Channel Islands

404 flight routes pass within 50 miles of Channel Islands.

Channel Islands
🏝️ Island · United Kingdom / France

Photo: TheKaphox · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

The rocky islands between England and France including Jersey and Guernsey, with dramatic cliff coastlines. Visible on flights across the English Channel.
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BOG → FRA Bogota to Frankfurt · directly overhead Both Sides FRA → BOG Frankfurt to Bogota · directly overhead Both Sides LCY → LPA London to Gran Canaria · directly overhead Both Sides GVA → YTZ Geneva to Toronto · 1 mi Both Sides GVA → YYZ Geneva to Toronto · 1 mi Both Sides LGW → OPO London to Porto · 1 mi Both Sides LIS → STN Lisbon to London · 1 mi Both Sides OPO → LGW Porto to London · 1 mi Both Sides STN → LIS London to Lisbon · 1 mi Both Sides YTZ → GVA Toronto to Geneva · 1 mi Both Sides DTW → FLR Detroit to Firenze · 2 mi Both Sides EMA → JER East Midlands to Jersey · 2 mi Both Sides FAO → LTN Faro to London · 2 mi Both Sides FLR → DTW Firenze to Detroit · 2 mi Both Sides FUE → STN Fuerteventura to London · 2 mi Both Sides JER → EMA Jersey to East Midlands · 2 mi Both Sides JER → LGW Jersey to London · 2 mi Both Sides JER → LHR Jersey to London · 2 mi Both Sides JER → LTN Jersey to London · 2 mi Both Sides LGW → JER London to Jersey · 2 mi Both Sides LGW → TFS London to Tenerife · 2 mi Both Sides LHR → JER London to Jersey · 2 mi Both Sides LTN → FAO London to Faro · 2 mi Both Sides LTN → JER London to Jersey · 2 mi Both Sides STN → FUE London to Fuerteventura · 2 mi Both Sides TFS → LGW Tenerife to London · 2 mi Both Sides AGP → EMA Malaga to East Midlands · 4 mi Both Sides AMS → IRJ Amsterdam to La Rioja · 4 mi Both Sides EMA → AGP East Midlands to Malaga · 4 mi Both Sides IRJ → AMS La Rioja to Amsterdam · 4 mi Both Sides JED → YYZ Jeddah to Toronto · 4 mi Both Sides YYZ → JED Toronto to Jeddah · 4 mi Both Sides CUN → ZRH Cancun to Zurich · 4 mi Both Sides LGW → LPA London to Gran Canaria · 4 mi Both Sides LPA → LGW Gran Canaria to London · 4 mi Both Sides MIA → ZRH Miami to Zurich · 4 mi Both Sides ZRH → CUN Zurich to Cancun · 4 mi Both Sides ZRH → MIA Zurich to Miami · 4 mi Both Sides BCN → BFS Barcelona to Belfast · 5 mi Both Sides BFS → BCN Belfast to Barcelona · 5 mi Both Sides CDG → SJO Paris to San Jose · 5 mi Both Sides LCY → OPO London to Porto · 5 mi Both Sides OPO → LCY Porto to London · 5 mi Both Sides SJO → CDG San Jose to Paris · 5 mi Both Sides AMS → SCL Amsterdam to Santiago · 6 mi Both Sides LCY → LIS London to Lisbon · 6 mi Both Sides LIS → LCY Lisbon to London · 6 mi Both Sides MIA → ORY Miami to Paris · 6 mi Both Sides ORY → MIA Paris to Miami · 6 mi Both Sides SCL → AMS Santiago to Amsterdam · 6 mi Both Sides LPA → STN Gran Canaria to London · 6 mi Right STN → LPA London to Gran Canaria · 6 mi Left GVA → YUL Geneva to Montreal · 7 mi Right LCY → TFS London to Tenerife · 7 mi Left YUL → GVA Montreal to Geneva · 7 mi Left DUB → MPM Dublin to Maputo · 7 mi Right GVA → YHU Geneva to Montreal · 7 mi Right LGW → SID London to Amilcar Cabral · 7 mi Left MPM → DUB Maputo to Dublin · 7 mi Left SID → LGW Amilcar Cabral to London · 7 mi Right YHU → GVA Montreal to Geneva · 7 mi Left IAH → MXP Houston to Milano · 8 mi Right MXP → IAH Milano to Houston · 8 mi Left BHX → MAD Birmingham to Madrid · 9 mi Left FAO → LHR Faro to London · 9 mi Left LGW → LIS London to Lisbon · 9 mi Right LHR → FAO London to Faro · 9 mi Right LHR → LIS London to Lisbon · 9 mi Left LIS → LGW Lisbon to London · 9 mi Left LIS → LHR Lisbon to London · 9 mi Right LPA → OSL Gran Canaria to Oslo · 9 mi Right MAD → BHX Madrid to Birmingham · 9 mi Right OSL → LPA Oslo to Gran Canaria · 9 mi Left LIS → OSL Lisbon to Oslo · 10 mi Left OSL → LIS Oslo to Lisbon · 10 mi Right LGW → SCQ London to Santiago · 11 mi Left SCQ → LGW Santiago to London · 11 mi Right ACE → LGW Lanzerote to London · 11 mi Left FUE → LGW Fuerteventura to London · 11 mi Left LGW → ACE London to Lanzerote · 11 mi Right LGW → FUE London to Fuerteventura · 11 mi Right OPO → STN Porto to London · 11 mi Right STN → OPO London to Porto · 11 mi Left BRS → IBZ Bristol to Ibiza · 12 mi Right EFL → YYZ Keffallinia to Toronto · 12 mi Right IBZ → BRS Ibiza to Bristol · 12 mi Left YYZ → EFL Toronto to Keffallinia · 12 mi Left FCO → OMA Rome to Omaha · 14 mi Left MIA → SAW Miami to Pendik, Istanbul · 14 mi Right OMA → FCO Omaha to Rome · 14 mi Right SAW → MIA Pendik, Istanbul to Miami · 14 mi Left AGP → BHX Malaga to Birmingham · 14 mi Right BHX → AGP Birmingham to Malaga · 14 mi Left CAI → YTZ Cairo to Toronto · 14 mi Left YTZ → CAI Toronto to Cairo · 14 mi Right STN → TFS London to Tenerife · 15 mi Left TFS → STN Tenerife to London · 15 mi Right FLR → YUL Firenze to Montreal · 16 mi Right LHR → LPA London to Gran Canaria · 16 mi Left YUL → FLR Montreal to Firenze · 16 mi Left LGW → PXO London to Porto Santo · 16 mi Left PXO → LGW Porto Santo to London · 16 mi Right AUA → FRA Oranjestad to Frankfurt · 17 mi Right DUB → TLS Dublin to Toulouse · 17 mi Left FNC → LGW Funchal to London · 17 mi Right FRA → AUA Frankfurt to Oranjestad · 17 mi Left LGW → FNC London to Funchal · 17 mi Left LIS → LTN Lisbon to London · 17 mi Right LTN → LIS London to Lisbon · 17 mi Left LTN → RAK London to Marrakech · 17 mi Right RAK → LTN Marrakech to London · 17 mi Left TLS → DUB Toulouse to Dublin · 17 mi Right LCG → LCY La Coruna to London · 19 mi Right LCY → LCG London to La Coruna · 19 mi Left ALC → MAN Alicante to Manchester · 19 mi Left CAI → YYZ Cairo to Toronto · 19 mi Left MAN → ALC Manchester to Alicante · 19 mi Right MXP → YUL Milano to Montreal · 19 mi Left OPO → OSL Porto to Oslo · 19 mi Right OSL → OPO Oslo to Porto · 19 mi Left YUL → MXP Montreal to Milano · 19 mi Right YYZ → CAI Toronto to Cairo · 19 mi Right CLE → MXP Cleveland to Milano · 20 mi Right GLA → IBZ Glasgow to Ibiza · 20 mi Right IBZ → GLA Ibiza to Glasgow · 20 mi Left IST → MIA Istanbul to Miami · 20 mi Left JFK → TLV New York to Tel Aviv · 20 mi Right MIA → IST Miami to Istanbul · 20 mi Right MXP → CLE Milano to Cleveland · 20 mi Left TLV → JFK Tel Aviv to New York · 20 mi