Death Valley

356 flight routes pass within 62 miles of Death Valley.

Death Valley
🌡️ Desert · United States

Photo: Brocken Inaglory · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

North America's lowest, hottest, and driest national park. The vast salt pan of Badwater Basin and the surrounding multi-colored mountains are striking from altitude on flights across the Southwest.
356Flight Routes
1 miClosest Pass
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Routes that pass it356

BLL → LAX Billund to Los Angeles · 1 mi Both Sides BOI → SAN Boise to San Diego · 1 mi Both Sides LAX → BLL Los Angeles to Billund · 1 mi Both Sides SAN → BOI San Diego to Boise · 1 mi Both Sides HOU → SJC Houston to San Jose · 2 mi Both Sides SJC → HOU San Jose to Houston · 2 mi Both Sides LAS → SJC Las Vegas to San Jose · 2 mi Both Sides MCO → MRY Orlando to Monterey · 2 mi Both Sides SJC → LAS San Jose to Las Vegas · 2 mi Both Sides CAI → LAX Cairo to Los Angeles · 3 mi Both Sides FAT → LAS Fresno to Las Vegas · 3 mi Both Sides LAS → FAT Las Vegas to Fresno · 3 mi Both Sides LAX → CAI Los Angeles to Cairo · 3 mi Both Sides AUS → SJC Austin to San Jose · 4 mi Both Sides CPH → LAX Copenhagen to Los Angeles · 4 mi Both Sides LAX → CPH Los Angeles to Copenhagen · 4 mi Both Sides SJC → AUS San Jose to Austin · 4 mi Both Sides FAT → MSY Fresno to New Orleans · 4 mi Both Sides KRK → LAX Krakow to Los Angeles · 4 mi Both Sides KSC → LAX Kosice to Los Angeles · 4 mi Both Sides LAX → KRK Los Angeles to Krakow · 4 mi Both Sides LAX → KSC Los Angeles to Kosice · 4 mi Both Sides MAF → SFO Midland to San Francisco · 4 mi Both Sides MSY → FAT New Orleans to Fresno · 4 mi Both Sides SFO → MAF San Francisco to Midland · 4 mi Both Sides LAX → VIE Los Angeles to Vienna · 5 mi Both Sides VIE → LAX Vienna to Los Angeles · 5 mi Both Sides HND → PHX Tokyo to Phoenix · 6 mi Both Sides IAH → SJC Houston to San Jose · 6 mi Both Sides LAS → SFO Las Vegas to San Francisco · 6 mi Both Sides PHX → HND Phoenix to Tokyo · 6 mi Both Sides SDF → OGG Louisville to Kahului · 6 mi Both Sides SFO → LAS San Francisco to Las Vegas · 6 mi Both Sides SJC → IAH San Jose to Houston · 6 mi Both Sides AUS → SFO Austin to San Francisco · 6 mi Left SFO → AUS San Francisco to Austin · 6 mi Right PHX → SMF Phoenix to Sacramento · 7 mi Right SMF → PHX Sacramento to Phoenix · 7 mi Left CDG → PPT Paris to Papeete · 7 mi Left DRO → LIH Durango to Lihue · 7 mi Right GOT → LAX Gothenborg to Los Angeles · 7 mi Left IST → LAX Istanbul to Los Angeles · 7 mi Left LAX → GOT Los Angeles to Gothenborg · 7 mi Right LAX → IST Los Angeles to Istanbul · 7 mi Right LIH → DRO Lihue to Durango · 7 mi Left PPT → CDG Papeete to Paris · 7 mi Right SAT → SFO San Antonio to San Francisco · 7 mi Right SFO → SAT San Francisco to San Antonio · 7 mi Left ABQ → FAT Albuquerque to Fresno · 8 mi Left FAT → ABQ Fresno to Albuquerque · 8 mi Right LAS → MER Las Vegas to Merced · 8 mi Left LAS → OAK Las