Mesa Verde

252 flight routes pass within 37 miles of Mesa Verde.

Mesa Verde
🏛️ Monument · United States

Photo: Tobi 87 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings tucked into the mesas of southwestern Colorado. The green mesa tops contrasting with the canyon walls are visible on Southwest routes.
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Routes that pass it252

ABQ → SLC Albuquerque to Salt Lake City · directly overhead Both Sides LCY → PHX London to Phoenix · directly overhead Both Sides PHX → LCY Phoenix to London · directly overhead Both Sides SLC → ABQ Salt Lake City to Albuquerque · directly overhead Both Sides BNE → JFK Brisbane to New York · 1 mi Both Sides COS → SAN Colorado Springs to San Diego · 1 mi Both Sides JFK → BNE New York to Brisbane · 1 mi Both Sides SAN → COS San Diego to Colorado Springs · 1 mi Both Sides LHR → PHX London to Phoenix · 1 mi Both Sides PHX → LHR Phoenix to London · 1 mi Both Sides ABQ → MWH Albuquerque to Grant County Airport · 2 mi Both Sides BOS → SNA Boston to Santa Ana · 2 mi Both Sides LAS → ORF Las Vegas to Norfolk · 2 mi Both Sides MWH → ABQ Grant County Airport to Albuquerque · 2 mi Both Sides ORF → LAS Norfolk to Las Vegas · 2 mi Both Sides PVR → YEG Puerto Vallarta to Edmonton · 2 mi Both Sides SNA → BOS Santa Ana to Boston · 2 mi Both Sides YEG → PVR Edmonton to Puerto Vallarta · 2 mi Both Sides FAR → PHX Fargo to Phoenix · 2 mi Both Sides LAS → SDF Las Vegas to Louisville · 2 mi Both Sides SDF → LAS Louisville to Las Vegas · 2 mi Both Sides DEN → OAM Denver to Oamaru · 4 mi Both Sides LAS → LOU Las Vegas to Louisville · 4 mi Both Sides LAS → RIC Las Vegas to Richmond · 4 mi Both Sides LAX → LGA Los Angeles to New York · 4 mi Both Sides LGA → LAX New York to Los Angeles · 4 mi Both Sides LOU → LAS Louisville to Las Vegas · 4 mi Both Sides OAM → DEN Oamaru to Denver · 4 mi Both Sides PHX → DUB Phoenix to Dublin · 4 mi Both Sides RIC → LAS Richmond to Las Vegas · 4 mi Both Sides DTW → SNA Detroit to Santa Ana · 4 mi Both Sides FLR → PHX Firenze to Phoenix · 4 mi Both Sides MDW → SNA Chicago to Santa Ana · 4 mi Both Sides PHX → FLR Phoenix to Firenze · 4 mi Both Sides SNA → DTW Santa Ana to Detroit · 4 mi Both Sides SNA → MDW Santa Ana to Chicago · 4 mi Both Sides DRO → LIH Durango to Lihue · 5 mi Both Sides LIH → DRO Lihue to Durango · 5 mi Both Sides BUR → JFK Burbank to New York · 6 mi Right CDG → PHX Paris to Phoenix · 6 mi Right EWR → LAX Newark to Los Angeles · 6 mi Right HNL → RDU Honolulu to Raleigh-Durham · 6 mi Left JFK → BUR New York to Burbank · 6 mi Left LAX → EWR Los Angeles to Newark · 6 mi Left PHX → CDG Phoenix to Paris · 6 mi Left PSP → YYZ Palm Springs to Toronto · 6 mi Right RDU → HNL Raleigh-Durham to Honolulu · 6 mi Right YYZ → PSP Toronto to Palm Springs · 6 mi Left JFK → LAX New York to Los Angeles · 6 mi Right LAX → JFK Los Angeles to New York · 6 mi Left NAP → PHX Naples to Phoenix · 6 mi Right ORD → SYD Chicago to Sydney · 6 mi Right PHX → NAP Phoenix to Naples · 6 mi Left SYD → ORD Sydney to Chicago · 6 mi Left LIM → SLC Lima to Salt Lake City · 7 mi Left MCO → SMF Orlando to Sacramento · 7 mi Right SLC → LIM Salt Lake City to Lima · 7 mi Right SMF → MCO Sacramento to Orlando · 7 mi Left CLE → LAX Cleveland to Los Angeles · 7 mi Left IQT → PDX Iquitos to Portland · 7 mi Right LAX → CLE Los Angeles to Cleveland · 7 mi Right PDX → IQT Portland to Iquitos · 7 mi Left BUR → LGA Burbank to New York · 8 mi Right JFK → VCV New York to Victorville · 8 mi Left LGA → BUR New York to Burbank · 8 mi Left MSN → SAN Madison to San Diego · 8 mi Right SAN → MSN San Diego to Madison · 8 mi Left VCV → JFK Victorville to New York · 8 mi Right BUR → PHL Burbank to Philadelphia · 9 mi Left ORD → SNA Chicago to Santa Ana · 9 mi Left PHL → BUR Philadelphia to Burbank · 9 mi Right SNA → ORD Santa Ana to Chicago · 9 mi Right ORD → PSP Chicago to Palm Springs · 10 mi Right PSP → ORD Palm Springs to Chicago · 10 mi Left LAS → STL Las Vegas to St. Louis · 11 mi Right OKC → SFO Oklahoma City to San Francisco · 11 mi Right SFO → OKC San Francisco to Oklahoma City · 11 mi Left STL → LAS St. Louis to Las Vegas · 11 mi Left AAH → PHX Aachen to Phoenix · 11 mi Left ABQ → BFI Albuquerque to Seattle · 11 mi Right BFI → ABQ Seattle to Albuquerque · 11 mi Left PHX → AAH Phoenix to Aachen · 11 mi Right ABQ → SEA Albuquerque to Seattle · 12 mi Right BJC → PHX Denver to Phoenix · 12 mi Right PDX → SAF Portland to Santa Fe · 12 mi Right PHX → BJC Phoenix to Denver · 12 mi Left SAF → PDX Santa Fe to Portland · 12 mi Left SEA → ABQ Seattle to Albuquerque · 12 mi Left BOI → EZE Boise to Buenos Aires · 12 mi Left EZE → BOI Buenos Aires to Boise · 12 mi Right LAX → PIT Los Angeles to Pittsburgh · 12 mi Left PIT → LAX Pittsburgh to Los Angeles · 12 mi Right ICT → LAS Wichita to Las Vegas · 13 mi Right LAS → ICT Las Vegas to Wichita · 13 mi Left LGA → ONT New York to Ontario · 13 mi Right ONT → LGA Ontario to New York · 13 mi Left DFW → DRO Dallas-Fort Worth to Durango · 14 mi Left DEN → PRC Denver to Prescott · 14 mi Left MSY → RNO New Orleans to Reno · 14 mi Right RNO → MSY Reno to New Orleans · 14 mi Left BOS → ONT Boston to Ontario · 15 mi Left LAX → PVD Los Angeles to Providence · 15 mi Right LGB → MDW Long Beach to Chicago · 15 mi Right MDW → LGB Chicago to Long Beach · 15 mi Left OMA → SAN Omaha to San Diego · 15 mi Right PVD → LAX Providence to Los Angeles · 15 mi Left SAN → OMA San Diego to Omaha · 15 mi Left ABQ → TCM Albuquerque to Tacoma · 16 mi Right CDG → LUF Paris to Phoenix · 16 mi Left JFK → ONT New York to Ontario · 16 mi Right LUF → CDG Phoenix to Paris · 16 mi Right MDW → ONT Chicago to Ontario · 16 mi Left ONT → JFK Ontario to New York · 16 mi Left ONT → MDW Ontario to Chicago · 16 mi Right TCM → ABQ Tacoma to Albuquerque · 16 mi Left BUR → IND Burbank to Indianapolis · 16 mi Left DTW → ONT Detroit to Ontario · 16 mi Left IND → BUR Indianapolis to Burbank · 16 mi Right ONT → DTW Ontario to Detroit · 16 mi Right ATL → SJC Atlanta to San Jose · 17 mi Left SJC → ATL San Jose to Atlanta · 17 mi Right CVG → LAS Cincinnati to Las Vegas · 17 mi Left EZE → SLC Buenos Aires to Salt Lake City · 17 mi Left JAX → OAK Jacksonville to Oakland · 17 mi Right JFK → LGB New York to Long Beach · 17 mi Right LAS → CVG Las Vegas to Cincinnati · 17 mi Right LGB → JFK Long Beach to New York · 17 mi Left OAK → JAX Oakland to Jacksonville · 17 