Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from New York to Nandi. Left side wins at both ends of this flight. At JFK you get Manhattan and New York Harbor on departure, and at Nadi you get the reef flats, coastal plain, and highland interior on approach. The right side offers open ocean at both ends, which is less visually interesting.

During takeoff from John F Kennedy International (JFK), sit on the Left side for the best views. JFK's primary departure runways 31L/31R send aircraft northwest over Jamaica Bay and then across Brooklyn and Manhattan. The left side gets a direct view of Lower Manhattan's skyline, the Hudson River, and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge as the aircraft climbs and turns southwest. Notable sights include: Manhattan skyline and Lower Manhattan, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Jamaica Bay and Rockaway Peninsula, New York Harbor.

When landing at Nadi International (NAN), sit on the Left side for the best views. Nadi International typically uses runway 02 for arrivals from the south, meaning the aircraft approaches from the south over the Coral Coast and the Mamanuca Islands. The left side faces east toward the Fijian interior highlands and the Nausori Highlands, while the right faces the open Pacific. However, on runway 20 arrivals from the north, the left side gets the Mamanuca island chain scattered across the blue water of the Koro Sea approach. Either way, left gives the more interesting land and reef views over the Coral Coast and interior. Notable sights include: Mamanuca Island group and surrounding reef systems, Nausori Highlands interior ridgeline, Coral Coast reef flats visible in shallow water, Nadi Bay and the flat coastal plain.

The flight from John F Kennedy International (JFK) to Nadi International (NAN) takes Approximately 10 to 11 hours westbound, though this route typically operates via a connection or as a roughly 10-hour nonstop depending on carrier and winds.

The great circle route from JFK to Nadi tracks southwest across the continental US, passing over the American Southwest and then out over the Pacific from roughly the California or Baja California coast. The flight crosses the vast central Pacific with no significant land features until approaching Fiji. Midpoint is somewhere over the open central Pacific Ocean near the equatorial region. The Hawaiian Islands pass well to the north of the direct route. The only notable geographic transition is crossing the International Date Line at approximately 180 degrees longitude, roughly two-thirds of the way through the flight.