Banff & the Canadian Rockies

253 flight routes pass within 93 miles of Banff & the Canadian Rockies.

Banff & the Canadian Rockies
🏔️ Mountain · Canada

Photo: Gorgo · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Turquoise glacial lakes and jagged limestone peaks around Banff and Lake Louise mark one of the most scenic stretches of the Canadian Rockies, crossed by many western Canada routes.
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RDU → YYC Raleigh-Durham to Calgary · 1 mi Both Sides ORD → YYC Chicago to Calgary · 2 mi Both Sides MSP → YYC Minneapolis to Calgary · 3 mi Both Sides CDG → PDX Paris to Portland · 4 mi Both Sides LHR → PDX London to Portland · 4 mi Both Sides PDX → LHR Portland to London · 4 mi Both Sides CLT → YYC Charlotte to Calgary · 4 mi Both Sides HEL → SFO Helsinki to San Francisco · 4 mi Both Sides SFO → HEL San Francisco to Helsinki · 4 mi Both Sides DEN → FAI Denver to Fairbanks · 5 mi Both Sides FAI → DEN Fairbanks to Denver · 5 mi Both Sides DUB → PDX Dublin to Portland · 10 mi Right PDX → DUB Portland to Dublin · 10 mi Left PUJ → YYC Punta Cana to Calgary · 10 mi Left DTW → YYC Detroit to Calgary · 11 mi Right IAD → YYC Washington to Calgary · 11 mi Right PIT → YYC Pittsburgh to Calgary · 11 mi Right DCA → YYC Washington to Calgary · 11 mi Right BNA → YYC Nashville to Calgary · 13 mi Left SFO → YYH San Francisco to Spence Bay · 14 mi Left YYH → SFO Spence Bay to San Francisco · 14 mi Right ATL → YYC Atlanta to Calgary · 14 mi Left BJC → FAI Denver to Fairbanks · 17 mi Right FAI → BJC Fairbanks to Denver · 17 mi Left YXU → YYC London to Calgary · 17 mi Right KEF → PDX Keflavik to Portland · 18 mi Left MCO → YYC Orlando to Calgary · 18 mi Left PDX → KEF Portland to Keflavik · 18 mi Right YHM → YYC Hamilton to Calgary · 19 mi Right FCO → PDX Rome to Portland · 19 mi Left PDX → FCO Portland to Rome · 19 mi Right YKF → YYC Waterloo to Calgary · 19 mi Right YXS → YYC Prince George to Calgary · 19 mi Right YYC → YXS Calgary to Prince George · 19 mi Left EWR → YYC Newark to Calgary · 20 mi Right GRU → YYC Sao Paulo to Calgary · 20 mi Left JFK → YYC New York to Calgary · 20 mi Right LGA → YYC New York to Calgary · 21 mi Right PDX → RKV Portland to Reykjavik · 21 mi Right RKV → PDX Reykjavik to Portland · 21 mi Left SEA → YEG Seattle to Edmonton · 21 mi Right YEG → SEA Edmonton to Seattle · 21 mi Left YTZ → YYC Toronto to Calgary · 21 mi Right YYZ → YYC Toronto to Calgary · 21 mi Right NRT → YYC Tokyo to Calgary · 24 mi Right YYC → NRT Calgary to Tokyo · 24 mi Left MBJ → YYC Montego Bay to Calgary · 25 mi Left EUG → LHR Eugene to London · 26 mi Left FAI → SKF Fairbanks to San Antonio · 26 mi Left LHR → EUG London to Eugene · 26 mi Right SKF → FAI San Antonio to Fairbanks · 26 mi Right BOS → YYC Boston to Calgary · 27 mi Right MNL → YYC Manila to Calgary · 27 mi Right YWG → YYC Winnipeg to Calgary · 27 mi Right YYC → MNL Calgary to Manila · 27 mi Left BCN → SEA Barcelona to Seattle · 28 mi Left KIX → YYC Osaka to Calgary · 28 mi Right SEA → BCN Seattle to Barcelona · 28 mi Right YEG → YLW Edmonton to Kelowna · 28 mi Left YLW → YEG