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Can You See Great Barrier Reef From a Plane? Best Seat Side Guide

107 flight routes pass within 250 km of Great Barrier Reef. Find out which side of the plane has the best views.

The world's largest coral reef system, stretching 2,300 km along Australia's Queensland coast. Its brilliant turquoise shallows are visible from cruising altitude on many Australian routes.

Flights Near Great Barrier Reef (107 routes)

Right Shanghai → Brisbane SHA→BNE · 6 km from landmark Left Brisbane → Shanghai BNE→PVG · 13 km from landmark Right Shanghai → Brisbane PVG→BNE · 13 km from landmark Left Mackay → Brisbane MKY→BNE · 20 km from landmark Left Rome → Cairns FCO→CNS · 21 km from landmark Left Brisbane → Queenstown International BNE→ZQN · 26 km from landmark Right Auckland → Cairns AKL→CNS · 29 km from landmark Left Cairns → Auckland CNS→AKL · 29 km from landmark Left Chengdu → Madrid CTU→MAD · 37 km from landmark Left Beijing → Manchester PEK→MAN · 46 km from landmark Left Prosserpine → Brisbane PPP→BNE · 46 km from landmark Right Santiago → Frankfurt SCL→FRA · 46 km from landmark Right Brisbane → Buenos Aires BNE→EZE · 48 km from landmark Left London → Brisbane LHR→BNE · 49 km from landmark Right Prosserpine → Sydney PPP→SYD · 49 km from landmark Right Tokyo → Sydney HND→BWU · 55 km from landmark Right Sydney → Osaka SYD→KIX · 57 km from landmark Left Taipei → Hamburg TPE→HAM · 58 km from landmark Right Cairns → Hong Kong CNS→HKG · 59 km from landmark Left Cairns → Bombay CNS→BOM · 62 km from landmark Right Brisbane → Taipei BNE→TPE · 67 km from landmark Left Taipei → Brisbane TPE→BNE · 67 km from landmark Right Tokyo → Sydney HND→SYD · 69 km from landmark Left Sydney → Tokyo SYD→HND · 69 km from landmark Right Hong Kong → Zurich HKG→ZRH · 73 km from landmark Left Cairns → Singapore CNS→SIN · 78 km from landmark Left Hong Kong → Milano HKG→MXP · 78 km from landmark Right Singapore → Cairns SIN→CNS · 78 km from landmark Right Christchurch → Cairns CHC→CNS · 79 km from landmark Left Santiago → Paris SCL→CDG · 79 km from landmark Left Hanoi → Auckland HAN→AKL · 81 km from landmark Right Tokyo → Sydney NRT→SYD · 86 km from landmark Left Sydney → Tokyo SYD→NRT · 86 km from landmark Right Brisbane → Chung BNE→TXG · 89 km from landmark Right Taipei → London TSA→LHR · 91 km from landmark Right Brisbane → Cairns BNE→CNS · 92 km from landmark Left Cairns → Brisbane CNS→BNE · 92 km from landmark Left Kona → Raleigh-durham KOA→RDU · 93 km from landmark Right Coolangatta → Cairns OOL→CNS · 95 km from landmark Left Cairns → Queenstown International CNS→ZQN · 101 km from landmark Right Dublin → Brisbane DUB→BNE · 104 km from landmark Left Tongatapu → Cairns TBU→CNS · 106 km from landmark Right Taipei → London TPE→LHR · 108 km from landmark Left Cairns → Denpasar CNS→DPS · 113 km from landmark Right Denpasar → Cairns DPS→CNS · 113 km from landmark Right Brisbane → Kaohsiung BNE→KHH · 115 km from landmark Right Edinburgh → Brisbane EDI→BNE · 115 km from landmark Right Sydney → Townsville SYD→TSV · 122 km from landmark Left Atlanta → Alice Springs ATL→ASP · 124 km from landmark Left Melbourne → Prosserpine MEB→PPP · 130 km from landmark Right Prosserpine → Melbourne PPP→MEB · 130 km from landmark Right Prosserpine → Melbourne PPP→MEL · 131 km from landmark Left Cairns → Townsville CNS→TSV · 132 km from landmark Right Brisbane → Brussels BNE→BRU · 135 km from landmark Right Sapporo → Sydney CTS→BWU · 136 km from landmark Left Phoenix → Alice Springs PHX→ASP · 137 km from landmark Right Brisbane → Townsville BNE→TSV · 142 km from landmark Left Townsville → Brisbane TSV→BNE · 142 km from landmark Left Brisbane → Santiago BNE→SCL · 145 km from landmark Left Lihue → Washington LIH→DCA · 146 km from landmark Left Lihue → Washington LIH→IAD · 148 km from landmark Left Brisbane → Seoul BNE→ICN · 150 km from landmark Right Seoul → Brisbane ICN→BNE · 150 km from landmark Right Biak → Tallinn-ulemiste International BIK→TLL · 155 km from landmark Right Seoul → Brisbane GMP→BNE · 156 km from landmark Left Cairns → Sydney CNS→SYD · 158 km from landmark Right Sydney → Cairns SYD→CNS · 158 km from landmark Right Sydney → Cairns BWU→CNS · 160 km from landmark Left Cairns → Sydney CNS→BWU · 160 km from landmark Left Taipei → Paris TPE→CDG · 160 km from landmark Left Shanghai → London PVG→LHR · 161 km from landmark Left Shanghai → London SHA→LGW · 171 km from landmark Right Cairns → Osaka CNS→KIX · 172 km from landmark Left Brisbane → Christchurch BNE→CHC · 185 km from landmark Right Cairns → Tokyo CNS→HND · 187 km from landmark Right Cairns → Tokyo CNS→NRT · 189 km from landmark Left Tokyo → Cairns NRT→CNS · 189 km from landmark Left Shanghai → London PVG→LGW · 194 km from landmark Right Hobart → Cairns HBA→CNS · 197 km from landmark Left Adelaide → Prosserpine ADL→PPP · 199 km from landmark Left Manila → Bologna MNL→BLQ · 200 km from landmark Right Xiamen → Amsterdam XMN→AMS · 204 km from landmark Left Cairns → Melbourne CNS→MEB · 210 km from landmark Left Hong Kong → Barcelona HKG→BCN · 210 km from landmark Right Melbourne → Cairns MEB→CNS · 210 km from landmark Left Cairns → Melbourne CNS→MEL · 211 km from landmark Right Melbourne → Cairns MEL→CNS · 211 km from landmark Right Brisbane → Manila BNE→MNL · 214 km from landmark Left Manila → Brisbane MNL→BNE · 214 km from landmark Left Perth → Johannesburg PER→JNB · 217 km from landmark Right Jerusalem → Chachapoyas JRS→CHH · 218 km from landmark Right Brisbane → Guangzhou BNE→CAN · 224 km from landmark Left Guangzhou → Brisbane CAN→BNE · 224 km from landmark Right Brisbane → Hong Kong BNE→HKG · 227 km from landmark Left Hong Kong → Brisbane HKG→BNE · 227 km from landmark Left Brisbane → Port Moresby BNE→POM · 229 km from landmark Right Port Moresby → Brisbane POM→BNE · 229 km from landmark Left Deridder → Cairns DRI→CNS · 231 km from landmark Left Manila → Coolangatta MNL→OOL · 237 km from landmark Right Adelaide → Cairns ADL→CNS · 244 km from landmark Left Cairns → Adelaide CNS→ADL · 244 km from landmark Left Seoul → Sydney ICN→SYD · 245 km from landmark Left Beijing → Stockholm PEK→ARN · 245 km from landmark Right Sydney → Seoul SYD→ICN · 245 km from landmark Left Cairns → Perth CNS→PER · 246 km from landmark Right Perth → Cairns JAD→CNS · 246 km from landmark Right Perth → Cairns PER→CNS · 246 km from landmark

💡 Tip: Visibility depends on cloud cover, time of day, and how close the flight path comes. Sit on the listed side for the best chance of a view. Morning and evening flights often offer the best lighting.