Pyramids of Giza

158 flight routes pass within 37 miles of Pyramids of Giza.

Pyramids of Giza
🔺 Monument · Egypt

Photo: KennyOMG · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The only surviving wonder of the ancient world sits just outside Cairo, where the desert meets the city. The Pyramids of Giza are visible on many flights approaching Cairo International Airport.
158Flight Routes
OverheadClosest Pass
🔺 MonumentType

Routes that pass it158

CAI → EZE Cairo to Buenos Aires · directly overhead Both Sides EZE → CAI Buenos Aires to Cairo · directly overhead Both Sides CAI → PEK Cairo to Beijing · 1 mi Both Sides CAI → PVG Cairo to Shanghai · 1 mi Both Sides JED → YYZ Jeddah to Toronto · 1 mi Both Sides PEK → CAI Beijing to Cairo · 1 mi Both Sides PVG → CAI Shanghai to Cairo · 1 mi Both Sides SHA → CAI Shanghai to Cairo · 1 mi Both Sides YYZ → JED Toronto to Jeddah · 1 mi Both Sides CMN → RUH Casablanca to Riyadh · 2 mi Both Sides AMM → CAI Amman to Cairo · 2 mi Both Sides CAI → AMM Cairo to Amman · 2 mi Both Sides CAI → BEY Cairo to Beirut · 5 mi Both Sides CAI → MNL Cairo to Manila · 6 mi Right LHR → SEZ London to Mahe · 6 mi Left MNL → CAI Manila to Cairo · 6 mi Left SEZ → LHR Mahe to London · 6 mi Right CAI → DEL Cairo to Delhi · 7 mi Right DEL → CAI Delhi to Cairo · 7 mi Left CAI → CCU Cairo to Calcutta · 7 mi Right CCU → CAI Calcutta to Cairo · 7 mi Left JED → MXP Jeddah to Milano · 8 mi Left MXP → JED Milano to Jeddah · 8 mi Right BAH → CAI Bahrain to Cairo · 11 mi Left BOM → CAI Bombay to Cairo · 11 mi Left CAI → BAH Cairo to Bahrain · 11 mi Right CAI → BOM Cairo to Bombay · 11 mi Right CAI → DXB Cairo to Dubai · 11 mi Right CAI → SIN Cairo to Singapore · 11 mi Right DXB → CAI Dubai to Cairo · 11 mi Left SIN → CAI Singapore to Cairo · 11 mi Left AMS → RMF Amsterdam to Marsa Alam · 12 mi Right AUH → CAI Abu Dhabi to Cairo · 12 mi Left CAI → AUH Cairo to Abu Dhabi · 12 mi Right CAI → DOH Cairo to Doha · 12 mi Right CAI → DWC Cairo to Dubai · 12 mi Right CAI → MCT Cairo to Muscat · 12 mi Right DOH → CAI Doha to Cairo · 12 mi Left DWC → CAI Dubai to Cairo · 12 mi Left MCT → CAI Muscat to Cairo · 12 mi Left RMF → AMS Marsa Alam to Amsterdam · 12 mi Left CAI → CMN Cairo to Casablanca · 13 mi Left CMN → CAI Casablanca to Cairo · 13 mi Right CAI → HNL Cairo to Honolulu · 14 mi Left CAI → HUH Cairo to Huahine Island · 14 mi Left CAI → RUH Cairo to Riyadh · 14 mi Right HNL → CAI Honolulu to Cairo · 14 mi Right HUH → CAI Huahine Island to Cairo · 14 mi Right RUH → CAI Riyadh to Cairo · 14 mi Left CAI → SVO Cairo to Moscow · 14 mi Left SVO → CAI Moscow to Cairo · 14 mi Right HRG → LPL Hurghada to Liverpool · 15 mi Left LPL → HRG Liverpool to Hurghada · 15 mi Right CAI → EBB Cairo to Entebbe · 16 mi Right CAI → MEB Cairo to Melbourne · 16 mi Right CAI → MEL Cairo to Melbourne · 16 mi Right CAI → TUN Cairo to Tunis · 16 mi Left EBB → CAI Entebbe to Cairo · 16 mi Left EMA → HRG East Midlands to Hurghada · 16 mi Right HRG → EMA Hurghada to East Midlands · 16 mi Left MEB → CAI Melbourne to Cairo · 16 mi Left MEL → CAI Melbourne to Cairo · 16 mi Left TUN → CAI Tunis to Cairo · 16 mi Right CAI → PER Cairo to Perth · 16 mi Right HRG → MAN Hurghada to Manchester · 16 mi Left MAD → CAI Madrid to Cairo · 16 mi Right MAN → HRG Manchester to Hurghada · 16 mi Right PER → CAI Perth to Cairo · 16 mi Left CAI → IST Cairo to Istanbul · 17 mi Left CAI → NBO Cairo to Nairobi · 17 mi Right CAI → SAW Cairo to Pendik, Istanbul · 17 mi Left CAI → WIL Cairo to Nairobi · 17 mi Right IST → CAI Istanbul to Cairo · 17 mi Right IST → JRO Istanbul to Kilimanjaro · 17 mi Right JRO → IST Kilimanjaro to Istanbul · 17 mi Left NBO → CAI Nairobi to Cairo · 17 mi Left SAW → CAI Pendik, Istanbul to Cairo · 17 mi Right WIL → CAI Nairobi to Cairo · 17 mi Left ASW → CAI Aswan to Cairo · 17 mi Left CAI → ASW Cairo to Aswan · 17 mi Right CAI → CIA