Sit on the Right side of the plane for the best views on flights from Fort Lauderdale to Seattle. Right side wins both ends of the flight. During the cruise at altitude over the interior West, the right side also faces generally south and west, giving better views of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range peaks as the flight tracks northwest. Left side faces inland and north for most of the route with less dramatic terrain.

During takeoff from Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International (FLL), sit on the Right side for the best views. FLL typically departs northwest on runway 28L/28R, putting the right side facing north over the Fort Lauderdale beach strip, Port Everglades, and the Atlantic coastline. You get a clear look at the barrier island chain and the cruise ship terminal before the aircraft banks northwest. Notable sights include: Port Everglades cruise terminal, Fort Lauderdale beach strip and barrier island, Biscayne Bay to the south, the Intracoastal Waterway grid.

When landing at Seattle Tacoma International (SEA), sit on the Right side for the best views. SEA-TAC primarily lands from the north on runways 16L/16R heading south, placing the right side facing west over Puget Sound, the Olympic Peninsula, and on clear days the Olympic Mountains on the horizon. This is a dramatically more scenic approach than the left side which faces east toward suburban sprawl. Notable sights include: Puget Sound, the Olympic Mountains on the western horizon, Vashon Island in the sound, the Seattle skyline to the north.

The flight from Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International (FLL) to Seattle Tacoma International (SEA) takes Approximately 5 hours 30 minutes to 6 hours.

The flight tracks northwest over central Florida, then across the Gulf Coast near Pensacola or Mobile, across Mississippi and Arkansas, then over the Great Plains of Missouri and Kansas, climbing into the Rockies over Colorado or Wyoming, crossing the Snake River Plain of Idaho, and descending through the Cascades into the Puget Sound lowlands. The Rocky Mountain crossing over Colorado or southern Wyoming offers the most dramatic mid-flight scenery, with the Wasatch Range and Great Salt Lake visible depending on exact routing.