Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Dublin to New York. Left side wins at both ends of the flight. At departure you get Dublin Bay and the Wicklow Mountains; at arrival you get the Manhattan skyline and New York Harbor. Over the mid-Atlantic there is little to distinguish sides, so the departure and arrival views are the deciding factor.

During takeoff from Dublin (DUB), sit on the Left side for the best views. Dublin typically departs westward on runway 28, so a left (south-facing) seat gives you views over Dublin Bay, the Wicklow Mountains, and the Irish Sea as the aircraft banks right toward the North Atlantic. You get the full sweep of the coastline and the city laid out below. Notable sights include: Dublin Bay and Howth Head, the Wicklow Mountains inland to the south, Dublin city center and the Liffey estuary, Dun Laoghaire harbor.

When landing at John F Kennedy International (JFK), sit on the Left side for the best views. JFK typically lands on runways 31L/31R from the southeast, meaning the aircraft approaches from over the Atlantic and crosses Long Island before touching down. A left (south-facing) seat gives you the clearest view of Lower Manhattan's skyline, New York Harbor, and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge as you descend over Jamaica Bay. Notable sights include: Lower Manhattan skyline, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Jamaica Bay and its wildlife refuge, Long Island's south shore barrier beaches.

The flight from Dublin (DUB) to John F Kennedy International (JFK) takes Approximately 7 to 7.5 hours westbound.

The flight tracks a great circle route across the North Atlantic, passing south of Iceland and Greenland's tip. You cross the southern tip of Greenland and its ice sheet at around the halfway point, then track over the Labrador Sea and the coast of Newfoundland near St. John's before crossing Nova Scotia and descending toward New York. On a clear day the Newfoundland coastline and the Gulf of St. Lawrence are visible from either side.