Karakoram & K2

156 flight routes pass within 100 km 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.
156Flight Routes
OverheadClosest Pass
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Routes that pass it156

ALA BOM Alma-ata to Bombay · directly overhead Both Sides BOM ALA Bombay to Alma-ata · directly overhead Both Sides DOH PEK Doha to Beijing · directly overhead Both Sides DPS LHR Denpasar to London · directly overhead Right LHR DPS London to Denpasar · directly overhead Left PEK DOH Beijing to Doha · directly overhead Both Sides KTM MBW Kathmandu to Melbourne · 1 km Both Sides DOH HND Doha to Tokyo · 2 km Left HND DOH Tokyo to Doha · 2 km Right BLR IXL Bangalore to Leh · 3 km Both Sides DEL YKZ Delhi to Toronto · 3 km Left HEL HKT Helsinki to Phuket · 3 km Right HKT HEL Phuket to Helsinki · 3 km Left IXL BLR Leh to Bangalore · 3 km Both Sides YKZ DEL Toronto to Delhi · 3 km Right DEL YYZ Delhi to Toronto · 4 km Left DOH NRT Doha to Tokyo · 4 km Both Sides NRT DOH Tokyo to Doha · 4 km Both Sides YYZ DEL Toronto to Delhi · 4 km Right BLR SXR Bangalore to Srinagar · 5 km Both Sides SXR BLR Srinagar to Bangalore · 5 km Both Sides BKK ZRH Bangkok to Zurich · 6 km Right ZRH BKK Zurich to Bangkok · 6 km Left BKK LGW Bangkok to London · 7 km Both Sides HYD SXR Hyderabad to Srinagar · 7 km Right LGW BKK London to Bangkok · 7 km Both Sides SXR HYD Srinagar to Hyderabad · 7 km Left AMS DPS Amsterdam to Denpasar · 8 km Both Sides DPS AMS Denpasar to Amsterdam · 8 km Both Sides LHR MEL London to Melbourne · 9 km Both Sides LHR SUB London to Surabaya · 9 km Right MEL LHR Melbourne to London · 9 km Both Sides SIN SVO Singapore to Moscow · 9 km Both Sides SUB LHR Surabaya to London · 9 km Left SVO SIN Moscow to Singapore · 9 km Both Sides LHR MBW London to Melbourne · 10 km Both Sides MAN XSP Manchester to Singapore · 10 km Right MBW LHR Melbourne to London · 10 km Both Sides XSP MAN Singapore to Manchester · 10 km Left MAA SXR Madras to Srinagar · 12 km Right SXR MAA Srinagar to Madras · 12 km Left BKK CIT Bangkok to Chimkent · 13 km Both Sides BKK VIE Bangkok to Vienna · 13 km Right CIT BKK Chimkent to Bangkok · 13 km Both Sides VIE BKK Vienna to Bangkok · 13 km Left SYD MUC Sydney to Munich · 15 km Both Sides SYD ZRH Sydney to Zurich · 15 km Both Sides ZRH SYD Zurich to Sydney · 15 km Both Sides CPH SIN Copenhagen to Singapore · 16 km Both Sides DEL MEX Delhi to Mexico City · 16 km Both Sides FRA SGN Frankfurt to Ho Chi Minh City · 16 km Right KWI XIY Kuwait to Xi'an · 16 km Both Sides MAN SIN Manchester to Singapore · 16 km Both Sides MEX DEL Mexico City to Delhi · 16 km Both Sides SIN CPH Singapore to Copenhagen · 16 km Both Sides SIN MAN Singapore to Manchester · 16 km Both Sides XIY KWI Xi'an to Kuwait · 16 km Both Sides HAN IST Hanoi to Istanbul · 17 km Both Sides HKT SVO Phuket to Moscow · 17 km Both Sides IST HAN Istanbul to Hanoi · 17 km Both Sides SVO HKT Moscow to Phuket · 17 km Both Sides ACH KTM Altenrhein to Kathmandu · 19 km Left KDU LHE Skardu to Lahore · 19 km Right KTM ACH Kathmandu to Altenrhein · 19 km Right LHE KDU Lahore to Skardu · 19 km Left CDG SGN Paris to Ho Chi Minh City · 20 km Right DOH PKX Doha to Beijing · 20 km Left PKX DOH Beijing to Doha · 20 km Right SGN CDG Ho Chi Minh City to Paris · 20 km Left CPH XSP Copenhagen to Singapore · 21 km Both Sides XSP CPH Singapore to Copenhagen · 21 km Both Sides BHX BKK Birmingham to Bangkok · 23 km Right BKK BHX Bangkok to Birmingham · 23 km Left CNS FCO Cairns to Rome · 23 km Left DEL ORD Delhi to Chicago · 23 km Both Sides FCO CNS Rome to Cairns · 23 km Right ORD DEL Chicago to Delhi · 23 km Both Sides BKK LCY Bangkok to London · 24 km Both Sides BKK MUC Bangkok to Munich · 24 km Both Sides LCY