Greenland Ice Sheet

237 flight routes pass within 311 miles of Greenland Ice Sheet.

Greenland Ice Sheet
🧊 Ice · Greenland (Denmark)

Photo: Michael Haferkamp · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The Greenland Ice Sheet covers 80% of the world's largest island in a thick ice cap. A standard sight on transatlantic flights, the sheer scale of the white expanse — punctuated by dark nunataks and coastal fjords — is awe-inspiring.
237Flight Routes
8 miClosest Pass
🧊 IceType

Routes that pass it237

BER → SEA Berlin to Seattle · 8 mi Left SEA → BER Seattle to Berlin · 8 mi Right DEL → YYZ Delhi to Toronto · 16 mi Right YYZ → DEL Toronto to Delhi · 16 mi Left DEN → DOH Denver to Doha · 21 mi Right DOH → DEN Doha to Denver · 21 mi Left EFL → YVR Keffallinia to Vancouver · 22 mi Right YVR → EFL Vancouver to Keffallinia · 22 mi Left PRG → SEA Prague to Seattle · 25 mi Right SEA → PRG Seattle to Prague · 25 mi Left YEG → BUD Edmonton to Budapest · 30 mi Left CCU → JFK Calcutta to New York · 33 mi Right JFK → CCU New York to Calcutta · 33 mi Left VIE → YVR Vienna to Vancouver · 47 mi Left YVR → VIE Vancouver to Vienna · 47 mi Right CAI → SFO Cairo to San Francisco · 48 mi Right SFO → CAI San Francisco to Cairo · 48 mi Left PDX → PRG Portland to Prague · 51 mi Left PRG → PDX Prague to Portland · 51 mi Right ADB → SFO Izmir to San Francisco · 52 mi Right SFO → ADB San Francisco to Izmir · 52 mi Left CAI → SMF Cairo to Sacramento · 56 mi Right SMF → CAI Sacramento to Cairo · 56 mi Left CPH → SFO Copenhagen to San Francisco · 63 mi Right SFO → CPH San Francisco to Copenhagen · 63 mi Left LHE → YYZ Lahore to Toronto · 66 mi Right SKT → YTZ Sialkot to Toronto · 66 mi Right YTZ → SKT Toronto to Sialkot · 66 mi Left YYZ → LHE Toronto to Lahore · 66 mi Left WAW → SFO Warsaw to San Francisco · 67 mi Left CPH → SEA Copenhagen to Seattle · 68 mi Left SEA → CPH Seattle to Copenhagen · 68 mi Right BFI → CPH Seattle to Copenhagen · 69 mi Right CPH → BFI Copenhagen to Seattle · 69 mi Left BOM → ORD Bombay to Chicago · 70 mi Left ORD → BOM Chicago to Bombay · 70 mi Right ATL → LHE Atlanta to Lahore · 71 mi Left LHE → ATL Lahore to Atlanta · 71 mi Right LAX → OSL Los Angeles to Oslo · 73 mi Left OSL → LAX Oslo to Los Angeles · 73 mi Right IST → SFO Istanbul to San Francisco · 74 mi Left SFO → IST San Francisco to Istanbul · 74 mi Right RKE → SFO Copenhagen to San Francisco · 78 mi Right SFO → RKE San Francisco to Copenhagen · 78 mi Left KTM → LGA Kathmandu to New York · 83 mi Right LGA → KTM New York to Kathmandu · 83 mi Left MUC → YVR Munich to Vancouver · 83 mi Right YVR → MUC Vancouver to Munich · 83 mi Left SAW → SFO Pendik, Istanbul to San Francisco · 88 mi Left SFO → SAW San Francisco to Pendik, Istanbul · 88 mi Right MAA → YYZ Madras to Toronto · 90 mi Right YYZ → MAA Toronto to Madras · 90 mi Left ATH → YVR Athens to Vancouver · 91 mi Left JFK → KTM New York to Kathmandu · 91 mi Left KTM → JFK Kathmandu to New York · 91 mi