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Can You See Great Salt Lake From a Plane? Best Seat Side Guide

327 flight routes pass within 80 km of Great Salt Lake. Find out which side of the plane has the best views.

Utah's Great Salt Lake is one of the largest saline lakes in the world and a vivid sight from the air. A natural dike divides it into distinct pink (south) and blue-green (north) sections due to different algae concentrations.

Flights Near Great Salt Lake (327 routes)

Left Dallas → Salt Lake City DAL→SLC · 0 km from landmark Left Dallas-fort Worth → Salt Lake City DFW→SLC · 0 km from landmark Left New York → Johannesburg JFK→JNB · 0 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Dallas SLC→DAL · 0 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Dallas-fort Worth SLC→DFW · 0 km from landmark Right Houston → Sao Paulo IAH→GRU · 1 km from landmark Right Los Angeles → Edinburgh LAX→EDI · 1 km from landmark Left Shanghai → Seattle PVG→SEA · 1 km from landmark Right Seattle → Shanghai SEA→PVG · 1 km from landmark Left Newark → Johannesburg EWR→JNB · 2 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Santa Barbara SLC→STB · 2 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → New Orleans SLC→MSY · 3 km from landmark Left Houston → Salt Lake City IAH→SLC · 4 km from landmark Left Houston → Salt Lake City HOU→SLC · 5 km from landmark Right Denver → Jackson DEN→MKL · 6 km from landmark Right Detroit → Honolulu DTW→HNL · 6 km from landmark Right Portland → Salt Lake City PDX→SLC · 6 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Cancun SLC→CUN · 6 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Portland SLC→PDX · 6 km from landmark Left Seattle → Shanghai BFI→PVG · 7 km from landmark Right Miami → Salt Lake City MIA→SLC · 7 km from landmark Right Oklahoma City → Salt Lake City OKC→SLC · 7 km from landmark Right Portland → Cancun PDX→CUN · 7 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Miami SLC→MIA · 7 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Oklahoma City SLC→OKC · 7 km from landmark Right Sacramento → Kahului SMF→OGG · 7 km from landmark Left Austin → Salt Lake City AUS→SLC · 8 km from landmark Right Jackson → Salt Lake City JAN→SLC · 8 km from landmark Right Tokyo → Salt Lake City NRT→SLC · 8 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Austin SLC→AUS · 8 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Tokyo SLC→HND · 8 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Tampa SLC→MCF · 8 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Tokyo SLC→NRT · 8 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Tampa SLC→TPA · 8 km from landmark Right Tampa → Salt Lake City TPA→SLC · 8 km from landmark Left Amsterdam → Los Angeles AMS→LAX · 10 km from landmark Right Seattle → Seoul BFI→GMP · 10 km from landmark Left Hong Kong → Seattle HKG→SEA · 10 km from landmark Right Los Angeles → Amsterdam LAX→AMS · 10 km from landmark Right Orlando → Salt Lake City MCO→SLC · 10 km from landmark Right Seattle → Hong Kong SEA→HKG · 10 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Orlando SLC→MCO · 10 km from landmark Left San Antonio → Salt Lake City SAT→SLC · 11 km from landmark Right Boise → Salt Lake City BOI→SLC · 12 km from landmark Left Frankfurt → Los Angeles FRA→LAX · 12 km from landmark Right Los Angeles → Frankfurt LAX→FRA · 12 km from landmark Right Little Rock → Salt Lake City LIT→SLC · 12 km from landmark Left Minneapolis → San Francisco MSP→SFO · 12 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Montpelier SFO→MPV · 12 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Minneapolis SFO→MSP · 12 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Boise SLC→BOI · 12 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Little Rock SLC→LIT · 12 km from landmark Right Tulsa → Salt Lake City TUL→SLC · 12 km from landmark Right Seattle → Seoul BFI→ICN · 13 km from landmark Left Seoul → Seattle ICN→BFI · 13 km from landmark Right Jacksonville → Salt Lake City JAX→SLC · 13 km from landmark Right Chicago → Reno ORD→RNO · 13 km from landmark Left Reno → Chicago RNO→ORD · 13 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → San Jose SLC→SJO · 13 km from landmark Right Tacoma → Salt Lake City TCM→SLC · 13 