BKK London to Bangkok · 24 km Both Sides MBW LCY Melbourne to London · 24 km Both Sides MUC BKK Munich to Bangkok · 24 km Both Sides ADL MAN Adelaide to Manchester · 25 km Left MAN ADL Manchester to Adelaide · 25 km Right AMS BKK Amsterdam to Bangkok · 26 km Both Sides BKK AMS Bangkok to Amsterdam · 26 km Both Sides BKK CDG Bangkok to Paris · 28 km Both Sides BKK LHR Bangkok to London · 28 km Both Sides CDG BKK Paris to Bangkok · 28 km Both Sides LHR BKK London to Bangkok · 28 km Both Sides BKK FRA Bangkok to Frankfurt · 30 km Both Sides FRA BKK Frankfurt to Bangkok · 30 km Both Sides ATQ SEA Amritsar to Seattle · 32 km Both Sides SEA ATQ Seattle to Amritsar · 32 km Both Sides DAC DEB Dhaka to Debrecen · 33 km Right DEB DAC Debrecen to Dhaka · 33 km Left ARN CCU Stockholm to Calcutta · 37 km Both Sides CCU ARN Calcutta to Stockholm · 37 km Both Sides ALA DEL Alma-ata to Delhi · 38 km Both Sides DEL ALA Delhi to Alma-ata · 38 km Both Sides BOM SFO Bombay to San Francisco · 39 km Left BOM SXR Bombay to Srinagar · 39 km Both Sides SFO BOM San Francisco to Bombay · 39 km Right SGN BLQ Ho Chi Minh City to Bologna · 39 km Right SXR BOM Srinagar to Bombay · 39 km Both Sides DEL YUL Delhi to Montreal · 40 km Right YUL DEL Montreal to Delhi · 40 km Left DUB SIN Dublin to Singapore · 41 km Both Sides HYD ORD Hyderabad to Chicago · 41 km Right ORD HYD Chicago to Hyderabad · 41 km Left SIN DUB Singapore to Dublin · 41 km Both Sides GIL ISB Gilgit to Islamabad · 42 km Left ISB GIL Islamabad to Gilgit · 42 km Right DEL IAD Delhi to Washington · 43 km Right IAD DEL Washington to Delhi · 43 km Left DME SIN Moscow to Singapore · 44 km Both Sides HKT MAN Phuket to Manchester · 44 km Right MAN HKT Manchester to Phuket · 44 km Left SIN DME Singapore to Moscow · 44 km Both Sides HEL KBV Helsinki to Krabi · 46 km Right KBV HEL Krabi to Helsinki · 46 km Left MAA ORD Madras to Chicago · 46 km Both Sides ORD MAA Chicago to Madras · 46 km Both Sides BKK STR Bangkok to Stuttgart · 47 km Both Sides DUS BKK Duesseldorf to Bangkok · 47 km Both Sides STR BKK Stuttgart to Bangkok · 47 km Both Sides DCA DEL Washington to Delhi · 48 km Left DEL DCA Delhi to Washington · 48 km Right BHX DPS Birmingham to Denpasar · 49 km Both Sides DPS BHX Denpasar to Birmingham · 49 km Both Sides AGR JFK Agra to New York · 50 km Right BKK BRU Bangkok to Brussels · 50 km Both Sides BKK WAW Bangkok to Warsaw · 50 km Both Sides BRU BKK Brussels to Bangkok · 50 km Both Sides JFK AGR New York to Agra · 50 km Left WAW BKK Warsaw to Bangkok · 50 km Both Sides DOH ICN Doha to Seoul · 56 km Left ICN DOH Seoul to Doha · 56 km Right KTM MXP Kathmandu to Milano · 64 km Right MXP KTM Milano to Kathmandu · 64 km Left DEL EWR Delhi to Newark · 65 km Right EWR DEL Newark to Delhi · 65 km Left NMI SFO Navi Mumbai to San Francisco · 65 km Left SFO NMI San Francisco to Navi Mumbai · 65 km Right DEL JFK Delhi to New York · 69 km Right JFK DEL New York to Delhi · 69 km Left IXL NMI Leh to Navi Mumbai · 76 km Right NMI IXL Navi Mumbai to Leh · 76 km Left BOM IXL Bombay to Leh · 79 km Left IXL BOM Leh to Bombay · 79 km Right BOS DEL Boston to Delhi · 84 km Left DEL BOS Delhi to Boston · 84 km Right LUH MIA Ludhiaha to Miami · 85 km Right MIA LUH Miami to Ludhiaha · 85 km Left BKK CPH Bangkok to Copenhagen · 97 km Left CPH BKK Copenhagen to Bangkok · 97 km 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 — 156 flight routes pass within 100 km of Karakoram & K2. The closest routes include Alma-ata to Bombay, Bombay to Alma-ata, 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 Alma-ata to Bombay flight, visible from both sides; on a Bombay to Alma-ata flight, visible from both sides; on a Doha to Beijing flight, visible from both sides.