Right YVR → ATH Vancouver to Athens · 91 mi Right CPH → YXX Copenhagen to Abbotsford · 91 mi Left YXX → CPH Abbotsford to Copenhagen · 91 mi Right LAX → WAW Los Angeles to Warsaw · 96 mi Left WAW → LAX Warsaw to Los Angeles · 96 mi Right AMS → YDQ Amsterdam to Dawson Creek · 101 mi Right YDQ → AMS Dawson Creek to Amsterdam · 101 mi Left MAA → YTZ Madras to Toronto · 104 mi Right YTZ → MAA Toronto to Madras · 104 mi Left BWA → PHL Bhairawa to Philadelphia · 109 mi Right PHL → BWA Philadelphia to Bhairawa · 109 mi Left AMD → ORD Ahmedabad to Chicago · 110 mi Left ORD → AMD Chicago to Ahmedabad · 110 mi Right BUD → SFO Budapest to San Francisco · 111 mi Right LAX → TLV Los Angeles to Tel Aviv · 111 mi Left SFO → BUD San Francisco to Budapest · 111 mi Left TLV → LAX Tel Aviv to Los Angeles · 111 mi Right BUD → YVR Budapest to Vancouver · 111 mi Left YVR → BUD Vancouver to Budapest · 111 mi Right LAX → SAW Los Angeles to Pendik, Istanbul · 129 mi Left SAW → LAX Pendik, Istanbul to Los Angeles · 129 mi Right FRA → YVR Frankfurt to Vancouver · 131 mi Right HNL → LHR Honolulu to London · 131 mi Right LHR → HNL London to Honolulu · 131 mi Left YVR → FRA Vancouver to Frankfurt · 131 mi Left BFI → MUC Seattle to Munich · 135 mi Left MUC → SEA Munich to Seattle · 136 mi Right SEA → MUC Seattle to Munich · 136 mi Left GOT → LAX Gothenborg to Los Angeles · 140 mi Right LAX → GOT Los Angeles to Gothenborg · 140 mi Left IST → LAX Istanbul to Los Angeles · 141 mi Right LAX → IST Los Angeles to Istanbul · 141 mi Left ADB → SEA Izmir to Seattle · 145 mi Left SEA → ADB Seattle to Izmir · 145 mi Right CAI → PDX Cairo to Portland · 145 mi Left PDX → CAI Portland to Cairo · 145 mi Right SFO → TLV San Francisco to Tel Aviv · 150 mi Right TLV → SFO Tel Aviv to San Francisco · 150 mi Left DBV → YEG Dubrovnik to Edmonton · 150 mi Right YEG → DBV Edmonton to Dubrovnik · 150 mi Left OSL → SEA Oslo to Seattle · 154 mi Left SEA → OSL Seattle to Oslo · 154 mi Right BFI → OSL Seattle to Oslo · 155 mi Right OSL → BFI Oslo to Seattle · 155 mi Left CDC → HEL Cedar City to Helsinki · 159 mi Right HEL → CDC Helsinki to Cedar City · 159 mi Left AEY → SEA Akureyri to Seattle · 165 mi Right SEA → AEY Seattle to Akureyri · 165 mi Left AMS → YVR Amsterdam to Vancouver · 170 mi Right YVR → AMS Vancouver to Amsterdam · 170 mi Left ARN → DEN Stockholm to Denver · 173 mi Right DEN → ARN Denver to Stockholm · 173 mi Left PIA → PNQ Peoria to Pune · 174 mi Right PNQ → PIA Pune to Peoria · 174 mi Left CAI → SEA Cairo to Seattle · 176 mi Left SEA → CAI Seattle to Cairo · 176 mi Right SFO → VIE San Francisco to Vienna · 177 mi Left VIE → SFO Vienna to San Francisco · 177 mi Right BFI → FRA Seattle to Frankfurt · 181 mi Left FRA → BFI Frankfurt to Seattle · 181 mi Right LAX → MJF Los Angeles to Mosjoen · 181 mi Right MJF → LAX Mosjoen to Los Angeles · 181 mi Left FRA → SEA Frankfurt to Seattle · 182 mi Right SEA → FRA Seattle to Frankfurt · 182 mi Left SFO → ATH San Francisco