Australian Outback

242 flight routes pass within 311 miles of Australian Outback.

Australian Outback
🏜️ Desert · Australia

Photo: Gabriele Delhey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The vast red interior of Australia — red sand, spinifex, and dry salt lakes — stretches for thousands of kilometres. Visible on every transcontinental Australian flight.
242Flight Routes
3 miClosest Pass
🏜️ DesertType

Routes that pass it242

KUL → SYD Kuala Lumpur to Sydney · 3 mi Both Sides SYD → KUL Sydney to Kuala Lumpur · 3 mi Both Sides TPE → ASP Taipei to Alice Springs · 6 mi Right ADL → ASP Adelaide to Alice Springs · 10 mi Left ASP → ADL Alice Springs to Adelaide · 10 mi Right HEL → MEL Helsinki to Melbourne · 10 mi Left MEL → HEL Melbourne to Helsinki · 10 mi Right SIN → WSI Singapore to Sydney · 10 mi Right WSI → SIN Sydney to Singapore · 10 mi Left BWU → XSP Sydney to Singapore · 12 mi Left XSP → BWU Singapore to Sydney · 12 mi Right BWU → SIN Sydney to Singapore · 14 mi Left HAN → MEL Hanoi to Melbourne · 14 mi Left MEL → HAN Melbourne to Hanoi · 14 mi Right SIN → BWU Singapore to Sydney · 14 mi Right SYD → XSP Sydney to Singapore · 16 mi Left XSP → SYD Singapore to Sydney · 16 mi Right SIN → SYD Singapore to Sydney · 17 mi Right SYD → SIN Sydney to Singapore · 17 mi Left IST → SYD Istanbul to Sydney · 17 mi Left SYD → IST Sydney to Istanbul · 17 mi Right ASP → MEB Alice Springs to Melbourne · 20 mi Right ASP → MEL Alice Springs to Melbourne · 20 mi Right MEB → ASP Melbourne to Alice Springs · 20 mi Left MEL → ASP Melbourne to Alice Springs · 20 mi Left BWU → DPS Sydney to Denpasar · 21 mi Left DPS → BWU Denpasar to Sydney · 21 mi Right DPS → SYD Denpasar to Sydney · 23 mi Right SYD → DPS Sydney to Denpasar · 23 mi Left SAW → SYD Pendik, Istanbul to Sydney · 26 mi Left SYD → SAW Sydney to Pendik, Istanbul · 26 mi Right CNS → JAD Cairns to Perth · 27 mi Left JAD → CNS Perth to Cairns · 27 mi Right KTM → ASP Kathmandu to Alice Springs · 30 mi Right CNS → PER Cairns to Perth · 31 mi Left PER → CNS Perth to Cairns · 31 mi Right QXB → ASP Aix-les-milles to Alice Springs · 34 mi Right ASP → SYD Alice Springs to Sydney · 34 mi Right SYD → ASP Sydney to Alice Springs · 34 mi Left DPS → ASP Denpasar to Alice Springs · 35 mi Right SIN → ASP Singapore to Alice Springs · 35 mi Right CIA → SYD Rome to Sydney · 37 mi Left SYD → CIA Sydney to Rome · 37 mi Right ADL → DRW Adelaide to Darwin · 38 mi Left DRW → ADL Darwin to Adelaide · 38 mi Right BWU → CIA Sydney to Rome · 41 mi Right CIA → BWU Rome to Sydney · 41 mi Left HKT → SYD Phuket to Sydney · 42 mi Right SYD → HKT Sydney to Phuket · 42 mi Left SYD → TIA Sydney to Tirana · 42 mi Right TIA → SYD Tirana to Sydney · 42 mi Left ASP → SFO Alice Springs to San Francisco · 44 mi Right SFO → ASP San Francisco to Alice Springs · 44 mi Left ASP → BNE Alice Springs to Brisbane · 45 mi Right BNE → ASP Brisbane to Alice Springs · 45 mi Left ASP → ATL Alice Springs to Atlanta · 46 mi Right ASP → PHX Alice Springs