Can You See Yosemite Valley From a Plane? Best Seat Side Guide

281 flight routes pass within 80 km of Yosemite Valley. Find out which side of the plane has the best views.

Granite cliffs including El Capitan and Half Dome rise straight from the valley floor in the Sierra Nevada — a dramatic feature on flights across central California.

Flights Near Yosemite Valley (281 routes)

Left Denver → San Jose DEN→SJC · 1 km from landmark Right San Jose → Denver SJC→DEN · 1 km from landmark Right Cincinnati → San Jose CVG→SJC · 2 km from landmark Left San Jose → Cincinnati SJC→CVG · 2 km from landmark Right Atlanta → Oakland ATL→OAK · 3 km from landmark Right Burbank → Portland BUR→PDX · 3 km from landmark Left Oakland → Atlanta OAK→ATL · 3 km from landmark Left Portland → Burbank PDX→BUR · 3 km from landmark Right San Jose → Lihue SJC→LIH · 3 km from landmark Left Nashville → San Francisco BNA→SFO · 4 km from landmark Right Delhi → Portland DEL→PDX · 4 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Nashville SFO→BNA · 4 km from landmark Right Las Vegas → Sacramento LAS→SAC · 5 km from landmark Left Las Vegas → Sacramento LAS→SMF · 5 km from landmark Left Sacramento → Las Vegas SAC→LAS · 5 km from landmark Right Sacramento → Las Vegas SMF→LAS · 5 km from landmark Left Baltimore → San Jose BWI→SJC · 6 km from landmark Right Honolulu → San Jose HNL→SJC · 6 km from landmark Right San Jose → Baltimore SJC→BWI · 6 km from landmark Left San Jose → Honolulu SJC→HNL · 6 km from landmark Left Paris → Antananarivo CDG→TNR · 7 km from landmark Left Charlotte → San Francisco CLT→SFO · 7 km from landmark Left Denver → Indianapolis DEN→IND · 7 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Charlotte SFO→CLT · 7 km from landmark Right Sacramento → Las Vegas MCC→LAS · 8 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Vancouver LAX→YVR · 9 km from landmark Right Vancouver → Los Angeles YVR→LAX · 9 km from landmark Right Los Angeles → Portland LAX→PDX · 10 km from landmark Left Portland → Los Angeles PDX→LAX · 10 km from landmark Right Honolulu → Baltimore HNL→BWI · 12 km from landmark Left Toronto → Brisbane YYZ→BNE · 12 km from landmark Right Atlanta → San Francisco ATL→SFO · 13 km from landmark Left Honolulu → Washington HNL→IAD · 13 km from landmark Right Washington → Honolulu IAD→HNL · 13 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Seattle LAX→SEA · 13 km from landmark Left Phoenix → Tokyo PHX→HND · 13 km from landmark Right Seattle → Los Angeles SEA→LAX · 13 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Atlanta SFO→ATL · 13 km from landmark Left San Jose → Kahului SJC→OGG · 13 km from landmark Right Seattle → Los Angeles BFI→LAX · 14 km from landmark Left Colorado Springs → San Francisco COS→SFO · 14 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Seattle LAX→BFI · 14 km from landmark Left Phoenix → Liberia PHX→LIR · 14 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Colorado Springs SFO→COS · 14 km from landmark Left Honolulu → Washington HNL→DCA · 15 km from landmark Left Sydney → Minneapolis SYD→MSP · 15 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Reno LAX→RNO · 16 km from landmark Right Portland → Santa Ana PDX→SNA · 16 km from landmark Right Phoenix → Sacramento PHX→SMF · 16 km from landmark Left Raleigh-durham → San Francisco RDU→SFO · 16 km from landmark Right Reno → Los Angeles RNO→LAX · 16 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Cedar City SFO→CDC · 16 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Raleigh-durham SFO→RDU · 16 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Minneapolis SLC→MSP · 16 km from landmark Left Sacramento → Phoenix SMF→PHX · 16 km from landmark Left Santa Ana → Portland SNA→PDX · 16 km from landmark Left Denver → Lihue DEN→LIH · 17 km from landmark Left Los Angeles → Everett LAX→PAE · 17 km from landmark Right Lihue → Denver LIH→DEN · 17 km from landmark Right Everett → Los Angeles PAE→LAX · 17 km from landmark Right Los Angeles → Delhi LAX→DEL · 18 km from landmark Left Reno → Seattle RNO→BFI · 18 km from landmark Right San Jose → Newark SJC→EWR · 18 km from landmark Right San Jose → Chicago SJC→MDW · 18 km from landmark Right Dallas-fort Worth → Punta Cana DFW→PUJ · 19 km from landmark Right Jacksonville → Oakland JAX→OAK · 19 km from landmark Left Oakland → Jacksonville OAK→JAX · 19 