Gobi Desert

199 flight routes pass within 249 miles of Gobi Desert.

Gobi Desert
🏜️ Desert · Mongolia / China

Photo: Svdmolen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Asia's largest desert stretches across southern Mongolia and northern China. Its vast steppe and sand dunes are visible on routes between East Asia and Europe.
199Flight Routes
1 miClosest Pass
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Routes that pass it199

PEK → TAS Beijing to Tashkent · 1 mi Both Sides TAS → PEK Tashkent to Beijing · 1 mi Both Sides YYZ → KUL Toronto to Kuala Lumpur · 7 mi Left FRA → TPE Frankfurt to Taipei · 10 mi Left TPE → FRA Taipei to Frankfurt · 10 mi Right CGO → MXP Zhengzhou to Milano · 11 mi Right MXP → CGO Milano to Zhengzhou · 11 mi Left ICN → TAS Seoul to Tashkent · 12 mi Left TAS → ICN Tashkent to Seoul · 12 mi Right LHR → WUH London to Wuhan · 15 mi Left WUH → LHR Wuhan to London · 15 mi Right BSZ → PEK Bishkek to Beijing · 22 mi Right PEK → BSZ Beijing to Bishkek · 22 mi Left ALA → PEK Almaty to Beijing · 22 mi Right PEK → ALA Beijing to Almaty · 22 mi Left PEK → URC Beijing to Urumqi · 24 mi Left URC → PEK Urumqi to Beijing · 24 mi Right CDG → TPE Paris to Taipei · 29 mi Right TPE → CDG Taipei to Paris · 29 mi Left BKK → TPA Bangkok to Tampa · 30 mi Left PKX → TAS Beijing to Tashkent · 30 mi Right TAS → PKX Tashkent to Beijing · 30 mi Left TPA → BKK Tampa to Bangkok · 30 mi Right NEL → SIN Lakehurst to Singapore · 37 mi Left SIN → NEL Singapore to Lakehurst · 37 mi Right FCO → SHA Rome to Shanghai · 39 mi Right SHA → FCO Shanghai to Rome · 39 mi Left ALA → ICN Almaty to Seoul · 42 mi Right ICN → ALA Seoul to Almaty · 42 mi Left EWR → SIN Newark to Singapore · 44 mi Left SIN → EWR Singapore to Newark · 44 mi Right CAI → PEK Cairo to Beijing · 45 mi Right PEK → CAI Beijing to Cairo · 45 mi Left SIN → YUL Singapore to Montreal · 48 mi Right YUL → SIN Montreal to Singapore · 48 mi Left PVG → CIA Shanghai to Rome · 51 mi Left BKK → CLT Bangkok to Charlotte · 53 mi Right CLT → BKK Charlotte to Bangkok · 53 mi Left PVG → FCO Shanghai to Rome · 55 mi Left EWR → XSP Newark to Singapore · 57 mi Left XSP → EWR Singapore to Newark · 57 mi Right DUB → SYD Dublin to Sydney · 59 mi Right SYD → DUB Sydney to Dublin · 59 mi Left HAM → TPE Hamburg to Taipei · 60 mi Right TPE → HAM Taipei to Hamburg · 60 mi Left JFK → SIN New York to Singapore · 64 mi Left OVB → XIY Novosibirsk to Xi'an · 64 mi Left SIN → JFK Singapore to New York · 64 mi Right MUC → TSA Munich to Taipei · 65 mi Left TSA → MUC Taipei to Munich · 65 mi Right BIK → TLL Biak to Tallinn · 76 mi Left TLL → BIK Tallinn to Biak · 76 mi Right JFK → XSP New York to Singapore · 77 mi Left XSP → JFK Singapore to New York · 77 mi Right AMS → TPE Amsterdam to Taipei · 78 mi Right TPE → AMS Taipei to Amsterdam · 78 mi Left MUC → TPE Munich to Taipei · 78 mi Left TPE → MUC Taipei to Munich · 78 mi Right ATL → BKK Atlanta to Bangkok · 80 mi Right BKK → ATL Bangkok to Atlanta · 80 mi Left AMS → XMN Amsterdam to Xiamen · 84 mi Left XMN → AMS Xiamen to Amsterdam · 84 mi Right IST → PVG Istanbul to Shanghai · 99 mi Left PVG → IST Shanghai to Istanbul · 99 mi Right BUD → PVG Budapest to Shanghai · 100 mi Right PVG → BUD