Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Panama City to New York. Left side wins at both ends of the flight. At takeoff you get the Panama Canal and Panama City; at landing you get Manhattan and Brooklyn. Along the cruise portion, the left side also faces west giving occasional glimpses of the Caribbean coastlines of Colombia, Nicaragua, and Cuba as the route tracks north-northeast.

During takeoff from Tocumen International (PTY), sit on the Left side for the best views. Tocumen typically departs northeast on runway 03L/03R. A left (west) seat gives you Panama City's skyline, the Bridge of the Americas, and the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal as you climb out. The canal's Miraflores Locks and Gatun Lake are clearly visible to the northwest. Notable sights include: Panama City skyline (Punta Pacifica towers), Bridge of the Americas, Miraflores Locks, Gatun Lake.

When landing at John F Kennedy International (JFK), sit on the Left side for the best views. JFK primarily uses runways 31L/31R for westerly arrivals, with the approach coming from the southeast over the Atlantic. A left seat on final approach gives you a clear view of Lower Manhattan's skyline, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and Brooklyn directly below the flight path. Notable sights include: Lower Manhattan skyline, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn waterfront.

The flight from Tocumen International (PTY) to John F Kennedy International (JFK) takes Approximately 5 hours 30 minutes to 6 hours.

The route tracks north-northeast over the Caribbean Sea, passing west of Colombia's Guajira Peninsula, along the Caribbean coast of Central America (Nicaragua, Honduras), across the western tip of Cuba or the Yucatan Channel, then over the Gulf of Mexico and Florida before heading up the US East Coast past the Carolinas and mid-Atlantic states toward New York.