Nile River

304 flight routes pass within 50 miles of Nile River.

Nile River
🏛️ Water · Egypt / Sudan

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The world's longest river is a stunning sight from altitude — a narrow ribbon of green cutting through the vast beige Sahara, surrounded by irrigated farmland. The contrast between desert and river delta is dramatic from the air.
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Routes that pass it304

FRA → MRU Frankfurt to Plaisance · directly overhead Left MRU → FRA Plaisance to Frankfurt · directly overhead Right CAI → EZE Cairo to Buenos Aires · 1 mi Left CAI → PEK Cairo to Beijing · 1 mi Left EZE → CAI Buenos Aires to Cairo · 1 mi Right PEK → CAI Beijing to Cairo · 1 mi Right ADD → BRU Addis Ababa to Brussels · 1 mi Left ADD → EBB Addis Ababa to Entebbe · 1 mi Right BRU → ADD Brussels to Addis Ababa · 1 mi Right CAI → PVG Cairo to Shanghai · 1 mi Right DOH → EBB Doha to Entebbe · 1 mi Right EBB → ADD Entebbe to Addis Ababa · 1 mi Left EBB → DOH Entebbe to Doha · 1 mi Left NBO → SAW Nairobi to Pendik, Istanbul · 1 mi Left PVG → CAI Shanghai to Cairo · 1 mi Left SAW → NBO Pendik, Istanbul to Nairobi · 1 mi Right SHA → CAI Shanghai to Cairo · 1 mi Left AMM → CAI Amman to Cairo · 2 mi Left ANM → CDG Antalaha to Paris · 2 mi Left CAI → AMM Cairo to Amman · 2 mi Right CDG → ANM Paris to Antalaha · 2 mi Right MAD → LXR Madrid to Luxor · 2 mi Both Sides DXB → EBB Dubai to Entebbe · 3 mi Right EBB → DXB Entebbe to Dubai · 3 mi Left JRO → SAW Kilimanjaro to Pendik, Istanbul · 3 mi Right CAI → BEY Cairo to Beirut · 4 mi Left CDG → WIL Paris to Nairobi · 4 mi Right LXR → MXP Luxor to Milano · 4 mi Left MXP → LXR Milano to Luxor · 4 mi Right WIL → CDG Nairobi to Paris · 4 mi Left CMN → RUH Casablanca to Riyadh · 4 mi Left JED → MXP Jeddah to Milano · 4 mi Left LHR → LXR London to Luxor · 4 mi Right LXR → LHR Luxor to London · 4 mi Left MXP → JED Milano to Jeddah · 4 mi Right CAI → MNL Cairo to Manila · 5 mi Right JED → YYZ Jeddah to Toronto · 5 mi Right MNL → CAI Manila to Cairo · 5 mi Left YYZ → JED Toronto to Jeddah · 5 mi Left ZNZ → CAI Zanzibar to Cairo · 5 mi Right CAI → DEL Cairo to Delhi · 6 mi Right CAI → LXR Cairo to Luxor · 6 mi Right CDG → ZNZ Paris to Zanzibar · 6 mi Right DAR → LHR Dar Es Salaam to London · 6 mi Right DEL → CAI Delhi to Cairo · 6 mi Left LHR → DAR London to Dar Es Salaam · 6 mi Left LXR → CAI Luxor to Cairo · 6 mi Left ZNZ → CDG Zanzibar to Paris · 6 mi Left CAI → CCU Cairo to Calcutta · 6 mi Right CCU → CAI Calcutta to Cairo · 6 mi Left EBB → KGL Entebbe to Kigali · 6 mi Right KGL → EBB Kigali to Entebbe · 6 mi Left LGW → WIL London to Nairobi · 6 mi Right LXR → SAW Luxor to Pendik, Istanbul · 6 mi Left WIL → LGW Nairobi to London · 6 mi Left IAD → JRO Washington to Kilimanjaro · 7 mi Right