Shanghai to Budapest · 100 mi Left CGO → LGW Zhengzhou to London · 103 mi Left CLE → KUL Cleveland to Kuala Lumpur · 103 mi Right LGW → CGO London to Zhengzhou · 103 mi Right BKK → YYZ Bangkok to Toronto · 104 mi Right YYZ → BKK Toronto to Bangkok · 104 mi Left SHA → VCE Shanghai to Venice · 105 mi Left VCE → SHA Venice to Shanghai · 105 mi Right LCY → TPE London to Taipei · 108 mi Right TPE → LCY Taipei to London · 108 mi Left PGF → TPE Perpignan to Taipei · 110 mi Left TPE → PGF Taipei to Perpignan · 110 mi Right PVG → SAW Shanghai to Pendik, Istanbul · 112 mi Right SAW → PVG Pendik, Istanbul to Shanghai · 112 mi Left LHR → TPE London to Taipei · 112 mi Right TPE → LHR Taipei to London · 112 mi Left TSA → VIE Taipei to Vienna · 114 mi Right VIE → TSA Vienna to Taipei · 114 mi Left PVG → VCE Shanghai to Venice · 121 mi Left VCE → PVG Venice to Shanghai · 121 mi Right VII → JFK Vinh to New York · 122 mi Left LCY → TSA London to Taipei · 123 mi Right TSA → LCY Taipei to London · 123 mi Left BKK → CMX Bangkok to Hancock · 124 mi Left CMX → BKK Hancock to Bangkok · 124 mi Right SAW → SHA Pendik, Istanbul to Shanghai · 124 mi Left SHA → SAW Shanghai to Pendik, Istanbul · 124 mi Right TPE → VIE Taipei to Vienna · 126 mi Right VIE → TPE Vienna to Taipei · 126 mi Left ATH → PVG Athens to Shanghai · 128 mi Left LHR → TSA London to Taipei · 128 mi Right PVG → ATH Shanghai to Athens · 128 mi Right TSA → LHR Taipei to London · 128 mi Left BNE → BRU Brisbane to Brussels · 134 mi Right BRU → BNE Brussels to Brisbane · 134 mi Left BCN → SHA Barcelona to Shanghai · 134 mi Right HAN → JFK Hanoi to New York · 134 mi Left JFK → HAN New York to Hanoi · 134 mi Right PVG → VIE Shanghai to Vienna · 134 mi Left SHA → BCN Shanghai to Barcelona · 134 mi Left VIE → PVG Vienna to Shanghai · 134 mi Right BNE → LCY Brisbane to London · 139 mi Left LCY → BNE London to Brisbane · 139 mi Right BKK → ORD Bangkok to Chicago · 143 mi Left ORD → BKK Chicago to Bangkok · 143 mi Right KZN → PVG Kazan to Shanghai · 145 mi Right PVG → KZN Shanghai to Kazan · 145 mi Left PKX → SAW Beijing to Pendik, Istanbul · 147 mi Left SAW → PKX Pendik, Istanbul to Beijing · 147 mi Right DOH → NRT Doha to Tokyo · 148 mi Left NRT → DOH Tokyo to Doha · 148 mi Right LIN → PVG Milan to Shanghai · 149 mi Right PVG → LIN Shanghai to Milan · 149 mi Left BCN → PVG Barcelona to Shanghai · 152 mi Right DOH → PEK Doha to Beijing · 152 mi Left PEK → DOH Beijing to Doha · 152 mi Right PVG → BCN Shanghai to Barcelona · 152 mi Left AKL → VIE Auckland to Vienna · 157 mi Right VIE → AKL Vienna to Auckland · 157 mi Left MXP → PVG Milano to Shanghai · 157 mi Right PVG → MXP Shanghai to Milano · 157 mi Left HEL → SYD Helsinki to Sydney · 158 mi Left SYD → HEL Sydney to Helsinki · 158 mi Right CMN → TPE Casablanca to Taipei · 159 mi Left TPE → CMN Taipei to Casablanca · 159 mi Right BNE → LHR Brisbane to London · 162 mi Left LHR → BNE London to Brisbane · 162 mi Right SVO → XIY Moscow to Xi'an · 163 mi Left XIY → SVO Xi'an to Moscow · 163 mi Right BWU → EDI Sydney to Edinburgh · 166 mi Left EDI → BWU Edinburgh to Sydney · 166 mi Right DOH → HND Doha to Tokyo · 167 mi Left HND → DOH Tokyo to Doha · 167 mi Right CDG → NKG Paris to Nanjing · 167 mi Right