Atlas Mountains

255 flight routes pass within 75 miles of Atlas Mountains.

Atlas Mountains
🏔️ Mountain · Morocco / Algeria

Photo: Mounir Neddi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Northwest Africa's main mountain range stretches across Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Snow-capped Toubkal (4,167 m) and the dramatic Saharan edge are visible on many Europe-to-Africa routes.
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Routes that pass it255

ELS → MAD East London to Madrid · directly overhead Left MAD → ELS Madrid to East London · directly overhead Right BCN → GRU Barcelona to Sao Paulo · 1 mi Both Sides GRU → BCN Sao Paulo to Barcelona · 1 mi Both Sides ADD → IAD Addis Ababa to Washington · 1 mi Left CMN → RUH Casablanca to Riyadh · 1 mi Right DOG → IAH Dongola to Houston · 1 mi Both Sides IAD → ADD Washington to Addis Ababa · 1 mi Right ATL → ADD Atlanta to Addis Ababa · 2 mi Left CAI → CMN Cairo to Casablanca · 2 mi Left CMN → CAI Casablanca to Cairo · 2 mi Right EZE → VIE Buenos Aires to Vienna · 2 mi Both Sides VIE → EZE Vienna to Buenos Aires · 2 mi Both Sides FCO → GIG Rome to Rio De Janeiro · 3 mi Left GIG → FCO Rio De Janeiro to Rome · 3 mi Right BCN → MVD Barcelona to Montevideo · 4 mi Both Sides FEZ → STN Fez to London · 4 mi Both Sides STN → FEZ London to Fez · 4 mi Both Sides CDG → LOS Paris to Lagos · 6 mi Left LOS → CDG Lagos to Paris · 6 mi Right ATL → RAK Atlanta to Marrakech · 7 mi Left CMN → TPE Casablanca to Taipei · 7 mi Right TPE → CMN Taipei to Casablanca · 7 mi Left RAK → VLC Marrakech to Valencia · 7 mi Both Sides VLC → RAK Valencia to Marrakech · 7 mi Both Sides CMN → DOH Casablanca to Doha · 9 mi Right DOH → CMN Doha to Casablanca · 9 mi Left EWR → RAK Newark to Marrakech · 9 mi Left MUC → RAK Munich to Marrakech · 9 mi Both Sides RAK → EWR Marrakech to Newark · 9 mi Right RAK → MUC Marrakech to Munich · 9 mi Both Sides BOS → JRO Boston to Kilimanjaro · 10 mi Right CMN → VCE Casablanca to Venice · 10 mi Right JRO → BOS Kilimanjaro to Boston · 10 mi Left OPO → TMS Porto to Sao Tome · 10 mi Both Sides CDG → NSI Paris to Yaoundé · 11 mi Right CDG → YAO Paris to Yaounde · 11 mi Right GRU → MXP Sao Paulo to Milano · 11 mi Both Sides MXP → GRU Milano to Sao Paulo · 11 mi Both Sides NSI → CDG Yaoundé to Paris · 11 mi Left RAK → STR Marrakech to Stuttgart · 11 mi Right STR → RAK Stuttgart to Marrakech · 11 mi Left YAO → CDG Yaounde to Paris · 11 mi Left FEZ → TLS Fez to Toulouse · 11 mi Both Sides TLS → FEZ Toulouse to Fez · 11 mi Both Sides BCN → EZE Barcelona to Buenos Aires · 12 mi Left BFN → LCY Bloemfontein to London · 12 mi Right EZE → MXP Buenos Aires to Milano · 12 mi Right LCY → BFN London to Bloemfontein · 12 mi Left MXP → EZE Milano to Buenos Aires · 12 mi Left CMN → DXB Casablanca to Dubai · 13 mi Right DXB → CMN Dubai to Casablanca · 13 mi Left JFK → WIL New York to Nairobi · 13 mi Right WIL → JFK Nairobi to New York · 13 mi Left BCN → RAK Barcelona to Marrakech · 14 mi Both Sides CDC → RAK Cedar City to Marrakech · 14 mi Left FEZ → VLC Fez to Valencia · 14 mi Both Sides RAK → BCN Marrakech to Barcelona · 14 