Crete

160 flight routes pass within 93 miles of Crete.

Crete
🏝️ Island · Greece

Photo: C messier · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Greece's largest island with the Samaria Gorge and the White Mountains rising to 2,456 metres. A major feature on eastern Mediterranean routes.
160Flight Routes
1 miClosest Pass
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Routes that pass it160

CDG → CHQ Paris to Chania · 1 mi Both Sides CHQ → CDG Chania to Paris · 1 mi Both Sides CHQ → DUB Chania to Dublin · 1 mi Both Sides CHQ → LGW Chania to London · 1 mi Both Sides CHQ → LHR Chania to London · 1 mi Both Sides CHQ → ORY Chania to Paris · 1 mi Both Sides DUB → CHQ Dublin to Chania · 1 mi Both Sides LGW → CHQ London to Chania · 1 mi Both Sides LHR → CHQ London to Chania · 1 mi Both Sides ORY → CHQ Paris to Chania · 1 mi Both Sides BHX → CHQ Birmingham to Chania · 1 mi Both Sides CHQ → BHX Chania to Birmingham · 1 mi Both Sides CHQ → LCY Chania to London · 1 mi Both Sides FCO → SSH Rome to Sharm El Sheikh · 1 mi Both Sides LCY → CHQ London to Chania · 1 mi Both Sides SSH → FCO Sharm El Sheikh to Rome · 1 mi Both Sides CHQ → MAN Chania to Manchester · 2 mi Both Sides MAN → CHQ Manchester to Chania · 2 mi Both Sides CHQ → LBA Chania to Leeds · 2 mi Both Sides LBA → CHQ Leeds to Chania · 2 mi Both Sides CAI → CIA Cairo to Rome · 3 mi Both Sides CIA → CAI Rome to Cairo · 3 mi Both Sides CHQ → DBV Chania to Dubrovnik · 5 mi Both Sides CHQ → MUC Chania to Munich · 5 mi Both Sides DBV → CHQ Dubrovnik to Chania · 5 mi Both Sides MUC → CHQ Munich to Chania · 5 mi Both Sides CAI → FCO Cairo to Rome · 7 mi Right FCO → CAI Rome to Cairo · 7 mi Left CAI → EWR Cairo to Newark · 7 mi Right EWR → CAI Newark to Cairo · 7 mi Left CAI → IAD Cairo to Washington · 8 mi Right CHQ → HAM Chania to Hamburg · 8 mi Right HAM → CHQ Hamburg to Chania · 8 mi Left IAD → CAI Washington to Cairo · 8 mi Left CAI → JFK Cairo to New York · 9 mi Right CHQ → VIE Chania to Vienna · 9 mi Right JFK → CAI New York to Cairo · 9 mi Left VIE → CHQ Vienna to Chania · 9 mi Left LHR → LXR London to Luxor · 12 mi Left LXR → LHR Luxor to London · 12 mi Right CHQ → WAW Chania to Warsaw · 16 mi Right WAW → CHQ Warsaw to Chania · 16 mi Left CAI → IAH Cairo to Houston · 16 mi Left IAH → CAI Houston to Cairo · 16 mi Right ATH → CHQ Athens to Chania · 17 mi Left CHQ → ATH Chania to Athens · 17 mi Right CHQ → HEL Chania to Helsinki · 19 mi Right HEL → CHQ Helsinki to Chania · 19 mi Left JED → YYZ Jeddah to Toronto · 19 mi Left YYZ → JED Toronto to Jeddah · 19 mi Right AMM → HER Amman to Heraklion · 19 mi Left TLV → HER Tel Aviv to Heraklion · 20 mi Left MUH → JCL Marsa Matruh to České Budějovice · 25 mi Left CHQ → SAW Chania to Pendik, Istanbul · 26 mi Right HER → NTE Heraklion to Nantes · 30 mi Left NTE → HER Nantes to Heraklion · 30 mi Right CAI → GVA Cairo to Geneva · 31 mi Left GVA → CAI Geneva to Cairo · 31 mi Right HER → SAW Heraklion to Pendik, Istanbul · 32 mi Left SAW → HER Pendik, Istanbul to Heraklion · 32 mi Right GVA → HER Geneva to Heraklion · 32 mi Right HER → GVA Heraklion to Geneva · 32 mi Left CDG → HER Paris to Heraklion · 34 mi Right FRA → MRU Frankfurt to Plaisance · 34 mi Right HER → CDG Heraklion to Paris · 34 mi Left MRU → FRA Plaisance to Frankfurt · 34 mi Left BRS → HER Bristol to Heraklion · 34 mi Right HER → BRS Heraklion to Bristol · 34 mi Left JED → MXP Jeddah to Milano · 34 mi Left MXP → JED Milano to Jeddah · 34 mi Right DOH → TUN Doha to Tunis · 35 mi Right HER → LGW Heraklion to London · 35 mi Left HER → LHR Heraklion to London · 35 mi Left HER → ZRH Heraklion to Zurich · 35 mi Left LGW → HER London to Heraklion · 35 mi Right LHR → HER London to Heraklion · 35 mi Right MAD → TLV Madrid to Tel Aviv · 35 mi Right TLV → MAD Tel Aviv to Madrid · 35 mi Left TUN → DOH Tunis to Doha · 35 mi Left ZRH → HER Zurich to Heraklion · 35 mi Right HER → MAN Heraklion to Manchester · 35 mi Left MAN → HER Manchester to