mi Left SLC → EZE Salt Lake City to Buenos Aires · 17 mi Right DFW → RNO Dallas-Fort Worth to Reno · 18 mi Right RNO → DFW Reno to Dallas-Fort Worth · 18 mi Left LAS → LUK Las Vegas to Cincinnati · 19 mi Right LUK → LAS Cincinnati to Las Vegas · 19 mi Left ATL → MRY Atlanta to Monterey · 19 mi Right LAS → TRI Las Vegas to Blountville · 19 mi Left MKE → SAN Milwaukee to San Diego · 19 mi Right MRY → ATL Monterey to Atlanta · 19 mi Left SAN → MKE San Diego to Milwaukee · 19 mi Left TRI → LAS Blountville to Las Vegas · 19 mi Right ALB → ONT Albany to Ontario · 20 mi Left LAS → RDU Las Vegas to Raleigh-Durham · 20 mi Left ONT → ALB Ontario to Albany · 20 mi Right RDU → LAS Raleigh-Durham to Las Vegas · 20 mi Right DRO → SAN Durango to San Diego · 21 mi Right ONT → ORD Ontario to Chicago · 21 mi Right ORD → ONT Chicago to Ontario · 21 mi Left SAN → DRO San Diego to Durango · 21 mi Left ANS → SLC Andahuaylas to Salt Lake City · 21 mi Left DSM → SNA Des Moines to Santa Ana · 21 mi Left SLC → ANS Salt Lake City to Andahuaylas · 21 mi Right SNA → DSM Santa Ana to Des Moines · 21 mi Right YYC → ZLO Calgary to Manzanillo · 21 mi Left ZLO → YYC Manzanillo to Calgary · 21 mi Right DCA → LAS Washington to Las Vegas · 22 mi Left LAS → DCA Las Vegas to Washington · 22 mi Right LAX → MCI Los Angeles to Kansas City · 22 mi Left LAX → PHL Los Angeles to Philadelphia · 22 mi Left MCI → LAX Kansas City to Los Angeles · 22 mi Right PHL → LAX Philadelphia to Los Angeles · 22 mi Right CMH → LAX Columbus to Los Angeles · 22 mi Right DEN → PHX Denver to Phoenix · 22 mi Right IAD → LAS Washington to Las Vegas · 22 mi Left LAS → IAD Las Vegas to Washington · 22 mi Right LAX → CMH Los Angeles to Columbus · 22 mi Left PHX → DEN Phoenix to Denver · 22 mi Left EZE → SEA Buenos Aires to Seattle · 23 mi Right SEA → EZE Seattle to Buenos Aires · 23 mi Left ATL → CDC Atlanta to Cedar City · 24 mi Left CDC → ATL Cedar City to Atlanta · 24 mi Right SDF → SBA Louisville to Santa Barbara · 24 mi Right AKL → MSP Auckland to Minneapolis · 25 mi Right LAS → MCI Las Vegas to Kansas City · 25 mi Right LAX → MDW Los Angeles to Chicago · 25 mi Right MCI → LAS Kansas City to Las Vegas · 25 mi Left MDW → LAX Chicago to Los Angeles · 25 mi Left MSP → AKL Minneapolis to Auckland · 25 mi Left BOS → LAX Boston to Los Angeles · 26 mi Left BWI → LAS Baltimore to Las Vegas · 26 mi Left DTW → LAX Detroit to Los Angeles · 26 mi Left LAS → BWI Las Vegas to Baltimore · 26 mi Right LAX → BOS Los Angeles to Boston · 26 mi Right LAX → DTW Los Angeles to Detroit · 26 mi Right LAX → LCK Los Angeles to Columbus · 26 mi Left LCK → LAX Columbus to Los Angeles · 26 mi Right IND → LAX Indianapolis to Los Angeles · 27 mi Right LAX → IND Los Angeles to Indianapolis · 27 mi Left LGA → SNA New York to Santa Ana · 27 mi Right SNA → LGA Santa Ana to New York · 27 mi Left SJU → SMF San Juan to Sacramento · 27 mi Right SMF → SJU Sacramento to San Juan · 27 mi Left BWI → KBY Baltimore to Samara · 28 mi Right IND → LAS Indianapolis to Las Vegas · 28 mi Left KBY → BWI Samara to Baltimore · 28 mi Left LAS → IND Las Vegas to Indianapolis · 28 mi Right DJT → SMF West Palm Beach to Sacramento · 29 mi Right EWR → SNA Newark to Santa