Famous Landmarks Visible From a Plane

🏜️ Deserts & Canyons

Grand Canyon United States · 701 routes

Uluru (Ayers Rock) Australia · 58 routes

Monument Valley United States · 428 routes

Salar de Uyuni Bolivia · 20 routes

Cappadocia Turkey · 118 routes

Death Valley United States · 356 routes

Sahara Desert Algeria / Libya / Egypt / Niger / Mali · 110 routes

Bonneville Salt Flats United States · 144 routes

Serengeti Plains Tanzania · 39 routes

Red Rock Canyon United States · 426 routes

Great Rift Valley Kenya / Ethiopia / Tanzania · 229 routes

Namib Desert & Sossusvlei Namibia · 25 routes

Aral Sea Kazakhstan / Uzbekistan · 90 routes

Atacama Desert Chile · 46 routes

Gobi Desert Mongolia / China · 199 routes

Wadi Rum Jordan · 28 routes

Thar Desert India / Pakistan · 141 routes

Bryce Canyon United States · 203 routes

Painted Desert & Petrified Forest United States · 429 routes

Meteor Crater United States · 220 routes

Australian Outback Australia · 242 routes

Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) Saudi Arabia / Oman / UAE / Yemen · 116 routes

Fergana Valley Uzbekistan · 72 routes

Lut Desert Iran · 73 routes

Lencois Maranhenses Brazil · 4 routes

Danakil Depression Ethiopia · 4 routes

Skeleton Coast Namibia · 4 routes

Fish River Canyon Namibia · 14 routes

Kalahari Desert Botswana · 34 routes

Makgadikgadi Pans Botswana · 8 routes

Etosha Pan Namibia · 11 routes

Tassili n'Ajjer Algeria · 6 routes

Horseshoe Bend United States · 106 routes

Arches National Park United States · 55 routes

Zion National Park United States · 83 routes

Badlands United States · 99 routes

Great Sand Dunes United States · 90 routes

Canyonlands United States · 127 routes

Lake Eyre (Kati Thanda) Australia · 49 routes

Richat Structure (Eye of the Sahara) Mauritania · 4 routes

Pinnacles Desert Australia · 12 routes

Medanos de Coro Venezuela · 9 routes

Siwa Oasis Egypt · 6 routes

White Desert (Farafra) Egypt · 10 routes

🌊 Rivers, Lakes & Falls

Niagara Falls United States / Canada · 808 routes

Great Barrier Reef Australia · 108 routes

Victoria Falls Zimbabwe / Zambia · 58 routes

Amazon River Brazil · 106 routes

Yellowstone & Grand Prismatic Spring United States · 244 routes

Nile River Egypt / Sudan · 304 routes

Mississippi River Delta United States · 196 routes

Great Salt Lake United States · 432 routes

Lake Baikal Russia · 48 routes

Norwegian Fjords Norway · 571 routes

Lake Titicaca Peru / Bolivia · 23 routes

Dead Sea Israel / Jordan · 143 routes

Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon Iceland · 190 routes

Turnagain Arm United States · 180 routes

Iguazu Falls Argentina / Brazil · 34 routes

Lake Victoria Tanzania / Uganda / Kenya · 42 routes

Lake Tanganyika Tanzania / DR Congo / Burundi / Zambia · 22 routes

Congo River DR Congo / Republic of Congo · 48 routes

Caspian Sea Russia / Kazakhstan / Iran / Azerbaijan / Turkmenistan · 202 routes

Persian Gulf UAE / Saudi Arabia / Iran / Qatar / Bahrain · 655 routes

Danube Delta Romania · 124 routes

Lake Garda Italy · 400 routes

Lake Geneva Switzerland / France · 464 routes

Strait of Gibraltar Spain / Morocco · 94 routes

Great Lakes United States / Canada · 1185 routes

Ha Long Bay Vietnam · 65 routes

Mekong Delta Vietnam · 92 routes

Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta (Sundarbans) Bangladesh / India · 137 routes