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Birmingham SLC→BHM · 14 km from landmark Right Seattle → Salt Lake City BFI→SLC · 15 km from landmark Right Denver → Atlanta DEN→ATL · 15 km from landmark Left Fort Lewis → Taipei GRF→TPE · 15 km from landmark Right Memphis → Salt Lake City MEM→SLC · 15 km from landmark Right Seattle → Salt Lake City SEA→SLC · 15 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Seattle SLC→BFI · 15 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Memphis SLC→MEM · 15 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Seattle SLC→SEA · 15 km from landmark Right Atlanta → Salt Lake City ATL→SLC · 16 km from landmark Right Seoul → Salt Lake City ICN→SLC · 16 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Zurich LAX→ZRH · 16 km from landmark Right Minneapolis → San Jose MSP→SJC · 16 km from landmark Left San Jose → Minneapolis SJC→MSP · 16 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Atlanta SLC→ATL · 16 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Seoul SLC→GMP · 16 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Seoul SLC→ICN · 16 km from landmark Right Zurich → Los Angeles ZRH→LAX · 16 km from landmark Left Seoul → Seattle GMP→SEA · 17 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Andahuaylas SLC→ANS · 17 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Buenos Aires SLC→EZE · 17 km from landmark Right Charleston → Salt Lake City CHS→SLC · 18 km from landmark Right Denver → Savannah DEN→SAV · 18 km from landmark Right Denver → Salt Lake City DEN→SLC · 18 km from landmark Right Chicago → Reno MDW→RNO · 18 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Denver SLC→DEN · 18 km from landmark Left Lima → Salt Lake City LIM→SLC · 19 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Vancouver SLC→YVR · 19 km from landmark Right Vancouver → Salt Lake City YVR→SLC · 19 km from landmark Left Kirtland A.f.b. → Salt Lake City ABQ→SLC · 20 km from landmark Right Nashville → Salt Lake City BNA→SLC · 20 km from landmark Right Boise → Seattle BOI→SEA · 20 km from landmark Left Denver → Charleston DEN→CHS · 20 km from landmark Left Houston → Portland HOU→PDX · 20 km from landmark Left Seoul → Seattle ICN→SEA · 20 km from landmark Right Portland → Houston PDX→HOU · 20 km from landmark Right Seattle → Seoul SEA→ICN · 20 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Montreal SFO→YUL · 20 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Kirtland A.f.b. SLC→ABQ · 20 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Nashville SLC→BNA · 20 km from landmark Left Sacramento → Kona SMF→KOA · 20 km from landmark Left Montreal → San Francisco YUL→SFO · 20 km from landmark Right Los Angeles → Munich LAX→MUC · 21 km from landmark Left Munich → Los Angeles MUC→LAX · 21 km from landmark Left Portland → Austin PDX→AUS · 21 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Montreal SFO→YHU · 21 km from landmark Right Anchorage → Salt Lake City ANC→SLC · 22 km from landmark Right Charlotte → Salt Lake City CLT→SLC · 22 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Anchorage SLC→ANC · 22 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Charlotte SLC→CLT · 22 km from landmark Right Kansas City → Salt Lake City MCI→SLC · 23 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Kansas City SLC→MCI · 23 km from landmark Right New York → Honolulu LGA→HNL · 24 km from landmark Right Raleigh-durham → Salt Lake City RDU→SLC · 24 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Raleigh-durham SLC→RDU · 24 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → St. Louis SLC→STL · 24 km from landmark Right St. Louis → Salt Lake City STL→SLC · 24 km from landmark Right Boise → Seattle BOI→BFI · 25 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Williston LAX→ISN · 25 km from landmark Left Mexico City → Salt Lake City MEX→SLC · 25 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Mexico City SLC→MEX · 25 km from landmark Right Manchester → Los Angeles MAN→LAX · 26 km from landmark Right Cincinnati → Salt Lake City CVG→SLC · 27 km from landmark Right Spokane → Salt Lake City GEG→SLC · 27 km from landmark Left Houston → Portland IAH→PDX · 27 km from landmark Right Portland → Houston PDX→IAH · 27 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Cincinnati SLC→CVG · 27 