Heraklion · 35 mi Right AGP → AUH Malaga to Abu Dhabi · 36 mi Left AUH → AGP Abu Dhabi to Malaga · 36 mi Right BRU → HER Brussels to Heraklion · 36 mi Right CAI → YTZ Cairo to Toronto · 36 mi Left HER → BRU Heraklion to Brussels · 36 mi Left HER → LBA Heraklion to Leeds · 36 mi Left HER → STR Heraklion to Stuttgart · 36 mi Left LBA → HER Leeds to Heraklion · 36 mi Right STR → HER Stuttgart to Heraklion · 36 mi Right YTZ → CAI Toronto to Cairo · 36 mi Right AMS → HER Amsterdam to Heraklion · 37 mi Right DUS → HER Duesseldorf to Heraklion · 37 mi Right FRA → HER Frankfurt to Heraklion · 37 mi Right HER → AMS Heraklion to Amsterdam · 37 mi Left HER → DUS Heraklion to Duesseldorf · 37 mi Left HER → FRA Heraklion to Frankfurt · 37 mi Left CAI → YYZ Cairo to Toronto · 37 mi Left HER → MUC Heraklion to Munich · 37 mi Left HER → TIA Heraklion to Tirana · 37 mi Left MUC → HER Munich to Heraklion · 37 mi Right TIA → HER Tirana to Heraklion · 37 mi Right YYZ → CAI Toronto to Cairo · 37 mi Right DXB → MLA Dubai to Malta · 39 mi Right MLA → DXB Malta to Dubai · 39 mi Left HER → PRG Heraklion to Prague · 39 mi Left HER → VIE Heraklion to Vienna · 39 mi Left PRG → HER Prague to Heraklion · 39 mi Right VIE → HER Vienna to Heraklion · 39 mi Right ATH → HER Athens to Heraklion · 40 mi Right HER → ATH Heraklion to Athens · 40 mi Left HER → POZ Heraklion to Poznan · 40 mi Left POZ → HER Poznan to Heraklion · 40 mi Right CAI → MXP Cairo to Milano · 41 mi Left MXP → CAI Milano to Cairo · 41 mi Right VIE → ARK Vienna to Arusha · 41 mi Left LXR → MXP Luxor to Milano · 45 mi Right MXP → LXR Milano to Luxor · 45 mi Left AMM → ALG Amman to Algier · 45 mi Right CAI → DFW Cairo to Dallas-Fort Worth · 45 mi Left DFW → CAI Dallas-Fort Worth to Cairo · 45 mi Right ADD → FRA Addis Ababa to Frankfurt · 48 mi Right FRA → ADD Frankfurt to Addis Ababa · 48 mi Left CAI → ORY Cairo to Paris · 49 mi Left ORY → CAI Paris to Cairo · 49 mi Right CAI → CDG Cairo to Paris · 55 mi Left CDG → CAI Paris to Cairo · 55 mi Right COO → SAW Cotonou to Pendik, Istanbul · 55 mi Right SAW → COO Pendik, Istanbul to Cotonou · 55 mi Left LHR → SEZ London to Mahe · 58 mi Right SEZ → LHR Mahe to London · 58 mi Left CAI → ORD Cairo to Chicago · 60 mi Left ORD → CAI Chicago to Cairo · 60 mi Right AUH → LIS Abu Dhabi to Lisbon · 61 mi Left LIS → AUH Lisbon to Abu Dhabi · 61 mi Right ADD → ATH Addis Ababa to Athens · 63 mi Left ATH → ADD Athens to Addis Ababa · 63 mi Right DOH → MLA Doha to Malta · 65 mi Right MLA → DOH Malta to Doha · 65 mi Left CAI → ZRH Cairo to Zurich · 73 mi Left ZRH → CAI Zurich to Cairo · 73 mi Right CAI → LHR Cairo to London · 76 mi Left LHR → CAI London to Cairo · 76 mi Right CAI → DUB Cairo to Dublin · 78 mi Left DUB → CAI Dublin to Cairo · 78 mi Right CAI → LCY Cairo to London · 80 mi Left LCY → CAI London to Cairo · 80 mi Right HRG → LPL Hurghada to Liverpool · 89 mi Left IAD → JED Washington to Jeddah · 89 mi Left JED → IAD Jeddah to Washington · 89 mi Right LPL → HRG Liverpool to Hurghada · 89 mi Right EMA → HRG East Midlands to Hurghada · 89 mi Right HRG → EMA Hurghada to East Midlands · 89 mi Left JED → JFK Jeddah to New York · 90 mi Right JFK → JED New York to Jeddah · 90 mi Left FRA → JTR Frankfurt to Santorini · 93 mi Right HRG → MAN Hurghada to Manchester · 93 mi Left JTR → FRA Santorini to Frankfurt · 93 mi Left MAN → HRG Manchester to Hurghada · 93 mi 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 Crete from a plane?

Yes — 160 flight routes pass within 93 miles of Crete. The closest routes include Paris to Chania, Chania to Paris, Chania to Dublin. The landmark is visible from both sides, with the landmark passing about 1 miles away.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Crete?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Crete: on a Paris to Chania flight, visible from both sides; on a Chania to Paris flight, visible from both sides; on a Chania to Dublin flight, visible from both sides.