to Phoenix · 46 mi Right ATL → ASP Atlanta to Alice Springs · 46 mi Left PHX → ASP Phoenix to Alice Springs · 46 mi Left MAD → SYD Madrid to Sydney · 48 mi Left SYD → MAD Sydney to Madrid · 48 mi Right MBW → HAK Melbourne to Haikou · 50 mi Left AMD → SYD Ahmedabad to Sydney · 50 mi Left SYD → AMD Sydney to Ahmedabad · 50 mi Right HAK → MEB Haikou to Melbourne · 51 mi Right MEB → HAK Melbourne to Haikou · 51 mi Left ADL → HKG Adelaide to Hong Kong · 55 mi Right HKG → ADL Hong Kong to Adelaide · 55 mi Left BBI → SYD Bhubaneswar to Sydney · 61 mi Right SYD → BBI Sydney to Bhubaneswar · 61 mi Left CBR → DPS Canberra to Denpasar · 62 mi Right DPS → CBR Denpasar to Canberra · 62 mi Left BME → SYD Broome to Sydney · 70 mi Left SYD → BME Sydney to Broome · 70 mi Right BPN → MEL Balikpapan to Melbourne · 72 mi Left MEL → BPN Melbourne to Balikpapan · 72 mi Right AYQ → BNE Yulara to Brisbane · 81 mi Left BNE → AYQ Brisbane to Yulara · 81 mi Right CGK → SYD Jakarta to Sydney · 83 mi Left SYD → CGK Sydney to Jakarta · 83 mi Right BWU → CGK Sydney to Jakarta · 85 mi Right CGK → BWU Jakarta to Sydney · 85 mi Left CBR → SIN Canberra to Singapore · 88 mi Right SIN → CBR Singapore to Canberra · 88 mi Left BWU → DEL Sydney to Delhi · 88 mi Left DEL → BWU Delhi to Sydney · 88 mi Right DEL → SYD Delhi to Sydney · 92 mi Right SYD → DEL Sydney to Delhi · 92 mi Left CHC → SIN Christchurch to Singapore · 96 mi Right SIN → CHC Singapore to Christchurch · 96 mi Left CHC → XSP Christchurch to Singapore · 98 mi Right XSP → CHC Singapore to Christchurch · 98 mi Left SYD → VCE Sydney to Venice · 105 mi Left VCE → SYD Venice to Sydney · 105 mi Right AKL → DXB Auckland to Dubai · 112 mi Right DXB → AKL Dubai to Auckland · 112 mi Left LIN → SYD Milan to Sydney · 113 mi Right SYD → LIN Sydney to Milan · 113 mi Left BOM → SYD Bombay to Sydney · 116 mi Left SYD → BOM Sydney to Bombay · 116 mi Right MEL → SGN Melbourne to Ho Chi Minh City · 119 mi Right SGN → MEL Ho Chi Minh City to Melbourne · 119 mi Left MXP → SYD Milano to Sydney · 123 mi Right SYD → MXP Sydney to Milano · 123 mi Left MAN → MEL Manchester to Melbourne · 124 mi Left MEL → MAN Melbourne to Manchester · 124 mi Right CPH → MEL Copenhagen to Melbourne · 127 mi Left MEL → CPH Melbourne to Copenhagen · 127 mi Right CAN → MEL Guangzhou to Melbourne · 132 mi Right MEL → CAN Melbourne to Guangzhou · 132 mi Left AKL → DWC Auckland to Dubai · 133 mi Right CAN → MEB Guangzhou to Melbourne · 133 mi Right DWC → AKL Dubai to Auckland · 133 mi Left HKG → MEL Hong Kong to Melbourne · 133 mi Right MEB → CAN Melbourne to Guangzhou · 133 mi Left MEL → HKG Melbourne to Hong Kong · 133 mi Left HKG → MBW Hong Kong to Melbourne · 134 mi Right HKG → MEB Hong Kong to Melbourne · 134 mi Right MBW → HKG Melbourne to Hong Kong · 134 mi Left MEB → HKG Melbourne to Hong Kong · 134 mi Left ATH → SYD Athens to Sydney · 137 mi Left AYQ → SYD Yulara to Sydney · 137 mi Left SYD → ATH Sydney to Athens · 137 mi Right SYD → AYQ Sydney to Yulara · 137 