km from landmark Left Reno → Seattle RNO→SEA · 19 km from landmark Right Salt Lake City → Montreal SLC→YHU · 19 km from landmark Right San Jose → Chicago SJC→ORD · 20 km from landmark Left Austin → Sacramento AUS→SAC · 21 km from landmark Left Burbank → Seattle BUR→SEA · 21 km from landmark Right Denver → Honolulu DEN→HNL · 21 km from landmark Left Honolulu → Denver HNL→DEN · 21 km from landmark Right Kona → San Jose KOA→SJC · 21 km from landmark Right Seattle → Burbank SEA→BUR · 21 km from landmark Left San Jose → Kona SJC→KOA · 21 km from landmark Left Detroit → San Jose DTW→SJC · 23 km from landmark Right San Jose → Detroit SJC→DTW · 23 km from landmark Left Honolulu → Salina HNL→SBO · 24 km from landmark Right San Francisco → St. Louis SFO→STL · 24 km from landmark Right Sacramento → Tokyo SMF→HND · 24 km from landmark Left St. Louis → San Francisco STL→SFO · 24 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Salina SFO→SBO · 25 km from landmark Left Kansas City → San Francisco MCI→SFO · 26 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Kansas City SFO→MCI · 26 km from landmark Right Tucson → Sacramento TUS→SMF · 26 km from landmark Left Denver → Washington DEN→DCA · 27 km from landmark Left Norfolk → San Francisco ORF→SFO · 27 km from landmark Right Phoenix → Sacramento PHX→SAC · 27 km from landmark Right Nashville → San Jose BNA→SJC · 28 km from landmark Left Long Beach → Seattle LGB→SEA · 28 km from landmark Left Norfolk → San Francisco NGU→SFO · 28 km from landmark Left Denver → Washington DEN→IAD · 29 km from landmark Left Richmond → San Francisco RIC→SFO · 30 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Richmond SFO→RIC · 30 km from landmark Right San Jose → Boston SJC→BOS · 31 km from landmark Left Santa Ana → Victoria SNA→YYJ · 31 km from landmark Right Victoria → Santa Ana YYJ→SNA · 31 km from landmark Left Fairfield → Las Vegas SUU→LAS · 32 km from landmark Left Denver → San Francisco DEN→SFO · 33 km from landmark Left Dallas-fort Worth → Providenciales DFW→PLS · 33 km from landmark Right Oakland → Kansas City OAK→MCI · 33 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Denver SFO→DEN · 33 km from landmark Left Phoenix → Osaka PHX→KIX · 34 km from landmark Left Dallas-fort Worth → Fort-de-france DFW→FDF · 35 km from landmark Left Las Vegas → Cancun LAS→CUN · 35 km from landmark Right Manila → Las Vegas MNL→LAS · 35 km from landmark Left Seattle → Fresno SEA→FAT · 35 km from landmark Right Denver → Cincinnati DEN→CVG · 36 km from landmark Right Portland → San Diego PDX→SAN · 36 km from landmark Left San Diego → Portland SAN→PDX · 36 km from landmark Left Indianapolis → San Francisco IND→SFO · 37 km from landmark Right Lihue → San Francisco LIH→SFO · 37 km from landmark Left Reno → Portland RNO→PDX · 37 km from landmark Right Reno → San Diego RNO→SAN · 37 km from landmark Left San Diego → Reno SAN→RNO · 37 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Indianapolis SFO→IND · 37 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Lihue SFO→LIH · 37 km from landmark Right Jackson → San Francisco JAN→SFO · 38 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Jackson SFO→JAN · 38 km from landmark Left Denver → Oakland DEN→OAK · 39 km from landmark Right Oakland → Denver OAK→DEN · 39 km from landmark Left Washington → San Francisco DCA→SFO · 40 km from landmark Left Washington → San Francisco IAD→SFO · 40 km from landmark Left Ontario → Portland ONT→PDX · 40 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Washington SFO→DCA · 40 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Washington SFO→IAD · 40 km from landmark Left Santa Ana → Vancouver SNA→YVR · 41 km from landmark Right Vancouver → Santa Ana YVR→SNA · 41 km from landmark Right Atlanta → San Jose ATL→SJC · 42 km from landmark Right Dallas → Oakland DAL→OAK · 42 km from landmark Right Dallas-fort Worth → Oakland DFW→OAK · 42 km from landmark Left Houston → Sacramento HOU→SMF · 42 km from landmark Left Oakland → Dallas OAK→DAL · 42 km from landmark Left Oakland → Dallas-fort Worth OAK→DFW · 42 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Orlando SFO→ORL · 42 km from landmark Left San Jose → Atlanta SJC→ATL · 42 km from landmark Left Baltimore → San Francisco BWI→SFO · 43 km from landmark Left Columbus → San Francisco CMH→SFO · 43 km from landmark Right Orlando → San