to Athens · 187 mi Left BUR → KSC Burbank to Kosice · 191 mi Left KSC → BUR Kosice to Burbank · 191 mi Right BIL → SAW Billings to Pendik, Istanbul · 192 mi Left KSC → LAX Kosice to Los Angeles · 194 mi Right LAX → KSC Los Angeles to Kosice · 194 mi Left YVR → ZRH Vancouver to Zurich · 194 mi Left ZRH → YVR Zurich to Vancouver · 194 mi Right KRK → LAX Krakow to Los Angeles · 195 mi Right LAX → KRK Los Angeles to Krakow · 195 mi Left CPH → NID Copenhagen to China · 198 mi Right NID → CPH China to Copenhagen · 198 mi Left BIL → IST Billings to Istanbul · 201 mi Left CPH → LAX Copenhagen to Los Angeles · 205 mi Right LAX → CPH Los Angeles to Copenhagen · 205 mi Left FRA → PDX Frankfurt to Portland · 210 mi Right PDX → FRA Portland to Frankfurt · 210 mi Left FCO → YVR Rome to Vancouver · 215 mi Right YVR → FCO Vancouver to Rome · 215 mi Left AMS → BFI Amsterdam to Seattle · 217 mi Right BFI → AMS Seattle to Amsterdam · 217 mi Left AMS → SEA Amsterdam to Seattle · 218 mi Right SEA → AMS Seattle to Amsterdam · 218 mi Left DEL → YUL Delhi to Montreal · 225 mi Right YUL → DEL Montreal to Delhi · 225 mi Left YYZ → AKX Toronto to Aktyubinsk · 226 mi Left CMH → IXG Columbus to Belgaum · 231 mi Left IXG → CMH Belgaum to Columbus · 231 mi Right BFL → ODE Bakersfield to Odense · 232 mi Left ODE → BFL Odense to Bakersfield · 232 mi Right ATH → RNO Athens to Reno · 235 mi Right RNO → ATH Reno to Athens · 235 mi Left MUC → YYC Munich to Calgary · 239 mi Right YYC → MUC Calgary to Munich · 239 mi Left AMD → YYZ Ahmedabad to Toronto · 240 mi Right DEL → IAD Delhi to Washington · 240 mi Right IAD → DEL Washington to Delhi · 240 mi Left YYZ → AMD Toronto to Ahmedabad · 240 mi Left AMS → PDX Amsterdam to Portland · 244 mi Right PDX → AMS Portland to Amsterdam · 244 mi Left IST → SEA Istanbul to Seattle · 246 mi Left SEA → IST Seattle to Istanbul · 246 mi Right WAW → YVR Warsaw to Vancouver · 249 mi Left YVR → WAW Vancouver to Warsaw · 249 mi Right HEL → LAX Helsinki to Los Angeles · 250 mi Left LAX → HEL Los Angeles to Helsinki · 250 mi Right YQY → BKK Sydney to Bangkok · 251 mi Left YWG → OSL Winnipeg to Oslo · 251 mi Left KSC → LAS Kosice to Las Vegas · 252 mi Right LAS → KSC Las Vegas to Kosice · 252 mi Left AYT → SEA Antalya to Seattle · 252 mi Left BOS → KUL Boston to Kuala Lumpur · 252 mi Right KUL → BOS Kuala Lumpur to Boston · 252 mi Left SEA → AYT Seattle to Antalya · 252 mi Right SAW → SEA Pendik, Istanbul to Seattle · 260 mi Left SEA → SAW Seattle to Pendik, Istanbul · 260 mi Right BFI → SAW Seattle to Pendik, Istanbul · 260 mi Right SAW → BFI Pendik, Istanbul to Seattle · 260 mi Left CMB → ORD Colombo to Chicago · 261 mi Left ORD → CMB Chicago to Colombo · 261 mi Right FLR → SEA Firenze to Seattle · 262 mi Right SEA → FLR Seattle to Firenze · 262 mi Left DCA → DEL Washington to Delhi · 263 mi Left DEL → DCA Delhi to Washington · 263 mi Right AMS → YEG Amsterdam to Edmonton · 263 mi Right YEG → AMS Edmonton to Amsterdam · 263 mi Left