Can You See Bryce Canyon From a Plane? Best Seat Side Guide

178 flight routes pass within 60 km of Bryce Canyon. Find out which side of the plane has the best views.

The largest collection of hoodoos in the world — spire-shaped rock formations in vivid red and orange — visible on flights across southern Utah.

Routes that pass it178

ATL SJC Atlanta to San Jose · 3 km Both LIM PDX Lima to Portland · 3 km Both PDX LIM Portland to Lima · 3 km Both SJC ATL San Jose to Atlanta · 3 km Both LAX YXR Los Angeles to Earlton · 4 km Both YXR LAX Earlton to Los Angeles · 4 km Both SCL SEA Santiago to Seattle · 5 km Both SEA SCL Seattle to Santiago · 5 km Both CKG SEA Chongqing to Seattle · 6 km Both SEA CKG Seattle to Chongqing · 6 km Both LAS MSP Las Vegas to Minneapolis · 7 km Both MSP LAS Minneapolis to Las Vegas · 7 km Both CDC MIA Cedar City to Miami · 8 km Both LAX MSP Los Angeles to Minneapolis · 8 km Both MIA CDC Miami to Cedar City · 8 km Both MSP LAX Minneapolis to Los Angeles · 8 km Both CDC SFO Cedar City to San Francisco · 9 km Left DEN SBA Denver to Santa Barbara · 9 km Right SBA DEN Santa Barbara to Denver · 9 km Left SFO CDC San Francisco to Cedar City · 9 km Right ATL CDC Atlanta to Cedar City · 10 km Left BFL LGA Bakersfield to New York · 10 km Left CDC ATL Cedar City to Atlanta · 10 km Right CDC DFW Cedar City to Dallas-fort Worth · 10 km Left DFW CDC Dallas-fort Worth to Cedar City · 10 km Right LAS YXR Las Vegas to Earlton · 10 km Right LGA BFL New York to Bakersfield · 10 km Right MRS SAN Marseille to San Diego · 10 km Left SAN MRS San Diego to Marseille · 10 km Right YXR LAS Earlton to Las Vegas · 10 km Left CMN LAX Casablanca to Los Angeles · 11 km Left LAS PIX Las Vegas to Pico · 11 km Left LAX CMN Los Angeles to Casablanca · 11 km Right MCO SMF Orlando to Sacramento · 11 km Left PIX LAS Pico to Las Vegas · 11 km Right SMF MCO Sacramento to Orlando · 11 km Right EZE PDX Buenos Aires to Portland · 12 km Left PDX EZE Portland to Buenos Aires · 12 km Right SMF SJU Sacramento to San Juan · 13 km Left BFL ORD Bakersfield to Chicago · 14 km Right LSV SUX Las Vegas to Sioux City · 14 km Left ORD BFL Chicago to Bakersfield · 14 km Left PBI SMF West Palm Beach to Sacramento · 14 km Right SMF PBI Sacramento to West Palm Beach · 14 km Left SUX LSV Sioux City to Las Vegas · 14 km Right CDC FLO Cedar City to Florence · 16 km Right FLO CDC Florence to Cedar City · 16 km Left PHX SLC Phoenix to Salt Lake City · 17 km Left SLC PHX Salt Lake City to Phoenix · 17 km Right CDC CLT Cedar City to Charlotte · 18 km Right CLT CDC Charlotte to Cedar City · 18 km Left PHX YYC Phoenix to Calgary · 18 km Right YYC PHX Calgary to Phoenix · 18 km Left DEN SYD Denver to Sydney · 20 km Right SYD DEN Sydney to Denver · 20 km Left ATL SFO Atlanta to San Francisco · 21 km Left SFO ATL San Francisco to Atlanta · 21 km Right SFO TUL San Francisco to Tulsa · 21 km Right SYD YKZ Sydney to Toronto · 22 km Left YKZ SYD Toronto to Sydney · 22 km Right DEN BFL Denver to Bakersfield · 25 km Left LAS BJC Las Vegas to Denver · 25 km Left PHX SBO Phoenix to Salina · 27 km Left SBO PHX Salina to Phoenix · 27 km Right ATL OAK Atlanta to Oakland · 28 km Left FLL SMF Fort Lauderdale to Sacramento · 28 km Right OAK ATL Oakland to Atlanta · 28 km Right OKC SFO Oklahoma City to San Francisco · 28 km Right SMF FLL Sacramento to Fort Lauderdale · 28 km Left RIW CPH Riverton to Copenhagen · 29 km Right MEX PEK Mexico City to Beijing · 30 km Left PEK MEX Beijing to Mexico City · 30 km Right DEN LAS Denver to Las Vegas · 31 km Right LAS DEN Las Vegas to Denver · 31 km Left MEX SEA Mexico City to Seattle · 31 km Left SEA MEX Seattle to Mexico City · 31 km Right DFW RNO Dallas-fort Worth to Reno · 32 km Left JAX OAK Jacksonville to Oakland · 32 km Right OAK JAX Oakland to Jacksonville · 32 km Left RNO DFW Reno to Dallas-fort Worth · 32 km Right SFO HSV San Francisco to Huntsville · 32 km Right MSP ONT Minneapolis to Ontario · 34 km Right ONT MSP Ontario to Minneapolis · 34 km Left CDC EWR Cedar City to Newark · 36 km Right EWR CDC Newark to Cedar City · 36 km Left LAS YYZ Las Vegas to Toronto · 36 km Left YYZ LAS Toronto to Las Vegas · 36 km Right CJS ICN Ciudad Juarez to Seoul · 37 km Right LAS MKE Las Vegas to Milwaukee · 37 km Left LAS PWM Las Vegas to Portland · 37 km Left LAS YTZ Las Vegas to Toronto · 37 km Left MKE LAS Milwaukee to Las Vegas · 37 km Right MSY RNO New Orleans to Reno · 37 km Left PWM LAS Portland to Las Vegas · 37 km Right YTZ LAS Toronto to Las Vegas · 37 km Right CDC ORD Cedar City to Chicago · 39 km Right ORD CDC Chicago to Cedar City · 39 km Left SBA ORD Santa Barbara to Chicago · 39 km Left CDC HND Cedar City to Tokyo · 40 km Right BOS CDC Boston to Cedar City · 41 km Left CDC BOS Cedar City to Boston · 41 km Right ICN PDX Seoul to Portland · 41 km Right PDX ICN Portland to Seoul · 41 km Left CDC IQT Cedar City to Iquitos · 42 km Left CDC SJO Cedar City to San Jose · 42 km Left IQT CDC Iquitos to Cedar City · 42 km Right SJO CDC San Jose to Cedar City · 42 km Right CDC YTZ Cedar City to Toronto · 43 km Right DUB SAN Dublin to San Diego · 43 km Left LAS ROC Las Vegas to Rochester · 43 km Left PDX NEC Portland to Necochea · 43 km Left ROC LAS Rochester to Las Vegas · 43 km Right SAN DUB San Diego to Dublin · 43 km Right YTZ CDC Toronto to Cedar City · 43 km Left GYM SLC Guaymas to Salt Lake City · 44 km Left LUF YYC Phoenix to Calgary · 44 km Right MHT LAS Manchester to Las Vegas · 44 km Right SLC GYM Salt Lake City to Guaymas · 44 km Right YYC LUF Calgary to Phoenix · 44 km Left BUF LAS Buffalo to Las Vegas · 45 km Right DAL SMF Dallas to Sacramento · 45 km Right LAS BUF Las Vegas to Buffalo · 45 km Left LAS OMA Las Vegas to Omaha · 45 km Left OMA LAS Omaha to Las Vegas · 45 km Right SMF DAL Sacramento to Dallas · 45 km Left DFW SMF Dallas-fort Worth to Sacramento · 46 km Right LAS CID Las Vegas to Cedar Rapids · 46 km Left SMF DFW Sacramento to Dallas-fort Worth · 46 km Left MSP SNA Minneapolis to Santa Ana · 47 km Right DSM LAS Des Moines to Las Vegas · 48 km Right LAS DSM Las Vegas to Des Moines · 48 km Left BOS LAS Boston to Las Vegas · 49 km Right LAS BOS Las Vegas to Boston · 49 km Left SYD YYZ Sydney to Toronto · 49 km Left YYZ SYD Toronto to Sydney · 49 km Right DET LAS Detroit to Las Vegas · 50 km Right LAS DET Las Vegas to Detroit · 50 km Left CDC CYS Cedar City to Cheyenne · 51 km Right CYS CDC Cheyenne to Cedar City · 51 km Left LAS ORD Las Vegas to Chicago · 51 km Left LAX PIX Los Angeles to Pico · 51 km Left LHR NZY London to San Diego · 51 km Left LHR SAN London to San Diego · 51 km Left NZY LHR San Diego to London · 51 km Right ORD LAS Chicago to Las Vegas · 51 km Right PIX LAX Pico to Los Angeles · 51 km Right SAN LHR San Diego to London · 51 km Right DTW LAS Detroit to Las Vegas · 52 km Right LAS DTW Las Vegas to Detroit · 52 km Left BUR DEN Burbank to Denver · 53 km Left DEN BUR Denver to Burbank · 53 km Right LAX LIS Los Angeles to Lisbon · 53 km Right LIS LAX Lisbon to Los Angeles · 53 km Left BJC LAX Denver to Los Angeles · 54 km Right LAS MDW Las Vegas to Chicago · 54 km Left MDW LAS Chicago to Las Vegas · 54 km Right RAK CDC Marrakech to Cedar City · 54 km Left SLC TUS Salt Lake City to Tucson · 54 km Right TUS SLC Tucson to Salt Lake City · 54 km Left BNA SJC Nashville to San Jose · 55 km Left SJC BNA San Jose to Nashville · 55 km Right ASE LAX Aspen to Los Angeles · 56 km Right CDC CMN Cedar City to Casablanca · 56 km Right CMN CDC Casablanca to Cedar City · 56 km Left JFK LSV New York to Las Vegas · 56 km Right LAX ASE Los Angeles to Aspen · 56 km Left LSV JFK Las Vegas to New York · 56 km Left LAS SBN Las Vegas to South Bend · 57 km Left SBN LAS South Bend to Las Vegas · 57 km Right SGF SJC Springfield to San Jose · 57 km Left SJC SGF San Jose to Springfield · 57 km Right DFW SAC Dallas-fort Worth to Sacramento · 58 km Right SAC DFW Sacramento to Dallas-fort Worth · 58 km Left AKL LAX Auckland to Los Angeles · 59 km Right LAX AKL Los Angeles to Auckland · 59 km Left SCL CDC Santiago to Cedar City · 59 km Right SJD SLC San Jose Del Cabo to Salt Lake City · 60 km Left SLC SJD Salt Lake City to San Jose Del Cabo · 60 km Right

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 Bryce Canyon from a plane?

Yes — 178 flight routes pass within 60 km of Bryce Canyon. The closest routes include Atlanta to San Jose, Lima to Portland, Portland to Lima. Sit on the Both side, with the landmark passing about 3 km away.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Bryce Canyon?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Bryce Canyon: on a Atlanta to San Jose flight, sit on the Both side; on a Lima to Portland flight, sit on the Both side; on a Portland to Lima flight, sit on the Both side.