Kelowna to Edmonton · 28 mi Right YYC → KIX Calgary to Osaka · 28 mi Left DXB → LAX Dubai to Los Angeles · 30 mi Right LAX → DXB Los Angeles to Dubai · 30 mi Left YOW → YYC Ottawa to Calgary · 30 mi Right YKA → YYC Kamloops to Calgary · 32 mi Left YYC → YKA Calgary to Kamloops · 32 mi Right AMS → PDX Amsterdam to Portland · 32 mi Left PDX → AMS Portland to Amsterdam · 32 mi Right YHU → YYC Montreal to Calgary · 33 mi Right YUL → YYC Montreal to Calgary · 33 mi Right YQQ → YYC Comox to Calgary · 37 mi Left YYC → YQQ Calgary to Comox · 37 mi Right CUN → YYC Cancun to Calgary · 39 mi Left FRA → PDX Frankfurt to Portland · 39 mi Left PDX → FRA Portland to Frankfurt · 39 mi Right ICN → YYC Seoul to Calgary · 39 mi Right YYC → ICN Calgary to Seoul · 39 mi Left SFO → YEG San Francisco to Edmonton · 40 mi Left YEG → SFO Edmonton to San Francisco · 40 mi Right YHZ → YYC Halifax to Calgary · 40 mi Right HKG → YYC Hong Kong to Calgary · 41 mi Right YYC → HKG Calgary to Hong Kong · 41 mi Left DFW → HKG Dallas-Fort Worth to Hong Kong · 42 mi Right HKG → DFW Hong Kong to Dallas-Fort Worth · 42 mi Left SEA → YZS Seattle to Coral Harbour · 42 mi Right YZS → SEA Coral Harbour to Seattle · 42 mi Left YXY → YYC Whitehorse to Calgary · 42 mi Right YYC → YXY Calgary to Whitehorse · 42 mi Left DAL → YYC Dallas to Calgary · 44 mi Left BZE → YYC Belize City to Calgary · 45 mi Left DFW → YYC Dallas-Fort Worth to Calgary · 45 mi Left EFD → YYC Houston to Calgary · 45 mi Left HOU → YYC Houston to Calgary · 45 mi Left IAH → YYC Houston to Calgary · 45 mi Left YCD → YYC Nanaimo to Calgary · 47 mi Left YYC → YCD Calgary to Nanaimo · 47 mi Right YVR → YYC Vancouver to Calgary · 47 mi Left YYC → YVR Calgary to Vancouver · 47 mi Right YEG → YYJ Edmonton to Victoria · 48 mi Left YYJ → YEG Victoria to Edmonton · 48 mi Right YLW → YYC Kelowna to Calgary · 50 mi Left YYC → YLW Calgary to Kelowna · 50 mi Right DUB → SEA Dublin to Seattle · 50 mi Left PER → PHL Perth to Philadelphia · 50 mi Right PHL → PER Philadelphia to Perth · 50 mi Left SEA → DUB Seattle to Dublin · 50 mi Right BFL → DOH Bakersfield to Doha · 51 mi Left DOH → BFL Doha to Bakersfield · 51 mi Right IAH → FNJ Houston to Pyongyang · 51 mi Right YLW → YXE Kelowna to Saskatoon · 51 mi Left YXE → YLW Saskatoon to Kelowna · 51 mi Right YXX → YYC Abbotsford to Calgary · 52 mi Left YYC → YXX Calgary to Abbotsford · 52 mi Right YYC → YYJ Calgary to Victoria · 52 mi Right YYJ → YYC Victoria to Calgary · 52 mi Left BFI → DUB Seattle to Dublin · 53 mi Right DEN → YYC Denver to Calgary · 53 mi Left DUB → BFI Dublin to Seattle · 53 mi Left YYT → YYC St. John's to Calgary · 53 mi Right YEG → YVR Edmonton to Vancouver · 55 mi Left YVR → YEG Vancouver to Edmonton · 55 mi Right YYC → YYF Calgary to Penticton · 57 mi Right YYF → YYC Penticton to Calgary · 57 mi Left NCE → SEA Nice to Seattle · 60 mi Left SEA → NCE Seattle to Nice · 60 mi Right YVR → YYG Vancouver to Charlottetown · 60 mi Left YYG → YVR Charlottetown to Vancouver · 60 mi Right OGG → YYC Kahului to Calgary · 61 mi Left YYC → OGG Calgary to Kahului · 61 mi Right LHR → SEA London to