Can You See Mount Olympus From a Plane? Best Seat Side Guide

175 flight routes pass within 60 km of Mount Olympus. Find out which side of the plane has the best views.

Greece's highest peak at 2,918 metres, mythological home of the gods, rises near the Aegean coast. Visible on flights across northern Greece and the eastern Mediterranean.

Routes that pass it175

HEW PRG Athens to Prague · 2 km Both PRG HEW Prague to Athens · 2 km Both DOH NCE Doha to Nice · 3 km Both HAN IST Hanoi to Istanbul · 3 km Both IST HAN Istanbul to Hanoi · 3 km Both IST PMO Istanbul to Palermo · 3 km Both MAN JSI Manchester to Skiathos · 3 km Both NCE DOH Nice to Doha · 3 km Both PMO IST Palermo to Istanbul · 3 km Both HER VIE Heraklion to Vienna · 4 km Both VIE HER Vienna to Heraklion · 4 km Both VIE HEW Vienna to Athens · 4 km Both CAI FRA Cairo to Frankfurt · 5 km Both CAI MUC Cairo to Munich · 5 km Both CGN HRG Cologne to Hurghada · 5 km Both FRA CAI Frankfurt to Cairo · 5 km Both HRG CGN Hurghada to Cologne · 5 km Both MUC CAI Munich to Cairo · 5 km Both PRG HER Prague to Heraklion · 6 km Both CAI DUS Cairo to Duesseldorf · 7 km Both DUS CAI Duesseldorf to Cairo · 7 km Both MLH OHD Mulhouse to Ohrid · 8 km Both OHD MLH Ohrid to Mulhouse · 8 km Both RNO HEW Reno to Athens · 9 km Left RNO ATH Reno to Athens · 10 km Right JED MAN Jeddah to Manchester · 11 km Right MAN JED Manchester to Jeddah · 11 km Left BER HEW Berlin to Athens · 12 km Right BOM BCN Bombay to Barcelona · 12 km Left HEW BER Athens to Berlin · 12 km Left HEW TXL Athens to Berlin · 12 km Left JSI MUC Skiathos to Munich · 12 km Left TXL HEW Berlin to Athens · 12 km Right BTS HEW Bratislava to Athens · 13 km Right MXP TLV Milano to Tel-aviv · 14 km Left PRG ATH Prague to Athens · 14 km Right TLV MXP Tel-aviv to Milano · 14 km Right BGY RHO Bergamo to Rhodos · 16 km Left ESB SGN Ankara to Ho Chi Minh City · 16 km Left RHO BGY Rhodos to Bergamo · 16 km Right SGN ESB Ho Chi Minh City to Ankara · 16 km Right AMS HRG Amsterdam to Hurghada · 17 km Right HEW ADD Athens to Addis Ababa · 17 km Left HRG AMS Hurghada to Amsterdam · 17 km Left IST TUN Istanbul to Tunis · 17 km Right TUN IST Tunis to Istanbul · 17 km Left ATH VIE Athens to Vienna · 19 km Left VIE ATH Vienna to Athens · 19 km Right KGS LGW Kos to London · 21 km Left LGW KGS London to Kos · 21 km Right DEN MUC Denver to Munich · 23 km Left MUC DEN Munich to Denver · 23 km Right CIA DXB Rome to Dubai · 24 km Left DXB CIA Dubai to Rome · 24 km Right JMK LHR Mykonos to London · 25 km Right LHR JMK London to Mykonos · 25 km Left KGS LHR Kos to London · 26 km Left DXB FCO Dubai to Rome · 27 km Right FCO DXB Rome to Dubai · 27 km Left HEW KEF Athens to Keflavik · 27 km Right ATH BTS Athens to Bratislava · 28 km Left BGY AMM Bergamo to Amman · 28 km Right JMK LGW Mykonos to London · 29 km Right LCA TIA Larnaca to Tirana · 29 km Left LGW JMK London to Mykonos · 29 km Left TIA LCA Tirana to Larnaca · 29 km Right CPH HEW Copenhagen to Athens · 30 km Right DBV EWR Dubrovnik to Newark · 30 km Left EWR DBV Newark to Dubrovnik · 30 km Right HEW CPH Athens to Copenhagen · 30 km Left MXP RHO Milano to Rhodos · 30 km Left RHO MXP Rhodos to Milano · 30 km Right JFK TLV New York to Tel-aviv · 32 km Right TLV JFK Tel-aviv to New York · 32 km Left VCE YYZ Venice to Toronto · 32 km Right YYZ TIA Toronto to Tirana · 33 km Left ATH EDI Athens to Edinburgh · 34 km Right ATH MUC Athens to Munich · 34 km Right EDI ATH Edinburgh to Athens · 34 km Left FRA JTR Frankfurt to Santorini · 34 km Left JTR FRA Santorini to Frankfurt · 34 km Right MUC ATH Munich to Athens · 34 km Left SFO VIE San Francisco to Vienna · 34 km Right VIE SFO Vienna to San Francisco · 34 km Left BRS RHO Bristol to Rhodos · 35 km Right EWR SPU Newark to Split · 35 km Right FCO SJO Rome to San Jose · 35 km Right RHO BRS Rhodos to Bristol · 35 km Left SJO FCO San Jose to Rome · 35 km Left SPU EWR Split to Newark · 35 km Left AMS ATH Amsterdam to Athens · 36 km Left ATH AMS Athens to Amsterdam · 36 