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Fairbanks SLC→FAI · 27 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Spokane SLC→GEG · 27 km from landmark Left Brisbane → San Francisco BNE→SFO · 28 km from landmark Right Indianapolis → Salt Lake City IND→SLC · 28 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Brisbane SFO→BNE · 28 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Indianapolis SLC→IND · 28 km from landmark Right Columbus → Salt Lake City CMH→SLC · 29 km from landmark Right Washington → Salt Lake City DCA→SLC · 29 km from landmark Right Washington → Salt Lake City IAD→SLC · 29 km from landmark Right Grant County Airport → Kirtland A.f.b. MWH→ABQ · 29 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Columbus SLC→CMH · 29 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Washington SLC→DCA · 29 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Washington SLC→IAD · 29 km from landmark Right Baltimore → Salt Lake City BWI→SLC · 30 km from landmark Right Seattle → Danang SEA→DAD · 30 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Baltimore SLC→BWI · 30 km from landmark Left Boise → Buenos Aires BOI→EZE · 31 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Milan LAX→LIN · 31 km from landmark Right Philadelphia → Salt Lake City PHL→SLC · 31 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Pittsburgh (pennsylva) SLC→PIT · 31 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Reno SLC→RNO · 31 km from landmark Right Chicago → Salt Lake City MDW→SLC · 32 km from landmark Right Chicago → Salt Lake City ORD→SLC · 32 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Cleveland SLC→CLE · 32 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Chicago SLC→MDW · 32 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Chicago SLC→ORD · 32 km from landmark Right Kirtland A.f.b. → Seattle ABQ→BFI · 33 km from landmark Right Detroit → Salt Lake City DTW→SLC · 33 km from landmark Right Newark → Salt Lake City EWR→SLC · 33 km from landmark Left Honolulu → New York HNL→JFK · 33 km from landmark Left Honolulu → Salt Lake City HNL→SLC · 33 km from landmark Right New York → Honolulu JFK→HNL · 33 km from landmark Right New York → Salt Lake City JFK→SLC · 33 km from landmark Right New York → Sacramento LGA→SMF · 33 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Detroit SLC→DTW · 33 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Newark SLC→EWR · 33 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Honolulu SLC→HNL · 33 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → New York SLC→JFK · 33 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → New York SLC→LGA · 33 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Sacramento SLC→SMF · 33 km from landmark Left Sacramento → Salt Lake City SMF→SLC · 33 km from landmark Right Detroit → Salt Lake City DET→SLC · 34 km from landmark Right Newark → Honolulu EWR→HNL · 34 km from landmark Left Honolulu → Newark HNL→EWR · 34 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Milano LAX→MXP · 34 km from landmark Right Milwaukee → Salt Lake City MKE→SLC · 34 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Adelaide SFO→ADL · 34 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Detroit SLC→DET · 34 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Milwaukee SLC→MKE · 34 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Kahului SLC→OGG · 34 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Puerto Vallarta SLC→PVR · 34 km from landmark Right Boston → Salt Lake City BOS→SLC · 35 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Boston SLC→BOS · 35 km from landmark Right St. Louis → Salt Lake City XLS→SLC · 35 km from landmark Right Toronto → San Francisco YKZ→SFO · 35 km from landmark Right Kirtland A.f.b. → Seattle ABQ→SEA · 36 km from landmark Right New York → Sacramento JFK→SMF · 36 km from landmark Left Seattle → Kirtland A.f.b. SEA→ABQ · 36 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Salt Lake City SFO→SLC · 36 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Oakland SLC→OAK · 36 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → San Francisco SLC→SFO · 36 km from landmark Left Sacramento → New York SMF→JFK · 36 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → London LAX→LHR · 37 km from