Faroe Islands

166 flight routes pass within 93 miles of Faroe Islands.

Faroe Islands
🐑 Island · Denmark (Faroe Islands)

Photo: Erik Christensen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The remote Faroe Islands sit between Norway and Iceland in the North Atlantic, featuring dramatic sea cliffs and waterfalls plunging directly into the ocean. Visible from many transatlantic and North Sea routes.
166Flight Routes
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Routes that pass it166

LGA → OSL New York to Oslo · directly overhead Both Sides AAL → FAE Aalborg to Vagar · 1 mi Both Sides BLL → FAE Billund to Vagar · 1 mi Both Sides CPH → FAE Copenhagen to Vagar · 1 mi Both Sides DEN → SAW Denver to Pendik, Istanbul · 1 mi Both Sides FAE → AAL Vagar to Aalborg · 1 mi Both Sides FAE → BLL Vagar to Billund · 1 mi Both Sides FAE → CPH Vagar to Copenhagen · 1 mi Both Sides FAE → KEF Vagar to Keflavik · 1 mi Both Sides FAE → RKV Vagar to Reykjavik · 1 mi Both Sides KEF → FAE Keflavik to Vagar · 1 mi Both Sides RKV → FAE Reykjavik to Vagar · 1 mi Both Sides SAW → DEN Pendik, Istanbul to Denver · 1 mi Both Sides EWR → OSL Newark to Oslo · 1 mi Both Sides OSL → EWR Oslo to Newark · 1 mi Both Sides JFK → OSL New York to Oslo · 2 mi Both Sides OSL → JFK Oslo to New York · 2 mi Both Sides OSL → RDU Oslo to Raleigh-Durham · 2 mi Both Sides RDU → OSL Raleigh-Durham to Oslo · 2 mi Both Sides CPH → RKV Copenhagen to Reykjavik · 4 mi Both Sides RKV → CPH Reykjavik to Copenhagen · 4 mi Both Sides CPH → KEF Copenhagen to Keflavik · 5 mi Both Sides DOH → MDW Doha to Chicago · 5 mi Both Sides KEF → CPH Keflavik to Copenhagen · 5 mi Both Sides MDW → DOH Chicago to Doha · 5 mi Both Sides ANC → LHR Anchorage to London · 6 mi Both Sides LHR → ANC London to Anchorage · 6 mi Both Sides CDG → FAE Paris to Vagar · 6 mi Right FAE → CDG Vagar to Paris · 6 mi Left FAE → LCY Vagar to London · 6 mi Left LCY → FAE London to Vagar · 6 mi Right EDI → FAE Edinburgh to Vagar · 7 mi Right FAE → EDI Vagar to Edinburgh · 7 mi Left FAE → LGW Vagar to London · 7 mi Left FAE → PMI Vagar to Palma De Mallorca · 7 mi Left LGW → FAE London to Vagar · 7 mi Right PMI → FAE Palma De Mallorca to Vagar · 7 mi Right DEN → IST Denver to Istanbul · 9 mi Left EWR → NYO Newark to Stockholm · 9 mi Left IST → DEN Istanbul to Denver · 9 mi Right NYO → EWR Stockholm to Newark · 9 mi Right AEY → MUC Akureyri to Munich · 11 mi Left MUC → AEY Munich to Akureyri · 11 mi Right CPH → MSP Copenhagen to Minneapolis · 13 mi Right KEF → WAW Keflavik to Warsaw · 13 mi Right MSP → CPH Minneapolis to Copenhagen · 13 mi Left WAW → KEF Warsaw to Keflavik · 13 mi Left MUC → SEA Munich to Seattle · 14 mi Left SEA → MUC Seattle to Munich · 14 mi Right BFI → MUC Seattle to Munich · 15 mi Right DOH → ORD Doha to Chicago · 17 mi Left ORD → DOH Chicago