Seattle · 62 mi Left SEA → LHR Seattle to London · 62 mi Right CDG → SEA Paris to Seattle · 62 mi Left HND → JAN Tokyo to Jackson · 62 mi Left MEX → YYC Mexico City to Calgary · 62 mi Left SEA → CDG Seattle to Paris · 62 mi Right LCY → SEA London to Seattle · 63 mi Left SEA → LCY Seattle to London · 63 mi Right BFI → LHR Seattle to London · 64 mi Right LHR → BFI London to Seattle · 64 mi Left BFI → CDG Seattle to Paris · 65 mi Right CDG → BFI Paris to Seattle · 65 mi Left BFI → YYC Seattle to Calgary · 65 mi Left YYC → BFI Calgary to Seattle · 65 mi Right SEA → YYC Seattle to Calgary · 66 mi Left YYC → SEA Calgary to Seattle · 66 mi Right DAL → SHA Dallas to Shanghai · 66 mi Right SHA → DAL Shanghai to Dallas · 66 mi Left PDX → PRG Portland to Prague · 67 mi Right PRG → PDX Prague to Portland · 67 mi Left SFO → TLV San Francisco to Tel Aviv · 69 mi Left TLV → SFO Tel Aviv to San Francisco · 69 mi Right KEF → SEA Keflavik to Seattle · 70 mi Left SEA → KEF Seattle to Keflavik · 70 mi Right LIS → YYC Lisbon to Calgary · 71 mi Right ZLO → YYC Manzanillo to Calgary · 71 mi Left PVR → YYC Puerto Vallarta to Calgary · 72 mi Left BFI → KEF Seattle to Keflavik · 73 mi Right DFW → ICN Dallas-Fort Worth to Seoul · 73 mi Right ICN → DFW Seoul to Dallas-Fort Worth · 73 mi Left KEF → BFI Keflavik to Seattle · 73 mi Left RKV → SEA Reykjavik to Seattle · 73 mi Left SEA → RKV Seattle to Reykjavik · 73 mi Right LAX → YEG Los Angeles to Edmonton · 73 mi Left MXP → SEA Milano to Seattle · 73 mi Left SEA → MXP Seattle to Milano · 73 mi Right YEG → LAX Edmonton to Los Angeles · 73 mi Right DFW → SHA Dallas-Fort Worth to Shanghai · 74 mi Right SHA → DFW Shanghai to Dallas-Fort Worth · 74 mi Left YHZ → YVR Halifax to Vancouver · 74 mi Right YVR → YHZ Vancouver to Halifax · 74 mi Left MAD → YYC Madrid to Calgary · 75 mi Right PDX → YYC Portland to Calgary · 75 mi Left YYC → PDX Calgary to Portland · 75 mi Right FCO → SEA Rome to Seattle · 75 mi Left LIN → SEA Milan to Seattle · 75 mi Left MAD → PDX Madrid to Portland · 75 mi Right PDX → MAD Portland to Madrid · 75 mi Left SEA → FCO Seattle to Rome · 75 mi Right SEA → LIN Seattle to Milan · 75 mi Right ANC → DFW Anchorage to Dallas-Fort Worth · 76 mi Left DFW → ANC Dallas-Fort Worth to Anchorage · 76 mi Right CIA → SEA Rome to Seattle · 77 mi Left SEA → CIA Seattle to Rome · 77 mi Right BCN → YYC Barcelona to Calgary · 78 mi Right BFI → FCO Seattle to Rome · 78 mi Right FCO → BFI Rome to Seattle · 78 mi Left FLR → SEA Firenze to Seattle · 78 mi Left SEA → FLR Seattle to Firenze · 78 mi Right SLC → YYC Salt Lake City to Calgary · 78 mi Left PHX → YYC Phoenix to Calgary · 80 mi Left DUB → YYC Dublin to Calgary · 80 mi Right LUF → YYC Phoenix to Calgary · 80 mi Left CDG → YYC Paris to Calgary · 81 mi Right LCY → YYC London to Calgary · 81 mi Right LHR → YYC London to Calgary · 81 mi Right YQB → YVR Quebec to Vancouver · 81 mi Right YVR → YQB Vancouver to Quebec · 81 mi Left FCO → YYC Rome to Calgary · 81 mi Right YYC → FCO Calgary to Rome · 81 mi Left EDI → YYC Edinburgh to Calgary · 82 mi Right KEF → YYC Keflavik to Calgary · 82 mi Right RKV → YYC Reykjavik to Calgary · 82 mi Right SYD → YLJ Sydney to Meadow Lake · 82 mi Right YLJ → SYD Meadow Lake to Sydney · 82 mi Left YYC → EDI Calgary to Edinburgh · 82 mi Left YYC → KEF Calgary to Keflavik · 82 mi Left YYC → RKV Calgary to Reykjavik · 82 mi Left YYC → YZF Calgary to Yellowknife · 82 mi Left YZF → YYC Yellowknife to Calgary · 82 mi Right AMS → YYC Amsterdam to Calgary · 83 mi Right FRA → YYC Frankfurt to Calgary · 83 mi Right YYC → AMS Calgary to Amsterdam · 83 mi Left YYC → FRA Calgary to Frankfurt · 83 mi Left MUC → YYC Munich to Calgary · 83 mi Right YYC → MUC Calgary to Munich · 83 mi Left AMS → SEA Amsterdam to Seattle · 84 mi Left SEA → AMS Seattle to Amsterdam · 84 mi Right DFW → PVG Dallas-Fort Worth to Shanghai · 85 mi Right PSP → YEG Palm Springs to Edmonton · 85 mi Left PVG → DFW Shanghai to Dallas-Fort Worth · 85 mi Left YEG → PSP Edmonton to Palm Springs · 85 mi Right DFW → SSN Dallas-Fort Worth to Seoul East · 85 mi Right PSP → YYC Palm Springs to Calgary · 85 mi Left SSN → DFW Seoul East to Dallas-Fort Worth · 85 mi Left YEG → YYC Edmonton to Calgary · 85 mi Right YYC → PSP Calgary to Palm Springs · 85 mi Right YYC → YEG Calgary to Edmonton · 85 mi Left SAN → YYC San Diego to Calgary · 86 mi Left SFO → YYC San Francisco to Calgary · 86 mi Left YYC → SAN Calgary to San Diego · 86 mi Right YYC → SFO Calgary to San Francisco · 86 mi Right AMS → BFI Amsterdam to Seattle · 86 mi Left BFI → AMS Seattle to Amsterdam · 86 mi Right LAX → YYC Los Angeles to Calgary · 86 mi Left NRT → RSW Tokyo to Fort Myers · 86 mi Right RSW → NRT Fort Myers to Tokyo · 86 mi Left YYC → LAX Calgary to Los Angeles · 86 mi Right ANC → IAH Anchorage to Houston · 88 mi Left IAH → ANC Houston to Anchorage · 88 mi Right FRA → SEA Frankfurt to Seattle · 89 mi Left SAW → SFO Pendik, Istanbul to San Francisco · 89 mi Right SEA → FRA Seattle to Frankfurt · 89 mi Right SFO → SAW San Francisco to Pendik, Istanbul · 89 mi Left AEY → SEA Akureyri to Seattle · 91 mi Left BFI → FRA Seattle to Frankfurt · 91 mi Right FRA → BFI Frankfurt to Seattle · 91 mi Left SEA → AEY Seattle to Akureyri · 91 mi Right DFW → SIN Dallas-Fort Worth to Singapore · 92 mi Right SIN → DFW Singapore to Dallas-Fort Worth · 92 mi Left ANC → HOU Anchorage to Houston · 93 mi Left HOU → ANC Houston to Anchorage · 93 mi Right IST → SFO Istanbul to San Francisco · 93 mi Right SFO → IST San Francisco to Istanbul · 93 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 Banff & the Canadian Rockies from a plane?

Yes — 253 flight routes pass within 93 miles of Banff & the Canadian Rockies. The closest routes include Raleigh-Durham to Calgary, Chicago to Calgary, Minneapolis to Calgary. The landmark is visible from both sides, with the landmark passing about 1 miles away.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Banff & the Canadian Rockies?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Banff & the Canadian Rockies: on a Raleigh-Durham to Calgary flight, visible from both sides; on a Chicago to Calgary flight, visible from both sides; on a Minneapolis to Calgary flight, visible from both sides.