Vegas to Oakland · 8 mi Left LAX → SAW Los Angeles to Pendik, Istanbul · 8 mi Right MER → LAS Merced to Las Vegas · 8 mi Right OAK → LAS Oakland to Las Vegas · 8 mi Right SAW → LAX Pendik, Istanbul to Los Angeles · 8 mi Left ATH → LAX Athens to Los Angeles · 9 mi Right DAL → FAT Dallas to Fresno · 9 mi Left DFW → FAT Dallas-Fort Worth to Fresno · 9 mi Left DFW → MRY Dallas-Fort Worth to Monterey · 9 mi Right FAT → DAL Fresno to Dallas · 9 mi Right FAT → DFW Fresno to Dallas-Fort Worth · 9 mi Right MRY → DFW Monterey to Dallas-Fort Worth · 9 mi Left BFL → DEN Bakersfield to Denver · 9 mi Left BUR → KSC Burbank to Kosice · 9 mi Right DAL → MRY Dallas to Monterey · 9 mi Right DEN → BFL Denver to Bakersfield · 9 mi Right JAC → LAX Jackson to Los Angeles · 9 mi Right KSC → BUR Kosice to Burbank · 9 mi Left LAX → JAC Los Angeles to Jackson · 9 mi Left LAX → TLV Los Angeles to Tel Aviv · 9 mi Right MRY → DAL Monterey to Dallas · 9 mi Left TLV → LAX Tel Aviv to Los Angeles · 9 mi Left KEF → LAX Keflavik to Los Angeles · 10 mi Right LAX → KEF Los Angeles to Keflavik · 10 mi Left LAX → WAW Los Angeles to Warsaw · 10 mi Right SAN → YYC San Diego to Calgary · 10 mi Left WAW → LAX Warsaw to Los Angeles · 10 mi Left YYC → SAN Calgary to San Diego · 10 mi Right DEN → SBP Denver to San Luis Obispo · 11 mi Left PHX → SAC Phoenix to Sacramento · 11 mi Right SAC → PHX Sacramento to Phoenix · 11 mi Left SBP → DEN San Luis Obispo to Denver · 11 mi Right BFL → ORD Bakersfield to Chicago · 12 mi Left LAX → OSL Los Angeles to Oslo · 12 mi Right LSV → SJC Las Vegas to San Jose · 12 mi Left ORD → BFL Chicago to Bakersfield · 12 mi Right OSL → LAX Oslo to Los Angeles · 12 mi Left SJC → LSV San Jose to Las Vegas · 12 mi Right BZN → LAX Bozeman to Los Angeles · 12 mi Left HOU → SFO Houston to San Francisco · 12 mi Left LAX → BZN Los Angeles to Bozeman · 12 mi Right SFO → HOU San Francisco to Houston · 12 mi Right AUS → OAK Austin to Oakland · 13 mi Left LAX → MUC Los Angeles to Munich · 13 mi Left MUC → LAX Munich to Los Angeles · 13 mi Right OAK → AUS Oakland to Austin · 13 mi Right KIX → PHX Osaka to Phoenix · 14 mi Right PHX → KIX Phoenix to Osaka · 14 mi Left FRA → LAX Frankfurt to Los Angeles · 15 mi Right LAX → FRA Los Angeles to Frankfurt · 15 mi Left LSV → SFO Las Vegas to San Francisco · 15 mi Left SFO → LSV San Francisco to Las Vegas · 15 mi Right AMS → LAX Amsterdam to Los Angeles · 16 mi Right LAX → AMS Los Angeles to Amsterdam · 16 mi Left IAH → SFO Houston to San Francisco · 16 mi Left SFO → IAH San Francisco to Houston · 16 mi Right BFL → LGA Bakersfield to New York · 17 mi Left LGA → BFL New York to Bakersfield · 17 mi Right LSV → OAK Las Vegas to Oakland · 17 mi Left OAK → LSV Oakland to Las Vegas · 17 mi Right EDI → LAX Edinburgh to Los Angeles · 17 mi Right LAS → STS Las Vegas to Santa Rosa · 17 mi Left LAS → SUU Las Vegas to Fairfield · 17 mi Left LAX → EDI Los Angeles to Edinburgh · 17 mi Left STS → LAS Santa Rosa to Las