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Can You See Iceland From a Plane? Best Seat Side Guide

327 flight routes pass within 250 km of Iceland. Find out which side of the plane has the best views.

Iceland's volcanic landscape of glaciers, lava fields, geysers, and waterfalls is dramatic from altitude. Transatlantic flights frequently pass over Iceland, and its distinctive outline and ice cap are unmistakable.

Flights Near Iceland (327 routes)

Left Armenia → Keflavik AXM→KEF · 6 km from landmark Left Vancouver → Zurich YVR→ZRH · 6 km from landmark Right Zurich → Vancouver ZRH→YVR · 6 km from landmark Right Kuala Lumpur → Reykjavik KUL→RKV · 9 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Kuala Lumpur RKV→KUL · 9 km from landmark Right Amsterdam → Seattle AMS→BFI · 10 km from landmark Left Seattle → Amsterdam BFI→AMS · 10 km from landmark Left Washington → Goa DCA→GOI · 10 km from landmark Right Amsterdam → Seattle AMS→SEA · 11 km from landmark Left Seattle → Amsterdam SEA→AMS · 11 km from landmark Right Belfast → Barcelona BFS→BCN · 19 km from landmark Left Boston → San Salvador BOS→SAL · 20 km from landmark Left Athens → Addis Ababa HEW→ADD · 21 km from landmark Left Frankfurt → Portland FRA→PDX · 24 km from landmark Right Portland → Frankfurt PDX→FRA · 24 km from landmark Right Abu Dhabi → Chicago AUH→ORD · 27 km from landmark Left Chicago → Abu Dhabi ORD→AUH · 27 km from landmark Left Akureyri → Reykjavik AEY→RKV · 29 km from landmark Left Dubai → Chicago DXB→MDW · 29 km from landmark Right Reykjavik → Akureyri RKV→AEY · 29 km from landmark Left Cairo → Los Angeles CAI→LAX · 30 km from landmark Right Washington → Goa IAD→GOI · 30 km from landmark Right Los Angeles → Cairo LAX→CAI · 30 km from landmark Left Edinburgh → Geneva EDI→GVA · 31 km from landmark Right Dublin → Ibiza DUB→IBZ · 32 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Salzburg SFO→SZG · 32 km from landmark Left Frankfurt → Nairobi FRA→WIL · 34 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Vienna LAX→VIE · 34 km from landmark Right Vienna → Los Angeles VIE→LAX · 34 km from landmark Right Oslo → Doha OSL→DOH · 35 km from landmark Right Brussels → Kigali BRU→KGL · 37 km from landmark Right Amsterdam → Portland AMS→PDX · 39 km from landmark Left Amsterdam → Vancouver AMS→YVR · 39 km from landmark Left Bangalore → New York BLR→JFK · 39 km from landmark Left Portland → Amsterdam PDX→AMS · 39 km from landmark Right Vancouver → Amsterdam YVR→AMS · 39 km from landmark Left Newark → Bombay EWR→BOM · 45 km from landmark Left Chicago → Abu Dhabi MDW→AUH · 48 km from landmark Right Phoenix → Amman PHX→AMM · 48 km from landmark Left Dubai → Chicago DXB→ORD · 49 km from landmark Right Chicago → Dubai ORD→DXB · 49 km from landmark Left Calgary → Frankfurt YYC→FRA · 50 km from landmark Left Frankfurt → Seattle FRA→SEA · 56 km from landmark Right Seattle → Frankfurt SEA→FRA · 56 km from landmark Left Frankfurt → Seattle FRA→BFI · 57 km from landmark Right Edinburgh → Tunis EDI→TUN · 58 km from landmark Right Amsterdam → Edmonton AMS→YEG · 59 km from landmark Left Boston → Reykjavik BOS→RKV · 59 km from landmark Right Phoenix → Copenhagen PHX→CPH · 59 km from landmark Left Edmonton → Amsterdam YEG→AMS · 59 km from landmark Right Sapporo → Sydney CTS→BWU · 62 km from landmark Left New York → Reykjavik JFK→RKV · 62 km from landmark Left Newark → Reykjavik EWR→RKV · 64 km from landmark Left Raleigh-durham → Reykjavik RDU→RKV · 65 km from landmark Right Reykjavik → Raleigh-durham RKV→RDU · 65 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Orlando KEF→MCO · 66 km from landmark Left Orlando → Keflavik MCO→KEF · 66 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Helsinki RKV→HEL · 66 km from landmark Left Akureyri → New York AEY→JFK · 67 km from landmark Left Boston → Keflavik BOS→KEF · 67 km from landmark Left Baltimore → Reykjavik BWI→RKV · 67 km from landmark Left Washington → Reykjavik DCA→RKV · 67 km from landmark Right New York → Akureyri JFK→AEY · 67 