JRO → IAD Kilimanjaro to Washington · 7 mi Left ADD → FNA Addis Ababa to Freetown · 7 mi Right AMS → RMF Amsterdam to Marsa Alam · 7 mi Right DUB → MRU Dublin to Plaisance · 7 mi Right FNA → ADD Freetown to Addis Ababa · 7 mi Left LHR → WIL London to Nairobi · 7 mi Right MRU → DUB Plaisance to Dublin · 7 mi Left RMF → AMS Marsa Alam to Amsterdam · 7 mi Left WIL → LHR Nairobi to London · 7 mi Left JRO → ZRH Kilimanjaro to Zurich · 8 mi Left KGL → MCT Kigali to Muscat · 8 mi Right MCT → KGL Muscat to Kigali · 8 mi Left ZRH → JRO Zurich to Kilimanjaro · 8 mi Right ABS → ASW Abu Simbel to Aswan · 9 mi Right ASW → ABS Aswan to Abu Simbel · 9 mi Left BOM → CAI Bombay to Cairo · 9 mi Left CAI → BOM Cairo to Bombay · 9 mi Right LGW → ZNZ London to Zanzibar · 9 mi Right ZNZ → LGW Zanzibar to London · 9 mi Left AUH → CAI Abu Dhabi to Cairo · 9 mi Left BAH → CAI Bahrain to Cairo · 9 mi Left CAI → AUH Cairo to Abu Dhabi · 9 mi Right CAI → BAH Cairo to Bahrain · 9 mi Right CAI → DWC Cairo to Dubai · 9 mi Right CAI → DXB Cairo to Dubai · 9 mi Right CAI → MCT Cairo to Muscat · 9 mi Right CAI → SIN Cairo to Singapore · 9 mi Right CDG → MRU Paris to Plaisance · 9 mi Left DWC → CAI Dubai to Cairo · 9 mi Left DXB → CAI Dubai to Cairo · 9 mi Left LHR → SEZ London to Mahe · 9 mi Left MCT → CAI Muscat to Cairo · 9 mi Left MRU → CDG Plaisance to Paris · 9 mi Right SEZ → LHR Mahe to London · 9 mi Right SIN → CAI Singapore to Cairo · 9 mi Left AMB → LGW Ambilobe to London · 10 mi Left ASW → CAI Aswan to Cairo · 10 mi Right CAI → ASW Cairo to Aswan · 10 mi Left CAI → DOH Cairo to Doha · 10 mi Right CAI → HNL Cairo to Honolulu · 10 mi Left CDG → NBO Paris to Nairobi · 10 mi Right DOH → CAI Doha to Cairo · 10 mi Left HNL → CAI Honolulu to Cairo · 10 mi Right JFK → MRU New York to Plaisance · 10 mi Right LGW → AMB London to Ambilobe · 10 mi Right MRU → JFK Plaisance to New York · 10 mi Left NBO → CDG Nairobi to Paris · 10 mi Left CAI → CMN Cairo to Casablanca · 11 mi Left CAI → HUH Cairo to Huahine Island · 11 mi Left CAI → RUH Cairo to Riyadh · 11 mi Right CAI → SVO Cairo to Moscow · 11 mi Left CMN → CAI Casablanca to Cairo · 11 mi Right HUH → CAI Huahine Island to Cairo · 11 mi Right RUH → CAI Riyadh to Cairo · 11 mi Left SVO → CAI Moscow to Cairo · 11 mi Right CAI → EBB Cairo to Entebbe · 11 mi Both Sides EBB → CAI Entebbe to Cairo · 11 mi Both Sides EMA → HRG East Midlands to Hurghada · 11 mi Right HRG → EMA Hurghada to East Midlands · 11 mi Left HRG → LPL Hurghada to Liverpool · 11 mi Left JRO → MXP Kilimanjaro to Milano · 11 mi Right LHR → ZNZ London to Zanzibar · 11 mi Right LPL → HRG Liverpool to Hurghada · 11 mi Right MXP → JRO Milano to Kilimanjaro · 11 mi Left ZNZ → LHR Zanzibar to London · 11 mi Left ADD → ZRH Addis Ababa to Zurich · 12 mi Right CMN → SYD Casablanca to Sydney · 12 mi