Cairo to Rome · 17 mi Left CAI → EWR Cairo to Newark · 17 mi Left CAI → FCO Cairo to Rome · 17 mi Left CAI → IAD Cairo to Washington · 17 mi Left CAI → IAH Cairo to Houston · 17 mi Left CAI → JFK Cairo to New York · 17 mi Left CAI → LXR Cairo to Luxor · 17 mi Right CAI → PDX Cairo to Portland · 17 mi Left CAI → SEA Cairo to Seattle · 17 mi Left CIA → CAI Rome to Cairo · 17 mi Right EWR → CAI Newark to Cairo · 17 mi Right FCO → CAI Rome to Cairo · 17 mi Right IAD → CAI Washington to Cairo · 17 mi Right IAH → CAI Houston to Cairo · 17 mi Right JFK → CAI New York to Cairo · 17 mi Right LXR → CAI Luxor to Cairo · 17 mi Left PDX → CAI Portland to Cairo · 17 mi Right SEA → CAI Seattle to Cairo · 17 mi Right ZNZ → CAI Zanzibar to Cairo · 17 mi Left ADD → CAI Addis Ababa to Cairo · 18 mi Left ATH → CAI Athens to Cairo · 18 mi Right BRU → CAI Brussels to Cairo · 18 mi Right BUD → CAI Budapest to Cairo · 18 mi Right CAI → ADD Cairo to Addis Ababa · 18 mi Right CAI → ATH Cairo to Athens · 18 mi Left CAI → BRU Cairo to Brussels · 18 mi Left CAI → CDG Cairo to Paris · 18 mi Left CAI → DFW Cairo to Dallas-Fort Worth · 18 mi Left CAI → DUB Cairo to Dublin · 18 mi Left CAI → DUS Cairo to Duesseldorf · 18 mi Left CAI → FRA Cairo to Frankfurt · 18 mi Left CAI → GVA Cairo to Geneva · 18 mi Left CAI → HRG Cairo to Hurghada · 18 mi Right CAI → JED Cairo to Jeddah · 18 mi Right CAI → LAX Cairo to Los Angeles · 18 mi Left CAI → LCY Cairo to London · 18 mi Left CAI → LHR Cairo to London · 18 mi Left CAI → MUC Cairo to Munich · 18 mi Left CAI → MXP Cairo to Milano · 18 mi Left CAI → ORD Cairo to Chicago · 18 mi Left CAI → ORY Cairo to Paris · 18 mi Left CAI → SFO Cairo to San Francisco · 18 mi Left CAI → SMF Cairo to Sacramento · 18 mi Left CAI → VIE Cairo to Vienna · 18 mi Left CAI → YTZ Cairo to Toronto · 18 mi Left CAI → YYZ Cairo to Toronto · 18 mi Left CAI → ZRH Cairo to Zurich · 18 mi Left CDG → CAI Paris to Cairo · 18 mi Right DFW → CAI Dallas-Fort Worth to Cairo · 18 mi Right DUB → CAI Dublin to Cairo · 18 mi Right DUS → CAI Duesseldorf to Cairo · 18 mi Right FRA → CAI Frankfurt to Cairo · 18 mi Right GVA → CAI Geneva to Cairo · 18 mi Right HRG → CAI Hurghada to Cairo · 18 mi Left JED → CAI Jeddah to Cairo · 18 mi Left LAX → CAI Los Angeles to Cairo · 18 mi Right LCY → CAI London to Cairo · 18 mi Right LHR → CAI London to Cairo · 18 mi Right MUC → CAI Munich to Cairo · 18 mi Right MXP → CAI Milano to Cairo · 18 mi Right ORD → CAI Chicago to Cairo · 18 mi Right ORY → CAI Paris to Cairo · 18 mi Right SFO → CAI San Francisco to Cairo · 18 mi Right SMF → CAI Sacramento to Cairo · 18 mi Right VIE → CAI Vienna to Cairo · 18 mi Right YTZ → CAI Toronto to Cairo · 18 mi Right YYZ → CAI Toronto to Cairo · 18 mi Right ZRH → CAI Zurich to Cairo · 18 mi Right FRA → HRG Frankfurt to Hurghada · 25 mi Right CGN → HRG Cologne to Hurghada · 26 mi Right HRG → CGN Hurghada to Cologne · 26 mi Left AMS → HRG Amsterdam to Hurghada · 28 mi Right HRG → AMS Hurghada to Amsterdam · 28 mi Left FCO → SSH Rome to Sharm El Sheikh · 31 mi Right SSH → FCO Sharm El Sheikh to Rome · 31 mi Left JRO → SAW Kilimanjaro to Pendik, Istanbul · 35 mi Left SCL → TLV Santiago to Tel Aviv · 37 mi Right TLV → SCL Tel Aviv to Santiago · 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 Pyramids of Giza from a plane?

Yes — 158 flight routes pass within 37 miles of Pyramids of Giza. The closest routes include Cairo to Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires to Cairo, Cairo to Beijing. The landmark is visible from both sides, passing directly overhead.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Pyramids of Giza?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Pyramids of Giza: on a Cairo to Buenos Aires flight, visible from both sides; on a Buenos Aires to Cairo flight, visible from both sides; on a Cairo to Beijing flight, visible from both sides.