Sit on the Right side of the plane for the best views on flights from New York to Fort Myers. While the left side has the spectacular Manhattan departure view, the right side wins overall. It captures the New Jersey coastline and Delaware Bay during the early cruise, then tracks along the Carolina coastline in the middle portion of the flight, and delivers the stunning Cape Coral canal grid and Charlotte Harbor on the approach into RSW. The right side has more sustained interest across the full flight.

During takeoff from John F Kennedy International (JFK), sit on the Left side for the best views. JFK primarily departs on runways 31L/31R heading northwest, or 22L/22R heading southwest. On the dominant 31L/31R departures, the left side gets a clear view over Jamaica Bay, then the Manhattan skyline comes into view to the northwest as the aircraft climbs and turns south. On 22L/22R departures heading southwest, the left side looks out over the Atlantic and then tracks along the New Jersey coastline. Notable sights include: Manhattan skyline to the northwest, Jamaica Bay directly below on climbout, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Atlantic Ocean coastline of Long Island.

When landing at Southwest Florida International (RSW), sit on the Right side for the best views. RSW typically uses runways 06/24. On the common runway 06 approach from the southwest, aircraft track northeast over the Gulf of Mexico and Charlotte Harbor before touching down, giving the right side views over the Caloosahatchee River estuary and Fort Myers. On runway 24 approaches from the northeast, the right side looks out over the sprawling wetlands and drainage canals of the Everglades agricultural zone. Notable sights include: Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound, Caloosahatchee River estuary, Cape Coral canal grid, Gulf of Mexico coastline.

The flight from John F Kennedy International (JFK) to Southwest Florida International (RSW) takes Approximately 3 hours to 3 hours 15 minutes.

The flight tracks roughly south-southwest from JFK, passing over the New Jersey Pine Barrens, Delaware Bay, the Delmarva Peninsula, then the Outer Banks of North Carolina come into view on the right side. Over South Carolina and Georgia the terrain flattens into coastal plain. The flight crosses the Georgia-Florida border and passes over the Okefenokee Swamp region before descending over central Florida's lake-dotted landscape toward Fort Myers.