Which side of the plane gets the sun?
Enter your flight and see where the sun will be from your seat, minute by minute. Sit in the shade, or get the window with the sunset.
Free, no sign-up. Works for any route between ~3,300 airports.
How it works
- Enter your flight. Pick the airports and your departure time. We estimate the flight time, or you can set it.
- We trace the sun. Sunseat follows the route minute by minute: where the aircraft is, which way it's pointing, and where the sun sits relative to each row of windows.
- Pick your side. See which side stays in the shade, and which side the sunrise or sunset is on.
What you get
- A clear answerLeft, right, or either, with how long each side spends in direct sun.
- Sunrise and sunsetEvery sunrise, sunset and moonrise along the way, and which window it's in.
- Live day/night mapYour route on a map with the shadow of night moving across it as you scrub the flight.
- Window-seat viewA 3D look from your seat: sunlight on the tray, glare on the sunny side, the sky outside.
Popular routes
- Los Angeles → New York
- New York → Los Angeles
- New York → London
- London → New York
- London → Dubai
- Dubai → London
- London → Singapore
- Singapore → London
- San Francisco → Tokyo
- Los Angeles → Narita
- Los Angeles → Sydney
- Sydney → Los Angeles
- Paris → New York
- London → Hong Kong
- Sydney → Melbourne
- Melbourne → Sydney
- Barcelona → Madrid
- Singapore → Sydney
- Dubai → Sydney
- New York → Tokyo
- Chicago → London
- San Francisco → London
- New Delhi → Mumbai
- Hong Kong → Taoyuan
- All 1,000 routes
How accurate is it?
The sun's position is exact; the flight is an estimate. Real flights don't fly exactly the shortest path, and delays and winds shift the timing, so treat sunrise and sunset times as approximate. At cruise altitude the sun rises earlier and sets later than on the ground, which Sunseat accounts for, and a bright cloud deck below can bounce glare in on either side. Read more.