Right SYD → CMN Sydney to Casablanca · 12 mi Left ZRH → ADD Zurich to Addis Ababa · 12 mi Left CAI → MEB Cairo to Melbourne · 12 mi Right CAI → MEL Cairo to Melbourne · 12 mi Right CAI → PER Cairo to Perth · 12 mi Right CAI → TUN Cairo to Tunis · 12 mi Left HRG → MAN Hurghada to Manchester · 12 mi Left IST → JRO Istanbul to Kilimanjaro · 12 mi Both Sides JRO → IST Kilimanjaro to Istanbul · 12 mi Both Sides MAD → CAI Madrid to Cairo · 12 mi Right MAN → HRG Manchester to Hurghada · 12 mi Right MEB → CAI Melbourne to Cairo · 12 mi Left MEL → CAI Melbourne to Cairo · 12 mi Left PER → CAI Perth to Cairo · 12 mi Left TUN → CAI Tunis to Cairo · 12 mi Right CAI → IST Cairo to Istanbul · 13 mi Left CAI → NBO Cairo to Nairobi · 13 mi Both Sides CAI → SAW Cairo to Pendik, Istanbul · 13 mi Left CAI → WIL Cairo to Nairobi · 13 mi Both Sides IST → CAI Istanbul to Cairo · 13 mi Right NBO → CAI Nairobi to Cairo · 13 mi Both Sides SAW → CAI Pendik, Istanbul to Cairo · 13 mi Right WIL → CAI Nairobi to Cairo · 13 mi Both Sides ADD → CAI Addis Ababa to Cairo · 14 mi Left BUD → CAI Budapest to Cairo · 14 mi Right CAI → ADD Cairo to Addis Ababa · 14 mi Right CAI → CDG Cairo to Paris · 14 mi Left CAI → CIA Cairo to Rome · 14 mi Left CAI → DFW Cairo to Dallas-Fort Worth · 14 mi Left CAI → EWR Cairo to Newark · 14 mi Left CAI → FCO Cairo to Rome · 14 mi Left CAI → GVA Cairo to Geneva · 14 mi Left CAI → IAD Cairo to Washington · 14 mi Left CAI → IAH Cairo to Houston · 14 mi Left CAI → JED Cairo to Jeddah · 14 mi Right CAI → JFK Cairo to New York · 14 mi Left CAI → LAX Cairo to Los Angeles · 14 mi Left CAI → MXP Cairo to Milano · 14 mi Left CAI → ORD Cairo to Chicago · 14 mi Left CAI → ORY Cairo to Paris · 14 mi Left CAI → PDX Cairo to Portland · 14 mi Left CAI → SEA Cairo to Seattle · 14 mi Left CAI → SFO Cairo to San Francisco · 14 mi Left CAI → SMF Cairo to Sacramento · 14 mi Left CAI → YTZ Cairo to Toronto · 14 mi Left CAI → YYZ Cairo to Toronto · 14 mi Left CDG → CAI Paris to Cairo · 14 mi Right CIA → CAI Rome to Cairo · 14 mi Right DFW → CAI Dallas-Fort Worth to Cairo · 14 mi Right EWR → CAI Newark to Cairo · 14 mi Right FCO → CAI Rome to Cairo · 14 mi Right GVA → CAI Geneva to Cairo · 14 mi Right IAD → CAI Washington to Cairo · 14 mi Right IAH → CAI Houston to Cairo · 14 mi Right JED → CAI Jeddah to Cairo · 14 mi Left JED → TUN Jeddah to Tunis · 14 mi Both Sides JFK → CAI New York to Cairo · 14 mi Right LAX → CAI Los Angeles to Cairo · 14 mi Right LHR → NBO London to Nairobi · 14 mi Right MXP → CAI Milano to Cairo · 14 mi Right NBO → LHR Nairobi to London · 14 mi Left ORD → CAI Chicago to Cairo · 14 mi Right ORY → CAI Paris to Cairo · 14 mi Right PDX → CAI Portland to Cairo · 14 mi Right SEA → CAI Seattle to Cairo · 14 mi Right SFO → CAI San Francisco to Cairo · 14 mi Right SMF → CAI