ORD → RNO

Chicago Skyline

Dramatic views of the Willis Tower and the Loop if the flight departs toward the east and banks south.

Mississippi River

The wide crossing at the Illinois-Iowa border marks the transition from the Great Lakes region to the Great Plains.

Front Range Rockies

High-altitude views of the Medicine Bow Mountains and the northern Colorado alpine tundra.

Bonneville Salt Flats

A stark, blindingly white expanse of salt crust stretching across northwestern Utah near the Nevada border.

Nevada Basin and Range

Unique rhythmic patterns of north-south mountain ranges separated by wide desert valleys.

Agricultural Mosaic

Perfectly geometric center-pivot irrigation patterns across the Nebraska landscape.

Missouri River

The sinuous, silty curves of the river near the Omaha-Council Bluffs area.

North Great Salt Lake

View of the pink-hued northern waters separated by the Lucin Cutoff railroad causeway.

Ruby Mountains

Rugged, glaciated peaks in eastern Nevada often referred to as 'Nevada's Alps'.

Sierra Nevada Approach

Distant views of the Sierra crest and Mount Rose as the plane descends into the Truckee Meadows.