Sit on the Right side of the plane for the best views on flights from Los Angeles to Copenhagen. The right side wins overall because the LAX departure offers a spectacular panorama of the entire LA basin, coastline, and mountain backdrop that is hard to beat. The CPH landing view from the left is excellent, but the right side also gets reasonable views of the Øresund on approach depending on exact routing, making right the stronger choice across the full flight.

During takeoff from Los Angeles International (LAX), sit on the Right side for the best views. LAX departures heading west over the Pacific typically use runways 24L/24R, meaning a right-side seat faces north toward Santa Monica Bay, the Santa Monica Mountains, and the LA basin sprawling inland. You get a clear view of the coastline curving toward Malibu and the San Gabriel Mountains rising behind the city. Notable sights include: Santa Monica Bay coastline, Santa Monica Mountains, Downtown LA skyline to the northeast, San Gabriel Mountains on the horizon.

When landing at Kastrup (CPH), sit on the Left side for the best views. CPH approaches typically use runway 22L/22R from the northeast, or runway 04 from the south. On the common southwesterly approach over the Øresund strait, left-side seats face southeast toward the Øresund Bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden, with Malmö visible across the water and Copenhagen's harbor and city center clearly laid out below. Notable sights include: Øresund Bridge, Malmö city across the strait, Copenhagen harbor and city center, Amager Fælled flatlands.

The flight from Los Angeles International (LAX) to Kastrup (CPH) takes Approximately 10 to 11 hours.

The polar great circle route takes the flight north over the Sierra Nevada and Cascades, then across Hudson Bay or Greenland depending on winds, over the North Atlantic, across Iceland or southern Greenland, then over the Norwegian Sea and Scandinavia before descending into Denmark. Greenland's ice sheet and fjord coastline are the most dramatic visual feature at cruise altitude if routing passes over or near it, appearing as a vast white expanse broken by dark rocky nunataks and deeply incised fjords along the western coast.