Lake Tahoe

230 flight routes pass within 37 miles of Lake Tahoe.

Lake Tahoe
🌊 Water · United States

Photo: Lara Farhadi · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The deep alpine lake straddling California and Nevada is famous for its cobalt-blue clarity. Visible on flights between San Francisco and Reno or across the Sierra Nevada.
230Flight Routes
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Routes that pass it230

EWR → SMF Newark to Sacramento · directly overhead Both Sides JFK → SMF New York to Sacramento · directly overhead Both Sides LGA → SMF New York to Sacramento · directly overhead Both Sides SLC → SMF Salt Lake City to Sacramento · directly overhead Both Sides SMF → EWR Sacramento to Newark · directly overhead Both Sides SMF → JFK Sacramento to New York · directly overhead Both Sides SMF → LGA Sacramento to New York · directly overhead Both Sides SMF → SLC Sacramento to Salt Lake City · directly overhead Both Sides ATH → RNO Athens to Reno · 1 mi Both Sides DTW → SMF Detroit to Sacramento · 1 mi Both Sides EWR → HNL Newark to Honolulu · 1 mi Both Sides HNL → EWR Honolulu to Newark · 1 mi Both Sides SMF → DTW Sacramento to Detroit · 1 mi Both Sides BUR → PDX Burbank to Portland · 1 mi Both Sides ORD → SMF Chicago to Sacramento · 1 mi Both Sides PDX → BUR Portland to Burbank · 1 mi Both Sides SMF → ORD Sacramento to Chicago · 1 mi Both Sides HNL → JFK Honolulu to New York · 2 mi Both Sides HNL → SLC Honolulu to Salt Lake City · 2 mi Both Sides JFK → HNL New York to Honolulu · 2 mi Both Sides MDW → SMF Chicago to Sacramento · 2 mi Both Sides SLC → HNL Salt Lake City to Honolulu · 2 mi Both Sides SMF → MDW Sacramento to Chicago · 2 mi Both Sides LAX → PDX Los Angeles to Portland · 2 mi Both Sides PDX → LAX Portland to Los Angeles · 2 mi Both Sides PHL → SMF Philadelphia to Sacramento · 3 mi Both Sides SMF → PHL Sacramento to Philadelphia · 3 mi Both Sides LGB → PDX Long Beach to Portland · 4 mi Both Sides BOS → SMF Boston to Sacramento · 5 mi Both Sides JAC → SFO Jackson to San Francisco · 5 mi Both Sides LAS → TPE Las Vegas to Taipei · 5 mi Both Sides SFO → JAC San Francisco to Jackson · 5 mi Both Sides SMF → BOS Sacramento to Boston · 5 mi Both Sides TPE → LAS Taipei to Las Vegas · 5 mi Both Sides BWI → SMF Baltimore to Sacramento · 6 mi Right KUL → LAS Kuala Lumpur to Las Vegas · 6 mi Right LAS → KUL Las Vegas to Kuala Lumpur · 6 mi Left SMF → BWI Sacramento to Baltimore · 6 mi Left IAD → SMF Washington to Sacramento · 6 mi Right RNO → SJC Reno to San Jose · 6 mi Left SJC → RNO San Jose to Reno · 6 mi Right SMF → IAD Sacramento to Washington · 6 mi Left HNL → LGA Honolulu to New York · 7 mi Right LGA → HNL New York to Honolulu · 7 mi Left DEL → LAX Delhi to Los Angeles · 9 mi Left HNL → ORD Honolulu to Chicago · 9 mi Left LAX → DEL Los Angeles to Delhi · 9 mi Right ORD → HNL Chicago to Honolulu · 9 mi Right BFI → FAT Seattle