Flying from Bangkok to Seoul?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
Flying from Bangkok to Seoul?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
Flying from Bangkok to Seoul?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
Bangkok → Seoul
A medium flight from Thailand to South Korea. Seoul is 2 hours ahead. Turn your watch forward before you arrive.
This route crosses the Tropic of Cancer, the northernmost latitude where the sun passes directly overhead.
The city of angels
Bangkok sprawls across the flat Chao Phraya River delta, a vast, low-lying metropolis crossed by canals that once served as its main streets. Suvarnabhumi Airport sits east of the city, linked by an express rail line to the BTS Skytrain and MRT subway network, though Bangkok's chronic road traffic makes the elevated and underground rail lines the more reliable way to move once you're in the city. It's hot and humid year-round, with a distinct rainy season from roughly May to October. Boats on the river and canals remain a genuinely useful way to cross town, not just a tourist novelty.
Surrounding hubs
| 995 km / 618 mi | |
| 1,221 km / 759 mi | |
| 1,417 km / 880 mi |
A megacity on the Han River
Seoul is a dense, mountainous megacity split by the Han River, with the historic core and palaces to the north and newer business districts like Gangnam to the south. It runs on a fast, cheap, and far-reaching subway system, so a car is rarely needed. The metro area is vast and packed, ringed by hills and high-rise housing. Its main airport sits on an island well west of the city, a fair distance out.
Surrounding hubs
| 822 km / 511 mi | |
| 860 km / 534 mi | |
| 902 km / 560 mi |
Find out which side of the plane to sit on.
Pick your airports, set your departure time, and you're done.
We calculate the sun's position based on your flight path and departure time, then tell you which side of the plane gets direct sun and which stays shaded. No guessing, just math.
Enter your flight
Pick your departure and arrival airports and set your departure time at the departure airport. FlightSide estimates the duration and you can adjust it if you know the exact schedule.
We track the sun along your route
Your flight path is broken into hundreds of points. At each one we check where the sun is and which side of the plane it faces.
You get a recommendation
Which side of the plane to sit on, left or right, depending on whether you'd rather avoid the sun or enjoy it. The percentages and the map are there if you want to see why.
Want to go deeper? Accuracy, edge cases, polar routes — see the FAQ →
Notes from the product.
Small updates, route observations, and clearer explanations for how the app keeps evolving.
Type less, wait less, wonder more
Airport search now understands metro codes and old city names, FlightSide loads noticeably faster, and a new Feeling lucky button chooses a flight for anyone without one in mind.
A closer look at the route, not just the seat
FlightSide now shows the two cities and key details about the flight alongside the seat recommendation: confirm you picked the right airports, read the time change off two clocks, and check the return leg.
It's all about the sun (after all)
Not all sunlight reaches the side windows. FlightSide now weighs the sun’s angle to the cabin and shows twilight along the route.