FlownManchester to Málaga: which side of the plane?
Flying out, sit on the left (seat A) for the Isle of Wight, Guernsey and the Sierra Nevada; the right side has Snowdon and the Picos de Europa.
Flying from Birmingham, Bristol or Newcastle instead? You pass much the same things, on the same sides.
- RouteMAN → AGP
- Distance1,157 miles (1,862 km) direct
- Flight timeroughly 3 hours
What you might see, flying out
Left side · seat A
- The Isle of Wightabout 25 min in
- Guernseyabout 40 min in
- Jerseyabout 45 min in
- Madridabout 2h 20m in
- The Sierra Nevadaon the way in to land
Right side · seat F
- Snowdonsoon after take-off
- The Picos de Europaabout 1h 50m in
Leaving Manchester (MAN) in the morning, the sun is mostly on the left, so the right side is shadier. In the afternoon it's mostly on the right.
Flying home: Malaga to Manchester
Flying home, sit on the right (seat F) for the Sierra Nevada, Jersey and the Isle of Wight; the left side has the Picos de Europa and Snowdon.
Left side · seat A
- The Picos de Europaabout 1h 10m in
- Snowdonon the way in to land
Right side · seat F
- The Sierra Nevadasoon after take-off
- Madridabout 40 min in
- Jerseyabout 2h 15m in
- Guernseyabout 2h 15m in
- The Isle of Wightabout 2h 30m in
Leaving Málaga (AGP) in the morning, the sun is mostly on the right, so the left side is shadier. In the afternoon it's mostly on the left.
Worked out along the direct (great-circle) route between the two airports. Real flights follow airways, winds and air traffic control, often tens of miles either side of it, so these are likely rather than certain, and clouds permitting. Times assume a typical 3-hour flight. Seat letters are for the window: A on the left; on the right, F on most single-aisle jets and K on most wide-bodies.