Vegas · 17 mi Right SUU → LAS Fairfield to Las Vegas · 17 mi Right SFO → THE San Francisco to Teresina · 18 mi Right THE → SFO Teresina to San Francisco · 18 mi Left BRU → LAX Brussels to Los Angeles · 19 mi Right CPH → NID Copenhagen to China · 19 mi Left HOU → OAK Houston to Oakland · 19 mi Left LAX → BRU Los Angeles to Brussels · 19 mi Left NID → CPH China to Copenhagen · 19 mi Right OAK → HOU Oakland to Houston · 19 mi Right LAX → ZRH Los Angeles to Zurich · 21 mi Left ZRH → LAX Zurich to Los Angeles · 21 mi Right SMF → TUS Sacramento to Tucson · 21 mi Left TUS → SMF Tucson to Sacramento · 21 mi Right BUR → SLC Burbank to Salt Lake City · 22 mi Left GEG → SAN Spokane to San Diego · 22 mi Left HNL → RDU Honolulu to Raleigh-Durham · 22 mi Left RDU → HNL Raleigh-Durham to Honolulu · 22 mi Right SAN → GEG San Diego to Spokane · 22 mi Right SLC → BUR Salt Lake City to Burbank · 22 mi Right LAX → MAN Los Angeles to Manchester · 22 mi Left MAN → LAX Manchester to Los Angeles · 22 mi Right PHX → TPE Phoenix to Taipei · 23 mi Left TPE → PHX Taipei to Phoenix · 23 mi Right BOI → ONT Boise to Ontario · 24 mi Left LAS → SAC Las Vegas to Sacramento · 24 mi Left LAX → LIN Los Angeles to Milan · 24 mi Left LIN → LAX Milan to Los Angeles · 24 mi Right ONT → BOI Ontario to Boise · 24 mi Right SAC → LAS Sacramento to Las Vegas · 24 mi Right GTF → LAX Great Falls to Los Angeles · 24 mi Left LAX → GTF Los Angeles to Great Falls · 24 mi Right LAX → LCY Los Angeles to London · 24 mi Left LAX → MXP Los Angeles to Milano · 24 mi Left LCY → LAX London to Los Angeles · 24 mi Right MXP → LAX Milano to Los Angeles · 24 mi Right CUN → SFO Cancun to San Francisco · 25 mi Right LAX → LHR Los Angeles to London · 25 mi Left LHR → LAX London to Los Angeles · 25 mi Right SFO → CUN San Francisco to Cancun · 25 mi Left CIA → LAX Rome to Los Angeles · 25 mi Right LAX → CIA Los Angeles to Rome · 25 mi Left LAX → LGW Los Angeles to London · 25 mi Left LGW → LAX London to Los Angeles · 25 mi Right PUJ → SJC Punta Cana to San Jose · 25 mi Left SJC → PUJ San Jose to Punta Cana · 25 mi Right FCO → LAX Rome to Los Angeles · 26 mi Right LAS → SMF Las Vegas to Sacramento · 26 mi Left LAX → FCO Los Angeles to Rome · 26 mi Left PDX → SJD Portland to San Jose Del Cabo · 26 mi Right SJD → PDX San Jose Del Cabo to Portland · 26 mi Left SMF → LAS Sacramento to Las Vegas · 26 mi Right CDG → LAX Paris to Los Angeles · 27 mi Right LAS → MCC Las Vegas to Sacramento · 27 mi Left LAX → CDG Los Angeles to Paris · 27 mi Left LAX → LBG Los Angeles to Paris · 27 mi Left LAX → MJF Los Angeles to Mosjoen · 27 mi Right LBG → LAX Paris to Los Angeles · 27 mi Right MCC → LAS Sacramento to Las Vegas · 27 mi Right MJF → LAX Mosjoen to Los Angeles · 27 mi Left DUB → LAX Dublin to Los Angeles · 27 mi Right LAX → DUB Los Angeles to Dublin · 27 mi Left LAX → ORY Los Angeles to Paris · 27 mi Left LAX → SLC Los Angeles to Salt Lake City · 27 mi Left ORY → LAX Paris to Los Angeles · 