to Fresno · 9 mi Left FAT → SEA Fresno to Seattle · 9 mi Right SEA → FAT Seattle to Fresno · 9 mi Left MSP → SMF Minneapolis to Sacramento · 11 mi Left SMF → MSP Sacramento to Minneapolis · 11 mi Right OGG → SLC Kahului to Salt Lake City · 11 mi Left PDX → SNA Portland to Santa Ana · 11 mi Right RNO → SFO Reno to San Francisco · 11 mi Left SFO → RNO San Francisco to Reno · 11 mi Right SLC → OGG Salt Lake City to Kahului · 11 mi Right SNA → PDX Santa Ana to Portland · 11 mi Left LIS → SFO Lisbon to San Francisco · 12 mi Left SFO → LIS San Francisco to Lisbon · 12 mi Right SJC → WYS San Jose to West Yellowstone · 12 mi Left WYS → SJC West Yellowstone to San Jose · 12 mi Right DEN → SMF Denver to Sacramento · 13 mi Right DEN → STS Denver to Santa Rosa · 13 mi Right EUG → SAN Eugene to San Diego · 13 mi Left MCI → SMF Kansas City to Sacramento · 13 mi Right SAN → EUG San Diego to Eugene · 13 mi Right SMF → DEN Sacramento to Denver · 13 mi Left SMF → MCI Sacramento to Kansas City · 13 mi Left STS → DEN Santa Rosa to Denver · 13 mi Left CLE → HNL Cleveland to Honolulu · 14 mi Right HND → LAS Tokyo to Las Vegas · 14 mi Left HNL → CLE Honolulu to Cleveland · 14 mi Left LAS → HND Las Vegas to Tokyo · 14 mi Right LAX → YVR Los Angeles to Vancouver · 14 mi Left SMF → STL Sacramento to St. Louis · 14 mi Left STL → SMF St. Louis to Sacramento · 14 mi Right YVR → LAX Vancouver to Los Angeles · 14 mi Right PIX → SFO Pico to San Francisco · 16 mi Right SFO → PIX San Francisco to Pico · 16 mi Left DEN → MCC Denver to Sacramento · 16 mi Right DTW → HNL Detroit to Honolulu · 16 mi Left HNL → DTW Honolulu to Detroit · 16 mi Right MCC → DEN Sacramento to Denver · 16 mi Left PHX → TPE Phoenix to Taipei · 16 mi Right TPE → PHX Taipei to Phoenix · 16 mi Left CCR → IMT Concord to Kingsford · 17 mi Left DUB → SJC Dublin to San Jose · 17 mi Left IMT → CCR Kingsford to Concord · 17 mi Right LAX → SEA Los Angeles to Seattle · 17 mi Left SEA → LAX Seattle to Los Angeles · 17 mi Right SJC → DUB San Jose to Dublin · 17 mi Right BFI → LAX Seattle to Los Angeles · 17 mi Right HNL → MDW Honolulu to Chicago · 17 mi Left LAX → BFI Los Angeles to Seattle · 17 mi Left MDW → HNL Chicago to Honolulu · 17 mi Right CDG → SJC Paris to San Jose · 19 mi Left CLT → SMF Charlotte to Sacramento · 19 mi Right LAX → RDM Los Angeles to Redmond · 19 mi Left RDM → LAX Redmond to Los Angeles · 19 mi Right SMF → CLT Sacramento to Charlotte · 19 mi Left BOI → SJC Boise to San Jose · 19 mi Left FAT → PDX Fresno to Portland · 19 mi Right LAX → RNO Los Angeles to Reno · 19 mi Left PDX → FAT Portland to Fresno · 19 mi Left RNO → LAX Reno to Los Angeles · 19 mi Right SFO → SUN San Francisco to Hailey · 19 mi Right SJC → BOI San Jose to Boise · 19 mi Right BFI → RNO Seattle to Reno · 20 mi Right BNA → SMF Nashville to Sacramento · 20 mi Right BUR → RNO Burbank to Reno · 20 mi Left EUG → SNA Eugene to Santa Ana · 