About See Before You Fly

See the view from your plane seat before you pick it: real aircraft, real seat maps, real satellite imagery and the real position of the sun.

What it does

Enter your flight number, or a route and a date, and pick a seat. The site shows what you will see from that window during the flight: takeoff, the landscape on the way, sunset or sunrise, and the lights of the city you land in. Route guides answer the classic question of which side to sit on for the view.

Where the data comes from

Flight schedules, routes and aircraft types come from AeroDataBox. Seat maps are based on AeroLOPA. Daytime ground imagery is Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (contains Copernicus data, CC BY 4.0); night lights are NASA Black Marble. The sun is calculated for the flight's real date, time and great-circle route.

Clouds and weather are illustrative, real flight paths vary with winds and air traffic control, and airlines can change aircraft and seat layouts. Treat the view as a well-informed preview, not a guarantee.

Independence and partner links

See Before You Fly is independent and not affiliated with any airline or airport. Some buttons, such as "Find tickets" (Aviasales) and eSIM offers (Airalo), are partner links: if you buy through them we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This keeps the site free.

Contact

Questions, corrections or a seat map that looks wrong? Write to [email protected]. Partnership and press enquiries are welcome too.

Last updated: November 2026