Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon

286 flight routes pass within 150 km of Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon.

Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon
🇮🇸 Water · Iceland

Photo: Molechaser · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Iceland's stunning glacier lagoon where icebergs calve from Breiðamerkurjökull glacier into a deep tidal lake. The contrast of blue-white ice against black volcanic sand is visible from transatlantic flight paths.
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Routes that pass it286

KEF YYZ Keflavik to Toronto · directly overhead Both Sides YYZ KEF Toronto to Keflavik · directly overhead Both Sides BNA KEF Nashville to Keflavik · 1 km Both Sides KEF BNA Keflavik to Nashville · 1 km Both Sides KEF YTZ Keflavik to Toronto · 2 km Both Sides LAX VIE Los Angeles to Vienna · 2 km Both Sides VIE LAX Vienna to Los Angeles · 2 km Both Sides YTZ KEF Toronto to Keflavik · 2 km Both Sides OSL RKV Oslo to Reykjavik · 3 km Both Sides RKV OSL Reykjavik to Oslo · 3 km Both Sides DTW RKV Detroit to Reykjavik · 4 km Both Sides RKV DTW Reykjavik to Detroit · 4 km Both Sides ARN KEF Stockholm to Keflavik · 6 km Both Sides KEF ARN Keflavik to Stockholm · 6 km Both Sides AMS BFI Amsterdam to Seattle · 8 km Both Sides BFI AMS Seattle to Amsterdam · 8 km Both Sides MJF PTY Mosjoen to Panama City · 8 km Both Sides PTY MJF Panama City to Mosjoen · 8 km Both Sides AMS SEA Amsterdam to Seattle · 9 km Both Sides SEA AMS Seattle to Amsterdam · 9 km Both Sides YVR ZRH Vancouver to Zurich · 9 km Both Sides ZRH YVR Zurich to Vancouver · 9 km Both Sides CPH GOH Copenhagen to Godthaab · 10 km Right DET KEF Detroit to Keflavik · 10 km Left DXB IAH Dubai to Houston · 10 km Left GOH CPH Godthaab to Copenhagen · 10 km Left IAH DXB Houston to Dubai · 10 km Right KEF DET Keflavik to Detroit · 10 km Right DTW KEF Detroit to Keflavik · 11 km Left KEF DTW Keflavik to Detroit · 11 km Right DUR GLA Durban to Glasgow · 12 km Left GLA DUR Glasgow to Durban · 12 km Right HEM JFK Helsinki to New York · 12 km Left JFK HEM New York to Helsinki · 12 km Right BNA RKV Nashville to Reykjavik · 13 km Right KEF PIT Keflavik to Pittsburgh (pennsylva) · 13 km Left PIT KEF Pittsburgh (pennsylva) to Keflavik · 13 km Right RKV BNA Reykjavik to Nashville · 13 km Left RKV YYZ Reykjavik to Toronto · 14 km Left SFO SZG San Francisco to Salzburg · 14 km Left SZG SFO Salzburg to San Francisco · 14 km Right YYZ RKV Toronto to Reykjavik · 14 km Right HEL JFK Helsinki to New York · 15 km Left JFK HEL New York to Helsinki · 15 km Right ORD RKV Chicago to Reykjavik · 15 km Left RKV ORD Reykjavik to Chicago · 15 km Right KEF OSL Keflavik to Oslo · 16 km Left OSL KEF Oslo to Keflavik · 16 km Right ARN RKV Stockholm to Reykjavik · 17 km Left DFW DOH Dallas-fort Worth to Doha · 17 km Left DOH DFW Doha to Dallas-fort Worth · 17 km Right RKV ARN Reykjavik to Stockholm · 17 km Right IAH KEF Houston to Keflavik · 21 km Left KEF IAH Keflavik to Houston · 21 km Right KEF YUL Keflavik to Montreal · 21 km Left YUL KEF Montreal to Keflavik · 21 km Right ARN YTZ Stockholm to Toronto · 22 km Left YTZ ARN Toronto to Stockholm · 22 km Right FBU KEF Oslo to Keflavik · 23 km Right KEF FBU Keflavik to Oslo · 23 km Left RKV YOW Reykjavik to Ottawa · 24 km Left YOW RKV Ottawa to Reykjavik · 24 km Right DTW MSQ Detroit to Minsk 2 · 26 km Left MSQ DTW Minsk 2 to Detroit · 26 km Right PIT RKV Pittsburgh (pennsylva) to Reykjavik · 26 km Right RKV PIT Reykjavik to Pittsburgh (pennsylva) · 26 km Left BGO RKV Bergen to Reykjavik · 28 km Right RKV BGO Reykjavik to Bergen · 28 km Left FRA PDX Frankfurt to Portland · 29 km Left JFK SVO New York to Moscow · 29 km Right PDX FRA Portland to Frankfurt · 29 km Right DEN SAW Denver to Pendik, Istanbul · 30 km Left RKV YMX Reykjavik to Montreal · 30 km Left SAW DEN Pendik, Istanbul to Denver · 30 km Right YMX RKV Montreal to Reykjavik · 30 km Right KEF MDW Keflavik to Chicago · 31 km Right MDW KEF Chicago to Keflavik · 31 km Left KEF ORD Keflavik to Chicago · 32 km Right ORD KEF Chicago to Keflavik · 32 km Left DAL DOH Dallas to Doha · 33 km Left DOH DAL Doha to Dallas · 33 km Right KEF MDT Keflavik to Harrisburg · 33 km Left MDT KEF Harrisburg to Keflavik · 33 km Right RKV YUL Reykjavik to Montreal · 33 km Left YUL RKV Montreal to Reykjavik · 33 km Right AMS PDX Amsterdam to Portland · 35 km Right IAD KEF Washington to Keflavik · 35 km Right KEF IAD Keflavik to Washington · 35 km Left MUC YYC Munich to Calgary · 35 km Left PDX AMS Portland to Amsterdam · 35 km Left YYC MUC Calgary to Munich · 35 km Right AMS YVR Amsterdam to Vancouver · 36 km Left YVR AMS Vancouver to Amsterdam · 36 km Right BWI KEF Baltimore to Keflavik · 38 km Right DCA KEF Washington to Keflavik · 38 km Right KEF BWI Keflavik to Baltimore · 38 km Left KEF DCA Keflavik to Washington · 38 km Left AUH MDW Abu Dhabi to Chicago · 39 km Left GDN RKV Gdansk to Reykjavik · 39 km Right MDW AUH Chicago to Abu Dhabi · 39 km Right RKV GDN Reykjavik to Gdansk · 39 km Left FRA YYC Frankfurt to Calgary · 40 km Right YYC FRA Calgary to Frankfurt · 40 km Left BOM JFK Bombay to New York · 41 km Left IXE JFK Mangalore to New York · 41 km Right JFK BOM New York to Bombay · 41 km Right JFK IXE New York to Mangalore · 41 km Left KEF RDU Keflavik to Raleigh-durham · 41 km Left RDU KEF Raleigh-durham to Keflavik · 41 km Right HEL KEF Helsinki to Keflavik · 42 km Left KEF HEL Keflavik to Helsinki · 42 km Right BGO KEF Bergen to Keflavik · 43 km Right KEF BGO Keflavik to Bergen · 43 km Left PRG SLC Prague to Salt Lake City · 44 km Right SLC PRG Salt Lake City to Prague · 44 km Left EWR KEF Newark to Keflavik · 45 km Right IAD RKV Washington to Reykjavik · 45 km Right KEF EWR Keflavik to Newark · 45 km Left RKV IAD Reykjavik to Washington · 45 km Left WAW RKV Warsaw to Reykjavik · 46 km Right EWR TRD Newark to Trondheim · 47 km Right JFK KEF New York to Keflavik · 47 km Right KEF JFK Keflavik to New York · 47 km Left TRD EWR Trondheim to Newark · 47 km Left BWI RKV Baltimore to Reykjavik · 48 km Right DCA RKV Washington to Reykjavik · 48 km Right RKV BWI Reykjavik to Baltimore · 48 km Left RKV DCA Reykjavik to Washington · 48 km Left FCO YVR Rome to Vancouver · 49 km Right HEL RKV Helsinki to Reykjavik · 49 km Left MSP RKV Minneapolis to Reykjavik · 49 km Left RKV HEL Reykjavik to Helsinki · 49 km Right RKV MSP Reykjavik to Minneapolis · 49 km Right YVR FCO Vancouver to Rome · 49 km Left MUC SFO Munich to San Francisco · 50 km Right SFO MUC San Francisco to Munich · 50 km Left RDU RKV Raleigh-durham to Reykjavik · 51 km Right RKV RDU Reykjavik to Raleigh-durham · 51 km Left AMS YEG Amsterdam to Edmonton · 53 km Right YEG AMS Edmonton to Amsterdam · 53 km Left AEY EDI Akureyri to