Originally Posted by
cas_de
Resurrecting this very, very old post.
Will be flying FAI-SEA on the daytime AS594 in roughly three weeks. Any suggestions which side to sit (assuming that the sky wont be overcast)? These are the routes the flight did take recently:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/as594
I am tempted to select a window seat on the starbord side (F), and I'm happy to hear advice from the experts.
Thanks,
cas_de
Port south, starboard north (this goes for virtually any West Coast-Alaska flight). Best chance of viewing aurora and mountains.
If you choose a starboard window seat, you'll likely just be looking down on water and will be on the wrong side of the plane for any northern lights (since you'll be looking southwest). Even if the plane takes a more inland route over the Inside Passage, the crest of the Coast Ranges (with all the majestic peaks and glaciers) is still to the east (along the Canadian border).