Flight path?

rcpaden asked:


I am flying to Las Vegas from Atlanta in a couple of weeks and I am so excited. I have only been in a plane once before. I was wondering if there is somewhere I can look to find out an approx. path they fly so I can possibly know about where I am from time to time during the flight. I was wondering if there are any landmarks I might see. Would I fly near the grand canyon, could I possibly see the Hoover Dam,??? Thanks

Dorothy

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5 Responses to “Flight path?”

1. wkharris2001 Says:
   March 11th, 2009 at 11:38 pm

   probably won’t be able to see much, as you’ll be 35,000 feet in the air. but you can try flightview.com

   but most flight paths aren’t decided upon untill departure. airlines will try to steer the plane around known turbulent patches and avoid weather. so the routes really are not set and can change last minute.

2. Zef H Says:
   March 14th, 2009 at 7:33 am

   As to the flight path, get a globe (not a flat map) and stretch a string between Atlanta and Las Vegas. This will be pretty close to your flight path.

   Unless you pay a lot of attention, or the pilot points it out, it can be very difficult to identify landmark when looking straight down on them. Try looking at different landmarks using the aerial view of Google Maps or Microsoft’s product. Here are the links …

   As to Hoover Dam, if you have a window seat on the left side of the jet, and the jet lands facing west, you will see Hoover Dam just before you land.

3. hitec Says:
   March 16th, 2009 at 3:12 pm

   it really depends. you will really don’t know until the speech of the pilots where to pass. It is normally base on thier waypoint of the flight that creates the pattern.

4. soccerknocker199 Says:
   March 19th, 2009 at 10:38 pm

   well it is going to be hard to see some stuff since your so high up and there might be clouds, but go to and go down to flight status and put in atl to las and it will bring up a current flight from atlanta to las vegas and click on the flight number and it should bring up the flight path that airplane is taking. the flight path does change but not often so it should be similar to the one you will be taking. here is a link to a current flight but i am not sure if it will expire and not work but i will give it to you anyways

5. Mxsmanic Says:
   March 20th, 2009 at 8:46 am

   Flights from Atlanta will normally fly the TYSSN2 arrival into Las Vegas, which will take you over Lake Mead and about 3 miles north of Hoover Dam a few thousand feet above the ground, which will give you an excellent view of the dam from the left side of the aircraft. The Strip will be on the right side of the aircraft and almost straight ahead as you come into Las Vegas. Air traffic control may change the path slightly for individual flights, but this is a pretty good bet.

   The other parts of the flight can change a lot from one flight to the next, depending on winds and weather, airline preferences, etc.