mi Right BLR → SYD Bangalore to Sydney · 157 mi Left SYD → BLR Sydney to Bangalore · 157 mi Right BKK → SYD Bangkok to Sydney · 170 mi Right SYD → BKK Sydney to Bangkok · 170 mi Left AVV → CPH Avalon to Copenhagen · 170 mi Right CPH → AVV Copenhagen to Avalon · 170 mi Left AYQ → MEB Yulara to Melbourne · 175 mi Left AYQ → MEL Yulara to Melbourne · 175 mi Left MEB → AYQ Melbourne to Yulara · 175 mi Right MEL → AYQ Melbourne to Yulara · 175 mi Right SYD → DAC Sydney to Dhaka · 177 mi Left BEY → SYD Beirut to Sydney · 179 mi Left SYD → BEY Sydney to Beirut · 179 mi Right BKK → MEL Bangkok to Melbourne · 183 mi Left MEL → BKK Melbourne to Bangkok · 183 mi Right MEB → BKK Melbourne to Bangkok · 184 mi Right AKL → AMM Auckland to Amman · 185 mi Right AMM → AKL Amman to Auckland · 185 mi Left BKK → MBW Bangkok to Melbourne · 189 mi Left MBW → BKK Melbourne to Bangkok · 189 mi Right AKL → KUL Auckland to Kuala Lumpur · 190 mi Left KUL → AKL Kuala Lumpur to Auckland · 190 mi Right DXB → SYD Dubai to Sydney · 191 mi Left SYD → DXB Sydney to Dubai · 191 mi Right BWU → DXB Sydney to Dubai · 194 mi Right DXB → BWU Dubai to Sydney · 194 mi Left MEL → MNL Melbourne to Manila · 196 mi Left MNL → MEL Manila to Melbourne · 196 mi Right SYD → ZRH Sydney to Zurich · 196 mi Left ZRH → SYD Zurich to Sydney · 196 mi Right AKL → DOH Auckland to Doha · 197 mi Right DOH → AKL Doha to Auckland · 197 mi Left MEB → MNL Melbourne to Manila · 197 mi Left MNL → MEB Manila to Melbourne · 197 mi Right ZQN → SIN Queenstown International to Singapore · 199 mi Right AKL → QPG Auckland to Paya Lebar · 203 mi Left QPG → AKL Paya Lebar to Auckland · 203 mi Right AKL → XSP Auckland to Singapore · 203 mi Left XSP → AKL Singapore to Auckland · 203 mi Right AKL → SIN Auckland to Singapore · 204 mi Left SIN → AKL Singapore to Auckland · 204 mi Right VIE → ZQN Vienna to Queenstown International · 206 mi Left ZQN → VIE Queenstown International to Vienna · 206 mi Right LHR → MEL London to Melbourne · 211 mi Left MEL → LHR Melbourne to London · 211 mi Right AUH → SYD Abu Dhabi to Sydney · 214 mi Left SYD → AUH Sydney to Abu Dhabi · 214 mi Right SYD → MUC Sydney to Munich · 214 mi Left AUH → BWU Abu Dhabi to Sydney · 216 mi Left BWU → AUH Sydney to Abu Dhabi · 216 mi Right BWU → SGN Sydney to Ho Chi Minh City · 219 mi Left SGN → BWU Ho Chi Minh City to Sydney · 219 mi Right LHR → MBW London to Melbourne · 221 mi Left MBW → LHR Melbourne to London · 221 mi Right MBW → LCY Melbourne to London · 222 mi Right SGN → SYD Ho Chi Minh City to Sydney · 223 mi Right SYD → SGN Sydney to Ho Chi Minh City · 223 mi Left MEL → XMN Melbourne to Xiamen · 224 mi Left XMN → MEL Xiamen to Melbourne · 224 mi Right DOH → SYD Doha to Sydney · 227 mi Left SYD → DOH Sydney to Doha · 227 mi Right BWU → DOH Sydney to Doha · 229 mi Right DOH → BWU Doha to Sydney · 229 mi Left KTM → MBW Kathmandu to Melbourne · 230 mi Left CMB → SYD Colombo to Sydney · 231 mi Left SYD → CMB Sydney to Colombo · 231 mi Right ADL → SGN Adelaide