Ana · 29 mi Right ONT → LNK Ontario to Lincoln · 29 mi Right SAN → YYZ San Diego to Toronto · 29 mi Left SMF → DJT Sacramento to West Palm Beach · 29 mi Left SNA → EWR Santa Ana to Newark · 29 mi Left YYZ → SAN Toronto to San Diego · 29 mi Right JFK → SNA New York to Santa Ana · 29 mi Right SNA → JFK Santa Ana to New York · 29 mi Left ABQ → PDX Albuquerque to Portland · 30 mi Right ATL → SFO Atlanta to San Francisco · 30 mi Left DET → LAX Detroit to Los Angeles · 30 mi Left LAX → DET Los Angeles to Detroit · 30 mi Right LAX → ORD Los Angeles to Chicago · 30 mi Right ORD → LAX Chicago to Los Angeles · 30 mi Left PDX → ABQ Portland to Albuquerque · 30 mi Left SFO → ATL San Francisco to Atlanta · 30 mi Right PHX → DRO Phoenix to Durango · 30 mi Left SFO → TUL San Francisco to Tulsa · 30 mi Right TUL → SFO Tulsa to San Francisco · 30 mi Left CDC → MIA Cedar City to Miami · 31 mi Left MIA → CDC Miami to Cedar City · 31 mi Right ALB → LAX Albany to Los Angeles · 32 mi Left FMN → LAS Farmington to Las Vegas · 32 mi Right LAS → FMN Las Vegas to Farmington · 32 mi Left LAX → ALB Los Angeles to Albany · 32 mi Right DEN → DRO Denver to Durango · 32 mi Right DRO → DEN Durango to Denver · 32 mi Left FAT → SVN Fresno to Hunter Aaf · 32 mi Left LAS → TYS Las Vegas to Knoxville · 32 mi Left SVN → FAT Hunter Aaf to Fresno · 32 mi Right TYS → LAS Knoxville to Las Vegas · 32 mi Right BNA → LAS Nashville to Las Vegas · 33 mi Right CMH → LAS Columbus to Las Vegas · 33 mi Left LAS → BNA Las Vegas to Nashville · 33 mi Left LAS → CMH Las Vegas to Columbus · 33 mi Right PHX → RAP Phoenix to Rapid City · 33 mi Right PVR → YYC Puerto Vallarta to Calgary · 33 mi Right YYC → PVR Calgary to Puerto Vallarta · 33 mi Left PIT → SBA Pittsburgh to Santa Barbara · 34 mi Left ATL → OAK Atlanta to Oakland · 34 mi Left CLT → LAS Charlotte to Las Vegas · 34 mi Right LAS → CLT Las Vegas to Charlotte · 34 mi Left OAK → ATL Oakland to Atlanta · 34 mi Right BUR → MDW Burbank to Chicago · 35 mi Right MDW → BUR Chicago to Burbank · 35 mi Left BUF → LAX Buffalo to Los Angeles · 36 mi Left BWI → LAX Baltimore to Los Angeles · 36 mi Right LAX → BUF Los Angeles to Buffalo · 36 mi Right LAX → BWI Los Angeles to Baltimore · 36 mi Left LAS → PHL Las Vegas to Philadelphia · 37 mi Right PHL → LAS Philadelphia to Las Vegas · 37 mi Left BUR → STL Burbank to St. Louis · 37 mi Left LGB → OMA Long Beach to Omaha · 37 mi Right MEX → SLC Mexico City to Salt Lake City · 37 mi Right OMA → LGB Omaha to Long Beach · 37 mi Left SLC → MEX Salt Lake City to Mexico City · 37 mi Left STL → BUR St. Louis to Burbank · 37 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 Mesa Verde from a plane?

Yes — 252 flight routes pass within 37 miles of Mesa Verde. The closest routes include Albuquerque to Salt Lake City, London to Phoenix, Phoenix to London. The landmark is visible from both sides, passing directly overhead.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Mesa Verde?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Mesa Verde: on a Albuquerque to Salt Lake City flight, visible from both sides; on a London to Phoenix flight, visible from both sides; on a Phoenix to London flight, visible from both sides.