Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Key West to Atlanta. The left side wins overall because the Key West departure view is genuinely spectacular — the Florida Keys and the color-banded shallow waters of Florida Bay are among the most visually striking aerial views in the continental US. The mid-flight view over central Florida and southern Georgia is relatively flat on both sides, and the Atlanta arrival advantage on the right is real but modest. The takeoff experience tips the balance to the left.

During takeoff from Key West International (EYW), sit on the Left side for the best views. Key West International's runway 9/27 means departures heading northeast toward Atlanta will initially track north-northeast. The left side gives you the full sweep of the Florida Keys chain stretching southwest, with the shallow turquoise waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Florida Bay clearly visible. The right side faces the Atlantic, which is less dramatic once you're climbing out. Notable sights include: The Florida Keys chain curving southwest toward the Dry Tortugas direction, Florida Bay's shallow green-turquoise shallows, the distinct color contrast between Gulf and Atlantic waters at the island chain, Key West's compact street grid below.

When landing at The William B Hartsfield Atlanta International (ATL), sit on the Right side for the best views. Hartsfield-Jackson's primary arrival flows from the north or northeast on runways 26L/26R or 28L/28R, meaning the aircraft tracks from the southeast. The right side on approach gives you the Atlanta downtown skyline — Peachtree Street corridor, the CNN Center area, and the distinctive cluster of midtown and downtown towers — as you descend over the southern suburbs. Notable sights include: Atlanta downtown and midtown skyline cluster, Stone Mountain visible to the east as a distinctive granite dome on the horizon during descent, Lake Lanier faintly to the north, the sprawling suburban grid of Clayton and Fulton counties.

The flight from Key West International (EYW) to The William B Hartsfield Atlanta International (ATL) takes Approximately 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours.

The flight tracks north-northeast over the Florida Everglades — visible as a vast flat mosaic of sawgrass marsh and water — then over central Florida's lake district around Lake Okeechobee, one of the largest freshwater lakes in the US and clearly visible as a large circular body of water. Continuing north, the terrain transitions through the flat pine forests of northern Florida and into the Georgia Piedmont, with the Okefenokee Swamp visible as a dark irregular wetland mass near the Florida-Georgia border.