mi Both Sides RAK → CDC Marrakech to Cedar City · 14 mi Right VLC → FEZ Valencia to Fez · 14 mi Both Sides CIA → GRU Rome to Sao Paulo · 15 mi Left GRU → CIA Sao Paulo to Rome · 15 mi Right JFK → SEZ New York to Mahe · 15 mi Right SEZ → JFK Mahe to New York · 15 mi Left MVD → WAW Montevideo to Warsaw · 16 mi Right WAW → MVD Warsaw to Montevideo · 16 mi Left ABJ → CDG Abidjan to Paris · 16 mi Right BCN → FEZ Barcelona to Fez · 16 mi Both Sides CDG → ABJ Paris to Abidjan · 16 mi Left CMN → NCE Casablanca to Nice · 16 mi Right NCE → CMN Nice to Casablanca · 16 mi Left VGO → ABJ Vigo to Abidjan · 17 mi Both Sides JFK → NBO New York to Nairobi · 17 mi Right NBO → JFK Nairobi to New York · 17 mi Left ACC → LHR Accra to London · 18 mi Right AUH → BLA Abu Dhabi to Barcelona · 18 mi Left BLA → AUH Barcelona to Abu Dhabi · 18 mi Right CMN → LOS Casablanca to Lagos · 18 mi Right EZE → TIA Buenos Aires to Tirana · 18 mi Left LHR → ACC London to Accra · 18 mi Left LOS → CMN Lagos to Casablanca · 18 mi Left TIA → EZE Tirana to Buenos Aires · 18 mi Right RBA → KRK Rabat to Krakow · 19 mi Right MXP → RAK Milano to Marrakech · 19 mi Both Sides RAK → MXP Marrakech to Milano · 19 mi Both Sides RAK → TFS Marrakech to Tenerife · 19 mi Left TFS → RAK Tenerife to Marrakech · 19 mi Right CDG → MUB Paris to Maun · 20 mi Right CMN → JED Casablanca to Jeddah · 20 mi Left JED → CMN Jeddah to Casablanca · 20 mi Right MUB → CDG Maun to Paris · 20 mi Left GCJ → LHR Johannesburg to London · 21 mi Left LHR → GCJ London to Johannesburg · 21 mi Right FEZ → RAK Fez to Marrakech · 21 mi Left JNB → LHR Johannesburg to London · 21 mi Left LHR → JNB London to Johannesburg · 21 mi Right RAK → FEZ Marrakech to Fez · 21 mi Both Sides MXP → RBA Milano to Rabat · 22 mi Left RAK → SZG Marrakech to Salzburg · 22 mi Both Sides SZG → RAK Salzburg to Marrakech · 22 mi Both Sides ADD → JFK Addis Ababa to New York · 23 mi Left DUB → MPM Dublin to Maputo · 23 mi Left JFK → ADD New York to Addis Ababa · 23 mi Right MPM → DUB Maputo to Dublin · 23 mi Right CDG → CPT Paris to Cape Town · 24 mi Right CIA → FEZ Rome to Fez · 24 mi Both Sides CPT → CDG Cape Town to Paris · 24 mi Left FEZ → CIA Fez to Rome · 24 mi Both Sides MAD → TTU Madrid to Tetouan · 25 mi Left TTU → MAD Tetouan to Madrid · 25 mi Right AGA → KRK Agadir to Krakow · 25 mi Both Sides AMS → CPT Amsterdam to Cape Town · 25 mi Right BCN → CMN Barcelona to Casablanca · 25 mi Left CMN → BCN Casablanca to Barcelona · 25 mi Right CPT → AMS Cape Town to Amsterdam · 25 mi Left FCO → GRU Rome to Sao Paulo · 25 mi Both Sides GRU → FCO Sao Paulo to Rome · 25 mi Both Sides KRK → AGA Krakow to Agadir · 25 mi Both Sides BGY → RAK Bergamo to Marrakech · 26 mi Both Sides EZE → FCO Buenos Aires to Rome · 27 mi Both Sides FCO → EZE Rome to Buenos Aires · 27 mi Both Sides BUD → RAK Budapest to Marrakech · 27 mi Both Sides RAK → BUD Marrakech to Budapest · 27 mi Both Sides AGP → RAK Malaga to Marrakech · 28 mi Left FRA → RAK Frankfurt to Marrakech · 28 mi Left RAK → AGP Marrakech to Malaga · 28 mi Right RAK → FRA Marrakech to Frankfurt · 28 mi Right RAK → VIE Marrakech to Vienna · 29 mi Both