Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from New Orleans to Las Vegas. While takeoff offers excellent river views from the right, the landing approach provides more dramatic and sustained scenery. The Spring Mountains and Red Rock Canyon are visually striking and occupy a larger portion of the descent, making left-side seats the better overall choice for this route.

During takeoff from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY), sit on the Right side for the best views. Right side seats capture the Mississippi River's distinctive meanders as you climb out over the New Orleans area. MSY typically departs eastbound (Runways 10L/10R), so the right side faces north initially, giving excellent views of the river's curves and the Lake Pontchartrain causeway stretching across the water. Notable sights include: Mississippi River with its characteristic oxbow bends, Lake Pontchartrain and the long causeway bridge, New Orleans urban sprawl along the river, Bayou Sauvage wetlands to the east.

When landing at Nellis Afb (LSV), sit on the Left side for the best views. Left side provides the best views during approach to Nellis AFB. Nellis typically uses Runways 03L/03R (northbound approaches), so left-side seats face west during descent, offering views of the Las Vegas Valley, the Spring Mountains, and the distinctive Red Rock Canyon escarpment. Notable sights include: Spring Mountains (western edge of Las Vegas Valley), Red Rock Canyon's red and tan cliff faces, Las Vegas urban sprawl and the Strip corridor, Lake Mead in the distance to the northeast.

The flight from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY) to Nellis Afb (LSV) takes Approximately 3 hours 45 minutes.

The flight path crosses the Gulf Coast, then traverses the flat terrain of Texas and New Mexico. Notable features include the Texas Panhandle's plains (relatively featureless at altitude), the Rio Grande valley near El Paso (visible as a thin green line through desert), and the transition into the Basin and Range topography of southern Nevada with scattered mountain ranges appearing as isolated ridges across the desert floor.