Left CDG → PAC Paris to Panama City · 21 mi Right CDG → PTY Paris to Panama City · 21 mi Right FAO → STN Faro to London · 21 mi Left PTY → CDG Panama City to Paris · 21 mi Left STN → FAO London to Faro · 21 mi Right AGP → LBA Malaga to Leeds · 22 mi Right CMN → LHR Casablanca to London · 22 mi Left GCI → MAN Guernsey to Manchester · 22 mi Right LBA → AGP Leeds to Malaga · 22 mi Left LBG → MIA Paris to Miami · 22 mi Left LHR → CMN London to Casablanca · 22 mi Right LTN → SVQ London to Sevilla · 22 mi Right MAN → GCI Manchester to Guernsey · 22 mi Left MIA → LBG Miami to Paris · 22 mi Right SVQ → LTN Sevilla to London · 22 mi Left BED → MXP Bedford to Milano · 22 mi Left JFK → SPU New York to Split · 22 mi Right LHR → RAK London to Marrakech · 22 mi Right LHR → TFS London to Tenerife · 22 mi Left LIN → YUL Milan to Montreal · 22 mi Left MXP → BED Milano to Bedford · 22 mi Right RAK → LHR Marrakech to London · 22 mi Left SCQ → STN Santiago to London · 22 mi Right SPU → JFK Split to New York · 22 mi Left TFS → LHR Tenerife to London · 22 mi Right YUL → LIN Montreal to Milan · 22 mi Right LCY → PXO London to Porto Santo · 23 mi Left MXP → YMX Milano to Montreal · 23 mi Left NAP → ORD Naples to Chicago · 23 mi Right ORD → NAP Chicago to Naples · 23 mi Left PXO → LCY Porto Santo to London · 23 mi Right TPA → ZRH Tampa to Zurich · 23 mi Right YMX → MXP Montreal to Milano · 23 mi Right ZRH → TPA Zurich to Tampa · 23 mi Left CDC → NCE Cedar City to Nice · 24 mi Right NCE → CDC Nice to Cedar City · 24 mi Left DBV → EWR Dubrovnik to Newark · 24 mi Left EWR → DBV Newark to Dubrovnik · 24 mi Right BOH → FAO Bournemouth to Faro · 25 mi Left BOS → MXP Boston to Milano · 25 mi Left DOH → MIA Doha to Miami · 25 mi Right FAO → BOH Faro to Bournemouth · 25 mi Right FAO → LCY Faro to London · 25 mi Left IAD → MXP Washington to Milano · 25 mi Left LCY → FAO London to Faro · 25 mi Right MIA → DOH Miami to Doha · 25 mi Left MXP → BOS Milano to Boston · 25 mi Right MXP → IAD Milano to Washington · 25 mi Right BWI → TLV Baltimore to Tel Aviv · 25 mi Right EWR → MXP Newark to Milano · 25 mi Left FAO → LGW Faro to London · 25 mi Left LGW → FAO London to Faro · 25 mi Right MXP → EWR Milano to Newark · 25 mi Right TLV → BWI Tel Aviv to Baltimore · 25 mi Left BCN → BRS Barcelona to Bristol · 26 mi Left BRS → BCN Bristol to Barcelona · 26 mi Right BRS → PMI Bristol to Palma De Mallorca · 26 mi Right CDG → MIA Paris to Miami · 26 mi Left GCI → LGW Guernsey to London · 26 mi Right GCI → LHR Guernsey to London · 26 mi Right GCI → SOU Guernsey to Southampton · 26 mi Right HND → OPO Tokyo to Porto · 26 mi Left LGA → MXP New York to Milano · 26 mi Left LGW → GCI London to Guernsey · 26 mi Left LHR → GCI London to Guernsey · 26 mi Left MIA → CDG Miami to Paris · 26 mi Right MXP → LGA Milano to New York · 26 mi Right OPO → HND Porto to Tokyo · 26 mi Right PMI → BRS Palma De Mallorca to Bristol · 26 mi Left SOU → GCI Southampton to Guernsey · 26 mi Left CDG → FLL Paris to Fort Lauderdale · 27 mi Left EWR → SPU Newark to Split · 27 mi Right FLL → CDG Fort Lauderdale to Paris · 27 mi