Sides VIE → RAK Vienna to Marrakech · 29 mi Both Sides LIS → RAK Lisbon to Marrakech · 30 mi Left RAK → LIS Marrakech to Lisbon · 30 mi Right CMN → SYD Casablanca to Sydney · 31 mi Left SYD → CMN Sydney to Casablanca · 31 mi Right ABV → FRA Abuja to Frankfurt · 32 mi Right CDG → RAK Paris to Marrakech · 32 mi Left DUB → RAK Dublin to Marrakech · 32 mi Left FAO → RAK Faro to Marrakech · 32 mi Left FRA → ABV Frankfurt to Abuja · 32 mi Left KIX → TOE Osaka to Tozeur · 32 mi Right LBG → RAK Paris to Marrakech · 32 mi Left ORY → RAK Paris to Marrakech · 32 mi Left RAK → CDG Marrakech to Paris · 32 mi Right RAK → DUB Marrakech to Dublin · 32 mi Right RAK → FAO Marrakech to Faro · 32 mi Right RAK → LBG Marrakech to Paris · 32 mi Right RAK → ORY Marrakech to Paris · 32 mi Right TOE → KIX Tozeur to Osaka · 32 mi Left AMS → RAK Amsterdam to Marrakech · 32 mi Left BHX → RAK Birmingham to Marrakech · 32 mi Left CMN → RAK Casablanca to Marrakech · 32 mi Left GLA → RAK Glasgow to Marrakech · 32 mi Left LCY → RAK London to Marrakech · 32 mi Left LGW → RAK London to Marrakech · 32 mi Left LHR → GIB London to Gibraltar · 32 mi Left LHR → RAK London to Marrakech · 32 mi Left LTN → RAK London to Marrakech · 32 mi Left MAD → RAK Madrid to Marrakech · 32 mi Left MAN → RAK Manchester to Marrakech · 32 mi Left RAK → AMS Marrakech to Amsterdam · 32 mi Right RAK → BHX Marrakech to Birmingham · 32 mi Right RAK → CMN Marrakech to Casablanca · 32 mi Right RAK → GLA Marrakech to Glasgow · 32 mi Right RAK → LCY Marrakech to London · 32 mi Right RAK → LGW Marrakech to London · 32 mi Right RAK → LHR Marrakech to London · 32 mi Right RAK → LTN Marrakech to London · 32 mi Right RAK → MAD Marrakech to Madrid · 32 mi Right RAK → MAN Marrakech to Manchester · 32 mi Right RAK → STN Marrakech to London · 32 mi Right RAK → SVQ Marrakech to Sevilla · 32 mi Right STN → RAK London to Marrakech · 32 mi Left SVQ → RAK Sevilla to Marrakech · 32 mi Left LGW → GIB London to Gibraltar · 33 mi Left CMN → MUC Casablanca to Munich · 35 mi Right HLA → LCY Johannesburg to London · 35 mi Left LCY → HLA London to Johannesburg · 35 mi Right MUC → CMN Munich to Casablanca · 35 mi Left CPT → LCY Cape Town to London · 37 mi Right GRU → TUN Sao Paulo to Tunis · 37 mi Right LCY → CPT London to Cape Town · 37 mi Left TUN → GRU Tunis to Sao Paulo · 37 mi Left NBO → YYZ Nairobi to Toronto · 38 mi Both Sides YYZ → NBO Toronto to Nairobi · 38 mi Both Sides ACC → AMS Accra to Amsterdam · 39 mi Right AMS → ACC Amsterdam to Accra · 39 mi Left GRU → MUC Sao Paulo to Munich · 39 mi Right JFK → JRO New York to Kilimanjaro · 39 mi Left JRO → JFK Kilimanjaro to New York · 39 mi Right MUC → GRU Munich to Sao Paulo · 39 mi Left NBO → VLC Nairobi to Valencia · 39 mi Right VLC → NBO Valencia to Nairobi · 39 mi Left GCJ → LCY Johannesburg to London · 39 mi Left LCY → GCJ London to Johannesburg · 39 mi Right JNB → LCY Johannesburg to London · 40 mi Left LCY → JNB London to Johannesburg · 40 mi Right AGP → CMN Malaga to Casablanca · 41 mi Left CMN → AGP Casablanca to Malaga · 41 mi Right JFK → MRU New York to Plaisance · 42 mi Left MRU → JFK Plaisance to New York · 42 mi Right CMN → ZRH Casablanca to Zurich · 43 mi Right ZRH → CMN Zurich to Casablanca · 43 mi Left BSG → MAD Bata to Madrid · 44 mi Right MAD → BSG Madrid to Bata · 44 mi Left CDG → LBV Paris to Libreville · 45 mi Left LBV → CDG Libreville to Paris · 45 mi Right BSG → CMN Bata to Casablanca · 47 mi Left CMN → BSG Casablanca to Bata · 47 mi Right DUR → LHR Durban to London · 49 mi Left LHR → DUR London to Durban · 49 mi Right CMN → IST Casablanca to Istanbul · 51 mi Both Sides IST → CMN Istanbul to Casablanca · 51 mi Both Sides DUR → GLA Durban to Glasgow · 52 mi Left GLA → DUR Glasgow to Durban · 52 mi Right CPT → LGW Cape Town to London · 53 mi Right LGW → CPT London to Cape Town · 53 mi Left SAW → TNG Pendik, Istanbul to Tanger · 53 mi Left TNG → SAW Tanger to Pendik, Istanbul · 53 mi Right CMN → SAW Casablanca to Pendik, Istanbul · 53 mi Both Sides SAW → CMN Pendik, Istanbul to Casablanca · 53 mi Both Sides ADD → YYZ Addis Ababa to Toronto · 57 mi Left YYZ → ADD Toronto to Addis Ababa · 57 mi Right CDG → LFW Paris to Lome · 57 mi Left LFW → CDG Lome to Paris · 57 mi Right CPT → LHR Cape Town to London · 58 mi Right LHR → CPT London to Cape Town · 58 mi Left AMS → LOS Amsterdam to Lagos · 58 mi Right LOS → AMS Lagos to Amsterdam · 58 mi Left CMN → FRA Casablanca to Frankfurt · 60 mi Right FRA → CMN Frankfurt to Casablanca · 60 mi Left AGP → TNG Malaga to Tanger · 62 mi Left BZV → CDG Brazzaville to Paris · 62 mi Both Sides CDG → BZV Paris to Brazzaville · 62 mi Both Sides CDG → RBA Paris to Rabat · 62 mi Left MAD → TNG Madrid to Tanger · 62 mi Left RBA → CDG Rabat to Paris · 62 mi Right TNG → AGP Tanger to Malaga · 62 mi Right CDG → TNG Paris to Tanger · 62 mi Left ORY → TNG Paris to Tanger · 62 mi Left TNG → CDG Tanger to Paris · 62 mi Right TNG → ORY Tanger to Paris · 62 mi Right TNG → VLC Tanger to Valencia · 62 mi Right VLC → TNG Valencia to Tanger · 62 mi Left DUS → TNG Duesseldorf to Tanger · 63 mi Left TNG → DUS Tanger to Duesseldorf · 63 mi Right AGA → CMN Agadir to Casablanca · 64 mi Right CMN → AGA Casablanca to Agadir · 64 mi Left AGP → TFS Malaga to Tenerife · 65 mi Left MAD → RBA Madrid to Rabat · 65 mi Left RBA → MAD Rabat to Madrid · 65 mi Right CDG → JNB Paris to Johannesburg · 67 mi Right JNB → CDG Johannesburg to Paris · 67 mi Left EZE → MUC Buenos Aires to Munich · 71 mi Right MUC → EZE Munich to Buenos Aires · 71 mi Left AGA → ORY Agadir to Paris · 72 mi Right ORY → AGA Paris to Agadir · 72 mi Left
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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you see Atlas Mountains from a plane?

Yes — 255 flight routes pass within 75 miles of Atlas Mountains. The closest routes include East London to Madrid, Madrid to East London, Barcelona to Sao Paulo. Sit on the Left side, passing directly overhead.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Atlas Mountains?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Atlas Mountains: on a East London to Madrid flight, sit on the Left side; on a Madrid to East London flight, sit on the Right side; on a Barcelona to Sao Paulo flight, visible from both sides.