landmark Right London → Los Angeles LHR→LAX · 37 km from landmark Right Sacramento → Honolulu SMF→HNL · 37 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Los Angeles KEF→LAX · 38 km from landmark Right Los Angeles → Keflavik LAX→KEF · 38 km from landmark Left San Jose → Salt Lake City SJC→SLC · 38 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → San Jose SLC→SJC · 38 km from landmark Right Phoenix → Calgary LUF→YYC · 39 km from landmark Right Minneapolis → Salt Lake City MSP→SLC · 39 km from landmark Right Portland → Tokyo PDX→NRT · 39 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Minneapolis SLC→MSP · 39 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Montreal SLC→YHU · 39 km from landmark Right London → Los Angeles LGW→LAX · 40 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Toronto SFO→YYZ · 41 km from landmark Left San Jose Del Cabo → Salt Lake City SJD→SLC · 41 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → San Jose Del Cabo SLC→SJD · 41 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Tucson SLC→TUS · 41 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Calgary SLC→YYC · 41 km from landmark Left Tucson → Salt Lake City TUS→SLC · 41 km from landmark Right Calgary → Salt Lake City YYC→SLC · 41 km from landmark Right Toronto → San Francisco YYZ→SFO · 41 km from landmark Left Tokyo → Portland HND→PDX · 42 km from landmark Left New York → Lihue JFK→LIH · 42 km from landmark Right Chicago → Sacramento ORD→SMF · 42 km from landmark Left Salina → Salt Lake City SBO→SLC · 42 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Guaymas SLC→GYM · 42 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Salina SLC→SBO · 42 km from landmark Left Sacramento → Chicago SMF→ORD · 42 km from landmark Right Rome → Los Angeles FCO→LAX · 43 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Rome LAX→FCO · 43 km from landmark Right Helena → Salt Lake City HLN→SLC · 44 km from landmark Left Phoenix → Salt Lake City PHX→SLC · 44 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Sydney SFO→BWU · 44 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Phoenix SLC→PHX · 44 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Great Falls SLC→GTF · 45 km from landmark Right Paris → Los Angeles CDG→LAX · 46 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Paris LAX→CDG · 46 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Sydney SFO→SYD · 46 km from landmark Left Santa Ana → Amsterdam SNA→AMS · 46 km from landmark Right Sydney → San Francisco SYD→SFO · 46 km from landmark Left Bangkok → Vancouver BKK→YVR · 47 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Paris LAX→LBG · 47 km from landmark Right Paris → Los Angeles LBG→LAX · 47 km from landmark Left Seattle → Buenos Aires SEA→EZE · 47 km from landmark Right Vancouver → Bangkok YVR→BKK · 47 km from landmark Right Agen → Salt Lake City AGF→SLC · 48 km from landmark Right Amsterdam → Salt Lake City AMS→SLC · 49 km from landmark Left Burbank → Salt Lake City BUR→SLC · 49 km from landmark Left Cedar City → Salt Lake City CDC→SLC · 49 km from landmark Right Paris → Salt Lake City CDG→SLC · 49 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Salt Lake City LAX→SLC · 49 km from landmark Left Long Beach → Salt Lake City LGB→SLC · 49 km from landmark Right London → Salt Lake City LHR→SLC · 49 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Amsterdam SLC→AMS · 49 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Burbank SLC→BUR · 49 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Paris SLC→CDG · 49 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Los Angeles SLC→LAX · 49 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Long Beach SLC→LGB · 49 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → London SLC→LHR · 49 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Ontario SLC→ONT · 49 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Santa Ana SLC→SNA · 49 km from landmark Left Santa Ana → Salt Lake City SNA→SLC · 49 km from landmark Left Denver → Nashville DEN→BNA · 50 km from landmark Right Dublin → Los Angeles DUB→LAX · 50 km from landmark Left Las Vegas → Salt Lake City LAS→SLC · 50 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Dublin LAX→DUB · 50 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Paris