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Can You See Sahara Desert From a Plane? Best Seat Side Guide

183 flight routes pass within 800 km of Sahara Desert. Find out which side of the plane has the best views.

The world's largest hot desert stretches across North Africa and is almost always visible on Europe-to-Africa routes. The endless golden dunes, ergs, and rocky hamadas create a mesmerizing pattern from altitude.

Flights Near Sahara Desert (183 routes)

Right Dubai → Bangkok DXB→BKK · 1 km from landmark Right Doha → Ho Chi Minh City DOH→SGN · 3 km from landmark Right Doha → Phnom-penh DOH→PNH · 6 km from landmark Left Jeddah → Kuala Lumpur JED→KUL · 7 km from landmark Left Minneapolis → Auckland MSP→AKL · 32 km from landmark Right Zurich → Cape Town ZRH→CPT · 35 km from landmark Right Mexico City → Perth MEX→PER · 37 km from landmark Left Doha → Bangkok DOH→BKK · 46 km from landmark Right Casablanca → Washington CMN→IAD · 51 km from landmark Right Dubai → Ho Chi Minh City DXB→SGN · 52 km from landmark Left Lisbon → Phoenix LIS→PHX · 55 km from landmark Right Tunis → Frankfurt TUN→FRA · 55 km from landmark Right Los Angeles → Auckland LAX→AKL · 60 km from landmark Left Jeddah → Bangalore JED→BLR · 61 km from landmark Right Frankfurt → Cape Town FRA→CPT · 70 km from landmark Left Abu Dhabi → Phnom-penh AUH→PNH · 74 km from landmark Right Casablanca → New York CMN→JFK · 91 km from landmark Right Bahrain → Bangkok BAH→BKK · 94 km from landmark Left Madrid → San Francisco MAD→SFO · 111 km from landmark Left Amsterdam → Cape Town AMS→CPT · 112 km from landmark Right Cape Town → Amsterdam CPT→AMS · 112 km from landmark Right Lisbon → Los Angeles LIS→LAX · 121 km from landmark Left Riyadh → Bangkok RUH→BKK · 123 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Christchurch SFO→CHC · 124 km from landmark Right Abuja → Budapest ABV→BUD · 133 km from landmark Right Barcelona → Keflavik BCN→KEF · 135 km from landmark Left Johannesburg → London GCJ→LHR · 136 km from landmark Right London → Johannesburg LHR→GCJ · 136 km from landmark Right Malta → Budapest MLA→BUD · 136 km from landmark Right Marrakech → Atlanta RAK→ATL · 136 km from landmark Left Johannesburg → London JNB→LHR · 138 km from landmark Right London → Johannesburg LHR→JNB · 138 km from landmark Left Abu Dhabi → Bangkok AUH→BKK · 139 km from landmark Right Sydney → Miami SYD→MIA · 153 km from landmark Left Pico → New Orleans PIX→MSY · 155 km from landmark Right London → Johannesburg LCY→GCJ · 162 km from landmark Right London → Johannesburg LCY→JNB · 165 km from landmark Left Maputo → Dublin MPM→DUB · 173 km from landmark Right Cairo → Manila CAI→MNL · 189 km from landmark Left Durban → London DUR→LHR · 198 km from landmark Right Paris → Johannesburg CDG→JNB · 202 km from landmark Left Johannesburg → Paris JNB→CDG · 202 km from landmark Left Frankfurt → Anchorage FRA→ANC · 204 km from landmark Left Lisbon → Chicago LIS→ORD · 204 km from landmark Left Lisbon → Ottawa LIS→YOW · 210 km from landmark Right Tel-aviv → Santiago TLV→SCL · 213 km from landmark Left Chicago → Auckland ORD→AKL · 219 km from landmark Left Lisbon → Montreal LIS→YUL · 225 km from landmark Left Dubrovnik → Helsinki DBV→HEM · 233 km from landmark Left Barcelona → Abbotsford BCN→YXX · 236 km from landmark Right Paris → Durban ORY→DUR · 237 km from landmark Left Lisbon → Toronto LIS→YYZ · 248 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Auckland SFO→AKL · 249 km from landmark Left New York → Hobart JFK→HBA · 276 km from landmark Left New York → Nairobi JFK→WIL · 279 km from landmark Right Nairobi → New York WIL→JFK · 279 km