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Boston KEF→BOS · 67 km from landmark Right Munich → San Francisco MUC→SFO · 67 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Munich SFO→MUC · 67 km from landmark Left Akureyri → Newark AEY→EWR · 68 km from landmark Left Washington → Reykjavik IAD→RKV · 68 km from landmark Right Reykjavik → Washington RKV→IAD · 68 km from landmark Right Copenhagen → Godthaab CPH→GOH · 69 km from landmark Left Godthaab → Copenhagen GOH→CPH · 69 km from landmark Right Albany → Belgaum ALB→IXG · 70 km from landmark Right Trondheim → Newark TRD→EWR · 70 km from landmark Left New York → Keflavik JFK→KEF · 71 km from landmark Right Keflavik → New York KEF→JFK · 71 km from landmark Left Oslo → Godthaab FBU→GOH · 72 km from landmark Left Newark → Keflavik EWR→KEF · 73 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Newark KEF→EWR · 73 km from landmark Right Helsinki → Keflavik HEL→KEF · 74 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Helsinki KEF→HEL · 74 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Raleigh-durham KEF→RDU · 75 km from landmark Left Raleigh-durham → Keflavik RDU→KEF · 75 km from landmark Right Reykjavik → Montreal RKV→YUL · 75 km from landmark Left Montreal → Reykjavik YUL→RKV · 75 km from landmark Right Nashville → Akureyri BNA→AEY · 76 km from landmark Left Baltimore → Keflavik BWI→KEF · 76 km from landmark Left Duesseldorf → Zanzibar DUS→ZNZ · 76 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Baltimore KEF→BWI · 76 km from landmark Right Bombay → New York BOM→JFK · 77 km from landmark Left New York → Bombay JFK→BOM · 77 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Washington KEF→DCA · 77 km from landmark Right London → Johannesburg LHR→JNB · 77 km from landmark Right Reykjavik → Montreal RKV→YMX · 77 km from landmark Left Washington → Keflavik IAD→KEF · 78 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Washington KEF→IAD · 78 km from landmark Right London → Johannesburg LHR→GCJ · 78 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Prague SLC→PRG · 79 km from landmark Left Harrisburg → Keflavik MDT→KEF · 80 km from landmark Left Tokyo → Sydney NRT→SYD · 80 km from landmark Right Dubai → Houston DXB→IAH · 81 km from landmark Left Houston → Dubai IAH→DXB · 81 km from landmark Right Reno → Athens RNO→HEW · 83 km from landmark Right Stockholm → Reykjavik ARN→RKV · 84 km from landmark Left Oslo → Dubai OSL→DXB · 84 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Stockholm RKV→ARN · 84 km from landmark Right Akureyri → Edinburgh AEY→EDI · 85 km from landmark Left Dublin → Palma De Mallorca DUB→PMI · 85 km from landmark Left Toronto → Reykjavik YYZ→RKV · 85 km from landmark Left Amsterdam → Kilimanjaro AMS→JRO · 86 km from landmark Left Nashville → Reykjavik BNA→RKV · 86 km from landmark Right Reykjavik → Nashville RKV→BNA · 86 km from landmark Left Montreal → Keflavik YUL→KEF · 87 km from landmark Left Billund → Los Angeles BLL→LAX · 88 km from landmark Left Munich → Akureyri MUC→AEY · 89 km from landmark Right Seattle → Akureyri SEA→AEY · 89 km from landmark Left Detroit → Reykjavik DTW→RKV · 90 km from landmark Right Paris → Durban ORY→DUR · 90 km from landmark Right Reykjavik → Detroit RKV→DTW · 90 km from landmark Right Oslo → Reykjavik OSL→RKV · 94 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Oslo RKV→OSL · 94 km from landmark Left Seattle → Firenze SEA→FLR · 94 km from landmark Right Brussels → Malta BRU→MLA · 95 km from landmark Left Tokyo → Sydney HND→BWU · 95 km from landmark Right Stockholm → Keflavik ARN→KEF · 96 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Stockholm KEF→ARN · 96 km from landmark Left Dallas-fort Worth → Doha DFW→DOH · 98 km from landmark Right Doha → Dallas-fort Worth DOH→DFW · 98 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Toronto KEF→YYZ · 99 km from landmark Right Amsterdam → Calgary AMS→YYC · 100 km from landmark Left Nashville → Keflavik BNA→KEF · 100 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Nashville