Crater Lake United States · 88 routes

Lake Tahoe United States · 230 routes

Okavango Delta Botswana · 20 routes

Strait of Hormuz Oman / Iran · 63 routes

Red Sea Egypt / Saudi Arabia / Sudan / Eritrea · 59 routes

Fiordland New Zealand · 26 routes

Plitvice Lakes Croatia · 294 routes

Lake Como Italy · 625 routes

Angel Falls Venezuela · 18 routes

Lake Zurich Switzerland · 698 routes

Yangtze River China · 708 routes

Lake Toba Indonesia · 27 routes

Inle Lake Myanmar · 9 routes

Tonle Sap Cambodia · 48 routes

Irrawaddy River Myanmar · 81 routes

Kerala Backwaters India · 63 routes

Li River China · 27 routes

Yellow River (Huang He) China · 334 routes

Pantanal Brazil · 28 routes

Orinoco Delta Venezuela · 16 routes

Meeting of the Waters Brazil · 16 routes

Lake Malawi Malawi · 8 routes

Lake Turkana Kenya · 23 routes

Niger Delta Nigeria · 3 routes

Lake Natron Tanzania · 14 routes

Lake Volta Ghana · 12 routes

Bay of Kotor Montenegro · 165 routes

Rhine Gorge Germany · 379 routes

Finnish Lakeland Finland · 107 routes

Bay of Naples Italy · 155 routes

Everglades United States · 184 routes

Chesapeake Bay United States · 306 routes

Belize Blue Hole Belize · 8 routes

Bay of Fundy Canada · 226 routes

Inside Passage United States · 76 routes

Lake Taupo New Zealand · 8 routes

Kakadu Australia · 16 routes

Ningaloo Reef Australia · 12 routes

Lake Chad Chad · 11 routes

Volga River Russia · 414 routes

Danube River Multiple · 617 routes

Zambezi River Zambia · 22 routes

Indus River Pakistan · 106 routes

Emperor Seamounts International Waters · 6 routes

Niger River Mali · 7 routes

Lake Assal Djibouti · 1 route

Rio Grande United States · 46 routes

Salton Sea United States · 117 routes

Mississippi River United States · 2881 routes

Lake Argentino Argentina · 19 routes

Amazon River Mouth Brazil · 18 routes

Cajas National Park Ecuador · 6 routes

Shark Bay Australia · 8 routes

Milford Sound New Zealand · 7 routes

Heart Reef Australia · 4 routes

Lake Kivu Rwanda · 0 routes

Rio Negro Brazil · 16 routes

Lake Balkhash Kazakhstan · 41 routes

Moraine Lake Canada · 7 routes

Parana River Argentina · 14 routes

🏔️ Mountains & Volcanoes

Mount Everest Nepal / China · 108 routes

Mount Fuji Japan · 245 routes

Mount Kilimanjaro Tanzania · 64 routes

The Alps Switzerland / France / Italy / Austria · 2338 routes

Matterhorn Switzerland / Italy · 607 routes

Denali (Mount McKinley) United States · 39 routes

Mount Rainier United States · 611 routes

Rocky Mountains United States / Canada · 3087 routes

The Dolomites Italy · 815 routes

Himalayas Nepal / China / India / Bhutan · 417 routes

Scottish Highlands United Kingdom · 567 routes

Andes Mountains Chile / Argentina / Peru / Bolivia · 614 routes

Haleakalā United States · 75 routes

Southern Alps & Milford Sound New Zealand · 85 routes

Table Mountain South Africa · 86 routes

Yosemite Valley United States · 383 routes

Banff & the Canadian Rockies Canada · 253 routes

Mount Etna Italy · 136 routes

Mount Vesuvius Italy · 209 routes

Mont Blanc France / Italy · 510 routes

Pyrenees France / Spain · 693 routes

Caucasus Mountains Russia / Georgia · 212 routes

Atlas Mountains Morocco / Algeria · 255 routes

Mount Kenya Kenya · 52 routes

Drakensberg Mountains South Africa / Lesotho · 62 routes

Mount Ararat Turkey · 100 routes

Tian Shan Mountains Kyrgyzstan / China / Kazakhstan · 353 routes

Karakoram & K2 Pakistan / China · 149 routes

Cotopaxi Ecuador · 77 routes

Popocatépetl Mexico · 168 routes

Mount Teide Spain (Canary Islands) · 69 routes

Aoraki / Mount Cook New Zealand · 28 routes

Mount Olympus Greece · 142 routes

Mount St. Helens United States · 188 routes

Appalachian Mountains United States · 3876 routes

Mount Shasta United States · 108 routes

Jungfrau & Bernese Alps Switzerland · 485 routes

Mount Pinatubo Philippines · 94 routes

Mount Kinabalu Malaysia · 24 routes

Tongariro & Mount Ngauruhoe New Zealand · 17 routes

Aconcagua Argentina · 71 routes

Mount Elbrus Russia · 84 routes

Kilauea United States · 22 routes

Zhangjiajie Pillars China · 19 routes

Guilin Karst Landscape China · 114 routes

Mount Bromo Indonesia · 24 routes

Chocolate Hills Philippines · 23 routes

Taroko Gorge Taiwan · 50 routes

Pamir Mountains Tajikistan · 114 routes