Edinburgh · 54 km Right BOS KEF Boston to Keflavik · 54 km Right DEN IST Denver to Istanbul · 54 km Left EDI AEY Edinburgh to Akureyri · 54 km Left EWR RKV Newark to Reykjavik · 54 km Right IST DEN Istanbul to Denver · 54 km Right KEF BOS Keflavik to Boston · 54 km Left RKV EWR Reykjavik to Newark · 54 km Left BGO DFW Bergen to Dallas-fort Worth · 55 km Right DFW BGO Dallas-fort Worth to Bergen · 55 km Left KEF MCO Keflavik to Orlando · 55 km Left MCO KEF Orlando to Keflavik · 55 km Right CPH RKV Copenhagen to Reykjavik · 56 km Right JFK RKV New York to Reykjavik · 56 km Right RKV CPH Reykjavik to Copenhagen · 56 km Left RKV JFK Reykjavik to New York · 56 km Left FAE RKV Vagar to Reykjavik · 58 km Right RKV FAE Reykjavik to Vagar · 58 km Left RKV YYW Reykjavik to Armstrong · 58 km Right YYW RKV Armstrong to Reykjavik · 58 km Left AUH ORD Abu Dhabi to Chicago · 59 km Left FRA SEA Frankfurt to Seattle · 59 km Left ORD AUH Chicago to Abu Dhabi · 59 km Right SEA FRA Seattle to Frankfurt · 59 km Right BFI FRA Seattle to Frankfurt · 60 km Right DCA HEL Washington to Helsinki · 60 km Right FRA BFI Frankfurt to Seattle · 60 km Left HEL DCA Helsinki to Washington · 60 km Left BOS RKV Boston to Reykjavik · 62 km Right RKV BOS Reykjavik to Boston · 62 km Left CCE CDC New Cairo to Cedar City · 63 km Right CDC CCE Cedar City to New Cairo · 63 km Left CAI LAX Cairo to Los Angeles · 64 km Left KEF WAW Keflavik to Warsaw · 64 km Left LAX CAI Los Angeles to Cairo · 64 km Right WAW KEF Warsaw to Keflavik · 64 km Right SAN VIE San Diego to Vienna · 68 km Left VIE SAN Vienna to San Diego · 68 km Right KEF MSP Keflavik to Minneapolis · 70 km Right MSP KEF Minneapolis to Keflavik · 70 km Left FAE KEF Vagar to Keflavik · 71 km Right KEF FAE Keflavik to Vagar · 71 km Left BOM EWR Bombay to Newark · 73 km Left EWR BOM Newark to Bombay · 73 km Right DEN RKV Denver to Reykjavik · 74 km Left RKV DEN Reykjavik to Denver · 74 km Right CPH KEF Copenhagen to Keflavik · 75 km Right KEF CPH Keflavik to Copenhagen · 75 km Left BER RKV Berlin to Reykjavik · 83 km Right RKV BER Reykjavik to Berlin · 83 km Left BUD RKV Budapest to Reykjavik · 88 km Right RKV BUD Reykjavik to Budapest · 88 km Left AMS YYC Amsterdam to Calgary · 91 km Right YYC AMS Calgary to Amsterdam · 91 km Left AEY SEA Akureyri to Seattle · 92 km Left SEA AEY Seattle to Akureyri · 92 km Right AUH IAH Abu Dhabi to Houston · 94 km Right CPH MSP Copenhagen to Minneapolis · 94 km Right FLR SEA Firenze to Seattle · 94 km Right IAH AUH Houston to Abu Dhabi · 94 km Left MSP CPH Minneapolis to Copenhagen · 94 km Left SEA FLR Seattle to Firenze · 94 km Left AEY MUC Akureyri to Munich · 97 km Right AMM PHX Amman to Phoenix · 97 km Left MUC AEY Munich to Akureyri · 97 km Left PHX AMM Phoenix to Amman · 97 km Right DEN KEF Denver to Keflavik · 99 km Left KEF DEN Keflavik to Denver · 99 km Right EGS RKV Egilsstadir to Reykjavik · 102 km Left RKV EGS Reykjavik to Egilsstadir · 102 km Right AMS YDQ Amsterdam to Dawson Creek · 103 km Left CIA SEA Rome to Seattle · 103 km Right SEA CIA Seattle to Rome · 103 km Left YDQ AMS Dawson Creek to Amsterdam · 103 km Right DCA GOI Washington to Goa · 106 km Right GOI DCA Goa to Washington · 106 km Left RNO HEW Reno to Athens · 106 km Right CPH PHX Copenhagen to Phoenix · 108 km Left DOH ORD Doha to Chicago · 108 km Right ORD DOH Chicago to Doha · 108 km Left PHX CPH Phoenix to Copenhagen · 108 km Right FRA YVR Frankfurt to Vancouver · 111 km Left YVR FRA Vancouver to Frankfurt · 111 km Right KEF YWG Keflavik to Winnipeg · 112 km Right YWG KEF Winnipeg to Keflavik · 112 km Left DXB MDW Dubai to Chicago · 118 km Left MDW DXB Chicago to Dubai · 118 km Right KEF PRG Keflavik to Prague · 120 km Left PRG KEF Prague to Keflavik · 120 km Right BFI FCO Seattle to Rome · 121 km Left FCO BFI Rome to Seattle · 121 km Right KEF VIE Keflavik to Vienna · 121 km Left VIE KEF Vienna to Keflavik · 121 km Right ATH RNO Athens to Reno · 122 km Left BLL LAX Billund to Los Angeles · 122 km Left LAX BLL Los Angeles to Billund · 122 km Right RNO ATH Reno to Athens · 122 km Right FCO SEA Rome to Seattle · 123 km Right FRA SFO Frankfurt to San Francisco · 123 km Right MUC RKV Munich to Reykjavik · 123 km Right RKV MUC Reykjavik to Munich · 123 km Left SEA FCO Seattle to Rome · 123 km Left SFO FRA San Francisco to Frankfurt · 123 km Left LIN SEA Milan to Seattle · 127 km Right SEA LIN Seattle to Milan · 127 km Left DOH MDW Doha to Chicago · 128 km Right MDW DOH Chicago to Doha · 128 km Left HEL YHU Helsinki to Montreal · 129 km Left YHU HEL Montreal to Helsinki · 129 km Right FRA RKV Frankfurt to Reykjavik · 130 km Right NUQ RKV Mountain View to Reykjavik · 130 km Left RKV FRA Reykjavik to Frankfurt · 130 km Left RKV NUQ Reykjavik to Mountain View · 130 km Right AVB SFO Aviano to San Francisco · 135 km Right HEW KEF Athens to Keflavik · 135 km Right SFO AVB San Francisco to Aviano · 135 km Left AMS RKV Amsterdam to Reykjavik · 136 km Right KEF LAX Keflavik to Los Angeles · 136 km Right LAX KEF Los Angeles to Keflavik · 136 km Left RKV AMS Reykjavik to Amsterdam · 136 km Left RKV VCE Reykjavik to Venice · 136 km Left VCE RKV Venice to Reykjavik · 136 km Right DXB ORD Dubai to Chicago · 137 km Left ORD DXB Chicago to Dubai · 137 km Right KUL RKV Kuala Lumpur to Reykjavik · 141 km Left RKV KUL Reykjavik to Kuala Lumpur · 141 km Right AXM KEF Armenia to Keflavik · 143 km Right KEF AXM Keflavik to Armenia · 143 km Left FBU GOH Oslo to Godthaab · 144 km Left GOH FBU Godthaab to Oslo · 144 km Right RKV YYC Reykjavik to Calgary · 144 km Right YYC RKV Calgary to Reykjavik · 144 km Left OSL YHU Oslo to Montreal · 145 km Right YHU OSL Montreal to Oslo · 145 km Left GOI IAD Goa to Washington · 146 km Left IAD GOI Washington to Goa · 146 km Right RKV ZRH Reykjavik to Zurich · 147 km Left ZRH RKV Zurich to Reykjavik · 147 km Right KEF MUC Keflavik to Munich · 148 km Left MUC KEF Munich to Keflavik · 148 km Right MUC SEA Munich to Seattle · 148 km Left MXP SEA Milano to Seattle · 148 km Right SEA MUC Seattle to Munich · 148 km Right SEA MXP Seattle to Milano · 148 km Left BRU RKV Brussels to Reykjavik · 149 km Right RKV BRU Reykjavik to Brussels · 149 km 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 Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon from a plane?

Yes — 286 flight routes pass within 150 km of Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon. The closest routes include Keflavik to Toronto, Toronto to Keflavik, Nashville to Keflavik. The landmark is visible from both sides, passing directly overhead.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon: on a Keflavik to Toronto flight, visible from both sides; on a Toronto to Keflavik flight, visible from both sides; on a Nashville to Keflavik flight, visible from both sides.