Sit on the Right side of the plane for the best views on flights from New York to Buenos Aires. The landing approach over the Rio de la Plata and Buenos Aires is the single most dramatic view of the flight. While the left seat wins at takeoff with the New York skyline, the right seat delivers a spectacular arrival over one of the world's great estuaries and a major South American capital. Over the ocean and Amazon basin the difference is minimal, so the landing view tips the balance.

During takeoff from John F Kennedy International (JFK), sit on the Left side for the best views. JFK typically departs east or northeast over Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic. A left/north-facing seat gives you Manhattan's skyline receding to the northwest, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and the full sweep of New York Harbor. Right seats look out over the open Atlantic with little to see. Notable sights include: Manhattan skyline to the northwest, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge spanning the Narrows, New York Harbor with Staten Island, Jamaica Bay wetlands directly below.

When landing at Ezeiza Ministro Pistarini (EZE), sit on the Right side for the best views. EZE is southwest of Buenos Aires and aircraft typically approach from the north or northeast, meaning a right/east-facing seat looks directly over the Rio de la Plata estuary and the Buenos Aires city grid. Left seats face west toward flat Pampas with little visual interest. Notable sights include: Rio de la Plata estuary (one of the widest rivers in the world), Buenos Aires city grid and port district, La Plata city to the south, the broad flat Pampas to the west.

The flight from John F Kennedy International (JFK) to Ezeiza Ministro Pistarini (EZE) takes Approximately 11 to 12 hours.

The route tracks southeast over the western Atlantic, crossing the Caribbean near Puerto Rico and Hispaniola, then over Venezuela and Colombia. It passes over the Amazon basin in Brazil — a vast unbroken canopy of rainforest with the Amazon River and its tributaries visible as brown sinuous channels cutting through green. Further south the cerrado and Brazilian plateau give way to the flat agricultural Pampas of Argentina as the flight descends toward Buenos Aires.