K2 Pakistan · 46 routes

Hunza Valley Pakistan · 22 routes

Western Ghats India · 416 routes

Musandam Peninsula Oman · 34 routes

Mount Aso Japan · 46 routes

Phong Nha Karst Vietnam · 22 routes

Mount Damavand Iran · 44 routes

Annapurna Massif Nepal · 59 routes

Huangshan (Yellow Mountains) China · 36 routes

Mount Rinjani Indonesia · 12 routes

Mount Roraima Venezuela · 0 routes

Torres del Paine Chile · 12 routes

Colca Canyon Peru · 6 routes

Chimborazo Ecuador · 16 routes

Colombian Coffee Triangle Colombia · 35 routes

Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania · 9 routes

Simien Mountains Ethiopia · 16 routes

Virunga Mountains Rwanda · 2 routes

Rwenzori Mountains Uganda · 8 routes

Blyde River Canyon South Africa · 12 routes

Mount Cameroon Cameroon · 12 routes

Cliffs of Moher Ireland · 87 routes

Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) Norway · 27 routes

Giant's Causeway United Kingdom · 50 routes

Na Pali Coast United States · 19 routes

Glacier National Park United States · 91 routes

Grand Teton United States · 111 routes

Copper Canyon Mexico · 52 routes

Acadia National Park United States · 97 routes

Devils Tower United States · 27 routes

Blue Mountains Australia · 146 routes

Bungle Bungles Australia · 16 routes

Coromandel Peninsula New Zealand · 39 routes

Mount Meru Tanzania · 23 routes

Taal Volcano Philippines · 43 routes

Kamchatka Peninsula Russia · 187 routes

Pitons of Saint Lucia Saint Lucia · 58 routes

Erta Ale Ethiopia · 0 routes

White Island (Whakaari) New Zealand · 2 routes

Chapada Diamantina Brazil · 16 routes

Huascaran Peru · 36 routes

Avenue of Volcanoes Ecuador · 45 routes

Tayrona National Park Colombia · 19 routes

Kimberley Coast Australia · 32 routes

North Cape Norway · 2 routes

Aurora Coast Philippines · 30 routes

Ladakh India · 77 routes

Antrim Coast United Kingdom · 66 routes

Drakensberg Amphitheatre South Africa · 2 routes

El Yunque Rainforest United States · 77 routes

🏝️ Islands & Coasts

Lofoten Islands Norway · 78 routes

Hawaii (Big Island) United States · 72 routes

Maldives Atolls Maldives · 53 routes

Bora Bora French Polynesia · 31 routes

Galápagos Islands Ecuador · 9 routes

Azores Portugal · 95 routes

Faroe Islands Denmark (Faroe Islands) · 166 routes

Amalfi Coast Italy · 244 routes

Santorini & the Aegean Islands Greece · 198 routes

Florida Keys & Biscayne Bay United States · 450 routes

Cape of Good Hope South Africa · 86 routes

White Cliffs of Dover United Kingdom · 778 routes

Easter Island (Rapa Nui) Chile · 2 routes

Zanzibar Tanzania · 71 routes

Seychelles Seychelles · 23 routes

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka · 116 routes

Bali Indonesia · 150 routes

Canary Islands Spain · 142 routes

Komodo Islands Indonesia · 29 routes

Twelve Apostles Australia · 14 routes

Whitsunday Islands Australia · 44 routes

Corsica France · 239 routes

Sardinia Italy · 167 routes

Crete Greece · 160 routes

El Nido & Palawan Philippines · 35 routes

Fiji Islands Fiji · 64 routes

Channel Islands United Kingdom / France · 404 routes

Krakatoa Indonesia · 0 routes

Raja Ampat Indonesia · 17 routes

Jeju Island South Korea · 50 routes

Phi Phi Islands Thailand · 58 routes

Socotra Yemen · 0 routes

Langkawi Malaysia · 62 routes

Lombok Indonesia · 23 routes

Phuket Thailand · 102 routes

Tierra del Fuego Argentina · 14 routes

Fernando de Noronha Brazil · 8 routes

Cape Horn Chile · 0 routes

Falkland Islands United Kingdom · 4 routes

Mauritius Mauritius · 36 routes

Reunion France · 3 routes

Cape Verde Cape Verde · 12 routes

Madeira Portugal · 32 routes

Malta Malta · 83 routes

Stockholm Archipelago Sweden · 131 routes

Capri Italy · 25 routes

Mallorca Spain · 88 routes

Dalmatian Coast Croatia · 371 routes

Outer Banks United States · 60 routes

Bermuda United Kingdom · 6 routes

Puerto Rico United States · 22 routes

Lord Howe Island Australia · 2 routes

Moorea France · 11 routes

Tahiti France · 27 routes

New Caledonia France · 21 routes

Palau Palau · 10 routes

Vanuatu Vanuatu · 28 routes

Tasmania Australia · 33 routes

Samoa Samoa · 8 routes

Tonga Tonga · 18 routes

Bazaruto Archipelago Mozambique · 0 routes

Wrangel Island Russia · 11 routes

Aleutian Islands United States · 123 routes