from landmark Right Casablanca → Toronto CMN→YYZ · 282 km from landmark Right Istanbul → Tokyo IST→NRT · 283 km from landmark Right Jacksonville → Sydney NIP→SYD · 286 km from landmark Right Jeddah → Jakarta JED→CGK · 303 km from landmark Right Istanbul → Tokyo IST→HND · 304 km from landmark Left Madrid → Los Angeles MAD→LAX · 312 km from landmark Right Casablanca → Montreal CMN→YUL · 319 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Queenstown International LAX→ZQN · 320 km from landmark Right Marrakech → Newark RAK→EWR · 327 km from landmark Left Malta → Copenhagen MLA→CPH · 328 km from landmark Left Barcelona → Calgary BCN→YYC · 336 km from landmark Right Lisbon → San Francisco LIS→SFO · 342 km from landmark Left Boston → Kilimanjaro BOS→JRO · 344 km from landmark Right Yaounde → Paris YAO→CDG · 347 km from landmark Left Brisbane → Mayaguana BNE→MYG · 349 km from landmark Right Madinah → Kuala Lumpur MED→KUL · 356 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Christchurch LAX→CHC · 364 km from landmark Left Lisbon → Halifax LIS→YHZ · 371 km from landmark Right Pico → New York PIX→JFK · 391 km from landmark Left London → Cape Town LCY→CPT · 394 km from landmark Right Rotterdam → Johannesburg RTM→JNB · 400 km from landmark Left Dallas-fort Worth → Auckland DFW→AKL · 401 km from landmark Right Ponta Delgada → New York PDL→JFK · 403 km from landmark Left Tunis → Paris TUN→CDG · 409 km from landmark Right Cairo → Calcutta CAI→CCU · 416 km from landmark Left London → Cape Town LGW→CPT · 417 km from landmark Right Cape Town → London CPT→LHR · 424 km from landmark Left London → Cape Town LHR→CPT · 424 km from landmark Right Amsterdam → Johannesburg AMS→JNB · 428 km from landmark Left Johannesburg → Amsterdam JNB→AMS · 428 km from landmark Left New York → Kilimanjaro JFK→JRO · 433 km from landmark Left New York → Plaisance JFK→MRU · 440 km from landmark Right Plaisance → New York MRU→JFK · 440 km from landmark Left Lisbon → Boston LIS→BOS · 443 km from landmark Right Lajes (terceira Island) → Boston TER→BOS · 448 km from landmark Left Newark → Auckland EWR→AKL · 455 km from landmark Left Tunis → London TUN→LHR · 455 km from landmark Left Tunis → London TUN→LGW · 458 km from landmark Left New York → Auckland JFK→AKL · 462 km from landmark Right Cairo → Buenos Aires CAI→EZE · 472 km from landmark Right Abu Dhabi → Phuket AUH→HKT · 479 km from landmark Left Johannesburg → Zurich JNB→ZRH · 486 km from landmark Right Zurich → Johannesburg ZRH→JNB · 486 km from landmark Right Kuwait → Bangkok KWI→BKK · 491 km from landmark Left Lisbon → Newark LIS→EWR · 492 km from landmark Right Casablanca → Los Angeles CMN→LAX · 493 km from landmark Left Lisbon → New York LIS→JFK · 501 km from landmark Right Doha → Phuket DOH→HKT · 504 km from landmark Right Kilimanjaro → Washington JRO→IAD · 506 km from landmark Left Barcelona → San Francisco BCN→SFO · 508 km from landmark Left Lisbon → Philadelphia LIS→PHL · 520 km from landmark Right Baku → Taipei BAK→TSA · 526 km from landmark Left Dublin → Vancouver DUB→YVR · 528 km from landmark Left Houston → Auckland IAH→AKL · 529 km from landmark Left Lisbon → Washington LIS→IAD · 532 km from landmark Left Lisbon → Baltimore LIS→BWI · 534 km from landmark Right Corpus Christi → Norfolk Island CRP→NLK · 543 km from landmark Left Doha → Calcutta DOH→CCU · 547 km from landmark Right Istanbul → Seoul IST→ICN · 551 km from landmark Right Ponta Delgada → Boston PDL→BOS · 551 km from landmark Left New York → Raiatea Island JFK→RFP · 552 km from landmark Right Frankfurt → Johannesburg FRA→JNB · 557 km from landmark Right Istanbul → Tselinograd IST→TSE · 561 km from landmark Right Dar Es Salaam → New York DAR→JFK · 566 km from landmark Right Riyadh → Kuala Lumpur RUH→KUL · 571 km from landmark Left New York → Huahine Island JFK→HUH · 579 km from landmark Right Vancouver → Auckland YVR→AKL · 584 km from landmark Left Denver → Oamaru DEN→OAM · 599 km from landmark Right Dallas-fort Worth → Melbourne DFW→MEL · 607 km from landmark Left Melbourne → Dallas-fort Worth MEL→DFW · 607 km from landmark Left Madrid → East London MAD→ELS · 621 km from landmark Left Dublin → Seattle DUB→SEA · 628 km from landmark Right Rome → Helsinki FCO→HEL · 628 km from landmark Right Dubai → Phuket DXB→HKT · 630 km from landmark Right Houston → Sydney IAH→SYD · 634 km from landmark Right Rome → Helsinki FCO→HEM · 635 km from landmark Left Maputo → Amsterdam MPM→AMS · 638 km from landmark Right Sharjah → Phuket SHJ→HKT · 647 km from landmark Right Istanbul → Beijing IST→PEK · 655 km from landmark Left Doha → Manila DOH→MNL · 657 km from landmark Left Lisbon → Atlanta LIS→ATL · 657 km from landmark Left Addis Ababa → Washington ADD→IAD · 659 km from landmark Right Washington → Addis Ababa IAD→ADD · 659 km from landmark Right Algier → London ALG→LHR · 660 km from landmark Left Madrid → Chicago MAD→ORD · 674 km from landmark Left Washington → Maroantsetra IAD→WMN · 676 km from landmark Left Athens → Buenos Aires HEW→EZE · 678 km from landmark Left Addis Ababa → New York ADD→JFK · 684 km from landmark Right New York → Addis Ababa JFK→ADD · 684 km from landmark Left Madrid → Chicago MAD→MDW · 684 km from landmark Right Marrakech → Cedar City RAK→CDC · 685 km from landmark Left Barcelona → Los Angeles BCN→LAX · 686 km from landmark Left Sydney → Casablanca SYD→CMN · 686 km from landmark Left Dublin → Portland DUB→PDX · 689 km from landmark Left Dubai → Manila DXB→MNL · 689 km from landmark Left Johannesburg → Munich JNB→MUC · 696 km from landmark Left Sydney → Andersen SYD→AND · 701 km from landmark Right Baltimore → Melbourne BWI→MEB · 709 km from landmark Left London → Vancouver LGW→YVR · 710 km from landmark Left Kigali → London KGL→LHR · 712 km from landmark Right London → Kigali LHR→KGL · 712 km from landmark Left London → Vancouver LHR→YVR · 717 km from landmark Left Malta → Amsterdam MLA→AMS · 717 km from landmark Left Doha → Dhaka DOH→DAC · 720 km from landmark Left Malta → Eindhoven MLA→EIN · 720 km from landmark Left Madrid → Toronto MAD→YKZ · 729 km from landmark Left Madrid → Montreal MAD→YUL · 733 km from landmark Left Madrid → Toronto MAD→YYZ · 734 km from landmark Left Paris → Vancouver CDG→YVR · 735 km from landmark Right Riyadh → Bangalore RUH→BLR · 742 km from landmark Right Ibiza → Glasgow IBZ→GLA · 745 km from landmark Left London → Abbotsford LHR→YXX · 749 km from landmark Left Istanbul → Buenos Aires IST→EZE · 752 km from landmark Left Dublin → Calgary DUB→YYC · 760 km from landmark Right Melbourne → Miami MEL→MIA · 762 km from landmark Right Doha → Kuala Lumpur DOH→KUL · 766 km from landmark Right Athens → Shanghai HEW→PVG · 770 km from landmark Right Doha → Singapore DOH→SIN · 771 km from landmark Right Abu Dhabi → Kuala Lumpur AUH→KUL · 772 km from landmark Right Doha → Singapore DOH→XSP · 772 km from landmark Right Tel-aviv → Bangkok TLV→BKK · 775 km from landmark Left Nice → Seattle NCE→SEA · 776 km from landmark Right Abu Dhabi → Singapore AUH→SIN · 778 km from landmark Left Abu Dhabi → Manila AUH→MNL · 785 km from landmark Left Doha → Hanoi DOH→HAN · 786 km from landmark Right Ponta Delgada → Toronto PDL→YYZ · 792 km from landmark Left Keflavik → Vancouver KEF→YVR · 799 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.