Karakoram & K2

149 flight routes pass within 62 miles of Karakoram & K2.

Karakoram & K2

⛰️ Mountain · Pakistan / China

Photo: Guilhem Vellut from Paris · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Home to K2 (8,611 m) and four other 8,000-metre peaks, the Karakoram is the most heavily glaciated region outside the poles. Visible on routes between the Middle East and East Asia.

149Flight Routes

OverheadClosest Pass

⛰️ MountainType

Routes that pass it149

ALA → BOM Almaty to Bombay · directly overhead Both Sides BOM → ALA Bombay to Almaty · directly overhead Both Sides DOH → PEK Doha to Beijing · 1 mi Both Sides DPS → LHR Denpasar to London · 1 mi Right LHR → DPS London to Denpasar · 1 mi Left PEK → DOH Beijing to Doha · 1 mi Both Sides DEL → YYZ Delhi to Toronto · 2 mi Left DOH → HND Doha to Tokyo · 2 mi Left DOH → NRT Doha to Tokyo · 2 mi Both Sides HEL → HKT Helsinki to Phuket · 2 mi Right HKT → HEL Phuket to Helsinki · 2 mi Left HND → DOH Tokyo to Doha · 2 mi Right NRT → DOH Tokyo to Doha · 2 mi Both Sides YYZ → DEL Toronto to Delhi · 2 mi Right BKK → LGW Bangkok to London · 2 mi Both Sides LGW → BKK London to Bangkok · 2 mi Both Sides LHR → MEL London to Melbourne · 4 mi Both Sides MEL → LHR Melbourne to London · 4 mi Both Sides AMS → DPS Amsterdam to Denpasar · 5 mi Both Sides DPS → AMS Denpasar to Amsterdam · 5 mi Both Sides KUL → CPH Kuala Lumpur to Copenhagen · 5 mi Left HAN → SAW Hanoi to Pendik, Istanbul · 6 mi Both Sides LHR → SUB London to Surabaya · 6 mi Right SAW → HAN Pendik, Istanbul to Hanoi · 6 mi Both Sides SIN → SVO Singapore to Moscow · 6 mi Both Sides SUB → LHR Surabaya to London · 6 mi Left SVO → SIN Moscow to Singapore · 6 mi Both Sides MAN → XSP Manchester to Singapore · 6 mi Right XSP → MAN Singapore to Manchester · 6 mi Left BKK → ZRH Bangkok to Zurich · 7 mi Right ZRH → BKK Zurich to Bangkok · 7 mi Left LHR → MBW London to Melbourne · 7 mi Both Sides MBW → LHR Melbourne to London · 7 mi Both Sides BKK → CIT Bangkok to Chimkent · 9 mi Both Sides CIT → BKK Chimkent to Bangkok · 9 mi Both Sides SYD → MUC Sydney to Munich · 9 mi Both Sides CPH → SIN Copenhagen to Singapore · 10 mi Both Sides FRA → SGN Frankfurt to Ho Chi Minh City · 10 mi Right KWI → XIY Kuwait to Xi'an · 10 mi Both Sides MAN → SIN Manchester to Singapore · 10 mi Both Sides SIN → CPH Singapore to Copenhagen · 10 mi Both Sides SIN → MAN Singapore to Manchester · 10 mi Both Sides XIY → KWI Xi'an to Kuwait · 10 mi Both Sides DEL → MEX Delhi to Mexico City · 11 mi Both Sides HKT → SVO Phuket to Moscow · 11 mi Both Sides MEX → DEL Mexico City to Delhi · 11 mi Both Sides SVO → HKT Moscow to Phuket · 11 mi Both Sides SYD → ZRH Sydney to Zurich · 11 mi Both Sides ZRH → SYD Zurich to Sydney · 11 mi Both Sides BKK → VIE Bangkok to Vienna · 11 mi Right VIE → BKK Vienna to Bangkok · 11 mi Left ACH → KTM Altenrhein to Kathmandu · 12 mi Left CDG → SGN Paris to Ho Chi Minh City · 12 mi Right KTM → ACH Kathmandu to Altenrhein · 12 mi Right LHE → KDU Lahore to Skardu · 12 mi Both Sides SGN → CDG Ho Chi Minh City to Paris · 12 mi Left BKK → MUC Bangkok to Munich · 12 mi Both Sides DOH → PKX Doha to Beijing · 12 mi Left MUC → BKK Munich to Bangkok · 12 mi Both Sides PKX → DOH Beijing to Doha · 12 mi Right BHX → BKK Birmingham to Bangkok · 13 mi Right BKK → BHX Bangkok to Birmingham · 13 mi Left BKK → LCY Bangkok to London · 13 mi Both Sides CPH → XSP Copenhagen to Singapore · 13 mi Both Sides LCY → BKK London to Bangkok · 13 mi Both Sides XSP → CPH Singapore to Copenhagen · 13 mi Both Sides CNS → FCO Cairns to Rome · 14 mi Left FCO → CNS Rome to Cairns · 14 mi Right AMS → BKK Amsterdam to Bangkok · 14 mi Both Sides BKK → AMS Bangkok to Amsterdam · 14 mi Both Sides BKK → CDG Bangkok to Paris · 14 mi Both Sides CDG → BKK Paris to Bangkok · 14 mi Both Sides KUL → TAS Kuala Lumpur to Tashkent · 14 mi Both Sides TAS → KUL Tashkent to Kuala Lumpur · 14 mi Both Sides ADL → MAN Adelaide to Manchester · 15 mi Left DEL → ORD