Delta also says that five of its regularly scheduled flights will also have “prime eclipse-viewing opportunity,” citing flight 5699 from Detroit to New York’s Westchester at 2:59 p.m local time on a ERJ-175, flight 924 from Los Angeles to Dallas Fort Worth at 8:40 a.m. on an A320, flight 2869 from Los Angeles to San Antonio at 9 a.m. on an A319, flight 1001 from Salt Lake City to San Antonio at 10:08 a.m. on an A220-300, and flight 1683 from Salt Lake City to Austin at 9:55 a.m on an A320.
United Airlines
United Airlines has 11 flights scheduled within the pathway—and on select flights, passengers will receive complimentary eclipse glasses. Six of those flights will depart from Chicago O’Hare: flight 5693 to Little Rock at 12:45 p.m., flight 490 to Houston at 12:47 p.m., flight 455 to Dallas at 12:49 p.m., flight 247 to Toronto at 1:00 p.m., flight 2440 to New York’s LaGuardia at 1:00 p.m., and flight 2187 to Washington Dulles at 1:20 p.m.
The other five leave from Houston, with flight 1438 heading to San José del Cabo at 11:55 a.m., flight 6128 to Columbus at 12 noon, flight 6109 to Detroit at 12:05 p.m.; flight 1318 to Cincinnati at 12:23 p.m., and flight 1687 to Indianapolis at 12:25 p.m.
JetBlue
While the New York City-based air company warns that the many factors from weather to air traffic control guidance “may route flights traveling along that corridor out of the eclipse [zone],” the carrier has identified seven flights currently scheduled to travel within the totality path.
Two flights depart from Austin: flight 694 to New York City’s JFK airport departing at 10:37 a.m. and flight 1138 heading to Boston leaving at 11:44 p.m. Boston also has a pair of departures, flight 1565 to San Antonio at 12:05 p.m. and flight 215 to Dallas Fort Worth leaving at 2:53 p.m. Also on the list: flight 1881 from JFK to Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental at 1:45 p.m., flight 1826 from San Antonio to JFK at 1:01 p.m., and Houston to Boston, leaving at 1:45 p.m.
Southwest Airlines
Over at Southwest, the network’s schedule planners have been busy studying projections of the shadows of the eclipse (the umbra and penumbra), to figure out the flights that will have “the greatest likelihood of offering customers on onboard the best view,” a spokesperson tells Traveler.
The top three are flight 1252 from Dallas’ Love Field to Pittsburgh at 12:45 p.m., flight 1721 leaving Austin for Indianapolis at 12:50 p.m., and flight 1910, departing St. Louis for Houston’s Hobby at 1:20 p.m.
Additionally, the airline says five Southwest flights “may also cross the path of totality during their scheduled operating time.” Those include flight 955 from Dallas’ Love Field for Chicago’s Midway at 12:50 p.m., flight 506 departing Milwaukee for Dallas’ Love Field at 1:05 p.m., flight 1734 from Houston’s Hobby for Indianapolis at 1:35 p.m., flight 1682 from Chicago’s Midway for Austin at 1:30 p.m., and flight 3108 taking off from Nashville Dallas’ Love Field at 1:40 p.m.
Alaska Airlines
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines says that two of its flights from San Diego are the best for the April 8 eclipse viewing: flight 390 to Boston departing at 8:10 a.m. and flight 322 to Washington Dulles, leaving at 8:05 a.m.