to Ho Chi Minh City · 232 mi Right SGN → ADL Ho Chi Minh City to Adelaide · 232 mi Left DPS → MEL Denpasar to Melbourne · 234 mi Left MEL → DPS Melbourne to Denpasar · 234 mi Right DPS → MEB Denpasar to Melbourne · 234 mi Left MEB → DPS Melbourne to Denpasar · 234 mi Right ADL → DUB Adelaide to Dublin · 267 mi Right DUB → ADL Dublin to Adelaide · 267 mi Left BNE → DOH Brisbane to Doha · 272 mi Left DOH → BNE Doha to Brisbane · 272 mi Right ADL → BKK Adelaide to Bangkok · 280 mi Right DPS → OOL Denpasar to Coolangatta · 280 mi Right OOL → DPS Coolangatta to Denpasar · 280 mi Left MEL → TPE Melbourne to Taipei · 281 mi Left TPE → MEL Taipei to Melbourne · 281 mi Right MEB → TPE Melbourne to Taipei · 283 mi Left TPE → MEB Taipei to Melbourne · 283 mi Right ISB → MEL Islamabad to Melbourne · 284 mi Left MEL → ISB Melbourne to Islamabad · 284 mi Right MEL → TSA Melbourne to Taipei · 287 mi Left TSA → MEL Taipei to Melbourne · 287 mi Right ADL → MAN Adelaide to Manchester · 288 mi Right MAN → ADL Manchester to Adelaide · 288 mi Left ORD → PER Chicago to Perth · 290 mi Left PER → ORD Perth to Chicago · 290 mi Right MEL → SIN Melbourne to Singapore · 294 mi Right SIN → MEL Singapore to Melbourne · 294 mi Left MEB → SIN Melbourne to Singapore · 295 mi Right MEL → XSP Melbourne to Singapore · 295 mi Right SIN → MEB Singapore to Melbourne · 295 mi Left XSP → MEL Singapore to Melbourne · 295 mi Left MEB → XSP Melbourne to Singapore · 296 mi Right XSP → MEB Singapore to Melbourne · 296 mi Left ADL → HND Adelaide to Tokyo · 298 mi Left BNE → DXB Brisbane to Dubai · 298 mi Left DXB → BNE Dubai to Brisbane · 298 mi Right HND → ADL Tokyo to Adelaide · 298 mi Right ADL → DPS Adelaide to Denpasar · 300 mi Right DPS → ADL Denpasar to Adelaide · 300 mi Left MBW → SIN Melbourne to Singapore · 301 mi Right SIN → MBW Singapore to Melbourne · 301 mi Left MBW → HKT Melbourne to Phuket · 301 mi Right MEB → PEN Melbourne to Penang · 302 mi Right PEN → MEB Penang to Melbourne · 302 mi Left BNE → DPS Brisbane to Denpasar · 306 mi Left DPS → BNE Denpasar to Brisbane · 306 mi Right CDG → SYD Paris to Sydney · 307 mi Right SYD → CDG Sydney to Paris · 307 mi Left DEL → MEL Delhi to Melbourne · 308 mi Left MEL → DEL Melbourne to Delhi · 308 mi Right DEL → MEB Delhi to Melbourne · 309 mi Left MEB → DEL Melbourne to Delhi · 309 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 Australian Outback from a plane?

Yes — 242 flight routes pass within 311 miles of Australian Outback. The closest routes include Kuala Lumpur to Sydney, Sydney to Kuala Lumpur, Taipei to Alice Springs. The landmark is visible from both sides, with the landmark passing about 3 miles away.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Australian Outback?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Australian Outback: on a Kuala Lumpur to Sydney flight, visible from both sides; on a Sydney to Kuala Lumpur flight, visible from both sides; on a Taipei to Alice Springs flight, sit on the Right side.