Sit on the Right side of the plane for the best views on flights from London to Buenos Aires. While the left side wins at Gatwick, the right side delivers the more dramatic payoff overall. The right side gives you the Atlantic Ocean for much of the long overwater crossing, the Brazilian coastline as you approach South America, and then the spectacular Rio de la Plata and Buenos Aires on arrival. The Gatwick departure view is pleasant but brief; the arrival into Buenos Aires from the right is genuinely memorable.

During takeoff from Gatwick (LGW), sit on the Left side for the best views. Gatwick's runway 26L departure heads westward, and a left-side seat gives you a clear view south over the Surrey Hills and the English Channel coast as the aircraft turns south. You'll see the patchwork of the Weald countryside and the coastal towns of West Sussex before crossing the Channel. Notable sights include: Surrey Hills AONB, the English Channel coastline near Worthing/Brighton, the South Downs ridge, Crawley town grid directly below on climb-out.

When landing at Ezeiza Ministro Pistarini (EZE), sit on the Right side for the best views. Ezeiza typically uses runway 11 for arrivals from the northwest, meaning the approach track comes from the northwest toward the southeast. A right-side seat faces northeast, giving a clear view over the Rio de la Plata estuary and the Buenos Aires city skyline during the descent. The vast brown expanse of the Plata and the dense urban grid of Greater Buenos Aires are the dominant features. Notable sights include: Rio de la Plata estuary, Buenos Aires city centre and port (Puerto Madero), the flat Pampas grasslands stretching west, the suburban sprawl of Greater Buenos Aires.

The flight from Gatwick (LGW) to Ezeiza Ministro Pistarini (EZE) takes Approximately 13 to 14 hours.

The route tracks southwest over the Bay of Biscay, then down the Atlantic past the Canary Islands and Cape Verde archipelago, crossing the equator over open ocean roughly west of Liberia. The aircraft then crosses the bulge of Brazil, passing over the Amazon basin and the cerrado of central Brazil before descending over the Pampas toward Buenos Aires. The Andes are not visible on this route as the track stays well east of the mountain chain.