20 mi Left LAX → PAE Los Angeles to Everett · 20 mi Left MSP → RNO Minneapolis to Reno · 20 mi Left PAE → LAX Everett to Los Angeles · 20 mi Right RNO → BFI Reno to Seattle · 20 mi Left RNO → BUR Reno to Burbank · 20 mi Right RNO → MSP Reno to Minneapolis · 20 mi Right RNO → SEA Reno to Seattle · 20 mi Left SEA → RNO Seattle to Reno · 20 mi Right SMF → BNA Sacramento to Nashville · 20 mi Left BUR → SEA Burbank to Seattle · 21 mi Left LGB → RNO Long Beach to Reno · 21 mi Left RNO → LGB Reno to Long Beach · 21 mi Right SEA → BUR Seattle to Burbank · 21 mi Right PDX → RNO Portland to Reno · 22 mi Right PDX → SAN Portland to San Diego · 22 mi Right RNO → PDX Reno to Portland · 22 mi Left RNO → SAN Reno to San Diego · 22 mi Right SAN → PDX San Diego to Portland · 22 mi Left SAN → RNO San Diego to Reno · 22 mi Left CHA → SMF Chattanooga to Sacramento · 22 mi Right DAD → PHX Danang to Phoenix · 22 mi Right HPN → RNO White Plains to Reno · 22 mi Left ONT → RNO Ontario to Reno · 22 mi Left PHX → DAD Phoenix to Danang · 22 mi Left RNO → HPN Reno to White Plains · 22 mi Right SMF → CHA Sacramento to Chattanooga · 22 mi Left MDW → RNO Chicago to Reno · 23 mi Left ORD → RNO Chicago to Reno · 23 mi Left RNO → MDW Reno to Chicago · 23 mi Right RNO → ORD Reno to Chicago · 23 mi Right RNO → SLC Reno to Salt Lake City · 23 mi Right SLC → RNO Salt Lake City to Reno · 23 mi Left SNA → YYJ Santa Ana to Victoria · 23 mi Left YYJ → SNA Victoria to Santa Ana · 23 mi Right BWI → RNO Baltimore to Reno · 24 mi Left MAD → SFO Madrid to San Francisco · 24 mi Left ONT → PDX Ontario to Portland · 24 mi Left PDX → ONT Portland to Ontario · 24 mi Right RNO → BWI Reno to Baltimore · 24 mi Right SFO → MAD San Francisco to Madrid · 24 mi Right KOA → SLC Kona to Salt Lake City · 24 mi Left SLC → KOA Salt Lake City to Kona · 24 mi Right CVG → RNO Cincinnati to Reno · 25 mi Left DEN → SAC Denver to Sacramento · 25 mi Right LGB → SEA Long Beach to Seattle · 25 mi Left RNO → CVG Reno to Cincinnati · 25 mi Right SAC → DEN Sacramento to Denver · 25 mi Left SEA → LGB Seattle to Long Beach · 25 mi Right ATL → SMF Atlanta to Sacramento · 25 mi Right ICN → TUS Seoul to Tucson · 25 mi Right MHR → STL Sacramento to St. Louis · 25 mi Left SMF → ATL Sacramento to Atlanta · 25 mi Left STL → MHR St. Louis to Sacramento · 25 mi Right TUS → ICN Tucson to Seoul · 25 mi Left BJC → RNO Denver to Reno · 26 mi Left DEN → RNO Denver to Reno · 26 mi Left RNO → DEN Reno to Denver · 26 mi Right SAC → STL Sacramento to St. Louis · 26 mi Left STL → SAC St. Louis to Sacramento · 26 mi Right MYR → RNO Myrtle Beach to Reno · 27 mi Left RNO → MYR Reno to Myrtle Beach · 27 mi Right SAV → SMF Savannah to Sacramento · 27 mi Right SFO → VLC San Francisco to Valencia · 27 mi Right SMF → SAV Sacramento to Savannah · 27 mi Left VLC → SFO Valencia to San Francisco · 27 mi Left ATL → RNO Atlanta to Reno · 28 mi Left RNO → ATL Reno