Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Seattle to Newark. Left side wins both ends of the flight. At takeoff you get Puget Sound, the Olympics, and Mount Rainier. On approach into EWR you get the full New York Harbor panorama with Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. The right side offers the Cascades during climb but misses the iconic urban arrival view.

During takeoff from Seattle Tacoma International (SEA), sit on the Left side for the best views. SEA typically departs northbound on runways 16L/16R or southbound on 34L/34R. On a northbound departure heading northeast toward EWR, the left side faces west and northwest, giving you a direct view of Puget Sound and the Olympic Peninsula. On a southbound departure that curves east, the left side picks up Mount Rainier as the aircraft banks right toward the Cascades. Notable sights include: Mount Rainier to the southeast, Puget Sound and Elliott Bay to the west, the Olympic Mountains across the Sound to the northwest, Lake Washington to the east.

When landing at Newark Liberty International (EWR), sit on the Left side for the best views. EWR approaches typically come in from the southwest on runway 22L/22R or from the north on runway 04L/04R. On the common southwest approach, the left side faces southeast toward Lower Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, and New York Harbor. This is one of the most iconic urban approaches in aviation. Notable sights include: Lower Manhattan skyline, New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, the Hudson River.

The flight from Seattle Tacoma International (SEA) to Newark Liberty International (EWR) takes Approximately 5 hours 15 minutes to 5 hours 45 minutes westbound, 4 hours 45 minutes to 5 hours 15 minutes eastbound.

The flight path crosses the northern Rocky Mountains over Montana and Wyoming, the Bighorn Mountains, then the Great Plains of South Dakota and Minnesota, the Great Lakes region near Lake Erie, and the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania before descending into the New York metro area. At cruising altitude the Rockies appear as a broad corrugated ridge system below, and the Great Plains stretch as a vast flat patchwork of agricultural squares.