km Right BRS TIA Bristol to Tirana · 36 km Left BWI TLV Baltimore to Tel-aviv · 36 km Right TIA BRS Tirana to Bristol · 36 km Right EWR TLV Newark to Tel-aviv · 37 km Right MED LHR Madinah to London · 37 km Left TLV EWR Tel-aviv to Newark · 37 km Left ATH FRA Athens to Frankfurt · 38 km Right BOS TLV Boston to Tel-aviv · 38 km Right BUD HEW Budapest to Athens · 38 km Right FRA ATH Frankfurt to Athens · 38 km Left JFK SPU New York to Split · 38 km Right TLV BOS Tel-aviv to Boston · 38 km Left IAD TLV Washington to Tel-aviv · 41 km Right IST MNL Istanbul to Manila · 41 km Left IST SKG Istanbul to Thessaloniki · 41 km Left MNL IST Manila to Istanbul · 41 km Right SKG IST Thessaloniki to Istanbul · 41 km Right TAS TUN Tashkent to Tunis · 41 km Left TLV IAD Tel-aviv to Washington · 41 km Left TUN TAS Tunis to Tashkent · 41 km Right ALG IST Algier to Istanbul · 42 km Right CMN SAW Casablanca to Pendik, Istanbul · 42 km Right IST ALG Istanbul to Algier · 42 km Left ATH BEG Athens to Beograd · 43 km Left BEG ATH Beograd to Athens · 43 km Right LGW TIA London to Tirana · 44 km Left TIA LGW Tirana to London · 44 km Right KTM SAW Kathmandu to Pendik, Istanbul · 45 km Left SAW KTM Pendik, Istanbul to Kathmandu · 45 km Right LGW RHO London to Rhodos · 46 km Right RHO LGW Rhodos to London · 46 km Left VIE CHQ Vienna to Chania · 46 km Left ATH CPH Athens to Copenhagen · 47 km Left LHR TIA London to Tirana · 47 km Left TIA LHR Tirana to London · 47 km Right CDG JMK Paris to Mykonos · 49 km Left HEW MUC Athens to Munich · 49 km Right JMK CDG Mykonos to Paris · 49 km Right MUC HEW Munich to Athens · 49 km Left CMN IST Casablanca to Istanbul · 50 km Right IST CMN Istanbul to Casablanca · 50 km Left LCY TIA London to Tirana · 50 km Left SKG HEL Thessaloniki to Helsinki · 50 km Left TIA LCY Tirana to London · 50 km Right ATH STR Athens to Stuttgart · 51 km Right PER TIA Perth to Tirana · 51 km Left STR ATH Stuttgart to Athens · 51 km Left AMS HEW Amsterdam to Athens · 52 km Left ATH BUD Athens to Budapest · 52 km Left BRU CAI Brussels to Cairo · 52 km Left BUD ATH Budapest to Athens · 52 km Right CAI BRU Cairo to Brussels · 52 km Right HEW AMS Athens to Amsterdam · 52 km Right KGS MAN Kos to Manchester · 52 km Left MAN KGS Manchester to Kos · 52 km Right FRA JED Frankfurt to Jeddah · 53 km Right ISB IST Islamabad to Istanbul · 53 km Left IST ISB Istanbul to Islamabad · 53 km Right JED FRA Jeddah to Frankfurt · 53 km Left LTN TIA London to Tirana · 53 km Left TIA LTN Tirana to London · 53 km Right CTA IST Catania to Istanbul · 54 km Left FRA HEW Frankfurt to Athens · 54 km Left HEW FRA Athens to Frankfurt · 54 km Right IST CTA Istanbul to Catania · 54 km Right VCE DAL Venice to Dallas · 55 km Right ATH MAN Athens to Manchester · 56 km Right IST KTM Istanbul to Kathmandu · 56 km Right JMK ORY Mykonos to Paris · 56 km Right KTM IST Kathmandu to Istanbul · 56 km Left MAN ATH Manchester to Athens · 56 km Left ORY JMK Paris to Mykonos · 56 km Left STN TIA London to Tirana · 56 km Left TIA STN Tirana to London · 56 km Right ATH DBV Athens to Dubrovnik · 57 km Right DFW VCE Dallas-fort Worth to Venice · 57 km Left SKG WAW Thessaloniki to Warsaw · 57 km Left VCE DFW Venice to Dallas-fort Worth · 57 km Right WAW SKG Warsaw to Thessaloniki · 57 km Right ATH TIA Athens to Tirana · 59 km Right HKG IST Hong Kong to Istanbul · 59 km Right IST HKG Istanbul to Hong Kong · 59 km Left TIA ATH Tirana to Athens · 59 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 Mount Olympus from a plane?

Yes — 175 flight routes pass within 60 km of Mount Olympus. The closest routes include Athens to Prague, Prague to Athens, Doha to Nice. Sit on the Both side, with the landmark passing about 2 km away.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Mount Olympus?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Mount Olympus: on a Athens to Prague flight, sit on the Both side; on a Prague to Athens flight, sit on the Both side; on a Doha to Nice flight, sit on the Both side.