to Doha · 17 mi Right CAI → LAX Cairo to Los Angeles · 17 mi Left LAX → CAI Los Angeles to Cairo · 17 mi Right FRA → YVR Frankfurt to Vancouver · 18 mi Right YVR → FRA Vancouver to Frankfurt · 18 mi Left WAW → RKV Warsaw to Reykjavik · 22 mi Left CPH → GOH Copenhagen to Godthaab · 24 mi Left GOH → CPH Godthaab to Copenhagen · 24 mi Right LAX → VIE Los Angeles to Vienna · 24 mi Left VIE → LAX Vienna to Los Angeles · 24 mi Right BMA → JFK Stockholm to New York · 29 mi Left JFK → BMA New York to Stockholm · 29 mi Right DTW → GOT Detroit to Gothenborg · 32 mi Left GOT → DTW Gothenborg to Detroit · 32 mi Right ATH → RNO Athens to Reno · 34 mi Left RNO → ATH Reno to Athens · 34 mi Right GDN → RKV Gdansk to Reykjavik · 34 mi Left RKV → GDN Reykjavik to Gdansk · 34 mi Right AUH → IAH Abu Dhabi to Houston · 36 mi Left IAH → AUH Houston to Abu Dhabi · 36 mi Right AMS → YDQ Amsterdam to Dawson Creek · 38 mi Right OSL → YHU Oslo to Montreal · 38 mi Left YDQ → AMS Dawson Creek to Amsterdam · 38 mi Left YHU → OSL Montreal to Oslo · 38 mi Right CPH → DSM Copenhagen to Des Moines · 42 mi Right DSM → CPH Des Moines to Copenhagen · 42 mi Left DXB → YYZ Dubai to Toronto · 42 mi Right MUC → YYC Munich to Calgary · 42 mi Right YYC → MUC Calgary to Munich · 42 mi Left YYZ → DXB Toronto to Dubai · 42 mi Left BFI → FRA Seattle to Frankfurt · 43 mi Left FRA → BFI Frankfurt to Seattle · 43 mi Right MUC → YVR Munich to Vancouver · 43 mi Left YVR → MUC Vancouver to Munich · 43 mi Right ARN → JFK Stockholm to New York · 43 mi Left BGO → DFW Bergen to Dallas-Fort Worth · 43 mi Left DFW → BGO Dallas-Fort Worth to Bergen · 43 mi Right FRA → SEA Frankfurt to Seattle · 43 mi Right JFK → ARN New York to Stockholm · 43 mi Right SEA → FRA Seattle to Frankfurt · 43 mi Left DBV → YEG Dubrovnik to Edmonton · 44 mi Left YEG → DBV Edmonton to Dubrovnik · 44 mi Right PRG → SLC Prague to Salt Lake City · 45 mi Right SLC → PRG Salt Lake City to Prague · 45 mi Left BER → RKV Berlin to Reykjavik · 46 mi Right RKV → BER Reykjavik to Berlin · 46 mi Left BGO → KEF Bergen to Keflavik · 48 mi Left KEF → BGO Keflavik to Bergen · 48 mi Right ARN → EWR Stockholm to Newark · 48 mi Left EWR → ARN Newark to Stockholm · 48 mi Right BGO → JFK Bergen to New York · 49 mi Right JFK → BGO New York to Bergen · 49 mi Left DXB → YTZ Dubai to Toronto · 51 mi Right CCE → CDC New Cairo to Cedar City · 52 mi Right CDC → CCE Cedar City to New Cairo · 52 mi Left BGO → RKV Bergen to Reykjavik · 53 mi Left RKV → BGO Reykjavik to Bergen · 53 mi Right BUD → RKV Budapest to Reykjavik · 54 mi Right RKV → BUD Reykjavik to Budapest · 54 mi Left BLL → LAX Billund to Los Angeles · 56 mi Left LAX → BLL Los Angeles to Billund · 56 mi Right FRA → PDX Frankfurt to Portland · 57 mi Right PDX → FRA Portland to Frankfurt · 57 mi Left SAN → VIE San Diego to Vienna · 57 mi Left VIE → SAN Vienna to San Diego · 57 mi Right DWC → YYZ Dubai to Toronto · 58 mi Right YYZ → DWC Toronto to Dubai · 58 mi Left DAL → DOH Dallas to Doha · 61 mi Right DOH → DAL Doha to Dallas · 61 mi Left SFO → SZG San Francisco to Salzburg · 61 mi Left SZG → SFO Salzburg to San Francisco · 61 mi Right AMS → YVR Amsterdam to Vancouver · 68 mi Right DUB → LBS Dublin to Labasa · 68 mi Right LBS → DUB Labasa to Dublin · 68 mi Left SFO → ATH San Francisco to Athens · 68 mi Right YVR → AMS Vancouver to Amsterdam · 68 mi Left YYZ → OSL Toronto to Oslo · 68 mi Right DME → MIA Moscow to Miami · 70 mi Left AMM → PHX Amman to Phoenix · 70 mi Left PHX → AMM Phoenix to Amman · 70 mi Right DFW → DOH Dallas-Fort Worth to Doha · 71 mi Right DOH → DFW Doha to Dallas-Fort Worth · 71 mi Left HNL → LHR Honolulu to London · 73 mi Left LHR → HNL London to Honolulu · 73 mi Right CHC → DUB Christchurch to Dublin · 76 mi Right DUB → CHC Dublin to Christchurch · 76 mi Left MIA → NMI Miami to Navi Mumbai · 76 mi Left CPH → PHX Copenhagen to Phoenix · 77 mi Left PHX → CPH Phoenix to Copenhagen · 77 mi Right ORD → WAW Chicago to Warsaw · 79 mi Left SFO → VIE San Francisco to Vienna · 79 mi Right VIE → SFO Vienna to San Francisco · 79 mi Left WAW → ORD Warsaw to Chicago · 79 mi Right KEF → PRG Keflavik to Prague · 82 mi Left PRG → KEF Prague to Keflavik · 82 mi Right MUC → SFO Munich to San Francisco · 83 mi Right SFO → MUC San Francisco to Munich · 83 mi Left KEF → VIE Keflavik to Vienna · 85 mi Left VIE → KEF Vienna to Keflavik · 85 mi Right AMS → BFI Amsterdam to Seattle · 88 mi Right BFI → AMS Seattle to Amsterdam · 88 mi Left AMS → SEA Amsterdam to Seattle · 88 mi Right SEA → AMS Seattle to Amsterdam · 88 mi Left DTW → MSQ Detroit to Minsk 2 · 89 mi Right MSQ → DTW Minsk 2 to Detroit · 89 mi Left AUH → YYZ Abu Dhabi to Toronto · 90 mi Right YYZ → AUH Toronto to Abu Dhabi · 90 mi Left FRA → YYC Frankfurt to Calgary · 91 mi Right YYC → FRA Calgary to Frankfurt · 91 mi Left CPH → ORD Copenhagen to Chicago · 91 mi Right ORD → CPH Chicago to Copenhagen · 91 mi Left BFL → ODE Bakersfield to Odense · 92 mi Right KEF → OSL Keflavik to Oslo · 92 mi Right ODE → BFL Odense to Bakersfield · 92 mi Left OSL → KEF Oslo to Keflavik · 92 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 Faroe Islands from a plane?

Yes — 166 flight routes pass within 93 miles of Faroe Islands. The closest routes include New York to Oslo, Aalborg to Vagar, Billund to Vagar. The landmark is visible from both sides, passing directly overhead.

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

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Faroe Islands: on a New York to Oslo flight, visible from both sides; on a Aalborg to Vagar flight, visible from both sides; on a Billund to Vagar flight, visible from both sides.