NKG → CDG Nanjing to Paris · 167 mi Left SHA → URC Shanghai to Urumqi · 167 mi Right DME → PVG Moscow to Shanghai · 168 mi Right SHA → SVO Shanghai to Moscow · 169 mi Left SVO → SHA Moscow to Shanghai · 169 mi Right BKK → IAD Bangkok to Washington · 173 mi Right IAD → BKK Washington to Bangkok · 173 mi Left AMS → CSX Amsterdam to Changcha · 175 mi Left CSX → AMS Changcha to Amsterdam · 175 mi Right ATH → PEK Athens to Beijing · 178 mi Right PEK → ATH Beijing to Athens · 178 mi Left MUC → PVG Munich to Shanghai · 179 mi Right PVG → MUC Shanghai to Munich · 179 mi Left DXB → PEK Dubai to Beijing · 180 mi Left PEK → DXB Beijing to Dubai · 180 mi Right PVG → SVO Shanghai to Moscow · 184 mi Left SVO → PVG Moscow to Shanghai · 184 mi Right AUH → PEK Abu Dhabi to Beijing · 185 mi Left PEK → AUH Beijing to Abu Dhabi · 185 mi Right DOH → PKX Doha to Beijing · 187 mi Left PKX → DOH Beijing to Doha · 187 mi Right IST → PEK Istanbul to Beijing · 189 mi Right PEK → IST Beijing to Istanbul · 189 mi Left BOS → SIN Boston to Singapore · 191 mi Left PVG → ZRH Shanghai to Zurich · 191 mi Left SIN → BOS Singapore to Boston · 191 mi Right ZRH → PVG Zurich to Shanghai · 191 mi Right GVA → PVG Geneva to Shanghai · 193 mi Right PVG → GVA Shanghai to Geneva · 193 mi Left SHA → TLQ Shanghai to Turpan · 193 mi Right TLQ → SHA Turpan to Shanghai · 193 mi Left PVG → TBS Shanghai to Tbilisi · 198 mi Right TBS → PVG Tbilisi to Shanghai · 198 mi Left JFK → SGN New York to Ho Chi Minh City · 201 mi Right SGN → JFK Ho Chi Minh City to New York · 201 mi Left PVG → MAD Shanghai to Madrid · 204 mi Left CTS → DOH Sapporo to Doha · 206 mi Left DOH → CTS Doha to Sapporo · 206 mi Right DXB → NRT Dubai to Tokyo · 213 mi Left NRT → DXB Tokyo to Dubai · 213 mi Right FRA → SHA Frankfurt to Shanghai · 219 mi Right SHA → FRA Shanghai to Frankfurt · 219 mi Left SIN → YYZ Singapore to Toronto · 219 mi Left YYZ → SIN Toronto to Singapore · 219 mi Right AUH → NRT Abu Dhabi to Tokyo · 225 mi Left NRT → AUH Tokyo to Abu Dhabi · 225 mi Right DOH → ICN Doha to Seoul · 229 mi Left ICN → DOH Seoul to Doha · 229 mi Right ALA → PVG Almaty to Shanghai · 230 mi Left PVG → ALA Shanghai to Almaty · 230 mi Right DXB → HND Dubai to Tokyo · 231 mi Left HND → DXB Tokyo to Dubai · 231 mi Right MRO → ZRH Masterton to Zurich · 234 mi Right ZRH → MRO Zurich to Masterton · 234 mi Left FRA → PVG Frankfurt to Shanghai · 237 mi Right PVG → FRA Shanghai to Frankfurt · 237 mi Left DWC → HND Dubai to Tokyo · 237 mi Left HND → DWC Tokyo to Dubai · 237 mi Right AUH → HND Abu Dhabi to Tokyo · 243 mi Left HND → AUH Tokyo to Abu Dhabi · 243 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 Gobi Desert from a plane?

Yes — 199 flight routes pass within 249 miles of Gobi Desert. The closest routes include Beijing to Tashkent, Tashkent to Beijing, Toronto to Kuala Lumpur. The landmark is visible from both sides, with the landmark passing about 1 miles away.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Gobi Desert?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Gobi Desert: on a Beijing to Tashkent flight, visible from both sides; on a Tashkent to Beijing flight, visible from both sides; on a Toronto to Kuala Lumpur flight, sit on the Left side.