Mount Vesuvius

209 flight routes pass within 37 miles of Mount Vesuvius.

Mount Vesuvius
🌋 Mountain · Italy

Photo: pietro scerrato · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The only active volcano on mainland Europe looms over the Bay of Naples and the ruins of Pompeii. Visible on approaches to Naples and on many Italy overflights.
209Flight Routes
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Routes that pass it209

ATL → NAP Atlanta to Naples · directly overhead Both Sides EWR → NAP Newark to Naples · directly overhead Both Sides FCO → NAP Rome to Naples · directly overhead Both Sides FCO → SSH Rome to Sharm El Sheikh · directly overhead Both Sides IAD → NAP Washington to Naples · directly overhead Both Sides JFK → NAP New York to Naples · directly overhead Both Sides MLA → PRG Malta to Prague · directly overhead Both Sides NAP → ATL Naples to Atlanta · directly overhead Both Sides NAP → EWR Naples to Newark · directly overhead Both Sides NAP → FCO Naples to Rome · directly overhead Both Sides NAP → IAD Naples to Washington · directly overhead Both Sides NAP → JFK Naples to New York · directly overhead Both Sides NAP → PHL Naples to Philadelphia · directly overhead Both Sides PHL → NAP Philadelphia to Naples · directly overhead Both Sides PRG → MLA Prague to Malta · directly overhead Both Sides SSH → FCO Sharm El Sheikh to Rome · directly overhead Both Sides NAP → NCE Naples to Nice · 1 mi Both Sides NAP → YUL Naples to Montreal · 1 mi Both Sides NAP → YYZ Naples to Toronto · 1 mi Both Sides NCE → NAP Nice to Naples · 1 mi Both Sides YUL → NAP Montreal to Naples · 1 mi Both Sides YYZ → NAP Toronto to Naples · 1 mi Both Sides NAP → ORD Naples to Chicago · 1 mi Both Sides ORD → NAP Chicago to Naples · 1 mi Both Sides ATH → NAP Athens to Naples · 2 mi Both Sides CAI → FCO Cairo to Rome · 2 mi Both Sides DEN → NAP Denver to Naples · 2 mi Both Sides FCO → CAI Rome to Cairo · 2 mi Both Sides JMK → NAP Mykonos to Naples · 2 mi Both Sides NAP → ATH Naples to Athens · 2 mi Both Sides NAP → DEN Naples to Denver · 2 mi Both Sides NAP → JMK Naples to Mykonos · 2 mi Both Sides NAP → ORY Naples to Paris · 2 mi Both Sides NAP → SAY Naples to Siena · 2 mi Both Sides ORY → NAP Paris to Naples · 2 mi Both Sides SAY → NAP Siena to Naples · 2 mi Both Sides CAI → EWR Cairo to Newark · 2 mi Both Sides CDG → NAP Paris to Naples · 2 mi Both Sides DUB → NAP Dublin to Naples · 2 mi Both Sides EWR → CAI Newark to Cairo · 2 mi Both Sides JNB → MUC Johannesburg to Munich · 2 mi Both Sides JRO → ZRH Kilimanjaro to Zurich · 2 mi Both Sides LGW → NAP London to Naples · 2 mi Both Sides LHR → NAP London to Naples · 2 mi Both Sides MUC → JNB Munich to Johannesburg · 2 mi Both Sides MXP → NAP Milano to Naples · 2 mi Both Sides NAP → CDG Naples to Paris · 2 mi Both Sides NAP → DUB Naples to Dublin · 2 mi Both Sides NAP → LGW Naples to London · 2 mi Both Sides NAP → LHR Naples to London · 2 mi Both Sides NAP → MXP Naples to Milano · 2 mi Both Sides NAP → PHX Naples to Phoenix · 2 mi Both Sides PHX → NAP Phoenix to Naples · 2 mi Both Sides SVQ → SAW Sevilla to Pendik, Istanbul · 2 mi Both Sides ZRH → JRO Zurich to Kilimanjaro · 2 mi Both Sides DXB → NAP Dubai to Naples · 3 mi Both Sides LBA → NAP Leeds to Naples · 3 mi Both Sides LCY → NAP London to Naples · 3 mi Both Sides LIN → NAP Milan to Naples · 3 mi Both Sides LTN → NAP London to Naples · 3 mi Both Sides MAN → NAP Manchester to Naples · 3 mi Both Sides NAP → DXB Naples to Dubai · 3 mi Both Sides NAP → LBA Naples to Leeds · 3 mi Both Sides NAP → LCY Naples to London · 3 mi Both Sides NAP → LIN Naples to Milan · 3 mi Both Sides NAP → LTN Naples to London · 3 mi Both Sides NAP → MAN Naples to Manchester · 3 mi Both Sides NAP → STN Naples to London · 3 mi Both Sides STN → NAP London to Naples · 3 mi Both Sides BCN → NAP Barcelona to Naples · 4 mi Both Sides CAI → IAD Cairo to Washington · 4 mi Both Sides EDI → NAP Edinburgh to Naples · 4 mi Both Sides IAD → CAI Washington to Cairo · 4 mi Both Sides LUX → NAP Luxemburg to Naples · 4 mi Both Sides NAP → BCN Naples to Barcelona · 4 mi Both Sides NAP → EDI Naples to Edinburgh · 4 mi Both Sides NAP → LUX Naples to Luxemburg · 4 mi Both Sides NAP → SFO Naples to San Francisco · 4 mi Both Sides NAP → ZRH Naples to Zurich · 4 mi Both Sides SFO → NAP San Francisco to Naples · 4 mi Both Sides ZRH → NAP Zurich to Naples · 4 mi Both Sides DUS → NAP Duesseldorf to Naples · 4 mi Both Sides LIS → NAP Lisbon to Naples · 4 mi Both Sides NAP → DUS Naples to Duesseldorf · 4 mi Both Sides NAP → LIS Naples to Lisbon · 4 mi Both Sides NAP → OLB Naples to Olbia · 4 mi Both Sides OLB → NAP Olbia to Naples · 4 mi Both Sides FRA → NAP Frankfurt to Naples · 5 mi Both Sides NAP → FRA Naples to Frankfurt · 5 mi Both Sides IST → NAP Istanbul to Naples · 6 mi Left NAP → AGP Naples to Malaga · 6 mi Left NAP → IST Naples to Istanbul · 6 mi Right BRU → WIL Brussels to Nairobi · 6 mi Right CAI → CIA Cairo to Rome · 6 mi Left CDG → MRU Paris to Plaisance · 6 mi Right CIA → CAI Rome to Cairo · 6 mi Right CTA → NAP Catania to Naples · 6 mi Right MRU → CDG Plaisance to Paris · 6 mi Left MUC → NAP Munich to Naples · 6 mi Left NAP → CTA Naples to Catania · 6 mi Left NAP → MUC Naples to Munich · 6 mi Right WIL → BRU Nairobi to Brussels · 6 mi Left BER → NAP Berlin to Naples · 7 mi Left CAI → JFK Cairo to New York · 7 mi Right CPH → NAP Copenhagen to Naples · 7 mi Left JFK → CAI New York to Cairo · 7 mi Left LGW → SUF London to Lamezia · 7 mi Left NAP → BER Naples to Berlin · 7 mi Right NAP → CPH Naples to Copenhagen · 7 mi Right NAP → MLA Naples to Malta · 7 mi Left NAP → POW Naples to Portoroz · 7 mi Right POW → NAP Portoroz to Naples · 7 mi Left DBV → NAP Dubrovnik to Naples · 7 mi Left NAP → DBV Naples to Dubrovnik · 7 mi Right BRU → NBO Brussels to Nairobi · 8 mi Right BUD → NAP Budapest to Naples · 8 mi Left NAP → BUD Naples to Budapest · 8 mi Right NAP → PMO Naples to Palermo · 8 mi Left NAP → SPU Naples to Split · 8 mi Right NAP → VIE Naples to Vienna · 8 mi Right NAP → ZAG Naples to Zagreb · 8 mi Right NBO → BRU Nairobi to Brussels · 8 mi Left PMO → NAP Palermo to Naples · 8 mi Right SPU → NAP Split to Naples · 8 mi Left VIE → NAP Vienna to Naples · 8 mi Left ZAG → NAP Zagreb to Naples · 8 mi Left ADD → CDG Addis Ababa to Paris · 9 mi Right CDG → ADD Paris to Addis Ababa · 9 mi Left IST → LTM Istanbul to Lethem · 10 mi Right LTM → IST Lethem to Istanbul · 10 mi Left BUD → PMO Budapest to Palermo · 11 mi Right DOH → PGF Doha to Perpignan · 11 mi Left PGF → DOH Perpignan to Doha · 11 mi Right PMO → BUD Palermo to Budapest · 11 mi Left BRI → CAG Bari to Cagliari · 12 mi Right CAG → BRI Cagliari to Bari · 12 mi Left CTA → MUC Catania to Munich · 13 mi Right MUC → CTA Munich to Catania · 13 mi Left ADD → MXP Addis Ababa to Milano · 14 mi Left MXP → ADD Milano to Addis Ababa · 14 mi Right MRS → TLV