Window Seat Guide • 2026
Flights from Paris: Best Side of Plane
Window seat guide for all 4 routes departing Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)
Paris CDG sits northeast of the city in the flat Île-de-France plain — takeoffs are rarely dramatic until you clear the Seine Valley and the urban sprawl. What happens next depends entirely on your destination. The London hop is Europe's busiest air corridor and barely scratches altitude before the English Channel appears below; the Channel coastline, the White Cliffs, and the Thames Estuary are all visible in sequence on the right heading. The New York route is a genuine Atlantic crossing where Greenland's ice sheet is the headline act, visible for nearly an hour in summer. The Geneva route is the most scenically dense — just 75 minutes from takeoff to landing, with the Jura range, Lac Léman, and the Mont Blanc massif all visible depending on which side you sit. The Rome route crosses the Alps and then descends over Tuscany. Each has a clear better side — here they all are.
4 Routes — Best Side Recommendations
Sorted by confidenceParis → London
CDG–LHRWhite Cliffs of Dover — chalk cliffs at Dover Strait crossing
Paris → New York
CDG–JFKIrish coastline — visible from the right in the first hour
Paris → Geneva
CDG–GVASouthern Greenland glaciers and icecap
Paris → Rome
CDG–FCOSouthern Greenland glaciers and icecap
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