Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Seattle to Houston. Left side wins both ends of the flight. At takeoff you get Mount Rainier and the Cascades; at landing you get the Houston skyline and Galveston Bay. The flight tracks southeast over Oregon, northern California, Nevada, and Texas, with the left side also offering better views of the Sierra Nevada and Mojave Desert during cruise.

During takeoff from Seattle Tacoma International (SEA), sit on the Left side for the best views. SEA's primary departure runways (16L/16R heading south, or 34L/34R heading north) mean left-side passengers get views over Elliott Bay, downtown Seattle, and the Olympic Peninsula. On a southbound departure, the left side faces east toward Lake Washington and the Cascades with Mount Rainier dominating the skyline. Notable sights include: Mount Rainier (southeast, unmistakable snow-capped volcano), Lake Washington (broad lake east of Seattle), Elliott Bay and downtown Seattle skyline, the Cascade Range stretching north-south.

When landing at William P Hobby (HOU), sit on the Left side for the best views. Hobby Airport sits south of downtown Houston, and aircraft typically approach from the northwest or north on runways 04/22 or 13L/31R. A left-side seat on approach gives views over the Houston Ship Channel, Galveston Bay, and the downtown Houston skyline as the aircraft descends from the northwest. Notable sights include: Downtown Houston skyline (northwest of Hobby), Galveston Bay (southeast, large open water), Houston Ship Channel (industrial waterway connecting port to bay), Clear Lake area (NASA Johnson Space Center visible as large campus).

The flight from Seattle Tacoma International (SEA) to William P Hobby (HOU) takes Approximately 4 hours 15 minutes to 4 hours 45 minutes.

The route typically tracks southeast over the Oregon Cascades (Mount Hood visible early on), then across the Great Basin high desert of Nevada, clipping the corner of Utah or Arizona, crossing the Mojave Desert, then into Texas over the Permian Basin oil fields and the Edwards Plateau before descending across the flat Gulf Coastal Plain toward Houston. The Rio Grande valley may be visible depending on exact routing.