Sacramento to Cairo · 14 mi Right TUN → JED Tunis to Jeddah · 14 mi Both Sides YTZ → CAI Toronto to Cairo · 14 mi Right YYZ → CAI Toronto to Cairo · 14 mi Right ATH → CAI Athens to Cairo · 14 mi Right BRU → CAI Brussels to Cairo · 14 mi Right CAI → ATH Cairo to Athens · 14 mi Left CAI → BRU Cairo to Brussels · 14 mi Left CAI → DUB Cairo to Dublin · 14 mi Left CAI → DUS Cairo to Duesseldorf · 14 mi Left CAI → FRA Cairo to Frankfurt · 14 mi Left CAI → HRG Cairo to Hurghada · 14 mi Right CAI → LCY Cairo to London · 14 mi Left CAI → LHR Cairo to London · 14 mi Left CAI → MUC Cairo to Munich · 14 mi Left CAI → VIE Cairo to Vienna · 14 mi Left CAI → ZRH Cairo to Zurich · 14 mi Left DUB → CAI Dublin to Cairo · 14 mi Right DUS → CAI Duesseldorf to Cairo · 14 mi Right FRA → CAI Frankfurt to Cairo · 14 mi Right HRG → CAI Hurghada to Cairo · 14 mi Left JFK → JRO New York to Kilimanjaro · 14 mi Right JRO → JFK Kilimanjaro to New York · 14 mi Left LCY → CAI London to Cairo · 14 mi Right LHR → CAI London to Cairo · 14 mi Right MUC → CAI Munich to Cairo · 14 mi Right VIE → CAI Vienna to Cairo · 14 mi Right ZRH → CAI Zurich to Cairo · 14 mi Right ADD → YYZ Addis Ababa to Toronto · 16 mi Both Sides YYZ → ADD Toronto to Addis Ababa · 16 mi Both Sides CRL → EBB Charleroi to Entebbe · 17 mi Left EBB → CRL Entebbe to Charleroi · 17 mi Right EBB → LGW Entebbe to London · 17 mi Right LGW → EBB London to Entebbe · 17 mi Left JFK → NBO New York to Nairobi · 17 mi Left NBO → JFK Nairobi to New York · 17 mi Right NBO → LCY Nairobi to London · 18 mi Left NBO → YYZ Nairobi to Toronto · 18 mi Left YYZ → NBO Toronto to Nairobi · 18 mi Right XAP → ABS Chapeco to Abu Simbel · 20 mi Right EBB → WIL Entebbe to Nairobi · 21 mi Left WIL → EBB Nairobi to Entebbe · 21 mi Right FRA → HRG Frankfurt to Hurghada · 22 mi Right LGW → MRU London to Plaisance · 22 mi Right MRU → LGW Plaisance to London · 22 mi Left ABS → ORD Abu Simbel to Chicago · 22 mi Left CGN → HRG Cologne to Hurghada · 22 mi Right HRG → CGN Hurghada to Cologne · 22 mi Left IST → ZNZ Istanbul to Zanzibar · 22 mi Right ORD → ABS Chicago to Abu Simbel · 22 mi Right ZNZ → IST Zanzibar to Istanbul · 22 mi Left JFK → WIL New York to Nairobi · 23 mi Left WIL → JFK Nairobi to New York · 23 mi Right AMS → HRG Amsterdam to Hurghada · 24 mi Right HRG → AMS Hurghada to Amsterdam · 24 mi Left ADD → VIE Addis Ababa to Vienna · 24 mi Right BOS → JRO Boston to Kilimanjaro · 24 mi Right JRO → BOS Kilimanjaro to Boston · 24 mi Left VIE → ADD Vienna to Addis Ababa · 24 mi Left ADD → ORD Addis Ababa to Chicago · 25 mi Both Sides AMS → JRO Amsterdam to Kilimanjaro · 25 mi Right JRO → AMS Kilimanjaro to Amsterdam · 25 mi Left ORD → ADD Chicago to Addis Ababa · 25 mi Both Sides ADD → ERS Addis Ababa to Windhoek · 27 mi Right ERS → ADD Windhoek to Addis Ababa · 27 mi Left