KEF→BNA · 100 km from landmark Left Chicago → Reykjavik ORD→RKV · 100 km from landmark Right Reykjavik → Chicago RKV→ORD · 100 km from landmark Left Calgary → Amsterdam YYC→AMS · 100 km from landmark Right Helsinki → New York HEL→JFK · 102 km from landmark Left New York → Helsinki JFK→HEL · 102 km from landmark Right Rome → Seattle CIA→SEA · 103 km from landmark Left Dublin → Barcelona DUB→BCN · 103 km from landmark Left San Diego → Vienna SAN→VIE · 104 km from landmark Left Detroit → Keflavik DET→KEF · 105 km from landmark Left Detroit → Keflavik DTW→KEF · 105 km from landmark Right Helsinki → New York HEM→JFK · 105 km from landmark Left New York → Helsinki JFK→HEM · 105 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Detroit KEF→DTW · 105 km from landmark Left Amsterdam → Nairobi AMS→WIL · 106 km from landmark Right Bergen → Reykjavik BGO→RKV · 106 km from landmark Left Denver → Istanbul DEN→IST · 107 km from landmark Right Istanbul → Denver IST→DEN · 107 km from landmark Right Stockholm → Dubai ARN→DXB · 108 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Oslo KEF→OSL · 108 km from landmark Right Vienna → Addis Ababa VIE→ADD · 108 km from landmark Left London → Tunis LGW→TUN · 110 km from landmark Left Houston → Keflavik IAH→KEF · 111 km from landmark Right London → Johannesburg LCY→JNB · 111 km from landmark Left Frankfurt → Vancouver FRA→YVR · 112 km from landmark Left Tokyo → Sydney HND→SYD · 112 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Oslo KEF→FBU · 112 km from landmark Right London → Johannesburg LCY→GCJ · 112 km from landmark Right Dawson Creek → Amsterdam YDQ→AMS · 112 km from landmark Right Vancouver → Frankfurt YVR→FRA · 112 km from landmark Right Doha → Dallas DOH→DAL · 115 km from landmark Right Copenhagen → Istanbul CPH→IST · 116 km from landmark Left Chicago → Keflavik MDW→KEF · 116 km from landmark Left Minneapolis → Reykjavik MSP→RKV · 116 km from landmark Right Reykjavik → Minneapolis RKV→MSP · 116 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Chicago KEF→ORD · 117 km from landmark Left Chicago → Keflavik ORD→KEF · 117 km from landmark Right Copenhagen → Reykjavik CPH→RKV · 119 km from landmark Left Charleroi → Entebbe CRL→EBB · 119 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Copenhagen RKV→CPH · 119 km from landmark Right Minsk 2 → Detroit MSQ→DTW · 120 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Vagar RKV→FAE · 120 km from landmark Left Armstrong → Reykjavik YYW→RKV · 120 km from landmark Right Rome → Seattle FCO→SEA · 123 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Bergen KEF→BGO · 123 km from landmark Left Seattle → Rome SEA→FCO · 123 km from landmark Left Denver → Reykjavik DEN→RKV · 126 km from landmark Left Vagar → Copenhagen FAE→CPH · 126 km from landmark Right Reykjavik → Denver RKV→DEN · 126 km from landmark Right Berlin → Reykjavik BER→RKV · 130 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Berlin RKV→BER · 130 km from landmark Left Panama City → Mosjoen PTY→MJF · 133 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Warsaw KEF→WAW · 134 km from landmark Left Dallas-fort Worth → Bergen DFW→BGO · 136 km from landmark Right Vagar → Keflavik FAE→KEF · 137 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Vagar KEF→FAE · 137 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Minneapolis KEF→MSP · 137 km from landmark Left Minneapolis → Keflavik MSP→KEF · 137 km from landmark Right Copenhagen → Keflavik CPH→KEF · 139 km from landmark Right Frankfurt → San Francisco FRA→SFO · 139 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Copenhagen KEF→CPH · 139 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Frankfurt SFO→FRA · 139 km from landmark Left Stockholm → Dallas-fort Worth ARN→DFW · 142 km from landmark Right Dallas-fort Worth → Stockholm DFW→ARN · 142 km from landmark Left Munich → Seattle MUC→SEA · 143 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Munich RKV→MUC · 145 km from landmark Right Amsterdam → Kigali AMS→KGL · 146 km from landmark