CIA → SEA Rome to Seattle · 267 mi Right SEA → CIA Seattle to Rome · 267 mi Left CDC → CPH Cedar City to Copenhagen · 273 mi Left CPH → CDC Copenhagen to Cedar City · 273 mi Right RKV → YVR Reykjavik to Vancouver · 274 mi Right YVR → RKV Vancouver to Reykjavik · 274 mi Left HKT → JFK Phuket to New York · 275 mi Left JFK → HKT New York to Phuket · 275 mi Right BFI → FCO Seattle to Rome · 276 mi Left FCO → BFI Rome to Seattle · 276 mi Right FRA → YYC Frankfurt to Calgary · 276 mi Right YYC → FRA Calgary to Frankfurt · 276 mi Left ARN → PDX Stockholm to Portland · 278 mi Left FCO → SEA Rome to Seattle · 278 mi Right PDX → ARN Portland to Stockholm · 278 mi Right SEA → FCO Seattle to Rome · 278 mi Left LIN → SEA Milan to Seattle · 279 mi Right SEA → LIN Seattle to Milan · 279 mi Left GLA → YVR Glasgow to Vancouver · 281 mi Right YVR → GLA Vancouver to Glasgow · 281 mi Left PHX → WAW Phoenix to Warsaw · 283 mi Left WAW → PHX Warsaw to Phoenix · 283 mi Right BLL → LAX Billund to Los Angeles · 286 mi Right LAX → BLL Los Angeles to Billund · 286 mi Left CPH → RIW Copenhagen to Riverton · 287 mi Right RIW → CPH Riverton to Copenhagen · 287 mi Left BOM → YYZ Bombay to Toronto · 290 mi Right DFW → HEL Dallas-Fort Worth to Helsinki · 290 mi Left HEL → DFW Helsinki to Dallas-Fort Worth · 290 mi Right MXP → SEA Milano to Seattle · 290 mi Right SEA → MXP Seattle to Milano · 290 mi Left YYZ → BOM Toronto to Bombay · 290 mi Left KEF → YVR Keflavik to Vancouver · 291 mi Right YVR → KEF Vancouver to Keflavik · 291 mi Left HYD → ORD Hyderabad to Chicago · 294 mi Left ORD → HYD Chicago to Hyderabad · 294 mi Right RKV → SEA Reykjavik to Seattle · 295 mi Right SEA → RKV Seattle to Reykjavik · 295 mi Left SFO → SZG San Francisco to Salzburg · 296 mi Left SZG → SFO Salzburg to San Francisco · 296 mi Right AMS → YYC Amsterdam to Calgary · 302 mi Right YYC → AMS Calgary to Amsterdam · 302 mi Left BOM → YTZ Bombay to Toronto · 303 mi Right YTZ → BOM Toronto to Bombay · 303 mi Left PDX → RKV Portland to Reykjavik · 306 mi Left RKV → PDX Reykjavik to Portland · 306 mi Right NAG → PIE Nagpur to St. Petersburg · 307 mi Right PIE → NAG St. Petersburg to Nagpur · 307 mi Left BZG → QBC Bydgoszcz to Bella Coola · 308 mi Left QBC → BZG Bella Coola to Bydgoszcz · 308 mi Right BFI → KEF Seattle to Keflavik · 311 mi Left KEF → BFI Keflavik to Seattle · 311 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 Greenland Ice Sheet from a plane?

Yes — 237 flight routes pass within 311 miles of Greenland Ice Sheet. The closest routes include Berlin to Seattle, Seattle to Berlin, Delhi to Toronto. Sit on the Left side, with the landmark passing about 8 miles away.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Greenland Ice Sheet?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Greenland Ice Sheet: on a Berlin to Seattle flight, sit on the Left side; on a Seattle to Berlin flight, sit on the Right side; on a Delhi to Toronto flight, sit on the Right side.