Sit on the Right side of the plane for the best views on flights from Salt Lake City to London. The Wasatch Front on departure is one of the most dramatic urban-adjacent mountain views in North America — a sheer 5,000-foot wall rising immediately east of the city. While the London approach on the left is genuinely rewarding, the SLC departure on the right is the more spectacular single moment of the flight. Right side also gives you views of the Canadian Rockies and Greenland's ice sheet during the cruise portion of the great circle route.

During takeoff from Salt Lake City International (SLC), sit on the Right side for the best views. SLC typically departs westbound on runway 34L/34R or eastbound on 17s. For the transcon/transatlantic routing heading northeast, a right-side seat gives you the Wasatch Front — the dramatic east-facing escarpment of the Wasatch Range rising directly above the city — as you climb out. The Great Salt Lake spreads across the left side but the mountain wall is the more striking view on the right. Notable sights include: Wasatch Front escarpment (Mount Olympus, Twin Peaks), Great Salt Lake visible to the northwest, Salt Lake Valley grid below, Oquirrh Mountains to the southwest.

When landing at Heathrow (LHR), sit on the Left side for the best views. Heathrow's dominant runway axis is 09L/27R and 09R/27L — east-west. Arrivals from the west typically land eastbound on 27s, meaning the approach tracks over Windsor, then central London passes to the left (north). A left-side seat gives you the Thames snaking through central London, the City skyline, and the wider urban sprawl of Greater London on final approach. Notable sights include: Thames River bends through central London, Windsor Castle and Windsor Great Park on approach, City of London skyline (Shard, Canary Wharf towers), Wembley Stadium arch.

The flight from Salt Lake City International (SLC) to Heathrow (LHR) takes Approximately 9 to 10 hours.

Great circle routing takes the flight northeast over Wyoming and the northern Rockies, then across southern Canada over Saskatchewan and Manitoba, across Hudson Bay, over southern Greenland's ice sheet and coastal fjords, then across the North Atlantic, clipping the southern tip of Iceland or passing just south of it, before descending over Ireland and Wales into Heathrow. Greenland's ice sheet and coastal mountain fjords are the most visually dramatic midpoint feature, typically visible on both sides in good conditions.