Right RIC → VCE Richmond to Venice · 27 mi Right SPU → EWR Split to Newark · 27 mi Left VCE → RIC Venice to Richmond · 27 mi Left JFK → LIN New York to Milan · 27 mi Left LIN → JFK Milan to New York · 27 mi Right LTN → OPO London to Porto · 27 mi Left OPO → LTN Porto to London · 27 mi Right ADA → MIA Adana to Miami · 28 mi Right EWR → TLV Newark to Tel Aviv · 28 mi Right JFK → MXP New York to Milano · 28 mi Left LHR → SCQ London to Santiago · 28 mi Left MIA → ADA Miami to Adana · 28 mi Left MXP → JFK Milano to New York · 28 mi Right MXP → PHL Milano to Philadelphia · 28 mi Right PHL → MXP Philadelphia to Milano · 28 mi Left SCQ → LHR Santiago to London · 28 mi Right TLV → EWR Tel Aviv to Newark · 28 mi Left BOS → TLV Boston to Tel Aviv · 29 mi Right MAD → MAN Madrid to Manchester · 29 mi Right MAN → MAD Manchester to Madrid · 29 mi Left TLV → BOS Tel Aviv to Boston · 29 mi Left ALC → CWL Alicante to Cardiff · 29 mi Right BRS → TLS Bristol to Toulouse · 29 mi Right CWL → ALC Cardiff to Alicante · 29 mi Left MXP → YYZ Milano to Toronto · 29 mi Left TLS → BRS Toulouse to Bristol · 29 mi Left YYZ → MXP Toronto to Milano · 29 mi Right AGP → NCL Malaga to Newcastle · 30 mi Right ATL → LIN Atlanta to Milan · 30 mi Left BCN → DUB Barcelona to Dublin · 30 mi Right CDG → CUN Paris to Cancun · 30 mi Left CIA → ORD Rome to Chicago · 30 mi Right CUN → CDG Cancun to Paris · 30 mi Right DUB → BCN Dublin to Barcelona · 30 mi Left LIN → ATL Milan to Atlanta · 30 mi Right NCL → AGP Newcastle to Malaga · 30 mi Left ORD → CIA Chicago to Rome · 30 mi Left AGA → STN Agadir to London · 30 mi Left ATL → MXP Atlanta to Milano · 30 mi Left BOD → MAN Bordeaux to Manchester · 30 mi Left MAN → BOD Manchester to Bordeaux · 30 mi Right MXP → ATL Milano to Atlanta · 30 mi Right STN → AGA London to Agadir · 30 mi Right BPS → STN Porto Seguro to London · 31 mi Right LCY → GRU London to Sao Paulo · 31 mi Left STN → BPS London to Porto Seguro · 31 mi Left AGA → LGW Agadir to London · 32 mi Left EZE → LGW Buenos Aires to London · 32 mi Right LGW → AGA London to Agadir · 32 mi Right LGW → EZE London to Buenos Aires · 32 mi Left IAD → TLV Washington to Tel Aviv · 33 mi Right TLV → IAD Tel Aviv to Washington · 33 mi Left DUB → PMI Dublin to Palma De Mallorca · 34 mi Left FLR → IAH Firenze to Houston · 34 mi Right GIB → LHR Gibraltar to London · 34 mi Left IAH → FLR Houston to Firenze · 34 mi Left LHR → GIB London to Gibraltar · 34 mi Right LTN → TFS London to Tenerife · 34 mi Left PMI → DUB Palma De Mallorca to Dublin · 34 mi Right TFS → LTN Tenerife to London · 34 mi Right GVA → ORK Geneva to Cork · 34 mi Left ORK → GVA Cork to Geneva · 34 mi Right BRS → MAD Bristol to Madrid · 35 mi Left FCO → MSP Rome to Minneapolis · 35 mi Left LAX → NCE Los Angeles to Nice · 35 mi Right MAD → BRS Madrid to Bristol · 35 mi Right MSP → FCO Minneapolis to Rome · 35 mi Right NCE → LAX Nice to Los Angeles · 35 mi Left CDG → MCO Paris to Orlando · 36 mi Left MCO → CDG Orlando to Paris · 36 mi Right ACE → BOH Lanzerote to Bournemouth · 37 mi Right BES → CDG Brest to Paris · 37 mi Left BOH → ACE