to Atlanta · 28 mi Right ICN → RNO Seoul to Reno · 30 mi Right RNO → ICN Reno to Seoul · 30 mi Left DFW → RNO Dallas-Fort Worth to Reno · 30 mi Left LAS → RNO Las Vegas to Reno · 30 mi Left MSY → RNO New Orleans to Reno · 30 mi Left PHX → RNO Phoenix to Reno · 30 mi Left RNO → DFW Reno to Dallas-Fort Worth · 30 mi Right RNO → LAS Reno to Las Vegas · 30 mi Right RNO → MSY Reno to New Orleans · 30 mi Right RNO → PHX Reno to Phoenix · 30 mi Right AUS → RNO Austin to Reno · 31 mi Left RNO → AUS Reno to Austin · 31 mi Right SBA → SEA Santa Barbara to Seattle · 31 mi Right SEA → SBA Seattle to Santa Barbara · 31 mi Left SNA → YVR Santa Ana to Vancouver · 31 mi Left YVR → SNA Vancouver to Santa Ana · 31 mi Right BCN → OAK Barcelona to Oakland · 32 mi Left EUG → LAX Eugene to Los Angeles · 32 mi Left KIX → PHX Osaka to Phoenix · 32 mi Left LAX → EUG Los Angeles to Eugene · 32 mi Right OAK → BCN Oakland to Barcelona · 32 mi Right PHX → KIX Phoenix to Osaka · 32 mi Right SFO → YHU San Francisco to Montreal · 32 mi Left YHU → SFO Montreal to San Francisco · 32 mi Right BNA → SAC Nashville to Sacramento · 32 mi Right LAX → MLE Los Angeles to Male · 32 mi Right MLE → LAX Male to Los Angeles · 32 mi Left SAC → BNA Sacramento to Nashville · 32 mi Left SFO → YUL San Francisco to Montreal · 32 mi Left YUL → SFO Montreal to San Francisco · 32 mi Right SEA → SNA Seattle to Santa Ana · 33 mi Right SNA → SEA Santa Ana to Seattle · 33 mi Left BFI → SNA Seattle to Santa Ana · 34 mi Right JNU → LAX Juneau to Los Angeles · 34 mi Left LAX → JNU Los Angeles to Juneau · 34 mi Right MSP → SFO Minneapolis to San Francisco · 34 mi Right SFO → MSP San Francisco to Minneapolis · 34 mi Left SNA → BFI Santa Ana to Seattle · 34 mi Left BCN → SFO Barcelona to San Francisco · 34 mi Left SFO → BCN San Francisco to Barcelona · 34 mi Right MFR → SAN Medford to San Diego · 35 mi Left SAN → MFR San Diego to Medford · 35 mi Right MCO → SMF Orlando to Sacramento · 35 mi Right SMF → MCO Sacramento to Orlando · 35 mi Left ICN → LAS Seoul to Las Vegas · 37 mi Right LAS → ICN Las Vegas to Seoul · 37 mi Left NUQ → RKV Mountain View to Reykjavik · 37 mi Right RKV → NUQ Reykjavik to Mountain View · 37 mi Left MPV → SFO Montpelier to San Francisco · 37 mi Right SFO → MPV San Francisco to Montpelier · 37 mi 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 Lake Tahoe from a plane?

Yes — 230 flight routes pass within 37 miles of Lake Tahoe. The closest routes include Newark to Sacramento, New York to Sacramento, New York to Sacramento. The landmark is visible from both sides, passing directly overhead.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Lake Tahoe?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Lake Tahoe: on a Newark to Sacramento flight, visible from both sides; on a New York to Sacramento flight, visible from both sides; on a New York to Sacramento flight, visible from both sides.