Francisco MCO→SFO · 43 km from landmark Right Seattle → Santa Ana SEA→SNA · 43 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Baltimore SFO→BWI · 43 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Columbus SFO→CMH · 43 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Orlando SFO→MCO · 43 km from landmark Right San Jose → Salt Lake City SJC→SLC · 43 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → San Jose SLC→SJC · 43 km from landmark Left Santa Ana → Seattle SNA→SEA · 43 km from landmark Left Houston → Sacramento IAH→SMF · 44 km from landmark Left Santa Ana → Seattle SNA→BFI · 44 km from landmark Right Lihue → Oakland LIH→OAK · 45 km from landmark Left Oakland → Lihue OAK→LIH · 45 km from landmark Right Ontario → Anchorage ONT→ANC · 45 km from landmark Right Sacramento → Dallas-fort Worth SAC→DFW · 45 km from landmark Right Honolulu → San Francisco HNL→SFO · 47 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Honolulu SFO→HNL · 47 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Santa Fe SFO→SAF · 47 km from landmark Left Juneau → Los Angeles JNU→LAX · 48 km from landmark Right Los Angeles → Juneau LAX→JNU · 48 km from landmark Left Minneapolis → San Jose MSP→SJC · 48 km from landmark Right San Jose → Minneapolis SJC→MSP · 48 km from landmark Left Oakland → Kirtland A.f.b. OAK→ABQ · 49 km from landmark Left Pittsburgh (pennsylva) → San Francisco PIT→SFO · 49 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Pittsburgh (pennsylva) SFO→PIT · 49 km from landmark Left Denver → Baltimore DEN→BWI · 50 km from landmark Right Tampa → San Francisco MCF→SFO · 50 km from landmark Left Philadelphia → San Francisco PHL→SFO · 50 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Omaha SFO→OMA · 50 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Philadelphia SFO→PHL · 50 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Tampa SFO→TPA · 50 km from landmark Right Tampa → San Francisco TPA→SFO · 50 km from landmark Right Dallas → San Francisco DAL→SFO · 54 km from landmark Right Dallas-fort Worth → San Francisco DFW→SFO · 54 km from landmark Right Honolulu → Oakland HNL→OAK · 54 km from landmark Left Oakland → Honolulu OAK→HNL · 54 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Dallas-fort Worth SFO→DFW · 54 km from landmark Right Fort Lauderdale → San Francisco FLL→SFO · 55 km from landmark Left Chicago → San Francisco MDW→SFO · 55 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Cleveland SFO→CLE · 55 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Fort Lauderdale SFO→FLL · 55 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Chicago SFO→MDW · 55 km from landmark Left Denver → Columbus DEN→CMH · 56 km from landmark Right Denver → Kahului DEN→OGG · 56 km from landmark Left West Chicago → San Francisco DPA→SFO · 56 km from landmark Right Oakland → Philadelphia OAK→PHL · 56 km from landmark Left Kahului → Denver OGG→DEN · 56 km from landmark Right Kahului → San Francisco OGG→SFO · 56 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Kahului SFO→OGG · 56 km from landmark Left Newark → San Francisco EWR→SFO · 57 km from landmark Left New York → San Francisco JFK→SFO · 57 km from landmark Right Miami → San Francisco MIA→SFO · 57 km from landmark Left Chicago → San Francisco ORD→SFO · 57 km from landmark Left Phoenix → Taipei PHX→TPE · 57 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Newark SFO→EWR · 57 km from landmark Right San Francisco → New York SFO→JFK · 57 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Miami SFO→MIA · 57 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Chicago SFO→ORD · 57 km from landmark Right Taipei → Phoenix TPE→PHX · 57 km from landmark Right Denver → Richmond DEN→RIC · 58 km from landmark Right San Francisco → New York SFO→LGA · 58 km from landmark Right New Orleans → San Francisco MSY→SFO · 59 km from landmark Left San Francisco → New Orleans SFO→MSY · 59 km from landmark Right Kirtland A.f.b. → San Francisco ABQ→SFO · 60 km from landmark Left Detroit → San Francisco DTW→SFO · 61 km from landmark Left Las Vegas → San Antonio LAS→SAT · 61 km from landmark Right Oakland → Chicago OAK→MDW · 61 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Detroit SFO→DTW · 61 km from landmark Left Dallas → Sacramento DAL→SMF · 62 km from landmark Left Dallas-fort Worth → Sacramento DFW→SMF · 62 km from