27 mi Right SLC → LAX Salt Lake City to Los Angeles · 27 mi Right MIA → SJC Miami to San Jose · 29 mi Left PHX → STS Phoenix to Santa Rosa · 29 mi Right SBA → SLC Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City · 29 mi Right SJC → MIA San Jose to Miami · 29 mi Right SLC → SBA Salt Lake City to Santa Barbara · 29 mi Left STS → PHX Santa Rosa to Phoenix · 29 mi Left PSP → SEA Palm Springs to Seattle · 30 mi Right SEA → PSP Seattle to Palm Springs · 30 mi Left HEL → LAX Helsinki to Los Angeles · 30 mi Left LAX → HEL Los Angeles to Helsinki · 30 mi Right FAT → SVN Fresno to Hunter Aaf · 31 mi Right LAX → NCE Los Angeles to Nice · 31 mi Left LAX → SUN Los Angeles to Hailey · 31 mi Right NCE → LAX Nice to Los Angeles · 31 mi Right SVN → FAT Hunter Aaf to Fresno · 31 mi Left LAX → MIB Los Angeles to Minot · 32 mi Left MIB → LAX Minot to Los Angeles · 32 mi Right BOI → SNA Boise to Santa Ana · 32 mi Left LAS → MNL Las Vegas to Manila · 32 mi Left MNL → LAS Manila to Las Vegas · 32 mi Right SNA → BOI Santa Ana to Boise · 32 mi Right ATL → MRY Atlanta to Monterey · 33 mi Left LAX → MOT Los Angeles to Minot · 33 mi Left MOT → LAX Minot to Los Angeles · 33 mi Right MRY → ATL Monterey to Atlanta · 33 mi Right DOH → NZY Doha to San Diego · 34 mi Right NZY → DOH San Diego to Doha · 34 mi Left DAL → SJC Dallas to San Jose · 34 mi Left DFW → SJC Dallas-Fort Worth to San Jose · 34 mi Left SJC → DAL San Jose to Dallas · 34 mi Right SJC → DFW San Jose to Dallas-Fort Worth · 34 mi Right LAS → LIH Las Vegas to Lihue · 36 mi Right LIH → LAS Lihue to Las Vegas · 36 mi Left PSP → YEG Palm Springs to Edmonton · 36 mi Left PSP → YYC Palm Springs to Calgary · 36 mi Left YEG → PSP Edmonton to Palm Springs · 36 mi Right YYC → PSP Calgary to Palm Springs · 36 mi Right CAG → LAX Cagliari to Los Angeles · 37 mi Right LAX → CAG Los Angeles to Cagliari · 37 mi Left ABQ → SFO Albuquerque to San Francisco · 39 mi Left SFO → ABQ San Francisco to Albuquerque · 39 mi Right HND → LAS Tokyo to Las Vegas · 39 mi Right HNL → LAS Honolulu to Las Vegas · 39 mi Left LAS → HND Las Vegas to Tokyo · 39 mi Left LAS → HNL Las Vegas to Honolulu · 39 mi Right LGB → SLC Long Beach to Salt Lake City · 39 mi Left SLC → LGB Salt Lake City to Long Beach · 39 mi Right GEG → ONT Spokane to Ontario · 40 mi Left ICN → TUS Seoul to Tucson · 40 mi Right LAX → YVT Los Angeles to Buffalo Narrows · 40 mi Right MSY → SFO New Orleans to San Francisco · 40 mi Left ONT → GEG Ontario to Spokane · 40 mi Right SFO → MSY San Francisco to New Orleans · 40 mi Right TUS → ICN Tucson to Seoul · 40 mi Left YVT → LAX Buffalo Narrows to Los Angeles · 40 mi Left HNL → SDF Honolulu to Louisville · 42 mi Right LAS → OGG Las Vegas to Kahului · 42 mi Right OGG → LAS Kahului to Las Vegas · 42 mi Left PDX → PSP Portland to Palm Springs · 42 mi Left PSP → PDX Palm Springs to Portland · 42 mi Right MIA → SFO Miami to San Francisco · 42 mi Left SFO → MIA San Francisco to Miami · 42 mi Right DEN → SBA Denver to Santa Barbara · 43 mi Right RSW → SFO Fort Myers to San Francisco · 43 mi Left SBA → DEN Santa Barbara to Denver · 43 mi Left SFO → RSW San Francisco to Fort Myers · 43 mi Right ABQ → OAK Albuquerque to Oakland · 43 mi Left OAK → ABQ Oakland to Albuquerque · 43 mi Right BFL → CLT Bakersfield to Charlotte · 44 mi Left CLT → BFL Charlotte to Bakersfield · 44 mi Right DME → LAX Moscow to Los Angeles · 44 mi Left KUL → LAS Kuala Lumpur to Las Vegas · 44 mi Right LAS → KUL Las Vegas to Kuala Lumpur · 44 mi Left LAS → TPE Las Vegas to Taipei · 44 mi Left LAX → SVO Los Angeles to Moscow · 44 mi Right ORF → HNL Norfolk to Honolulu · 44 mi Left SVO → LAX Moscow to Los Angeles · 44 mi Left TPE → LAS Taipei to Las Vegas · 44 mi Right KOA → LAS Kona to Las Vegas · 45 mi Left LAS → KOA Las Vegas to Kona · 45 mi Right BCN → LAX Barcelona to Los Angeles · 45 mi Right DAD → PHX Danang to Phoenix · 45 mi Right FLL → SFO Fort Lauderdale to San Francisco · 45 mi Left LAX → BCN Los Angeles to Barcelona · 45 mi Left LAX → MSO Los Angeles to Missoula · 45 mi Right MSO → LAX Missoula to Los Angeles · 45 mi Left PHX → DAD Phoenix to Danang · 45 mi Left SFO → FLL San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale · 45 mi Right SJC → MCO San Jose to Orlando · 45 mi Right CPT → SFO Cape Town to San Francisco · 46 mi Left SFO → CPT San Francisco to Cape Town · 46 mi Right DAL → SFO Dallas to San Francisco · 47 mi Left DFW → SFO Dallas-Fort Worth to San Francisco · 47 mi Left SFO → DAL San Francisco to Dallas · 47 mi Right SFO → DFW San Francisco to Dallas-Fort Worth · 47 mi Right OAK → PHX Oakland to Phoenix · 47 mi Left PHX → OAK Phoenix to Oakland · 47 mi Right FAT → PHX Fresno to Phoenix · 48 mi Left PHX → FAT Phoenix to Fresno · 48 mi Right PHX → RNO Phoenix to Reno · 50 mi Left RNO → PHX Reno to Phoenix · 50 mi Right LAS → RNO Las Vegas to Reno · 50 mi Left RNO → LAS Reno to Las Vegas · 50 mi Right AMS → SNA Amsterdam to Santa Ana · 51 mi Right MCF → SFO Tampa to San Francisco · 51 mi Left ONT → SLC Ontario to Salt Lake City · 51 mi Left SFO → MCF San Francisco to Tampa · 51 mi Right SLC → ONT Salt Lake City to Ontario · 51 mi Right SNA → AMS Santa Ana to Amsterdam · 51 mi Left FCA → LAX Kalispell to Los Angeles · 52 mi Left LAX → FCA Los Angeles to Kalispell · 52 mi Right ORD → SBA Chicago to Santa Barbara · 52 mi Right SBA → DTW Santa Barbara to Detroit · 52 mi Left SBA → ORD Santa Barbara to Chicago · 52 mi Left SFO → TPA San Francisco to Tampa · 52 mi Right SLC → SNA Salt Lake City to Santa Ana · 52 mi Right SNA → SLC Santa Ana to Salt Lake City · 52 mi Left TPA → SFO Tampa to San Francisco · 52 mi Left ICN → LAS Seoul to Las Vegas · 52 mi Right LAS → ICN Las Vegas to Seoul · 52 mi Left PHX → SFO Phoenix to San Francisco · 52 mi Right SFO → PHX San Francisco to Phoenix · 52 mi Left DAL → OAK Dallas to Oakland · 53 mi Left DFW → OAK Dallas-Fort Worth to Oakland · 53 mi Left HNL → STL Honolulu to St. Louis · 