Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Knoxville to Dallas-fort Worth. The left side delivers the most dramatic scenery of the flight during the Knoxville departure, with the Smoky Mountains and Appalachian ridgelines clearly visible. The mid-flight and arrival views are comparably flat on both sides over the Tennessee and Arkansas lowlands, so the takeoff experience tips the balance to the left.

During takeoff from Mc Ghee Tyson (TYS), sit on the Left side for the best views. TYS runway 23L departure heads southwest, putting the Great Smoky Mountains and the main Appalachian ridgelines on the left (south) side. You get a clear look at the layered ridges of the Smokies and the broad Tennessee Valley floor as the aircraft climbs out. Notable sights include: Great Smoky Mountains ridgeline, Tennessee Valley agricultural patchwork, Clinch River corridor, downtown Knoxville grid.

When landing at Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW), sit on the Right side for the best views. DFW typically uses south-facing runways during prevailing southerly winds, with aircraft approaching from the north or northeast. A right-side seat gives a view over the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex sprawl, including the downtown Dallas skyline and the broad Trinity River floodplain as the aircraft descends. Notable sights include: Downtown Dallas skyline, Trinity River floodplain, Lake Ray Hubbard to the east, Fort Worth urban grid.

The flight from Mc Ghee Tyson (TYS) to Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW) takes Approximately 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours.

The flight crosses the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee, then descends over the Mississippi Alluvial Plain in Arkansas — extremely flat agricultural land with the Mississippi River visible as a wide brown ribbon near Memphis if routing goes that way. Western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma show low rolling terrain of the Ouachita foothills before the land flattens completely into the Texas Blackland Prairie approaching DFW.