Bournemouth to Lanzerote · 37 mi Left CDG → BES Paris to Brest · 37 mi Right CDG → STT Paris to St. Thomas · 37 mi Right LHR → PXO London to Porto Santo · 37 mi Left PXO → LHR Porto Santo to London · 37 mi Right STT → CDG St. Thomas to Paris · 37 mi Left AGP → MAN Malaga to Manchester · 37 mi Right ATH → IAH Athens to Houston · 37 mi Left IAH → ATH Houston to Athens · 37 mi Right MAN → AGP Manchester to Malaga · 37 mi Left AGP → LTN Malaga to London · 38 mi Left FNC → LHR Funchal to London · 38 mi Right JFK → ORY New York to Paris · 38 mi Right LHR → FNC London to Funchal · 38 mi Left LTN → AGP London to Malaga · 38 mi Right ORY → JFK Paris to New York · 38 mi Left ATL → VCE Atlanta to Venice · 39 mi Right JFK → SKG New York to Thessaloniki · 39 mi Right JFK → VCE New York to Venice · 39 mi Right LGA → ORY New York to Paris · 39 mi Right LGW → RAK London to Marrakech · 39 mi Right MAN → SDR Manchester to Santander · 39 mi Left ORY → LGA Paris to New York · 39 mi Left RAK → LGW Marrakech to London · 39 mi Left RAK → STN Marrakech to London · 39 mi Left SDR → MAN Santander to Manchester · 39 mi Right SKG → JFK Thessaloniki to New York · 39 mi Left STN → RAK London to Marrakech · 39 mi Right VCE → ATL Venice to Atlanta · 39 mi Left VCE → JFK Venice to New York · 39 mi Left EWR → ORY Newark to Paris · 39 mi Right FCO → ORD Rome to Chicago · 39 mi Right GIG → LHR Rio De Janeiro to London · 39 mi Right LHR → GIG London to Rio De Janeiro · 39 mi Left LTN → MAD London to Madrid · 39 mi Right MAD → LTN Madrid to London · 39 mi Left ORD → FCO Chicago to Rome · 39 mi Left ORY → EWR Paris to Newark · 39 mi Left PHL → VCE Philadelphia to Venice · 39 mi Right VCE → PHL Venice to Philadelphia · 39 mi Left AGP → LHR Malaga to London · 40 mi Left IAD → ORY Washington to Paris · 40 mi Right LCY → RAK London to Marrakech · 40 mi Right LHR → AGP London to Malaga · 40 mi Right ORY → IAD Paris to Washington · 40 mi Left RAK → LCY Marrakech to London · 40 mi Left BHX → RAK Birmingham to Marrakech · 40 mi Left BIO → LHR Bilbao to London · 40 mi Left LHR → BIO London to Bilbao · 40 mi Right RAK → BHX Marrakech to Birmingham · 40 mi Right AGP → BRS Malaga to Bristol · 41 mi Right BRS → AGP Bristol to Malaga · 41 mi Left DUB → LRH Dublin to La Rochelle · 41 mi Left LGW → SVQ London to Sevilla · 41 mi Right LHR → MAD London to Madrid · 41 mi Right LRH → DUB La Rochelle to Dublin · 41 mi Right MAD → LHR Madrid to London · 41 mi Left SVQ → LGW Sevilla to London · 41 mi Left BOH → LPA Bournemouth to Gran Canaria · 42 mi Left EWR → VCE Newark to Venice · 42 mi Right GVA → IAD Geneva to Washington · 42 mi Right IAD → GVA Washington to Geneva · 42 mi Left LPA → BOH Gran Canaria to Bournemouth · 42 mi Right STN → SVQ London to Sevilla · 42 mi Right SVQ → STN Sevilla to London · 42 mi Left VCE → EWR Venice to Newark · 42 mi Left EWR → GVA Newark to Geneva · 42 mi Left EZE → LCY Buenos Aires to London · 42 mi Right FNI → DUB Nimes to Dublin · 42 mi Left GVA → EWR Geneva to Newark · 42 mi Right LCY → EZE London to Buenos Aires · 42 mi Left LCY → SVQ London to Sevilla · 42 mi Right LGW → RBA London to Rabat · 42 mi Right RBA → LGW Rabat to London · 42 mi Left SVQ → LCY Sevilla to London · 42 mi Left AEP → LCY Buenos Aires to London · 43 mi Right FCO → MDW Rome to Chicago · 43 mi Right FRA → PUJ Frankfurt to Punta Cana · 43 mi Left LCY → AEP London to Buenos Aires · 43 mi Left MDW → FCO Chicago to Rome · 43 mi Left PUJ → FRA Punta Cana to Frankfurt · 43 mi Right AMM → JFK Amman to New York · 43 mi Left ATH → BOS Athens to Boston · 43 mi Right BOS → ATH Boston to Athens · 43 mi Left CIA → EAR Rome to Kearney · 43 mi Left EAR → CIA Kearney to Rome · 43 mi Right FAO → SEN Faro to Southend · 43 mi Left IAD → VCE Washington to Venice · 43 mi Right JFK → AMM New York to Amman · 43 mi Right SEN → FAO Southend to Faro · 43 mi Right VCE → IAD Venice to Washington · 43 mi Left ATH → IAD Athens to Washington · 44 mi Right GVA → JFK Geneva to New York · 44 mi Right IAD → ATH Washington to Athens · 44 mi Left JFK → GVA New York to Geneva · 44 mi Left LGW → OZP London to Sevilla · 44 mi Right OZP → LGW Sevilla to London · 44 mi Left CNF → LHR Belo Horizonte to London · 45 mi Right LHR → CNF London to Belo Horizonte · 45 mi Left BOH → PMI Bournemouth to Palma De Mallorca · 45 mi Right BOH → TFN Bournemouth to Tenerife · 45 mi Left FLO → LBG Florence to Paris · 45 mi Right LBG → FLO Paris to Florence · 45 mi Left PMI → BOH Palma De Mallorca to Bournemouth · 45 mi Left ATH → EWR Athens to Newark · 46 mi Right EWR → ATH Newark to Athens · 46 mi Left GRU → LHR Sao Paulo to London · 46 mi Right LHR → GRU London to Sao Paulo · 46 mi Left ALC → EMA Alicante to East Midlands · 47 mi Left BOG → CDG Bogota to Paris · 47 mi Left CDG → BOG Paris to Bogota · 47 mi Right EMA → ALC East Midlands to Alicante · 47 mi Right BRS → GIB Bristol to Gibraltar · 47 mi Left CUN → IST Cancun to Istanbul · 47 mi Right EMA → FAO East Midlands to Faro · 47 mi Left FAO → EMA Faro to East Midlands · 47 mi Right GIB → BRS Gibraltar to Bristol · 47 mi Right IST → CUN Istanbul to Cancun · 47 mi Left LGA → ATH New York to Athens · 47 mi Left BOD → DUB Bordeaux to Dublin · 48 mi Right DUB → BOD Dublin to Bordeaux · 48 mi Left GIB → LGW Gibraltar to London · 48 mi Left LGW → GIB London to Gibraltar · 48 mi Right IBZ → MAN Ibiza to Manchester · 49 mi Left MAN → IBZ Manchester to Ibiza · 49 mi Right BCN → KEF Barcelona to Keflavik · 50 mi Right CDG → FLO Paris to Florence · 50 mi Left FLO → CDG Florence to Paris · 50 mi Right KEF → BCN Keflavik to Barcelona · 50 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 Channel Islands from a plane?

Yes — 404 flight routes pass within 50 miles of Channel Islands. The closest routes include Bogota to Frankfurt, Frankfurt to Bogota, London to Gran Canaria. The landmark is visible from both sides, passing directly overhead.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Channel Islands?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Channel Islands: on a Bogota to Frankfurt flight, visible from both sides; on a Frankfurt to Bogota flight, visible from both sides; on a London to Gran Canaria flight, visible from both sides.