Which side of the plane should I sit on to avoid the sun from Singapore (SIN) to Jakarta (CGK)?
On this route the shady side depends on the date as well as the time of day. Add a departure date to see yours.
Which side of the plane should I sit on to avoid the sun from Singapore (SIN) to Jakarta (CGK)?
On this route the shady side depends on the date as well as the time of day. Add a departure date to see yours.
Which side of the plane should I sit on to avoid the sun from Singapore (SIN) to Jakarta (CGK)?
On this route the shady side depends on the date as well as the time of day. Add a departure date to see yours.
Singapore → Jakarta
A short flight from Singapore to Indonesia. The clock rolls back 1 hour when you land.
This route crosses the equator.
The garden city-state
Singapore is a dense, tropical city-state at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, a single island where the city and the country are the same thing. It is famously orderly and green, easy to cross on a clean and frequent metro, and built for the heat and sudden rain. The center mixes high finance, colonial remnants, and hawker food, with residential towers spread across the island. Distances are short, and the transit makes a car unnecessary.
Surrounding hubs
| 1,093 km / 679 mi | |
| 1,118 km / 695 mi | |
| 1,417 km / 880 mi |
The Big Durian
Jakarta is a vast, low-lying delta city on Java's north coast, parts of which are sinking and flooding badly enough that Indonesia is building an entirely new capital, Nusantara, to eventually take over some government functions. Soekarno-Hatta Airport, about 20 km (12 mi) from downtown, connects by a direct rail line into the city center, though Jakarta's legendary traffic congestion still makes road trips unpredictable. It runs hot and humid year-round with a heavy wet season from roughly November to March. The city's MRT and bus rapid transit network have expanded quickly in recent years but still cover only a fraction of this enormous metro area.
Surrounding hubs
| 1,884 km / 1,171 mi | |
| 1,954 km / 1,214 mi | |
| 2,297 km / 1,427 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.
Over the top, and other ways to fly
FlightSide now has Explore, a map of popular flights grouped by the path they fly, and a Guide with step-by-step walkthroughs for checking, sharing and using FlightSide offline.
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.