Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Toronto to St. John's. Left side wins both ends of the flight. Departing Toronto you get the skyline and Lake Ontario, and arriving St. John's you get the dramatic Newfoundland coastline, Signal Hill, and the harbour entrance. The right side offers suburban sprawl at departure and open ocean with less geographic interest on approach.

During takeoff from Lester B Pearson International (YYZ), sit on the Left side for the best views. YYZ's most common departure on runway 23 takes you southeast, putting the left side facing northeast toward downtown Toronto and Lake Ontario. You get a clear view of the Toronto skyline including the CN Tower, the waterfront, and the lake stretching east toward Scarborough. Right side faces southwest over suburban Mississauga with little of interest. Notable sights include: CN Tower and downtown Toronto skyline, Lake Ontario shoreline, Toronto Islands, Scarborough Bluffs visible to the east.

When landing at St Johns International (YYT), sit on the Left side for the best views. St. John's airport sits just west of the city, and the dominant runway 29 approach comes in from the east over the Atlantic. On a runway 11 landing heading east, left side faces north toward Signal Hill and the Narrows entrance to St. John's Harbour. On the more common runway 29 approach heading west, left side faces south toward Cape Spear and the open Atlantic. Either way, left gives you the more dramatic coastal geography including the harbour and headlands. Notable sights include: St. John's Harbour and The Narrows, Signal Hill National Historic Site, Cape Spear headland, Avalon Peninsula coastline.

The flight from Lester B Pearson International (YYZ) to St Johns International (YYT) takes Approximately 2 hours 45 minutes to 3 hours.

The flight tracks northeast over Ontario, crossing the Ottawa Valley and the St. Lawrence River near Quebec City, then over the Laurentian Highlands before crossing into Labrador and descending over the Gulf of St. Lawrence toward the Avalon Peninsula. The Quebec-Labrador boreal forest dominates the mid-flight view, largely featureless from altitude but occasionally broken by large river systems including the St. Lawrence and smaller Labrador rivers. On clear days the Gulf of St. Lawrence is visible as the aircraft begins its descent toward Newfoundland.