Marseille to Tel Aviv · 14 mi Right TLV → MRS Tel Aviv to Marseille · 14 mi Left CPH → MLA Copenhagen to Malta · 15 mi Left MLA → CPH Malta to Copenhagen · 15 mi Right FCO → JTR Rome to Santorini · 16 mi Right JTR → FCO Santorini to Rome · 16 mi Left AMB → LGW Ambilobe to London · 16 mi Right BCN → BOM Barcelona to Bombay · 16 mi Right BOM → BCN Bombay to Barcelona · 16 mi Left LGW → AMB London to Ambilobe · 16 mi Left BRI → VLC Bari to Valencia · 17 mi Left VLC → BRI Valencia to Bari · 17 mi Right BER → CTA Berlin to Catania · 19 mi Right BTS → PMO Bratislava to Palermo · 19 mi Left CTA → BER Catania to Berlin · 19 mi Left PMO → BTS Palermo to Bratislava · 19 mi Right ZAG → PMO Zagreb to Palermo · 19 mi Left BRI → OLB Bari to Olbia · 20 mi Left OLB → BRI Olbia to Bari · 20 mi Right CTA → VCE Catania to Venice · 21 mi Right LGW → ADD London to Addis Ababa · 21 mi Right VCE → CTA Venice to Catania · 21 mi Left FCO → TLV Rome to Tel Aviv · 21 mi Right TLV → FCO Tel Aviv to Rome · 21 mi Left AMM → FCO Amman to Rome · 23 mi Left FCO → AMM Rome to Amman · 23 mi Right CTA → PRG Catania to Prague · 24 mi Left MIA → TLV Miami to Tel Aviv · 24 mi Right PRG → CTA Prague to Catania · 24 mi Right TLV → MIA Tel Aviv to Miami · 24 mi Left FCO → RUH Rome to Riyadh · 24 mi Right RUH → FCO Riyadh to Rome · 24 mi Left ATH → FCO Athens to Rome · 25 mi Left FCO → ATH Rome to Athens · 25 mi Right ADD → CIA Addis Ababa to Rome · 25 mi Right CIA → ADD Rome to Addis Ababa · 25 mi Left EFL → JFK Keffallinia to New York · 26 mi Left JFK → EFL New York to Keffallinia · 26 mi Right PMO → VIE Palermo to Vienna · 26 mi Right VIE → PMO Vienna to Palermo · 26 mi Left DUB → MRU Dublin to Plaisance · 27 mi Right MRU → DUB Plaisance to Dublin · 27 mi Left CFU → FCO Corfu to Rome · 27 mi Left FCO → CFU Rome to Corfu · 27 mi Right ADD → LHR Addis Ababa to London · 28 mi Left LHR → ADD London to Addis Ababa · 28 mi Right FCO → JAD Rome to Perth · 29 mi Right JAD → FCO Perth to Rome · 29 mi Left FCO → PER Rome to Perth · 29 mi Right PER → FCO Perth to Rome · 29 mi Left DUS → SUF Duesseldorf to Lamezia · 30 mi Right SUF → DUS Lamezia to Duesseldorf · 30 mi Left TIA → VLC Tirana to Valencia · 30 mi Left VLC → TIA Valencia to Tirana · 30 mi Right HER → NTE Heraklion to Nantes · 32 mi Left NTE → HER Nantes to Heraklion · 32 mi Right FRA → SUF Frankfurt to Lamezia · 34 mi Right SUF → FRA Lamezia to Frankfurt · 34 mi Left CIA → PER Rome to Perth · 34 mi Right PER → CIA Perth to Rome · 34 mi Left DOH → FCO Doha to Rome · 36 mi Left FCO → DOH Rome to Doha · 36 mi Right GVA → ADD Geneva to Addis Ababa · 36 mi Left IST → VLC Istanbul to Valencia · 36 mi Left VLC → IST Valencia to Istanbul · 36 mi Right BAH → FCO Bahrain to Rome · 37 mi Left FCO → BAH Rome to Bahrain · 37 mi Right MLA → WRO Malta to Wroclaw · 37 mi Left WRO → MLA Wroclaw to Malta · 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 Mount Vesuvius from a plane?

Yes — 209 flight routes pass within 37 miles of Mount Vesuvius. The closest routes include Atlanta to Naples, Newark to Naples, Rome to Naples. The landmark is visible from both sides, passing directly overhead.

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

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Mount Vesuvius: on a Atlanta to Naples flight, visible from both sides; on a Newark to Naples flight, visible from both sides; on a Rome to Naples flight, visible from both sides.