You picked the seat for the view. The app works out which side the sun will be on and names the lights below as you pass them. Afterwards the runways and the plane go into your log.
You, choosing a seat “Which side gets the sunset?”
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Tomorrow's ride
The sunset should be out the right window.
Worked out from the route, the date and the hour, the night before, while there’s still time to ask for the other side.
You, two hours in “Did I miss it?”
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Sunset and sunrise from the plane
15 min before the sun sets or rises out your window, with the side.
Turn it on once. On a flight that crosses a sunset you get a heads-up a quarter of an hour before, with the side to look out of.
You, at the window “What city is that?”
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Lights of Philadelphia
Left window, 15 min in
Nothing marked for a while. A good time to look down.
The sights are marked on the flight’s profile by side and minute, with the route on the map below. Between them, it says so.
Your old boarding passes ORD → DEN, Oct 27
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Runway 10C to 16L
Sunset in flight
Same plane as your ORD to DEN flight in September 2026
Each flight goes into the log with its runways, whether you saw a sunset, and when the plane is one you’ve flown before.
The same app, read by someone else.
In beta for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
The screens are from the app, with example flights. Times are estimates, and the app says so.