Delhi to Chicago · 15 mi Both Sides MAN → ADL Manchester to Adelaide · 15 mi Right MBW → LCY Melbourne to London · 15 mi Both Sides ORD → DEL Chicago to Delhi · 15 mi Both Sides BKK → LHR Bangkok to London · 16 mi Both Sides LHR → BKK London to Bangkok · 16 mi Both Sides CPH → HKT Copenhagen to Phuket · 18 mi Both Sides HKT → CPH Phuket to Copenhagen · 18 mi Both Sides BKK → FRA Bangkok to Frankfurt · 19 mi Both Sides FRA → BKK Frankfurt to Bangkok · 19 mi Both Sides ATQ → SEA Amritsar to Seattle · 20 mi Both Sides SEA → ATQ Seattle to Amritsar · 20 mi Both Sides DAC → DEB Dhaka to Debrecen · 21 mi Right DEB → DAC Debrecen to Dhaka · 21 mi Left KUL → TVT Kuala Lumpur to Tashkent · 21 mi Both Sides HAN → IST Hanoi to Istanbul · 22 mi Both Sides IST → HAN Istanbul to Hanoi · 22 mi Both Sides ARN → CCU Stockholm to Calcutta · 23 mi Both Sides CCU → ARN Calcutta to Stockholm · 23 mi Both Sides ALA → DEL Almaty to Delhi · 24 mi Both Sides DEL → ALA Delhi to Almaty · 24 mi Both Sides BOM → SFO Bombay to San Francisco · 24 mi Left KBV → CPH Krabi to Copenhagen · 24 mi Both Sides SFO → BOM San Francisco to Bombay · 24 mi Right SGN → BLQ Ho Chi Minh City to Bologna · 24 mi Right DUB → SIN Dublin to Singapore · 25 mi Both Sides SIN → DUB Singapore to Dublin · 25 mi Both Sides DEL → YUL Delhi to Montreal · 25 mi Right YUL → DEL Montreal to Delhi · 25 mi Left DEL → IAD Delhi to Washington · 27 mi Right DME → SIN Moscow to Singapore · 27 mi Both Sides HKT → MAN Phuket to Manchester · 27 mi Right IAD → DEL Washington to Delhi · 27 mi Left MAN → HKT Manchester to Phuket · 27 mi Left SIN → DME Singapore to Moscow · 27 mi Both Sides BKK → WAW Bangkok to Warsaw · 29 mi Both Sides GIL → ISB Gilgit to Islamabad · 29 mi Left HEL → KBV Helsinki to Krabi · 29 mi Right ISB → GIL Islamabad to Gilgit · 29 mi Right KBV → HEL Krabi to Helsinki · 29 mi Left WAW → BKK Warsaw to Bangkok · 29 mi Both Sides BKK → BRU Bangkok to Brussels · 29 mi Both Sides BRU → BKK Brussels to Bangkok · 29 mi Both Sides MAA → ORD Madras to Chicago · 29 mi Both Sides ORD → MAA Chicago to Madras · 29 mi Both Sides BHX → DPS Birmingham to Denpasar · 30 mi Both Sides DCA → DEL Washington to Delhi · 30 mi Left DEL → DCA Delhi to Washington · 30 mi Right DPS → BHX Denpasar to Birmingham · 30 mi Both Sides AGR → JFK Agra to New York · 31 mi Right DUS → BKK Duesseldorf to Bangkok · 31 mi Both Sides HYD → ORD Hyderabad to Chicago · 31 mi Right JFK → AGR New York to Agra · 31 mi Left ORD → HYD Chicago to Hyderabad · 31 mi Left BKK → STR Bangkok to Stuttgart · 32 mi Both Sides STR → BKK Stuttgart to Bangkok · 32 mi Both Sides DOH → ICN Doha to Seoul · 35 mi Left ICN → DOH Seoul to Doha · 35 mi Right KTM → MXP Kathmandu to Milano · 40 mi Right MXP → KTM Milano to Kathmandu · 40 mi Left NMI → SFO Navi Mumbai to San Francisco · 40 mi Left SFO → NMI San Francisco to Navi Mumbai · 40 mi Right DEL → EWR Delhi to Newark · 42 mi Right EWR → DEL Newark to Delhi · 42 mi Left DEL → JFK Delhi to New York · 44 mi Right JFK → DEL New York to Delhi · 44 mi Left WAW → SGN Warsaw to Ho Chi Minh City · 51 mi Right BOS → DEL Boston to Delhi · 53 mi Left DEL → BOS Delhi to Boston · 53 mi Right LUH → MIA Ludhiaha to Miami · 53 mi Right MIA → LUH Miami to Ludhiaha · 53 mi Left KDU → LHE Skardu to Lahore · 56 mi Right BKK → CPH Bangkok to Copenhagen · 59 mi Left CPH → BKK Copenhagen to Bangkok · 59 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 Karakoram & K2 from a plane?

Yes — 149 flight routes pass within 62 miles of Karakoram & K2. The closest routes include Almaty to Bombay, Bombay to Almaty, Doha to Beijing. The landmark is visible from both sides, passing directly overhead.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Karakoram & K2?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Karakoram & K2: on a Almaty to Bombay flight, visible from both sides; on a Bombay to Almaty flight, visible from both sides; on a Doha to Beijing flight, visible from both sides.