LAX→ORY · 50 km from landmark Right Paris → Los Angeles ORY→LAX · 50 km from landmark Left Palm Springs → Salt Lake City PSP→SLC · 50 km from landmark Left San Diego → Salt Lake City SAN→SLC · 50 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Las Vegas SLC→LAS · 50 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Prague SLC→PRG · 50 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Palm Springs SLC→PSP · 50 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → San Diego SLC→SAN · 50 km from landmark Left Tacoma → Kirtland A.f.b. TCM→ABQ · 51 km from landmark Right Denver → Memphis DEN→MEM · 52 km from landmark Left Honolulu → Chicago HNL→ORD · 52 km from landmark Right Los Angeles → Papeete LAX→PPT · 52 km from landmark Right Chicago → Honolulu ORD→HNL · 52 km from landmark Left Papeete → Los Angeles PPT→LAX · 52 km from landmark Right Albany → San Francisco ALB→SFO · 53 km from landmark Left Las Vegas → Kosice LAS→KSC · 53 km from landmark Right Melbourne → San Francisco MEL→SFO · 53 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Albany SFO→ALB · 53 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Melbourne SFO→MEL · 53 km from landmark Right Boston → San Francisco BOS→SFO · 54 km from landmark Right Melbourne → San Francisco MEB→SFO · 54 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Boston SFO→BOS · 54 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Melbourne SFO→MEB · 54 km from landmark Right Denver → Birmingham DEN→BHM · 56 km from landmark Left Seattle → Singapore SEA→SIN · 56 km from landmark Right Singapore → Seattle SIN→SEA · 56 km from landmark Left Houston → Ketapang IAH→KTG · 59 km from landmark Right Los Angeles → Vienna LAX→VIE · 60 km from landmark Left Seattle → Taipei SEA→TPE · 60 km from landmark Right Taipei → Seattle TPE→SEA · 60 km from landmark Left Vienna → Los Angeles VIE→LAX · 60 km from landmark Right Cleveland → Honolulu CLE→HNL · 61 km from landmark Left San Antonio → Seattle SAT→SEA · 61 km from landmark Right Seattle → San Antonio SEA→SAT · 61 km from landmark Left Sydney → Minneapolis SYD→MSP · 61 km from landmark Left Minneapolis → Sacramento MSP→SMF · 62 km from landmark Right Sacramento → Honolulu SAC→HNL · 62 km from landmark Right Des Moines → Washington DSM→DCA · 64 km from landmark Left Seattle → Taipei SEA→TSA · 64 km from landmark Right Taipei → Seattle TSA→SEA · 64 km from landmark Left Boston → Kahului BOS→OGG · 67 km from landmark Right Denver → Wichita DEN→ICT · 67 km from landmark Right Seattle → Belize City SEA→BZE · 67 km from landmark Left Honolulu → Chicago HNL→MDW · 68 km from landmark Right Chicago → Honolulu MDW→HNL · 68 km from landmark Right Taipei → Seattle TPE→BFI · 68 km from landmark Left Lompoc → Lisbon VBG→LIS · 68 km from landmark Left Dallas-fort Worth → Montego Bay DFW→MBJ · 69 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Nice LAX→NCE · 69 km from landmark Right Sacramento → Lihue SMF→LIH · 69 km from landmark Left Cairo → Los Angeles CAI→LAX · 70 km from landmark Left Denver → Knoxville DEN→TYS · 70 km from landmark Right Los Angeles → Cairo LAX→CAI · 70 km from landmark Right Windsor Locks → San Francisco BDL→SFO · 71 km from landmark Right Dallas-fort Worth → Georgetown DFW→GCM · 71 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Minot LAX→MIB · 71 km from landmark Right Denver → Jacksonville DEN→JAX · 72 km from landmark Right Taipei → Seattle TSA→BFI · 72 km from landmark Right Grand Rapids → San Francisco GRR→SFO · 73 km from landmark Right Santa Fe → Portland SAF→PDX · 74 km from landmark Right Tulsa → Orlando TUL→MCO · 74 km from landmark Left Dallas-fort Worth → Portland DFW→PDX · 75 km from landmark Right Portland → Dallas-fort Worth PDX→DFW · 75 km from landmark Left Vancouver → Guangzhou YVR→CAN · 75 km from landmark Left Dallas → Portland DAL→PDX · 77 km from landmark Right Sacramento → Lihue MCC→LIH · 77 km from landmark Right Portland → Dallas PDX→DAL · 77 km from landmark Right Helsinki → Cedar City HEL→CDC · 78 km from landmark Left Beijing → Vancouver PEK→YVR · 78 km from landmark Right Vancouver → Beijing YVR→PEK · 78 km from landmark Left Billund → Los Angeles BLL→LAX · 80 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Kona SFO→KOA · 80 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.