Rottnest Island Australia · 28 routes

K'gari (Fraser Island) Australia · 2 routes

Andaman Islands India · 35 routes

Lanzarote Spain · 36 routes

Deception Island Antarctica · 0 routes

🧊 Glaciers & Ice

Greenland Ice Sheet Greenland (Denmark) · 237 routes

St. Elias Icefields & Coast Mountains United States / Canada · 112 routes

Vatnajökull Glacier Iceland · 123 routes

Perito Moreno Glacier Argentina · 19 routes

Aletsch Glacier Switzerland · 490 routes

Svalbard Norway · 28 routes

Columbia Icefield Canada · 100 routes

Fox & Franz Josef Glaciers New Zealand · 24 routes

Glacier Bay United States · 70 routes

Franz Josef Land Russia · 11 routes

Baffin Island Canada · 184 routes

San Rafael Glacier Chile · 4 routes

🏛️ Monuments & Ruins

Pyramids of Giza Egypt · 158 routes

Great Wall of China China · 221 routes

Machu Picchu Peru · 44 routes

Diamond Head & Waikiki United States · 186 routes

Taj Mahal India · 110 routes

Angkor Wat Cambodia · 73 routes

Petra Jordan · 24 routes

Colosseum & Ancient Rome Italy · 517 routes

Acropolis of Athens Greece · 283 routes

Chichén Itzá Mexico · 44 routes

Panama Canal Panama · 180 routes

Suez Canal Egypt · 78 routes

Bagan Temples Myanmar · 44 routes

Borobudur Indonesia · 58 routes

Palm Jumeirah United Arab Emirates · 425 routes

Three Gorges Dam China · 44 routes

Hoover Dam & Lake Mead United States · 489 routes

Mesa Verde United States · 252 routes

Banaue Rice Terraces Philippines · 16 routes

Potala Palace China · 10 routes

Nazca Lines Peru · 16 routes

Itaipu Dam Brazil · 22 routes

Meteora Greece · 78 routes

Alhambra Spain · 35 routes

Neuschwanstein Castle Germany · 133 routes

Teotihuacan Mexico · 74 routes

Mont Saint-Michel France · 68 routes

🏙️ Famous Skylines

Manhattan Skyline United States · 1638 routes

Las Vegas Strip United States · 443 routes

Dubai Skyline United Arab Emirates · 483 routes

Hong Kong Harbour China (Hong Kong) · 342 routes

Sydney Harbour Australia · 353 routes

San Francisco Bay & Golden Gate United States · 713 routes

Rio de Janeiro & Sugarloaf Mountain Brazil · 140 routes

Bosphorus & Istanbul Skyline Turkey · 621 routes

Singapore Singapore · 510 routes

Tokyo Bay Japan · 475 routes

Shanghai & the Yangtze Delta China · 365 routes

Bangkok & the Chao Phraya Thailand · 292 routes

Paris & the Seine France · 1008 routes

London & the Thames United Kingdom · 1822 routes

Cairo & the Nile Delta Egypt · 170 routes

Chicago Lakefront United States · 1012 routes

Los Angeles Basin United States · 851 routes

Havana Cuba · 68 routes

Venice & the Lagoon Italy · 442 routes

Vancouver & the Inside Passage Canada · 361 routes

Mexico City Mexico · 197 routes

Buenos Aires & Río de la Plata Argentina · 284 routes

Santiago & the Andes Wall Chile · 141 routes

Luang Prabang Laos · 33 routes

Varanasi India · 26 routes

Samarkand Uzbekistan · 13 routes

La Paz Bolivia · 20 routes

Sao Paulo Brazil · 242 routes

Bogota Colombia · 136 routes

Marrakech Morocco · 76 routes

Dubrovnik Croatia · 154 routes

Cinque Terre Italy · 83 routes

Barcelona Spain · 339 routes

Budapest Hungary · 268 routes

Amsterdam Netherlands · 573 routes

Lisbon Portugal · 245 routes

Valparaiso Chile · 1 route

Ushuaia Argentina · 12 routes

Manaus Brazil · 16 routes

Cartagena Colombia · 51 routes

Prague Czech Republic · 205 routes

nature

Avenue of the Baobabs Madagascar · 4 routes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you see famous landmarks from a commercial flight?

Yes — many commercial flight routes pass within visible range of famous landmarks. We track 380 landmarks across 8 categories, from natural wonders like the Grand Canyon to historic sites like the Great Wall of China.

How does WhichSideOfThePlane know which landmarks are visible?

We calculate the great-circle distance between every cached flight route and each landmark. If a route passes within a landmark's visibility radius, we flag which side of the plane offers the view and how close the flight path comes.

Which side of the plane should I sit on to see a landmark?

It depends on your specific route and the landmark's position relative to the flight path. Select any landmark below to see exactly which routes pass near it and which seat side gives you the best view.