Right Frankfurt → Reykjavik FRA→RKV · 147 km from landmark Left Mountain View → Reykjavik NUQ→RKV · 147 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Frankfurt RKV→FRA · 147 km from landmark Left Seattle → Milano SEA→MXP · 147 km from landmark Right Amsterdam → Reykjavik AMS→RKV · 149 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Amsterdam RKV→AMS · 149 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Venice RKV→VCE · 149 km from landmark Left Denver → Keflavik DEN→KEF · 150 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Denver KEF→DEN · 150 km from landmark Left Godthaab → Keflavik GOH→KEF · 151 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Godthaab KEF→GOH · 151 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Aviano SFO→AVB · 151 km from landmark Left Calgary → Reykjavik YYC→RKV · 151 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Zurich RKV→ZRH · 152 km from landmark Right Zurich → Reykjavik ZRH→RKV · 152 km from landmark Right Newark → Mosjoen EWR→MJF · 153 km from landmark Right Amsterdam → Catania AMS→CTA · 154 km from landmark Right Edinburgh → Reykjavik EDI→RKV · 155 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Edinburgh RKV→EDI · 155 km from landmark Right Reykjavik → Seattle RKV→SEA · 155 km from landmark Left Seattle → Reykjavik SEA→RKV · 155 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Winnipeg KEF→YWG · 156 km from landmark Left Winnipeg → Keflavik YWG→KEF · 156 km from landmark Left Copenhagen → Cedar City CPH→CDC · 157 km from landmark Right Reykjavik → Vancouver RKV→YVR · 157 km from landmark Right Paris → Johannesburg CDG→JNB · 158 km from landmark Right Glasgow → Reykjavik GLA→RKV · 158 km from landmark Right London → Reykjavik LCY→RKV · 159 km from landmark Left Minneapolis → Copenhagen MSP→CPH · 159 km from landmark Left Odense → Bakersfield ODE→BFL · 159 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Le Tourquet RKV→LTQ · 159 km from landmark Right London → Reykjavik LGW→RKV · 160 km from landmark Right London → Reykjavik LHR→RKV · 160 km from landmark Right London → Reykjavik LTN→RKV · 160 km from landmark Right Manchester → Reykjavik MAN→RKV · 160 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Paris RKV→CDG · 160 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → London RKV→LGW · 160 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → London RKV→LHR · 160 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Manchester RKV→MAN · 160 km from landmark Left Dubrovnik → Edmonton DBV→YEG · 164 km from landmark Right Lisbon → Reykjavik LIS→RKV · 164 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Lisbon RKV→LIS · 164 km from landmark Right Dublin → Reykjavik DUB→RKV · 165 km from landmark Left Reykjavik → Dublin RKV→DUB · 165 km from landmark Right Athens → Keflavik HEW→KEF · 167 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Los Angeles KEF→LAX · 167 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Keflavik LAX→KEF · 167 km from landmark Left Portland → Rome PDX→FCO · 167 km from landmark Left Vancouver → Glasgow YVR→GLA · 171 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Munich KEF→MUC · 172 km from landmark Right Munich → Keflavik MUC→KEF · 172 km from landmark Left Edinburgh → Catania EDI→CTA · 173 km from landmark Right Frankfurt → Keflavik FRA→KEF · 175 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Frankfurt KEF→FRA · 175 km from landmark Right Amsterdam → Keflavik AMS→KEF · 177 km from landmark Right Charlotte → Belgaum CLT→IXG · 177 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Amsterdam KEF→AMS · 177 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Keflavik SFO→KEF · 177 km from landmark Right Las Vegas → Kosice LAS→KSC · 180 km from landmark Right Amsterdam → San Francisco AMS→SFO · 182 km from landmark Right Brussels → Keflavik BRU→KEF · 182 km from landmark Right Istanbul → Plaisance IST→MRU · 182 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Brussels KEF→BRU · 182 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Calgary