53 mi Right MDW → SBA Chicago to Santa Barbara · 53 mi Right OAK → DAL Oakland to Dallas · 53 mi Right OAK → DFW Oakland to Dallas-Fort Worth · 53 mi Right STL → HNL St. Louis to Honolulu · 53 mi Left DOH → LAX Doha to Los Angeles · 53 mi Left LAX → DOH Los Angeles to Doha · 53 mi Right DEN → SYD Denver to Sydney · 54 mi Right LIS → VBG Lisbon to Lompoc · 54 mi Left SYD → DEN Sydney to Denver · 54 mi Left VBG → LIS Lompoc to Lisbon · 54 mi Right SAF → SFO Santa Fe to San Francisco · 55 mi Left SFO → SAF San Francisco to Santa Fe · 55 mi Right NUQ → PHX Mountain View to Phoenix · 55 mi Left PHX → NUQ Phoenix to Mountain View · 55 mi Right PHX → SJC Phoenix to San Jose · 56 mi Right SJC → PHX San Jose to Phoenix · 56 mi Left BKK → LAS Bangkok to Las Vegas · 57 mi Right BOI → BUR Boise to Burbank · 57 mi Left BOI → LAX Boise to Los Angeles · 57 mi Left BUR → BOI Burbank to Boise · 57 mi Right LAS → BKK Las Vegas to Bangkok · 57 mi Left LAX → BOI Los Angeles to Boise · 57 mi Right LAX → MAD Los Angeles to Madrid · 57 mi Left MAD → LAX Madrid to Los Angeles · 57 mi Right LAS → SBA Las Vegas to Santa Barbara · 57 mi Right LAX → YYC Los Angeles to Calgary · 57 mi Right YYC → LAX Calgary to Los Angeles · 57 mi Left LAX → SBO Los Angeles to Salina · 58 mi Left LUF → SJC Phoenix to San Jose · 58 mi Right SBO → LAX Salina to Los Angeles · 58 mi Right SJC → LUF San Jose to Phoenix · 58 mi Left BOG → SFO Bogota to San Francisco · 59 mi Right BZE → SFO Belize City to San Francisco · 59 mi Right GIG → SFO Rio De Janeiro to San Francisco · 59 mi Right LAX → YEG Los Angeles to Edmonton · 59 mi Right SFO → BOG San Francisco to Bogota · 59 mi Left SFO → BZE San Francisco to Belize City · 59 mi Left SFO → GIG San Francisco to Rio De Janeiro · 59 mi Left YEG → LAX Edmonton to Los Angeles · 59 mi Left LAX → RCA Los Angeles to Rapid City · 60 mi Left RCA → LAX Rapid City to Los Angeles · 60 mi Right MCO → SFO Orlando to San Francisco · 60 mi Left SFO → MCO San Francisco to Orlando · 60 mi Right BZN → SAN Bozeman to San Diego · 61 mi Right ORL → SFO Orlando to San Francisco · 61 mi Left SAN → BZN San Diego to Bozeman · 61 mi Left SFO → ORL San Francisco to Orlando · 61 mi Right PTY → SFO Panama City to San Francisco · 62 mi Right SFO → PTY San Francisco to Panama City · 62 mi Left SNA → FCO Santa Ana to Rome · 62 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 Death Valley from a plane?

Yes — 356 flight routes pass within 62 miles of Death Valley. The closest routes include Billund to Los Angeles, Boise to San Diego, Los Angeles to Billund. The landmark is visible from both sides, with the landmark passing about 1 miles away.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Death Valley?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Death Valley: on a Billund to Los Angeles flight, visible from both sides; on a Boise to San Diego flight, visible from both sides; on a Los Angeles to Billund flight, visible from both sides.