landmark Left Oakland → Kahului OAK→OGG · 62 km from landmark Right Kahului → Oakland OGG→OAK · 62 km from landmark Right Panama City → Sao Paulo PTY→GRU · 62 km from landmark Right Sacramento → Dallas SMF→DAL · 62 km from landmark Right Sacramento → Dallas-fort Worth SMF→DFW · 62 km from landmark Left Dallas-fort Worth → San Juan DFW→SJU · 64 km from landmark Left Fairbanks → Los Angeles FAI→LAX · 64 km from landmark Right Kona → San Francisco KOA→SFO · 64 km from landmark Right Los Angeles → Fairbanks LAX→FAI · 64 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Kona SFO→KOA · 64 km from landmark Left Cedar City → Florence CDC→FLO · 65 km from landmark Left Grand Rapids → San Francisco GRR→SFO · 66 km from landmark Right Sacramento → Fort Lauderdale SMF→FLL · 66 km from landmark Left Windsor Locks → San Francisco BDL→SFO · 67 km from landmark Right Tokyo → Las Vegas HND→LAS · 67 km from landmark Left New York → Kahului JFK→OGG · 67 km from landmark Right Kahului → New York OGG→JFK · 67 km from landmark Left Ontario → Seattle ONT→SEA · 67 km from landmark Left San Diego → Vancouver SAN→YVR · 67 km from landmark Right Seattle → San Diego SEA→NZY · 67 km from landmark Right Seattle → Ontario SEA→ONT · 67 km from landmark Right Vancouver → San Diego YVR→SAN · 67 km from landmark Right Lihue → Washington LIH→DCA · 68 km from landmark Right Kahului → Chicago OGG→ORD · 68 km from landmark Left Chicago → Kahului ORD→OGG · 68 km from landmark Left Dallas-fort Worth → Nassau DFW→NAS · 69 km from landmark Left Oakland → Las Vegas OAK→LSV · 69 km from landmark Left San Diego → Seattle SAN→SEA · 69 km from landmark Right Seattle → San Diego SEA→SAN · 69 km from landmark Right Sacramento → West Palm Beach SMF→PBI · 69 km from landmark Right Seattle → San Diego BFI→SAN · 70 km from landmark Left Washington → Lihue IAD→LIH · 70 km from landmark Right Kona → Oakland KOA→OAK · 70 km from landmark Right Lihue → Washington LIH→IAD · 70 km from landmark Left San Diego → Seattle SAN→BFI · 70 km from landmark Left Albany → San Francisco ALB→SFO · 71 km from landmark Left Boston → San Francisco BOS→SFO · 71 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Albany SFO→ALB · 71 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Boston SFO→BOS · 71 km from landmark Left Santa Rosa → Phoenix STS→PHX · 71 km from landmark Right Austin → Oakland AUS→OAK · 72 km from landmark Left Oakland → Austin OAK→AUS · 72 km from landmark Right Pittsburgh (pennsylva) → Kona PIT→KOA · 73 km from landmark Left Fort Worth → Fort Lauderdale FTW→FLL · 74 km from landmark Right San Diego → Anchorage SAN→ANC · 74 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Toronto SFO→YYZ · 75 km from landmark Right Sacramento → Orlando SMF→MCO · 75 km from landmark Left Toronto → San Francisco YYZ→SFO · 75 km from landmark Right Dallas → San Jose DAL→SJC · 76 km from landmark Right Dallas-fort Worth → San Jose DFW→SJC · 76 km from landmark Right Las Vegas → Oakland LAS→OAK · 76 km from landmark Left Merced → Las Vegas MER→LAS · 76 km from landmark Left Oakland → Las Vegas OAK→LAS · 76 km from landmark Left Philadelphia → Honolulu PHL→HNL · 76 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Adelaide SFO→ADL · 76 km from landmark Right San Francisco → Salt Lake City SFO→SLC · 76 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Teresina SFO→THE · 76 km from landmark Left San Jose → Dallas-fort Worth SJC→DFW · 76 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → San Francisco SLC→SFO · 76 km from landmark Left Toronto → San Francisco YKZ→SFO · 76 km from landmark Right Montreal → Sydney YUL→SYD · 76 km from landmark Right Houston → San Francisco IAH→SFO · 77 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Houston SFO→IAH · 77 km from landmark Right Brisbane → San Francisco BNE→SFO · 78 km from landmark Right Las Vegas → San Francisco LSV→SFO · 78 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Brisbane SFO→BNE · 78 km from landmark Right Denver → Norfolk DEN→ORF · 79 km from landmark Right Santiago → Sacramento SCL→SMF · 79 km from landmark Left Salt Lake City → Oakland SLC→OAK · 79 km from landmark Right Houston → San Francisco HOU→SFO · 80 km from landmark Left San Francisco → Houston SFO→HOU · 80 km from landmark Left San Jose → Miami SJC→MIA · 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.