SATMFECRPTEXAS From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 23 posts, RR: 0 Posted (7 years 2 months 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1391 times:
My wife and I will be going to Las Vegas this summer. Which route (assuming it is not cloudy) would give us the best view of the Grand Canyon? Both ORD-LAS and DFW-LAS have 757 service. I know that you don't want to sit over the wing. Most importantly, which side of the aircraft would you sit on? I know traffic patterns are not always predictable. Any input would be appreciated.
HPLASOps From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (7 years 2 months 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1386 times:
DFW-LAS will give you the best view of the Grand Canyon. Flights from the south usually come in on that vector. ORD will probably be vectored through Southern Utah, which would give you a nice view of Bryce Canyon. But if it's the Grand Canyon you want to see, choose DFW. In addition, the right side of the plane will provide the best view.
Dispatchguy From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 1185 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (7 years 2 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 1348 times:
Back in 1990, I was on a UA B727 ORDLAX, and listening to Channel 9, the captain asked for, and was granted, to do a U-turn over the Grand Canyon from FL350.
Weather was severe clear, passenger load kinda light, and we all oohed and aaahed as we did our U turn over the Canyon.
However, the DFWLAS would be the best route to see the Canyon.
Lastordu From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 367 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (7 years 2 months 17 hours ago) and read 1342 times:
I did RDU-LAS (look at my screen name) about 9000 times, and it is about the same flight plane sort of.
Quoting SATMFECRPTEXAS (Thread starter): I know that you don't want to sit over the wing. Most importantly, which side of the aircraft would you sit on?
You will be able to see it for both sides it's just that BIG. Same thing goes with the Hover Dam. Hope this helps.
Nick
PS If you really want to see teh Grand Canyon you should look at this site. www.scenic.com
[Edited 2006-04-21 00:27:35]
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PSA727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 972 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (7 years 2 months 13 hours ago) and read 1328 times:
I think the ORD-LAS flight might come into LAS a little too north
to get that great of view of the Grand Canyon.
DFW-LAS seems like an ideal flight path for that view.
I've actually flown right over the Grand Canyon an uncountable
number of times on flights between SAN and the East Coast; but
it did not seem that spectacular, maybe because we were at cruising
altitude...it looked like a big gash in the earth.
What really impressed me was a couple of hundred miles east of there,
I believe it's called Monument National Park ( I could be wrong). But
it has all of these reddish-brown stone pillers coming up from the
ground. I don't know if that's AZ, NM or both.
SATMFECRPTEXAS From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 23 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (7 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1311 times:
Thanks for all the input. We went with DFW-LAS. I can't wait to go.
Tsaord From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (7 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1307 times:
Which city will you and wife be connecting from?
I flew MDW-LAS on WN back in March and we came in over the most beautiful looking mountains with red stuff on top hahahaha. It was my first time to LAS so it was beautiful to me!
SATMFECRPTEXAS From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 23 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (7 years 1 month 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 1299 times:
We are starting the day off from MSP. We get a few more miles by going through DFW instead of ORD.
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