German-Polish border. No significant mountain ranges are crossed—the Carpathians lie well south of the direct routing.