Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Munich to Seattle. Left side wins both ends of the flight — the Bavarian Alps on departure and Mount Rainier plus the Seattle approach on arrival. The left side also tracks closer to Greenland's ice sheet and the Canadian Rockies if the routing dips south enough over Canada.

During takeoff from Munich (MUC), sit on the Left side for the best views. Munich departures on runway 26L/26R head westward, putting the Bavarian Alps on the left (south) side. You get a clear view of the Alps including the Zugspitze and the Inn Valley as the aircraft climbs and turns northwest toward the North Atlantic routing. Notable sights include: Bavarian Alps including Zugspitze (Germany's highest peak), Inn Valley, Ammersee and Starnberger See lakes, Munich city center to the northeast.

When landing at Seattle Tacoma International (SEA), sit on the Left side for the best views. Seattle-Tacoma typically uses runways 16L/16R for southerly arrivals or 34L/34R for northerly arrivals. On the common southbound approach over Puget Sound, the left side faces east toward Mount Rainier and the Cascades, which is the dominant visual feature of the Seattle approach. Even on northbound arrivals, the left side picks up the Olympic Peninsula across Puget Sound. Notable sights include: Mount Rainier (14,411 ft, unmistakable isolated volcano), Puget Sound, the Seattle skyline including downtown towers, the Cascade Range to the east.

The flight from Munich (MUC) to Seattle Tacoma International (SEA) takes Approximately 10 to 11 hours.

The great circle route from Munich to Seattle passes over southern England or the English Channel, then crosses the North Atlantic near Iceland or southern Greenland (Greenland ice sheet visible on left/south side), then over the Canadian Arctic or Hudson Bay region, across the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia, and descends over the Cascade Range into Seattle. The Canadian Rockies and Coast Mountains of British Columbia are particularly dramatic from altitude on the final hour of the flight.