KEF→YYC · 182 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Zurich KEF→ZRH · 182 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Amsterdam SFO→AMS · 182 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Vienna SFO→VIE · 182 km from landmark Left Calgary → Keflavik YYC→KEF · 182 km from landmark Right Zurich → Keflavik ZRH→KEF · 182 km from landmark Left Houston → Abu Dhabi IAH→AUH · 183 km from landmark Right Rome → Keflavik FCO→KEF · 184 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Rome KEF→CIA · 184 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Rome KEF→FCO · 184 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Tenerife KEF→TFS · 184 km from landmark Left Oakland → Amsterdam OAK→AMS · 184 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Milano KEF→MXP · 185 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Portland KEF→PDX · 185 km from landmark Right Milano → Keflavik MXP→KEF · 185 km from landmark Left Portland → Keflavik PDX→KEF · 185 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Seattle KEF→BFI · 186 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Seattle KEF→SEA · 186 km from landmark Left Seattle → Keflavik SEA→KEF · 186 km from landmark Left Edinburgh → Rome EDI→FCO · 187 km from landmark Left Glasgow → Malta GLA→MLA · 187 km from landmark Right Glasgow → Keflavik GLA→KEF · 188 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Glasgow KEF→GLA · 188 km from landmark Left Berlin → Paphos BER→PFO · 189 km from landmark Left Keflavik → London KEF→STN · 189 km from landmark Right Keflavik → Vancouver KEF→YVR · 189 km from landmark Right London → Keflavik STN→KEF · 189 km from landmark Left Vancouver → Keflavik YVR→KEF · 189 km from landmark Right Paris → Keflavik CDG→KEF · 191 km from landmark Right Doha → Chicago DOH→ORD · 191 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Paris KEF→CDG · 191 km from landmark Left Keflavik → London KEF→LTN · 191 km from landmark Right Manchester → Keflavik MAN→KEF · 191 km from landmark Left Chicago → Doha ORD→DOH · 191 km from landmark Right Birmingham → Keflavik BHX→KEF · 192 km from landmark Left Keflavik → London KEF→LHR · 192 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Paris KEF→ORY · 192 km from landmark Right London → Keflavik LGW→KEF · 192 km from landmark Right London → Keflavik LHR→KEF · 192 km from landmark Left Zurich → Kilimanjaro ZRH→JRO · 196 km from landmark Right Dublin → Keflavik DUB→KEF · 199 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Dublin KEF→DUB · 199 km from landmark Left Warsaw → Phoenix WAW→PHX · 199 km from landmark Right Barcelona → Keflavik BCN→KEF · 200 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Barcelona KEF→BCN · 200 km from landmark Left Edinburgh → Rome EDI→CIA · 203 km from landmark Left Munich → Vancouver MUC→YVR · 205 km from landmark Right Vancouver → Munich YVR→MUC · 205 km from landmark Right Honolulu → London HNL→LHR · 209 km from landmark Right Wroclaw → Hurghada WRO→HRG · 210 km from landmark Right Dallas-fort Worth → Dubai DFW→DXB · 211 km from landmark Left Calgary → Edinburgh YYC→EDI · 216 km from landmark Right New York → Madras JFK→MAA · 223 km from landmark Left Madras → New York MAA→JFK · 223 km from landmark Left Des Moines → Copenhagen DSM→CPH · 227 km from landmark Left Brussels → Nairobi BRU→WIL · 232 km from landmark Left Copenhagen → Los Angeles CPH→LAX · 232 km from landmark Right Los Angeles → Copenhagen LAX→CPH · 232 km from landmark Right Paris → Vancouver CDG→YVR · 239 km from landmark Right China → Copenhagen NID→CPH · 239 km from landmark Left Vancouver → Paris YVR→CDG · 239 km from landmark Right Manchester → Menorca MAN→MAH · 240 km from landmark Right Baltimore → Samara BWI→KBY · 243 km from landmark Left Edinburgh → Naples EDI→NAP · 247 km from landmark Right Rome → Calgary FCO→YYC · 249 km from landmark Left Southend → Malta SEN→MLA · 249 km from landmark Left Calgary → Rome YYC→FCO · 249 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.