FCO → SSH Rome to Sharm El Sheikh · 27 mi Right SSH → FCO Sharm El Sheikh to Rome · 27 mi Left DOH → GRU Doha to Sao Paulo · 29 mi Right GRU → DOH Sao Paulo to Doha · 29 mi Left LHR → MRU London to Plaisance · 30 mi Right MRU → LHR Plaisance to London · 30 mi Left ADD → FRA Addis Ababa to Frankfurt · 30 mi Left FRA → ADD Frankfurt to Addis Ababa · 30 mi Right JRO → LHR Kilimanjaro to London · 32 mi Right LHR → JRO London to Kilimanjaro · 32 mi Left ADD → JFK Addis Ababa to New York · 35 mi Right JFK → ADD New York to Addis Ababa · 35 mi Left ADD → LHR Addis Ababa to London · 35 mi Right CCE → VIE New Cairo to Vienna · 35 mi Left CDG → JRO Paris to Kilimanjaro · 35 mi Left JRO → CDG Kilimanjaro to Paris · 35 mi Right LHR → ADD London to Addis Ababa · 35 mi Left VIE → CCE Vienna to New Cairo · 35 mi Right CCE → CDC New Cairo to Cedar City · 36 mi Left CDC → CCE Cedar City to New Cairo · 36 mi Right SCL → TLV Santiago to Tel Aviv · 37 mi Right TLV → SCL Tel Aviv to Santiago · 37 mi Left ADD → KGL Addis Ababa to Kigali · 37 mi Left AUH → BHI Abu Dhabi to Bahia Blanca · 37 mi Right BHI → AUH Bahia Blanca to Abu Dhabi · 37 mi Left KGL → ADD Kigali to Addis Ababa · 37 mi Right LGW → ADD London to Addis Ababa · 39 mi Left SAW → ZNZ Pendik, Istanbul to Zanzibar · 39 mi Right ADD → IAD Addis Ababa to Washington · 40 mi Right IAD → ADD Washington to Addis Ababa · 40 mi Left LOS → WIL Lagos to Nairobi · 40 mi Left WIL → LOS Nairobi to Lagos · 40 mi Right BRU → WIL Brussels to Nairobi · 40 mi Right DEL → EZE Delhi to Buenos Aires · 40 mi Left EZE → DEL Buenos Aires to Delhi · 40 mi Right WIL → BRU Nairobi to Brussels · 40 mi Left ADD → MXP Addis Ababa to Milano · 41 mi Right LCY → MRU London to Plaisance · 41 mi Right MRU → LCY Plaisance to London · 41 mi Left MXP → ADD Milano to Addis Ababa · 41 mi Left JED → LHR Jeddah to London · 42 mi Left LHR → JED London to Jeddah · 42 mi Right ADD → ATH Addis Ababa to Athens · 45 mi Right ATH → ADD Athens to Addis Ababa · 45 mi Left DOH → KGL Doha to Kigali · 45 mi Left KGL → DOH Kigali to Doha · 45 mi Right BRU → NBO Brussels to Nairobi · 47 mi Right NBO → BRU Nairobi to Brussels · 47 mi Left LFW → WIL Lome to Nairobi · 47 mi Left WIL → LFW Nairobi to Lome · 47 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 Nile River from a plane?

Yes — 304 flight routes pass within 50 miles of Nile River. The closest routes include Frankfurt to Plaisance, Plaisance to Frankfurt, Cairo to Buenos Aires. Sit on the Left side, passing directly overhead.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Nile River?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Nile River: on a Frankfurt to Plaisance flight, sit on the Left side; on a Plaisance to Frankfurt flight, sit on the Right side; on a Cairo to Buenos Aires flight, sit on the Left side.