Yellow River (Huang He)

334 flight routes pass within 50 miles of Yellow River (Huang He).

Yellow River (Huang He)
🌊 Water · China

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China's second-longest river carries silt that colors it yellow and shaped Chinese civilization. Its great bends across the Loess Plateau and wide delta are visible on flights across northern China.
334Flight Routes
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Routes that pass it334

CDG → TPE Paris to Taipei · directly overhead Left DEL → ICN Delhi to Seoul · directly overhead Both Sides ICN → DEL Seoul to Delhi · directly overhead Both Sides LEJ → HKG Leipzig to Hong Kong · directly overhead Right TPE → CDG Taipei to Paris · directly overhead Right DEL → NRT Delhi to Tokyo · 1 mi Left NRT → DEL Tokyo to Delhi · 1 mi Right SIN → YYZ Singapore to Toronto · 1 mi Left YYZ → SIN Toronto to Singapore · 1 mi Right FRA → SZX Frankfurt to Shenzhen · 1 mi Right HND → KTM Tokyo to Kathmandu · 1 mi Right KTM → HND Kathmandu to Tokyo · 1 mi Left SAW → SHA Pendik, Istanbul to Shanghai · 1 mi Right SHA → SAW Shanghai to Pendik, Istanbul · 1 mi Left SZX → FRA Shenzhen to Frankfurt · 1 mi Left ALA → CAN Almaty to Guangzhou · 2 mi Left XIY → XNN Xi'an to Xining · 2 mi Right XNN → XIY Xining to Xi'an · 2 mi Left KWL → LHW Guilin to Lanzhou · 2 mi Right LHR → MNL London to Manila · 2 mi Left LHW → KWL Lanzhou to Guilin · 2 mi Left MNL → LHR Manila to London · 2 mi Right CDG → NKG Paris to Nanjing · 3 mi Right DXB → ITM Dubai to Osaka · 3 mi Right ITM → DXB Osaka to Dubai · 3 mi Left NKG → CDG Nanjing to Paris · 3 mi Left PVG → VCE Shanghai to Venice · 3 mi Left VCE → PVG Venice to Shanghai · 3 mi Right AUH → ITM Abu Dhabi to Osaka · 4 mi Left AUH → PEK Abu Dhabi to Beijing · 4 mi Both Sides DOH → NRT Doha to Tokyo · 4 mi Both Sides DUB → SYD Dublin to Sydney · 4 mi Left ITM → AUH Osaka to Abu Dhabi · 4 mi Right NRT → DOH Tokyo to Doha · 4 mi Both Sides PEK → AUH Beijing to Abu Dhabi · 4 mi Both Sides SYD → DUB Sydney to Dublin · 4 mi Right BKK → IAD Bangkok to Washington · 4 mi Right DEL → GMP Delhi to Seoul · 4 mi Both Sides GMP → DEL Seoul to Delhi · 4 mi Both Sides IAD → BKK Washington to Bangkok · 4 mi Left JFK → SGN New York to Ho Chi Minh City · 4 mi Left PKX → DYG Beijing to Zhangjiajie · 4 mi Left SGN → JFK Ho Chi Minh City to New York · 4 mi Right CAN → URC Guangzhou to Urumqi · 5 mi Right URC → CAN Urumqi to Guangzhou · 5 mi Left AKL → VIE Auckland to Vienna · 6 mi Left BLQ → MNL Bologna to Manila · 6 mi Right HKG → ULN Hong Kong to Ulan Bator · 6 mi Right MNL → BLQ Manila to Bologna · 6 mi Left PUS → XIY Kimhae to Xi'an · 6 mi Both Sides ULN → HKG Ulan Bator to Hong Kong · 6 mi Left VIE → AKL Vienna to Auckland · 6 mi Right XIY → PUS Xi'an to Kimhae · 6 mi Both Sides CKG → SEA Chongqing to Seattle · 6 mi Left SEA → CKG Seattle to Chongqing · 6 mi Right BKK → CMX Bangkok to Hancock · 7 mi Left CMX → BKK Hancock to Bangkok · 7 mi Right FRA → HKG Frankfurt to Hong Kong · 7 mi Left HKG → FRA Hong Kong to Frankfurt · 7 mi Right BCN → SHA Barcelona to Shanghai · 7 mi Right DXB → PEK Dubai to Beijing · 7 mi Both Sides KUL → PEK Kuala Lumpur to Beijing · 7 mi Left PEK → DXB Beijing to Dubai · 7 mi Both Sides PEK → KUL Beijing to Kuala Lumpur · 7 mi Right PEK → SYD Beijing to Sydney · 7 mi Left SHA → BCN Shanghai to Barcelona · 7 mi Left SYD → PEK Sydney to Beijing · 7 mi Right ATH → PVG Athens to Shanghai · 8 mi Right CAN → FRA Guangzhou to Frankfurt · 8 mi Left DOH → PEK Doha to Beijing · 8 mi Both Sides FRA → CAN Frankfurt to Guangzhou · 8 mi Right PEK → DOH Beijing to Doha · 8 mi Both Sides PVG → ATH Shanghai to Athens · 8 mi Left SHA → URC Shanghai to Urumqi · 8 mi Right DEL → KIX Delhi to Osaka · 9 mi Right KIX → DEL Osaka to Delhi · 9 mi Left KTM → NRT Kathmandu to Tokyo · 9 mi Both Sides NRT → KTM Tokyo to Kathmandu · 9 mi Both Sides SZX → URC Shenzhen to Urumqi · 9 mi Right URC → SZX Urumqi to Shenzhen · 9 mi Left DOH → KIX Doha to Osaka · 9 mi Right DOH → PKX Doha to Beijing · 9 mi Left ICN → XIY Seoul to Xi'an · 9 mi Left KIX → DOH Osaka to Doha · 9 mi Left PKX → DOH Beijing to Doha · 9 mi Right XIY → ICN Xi'an to Seoul · 9 mi Right DYG → PEK Zhangjiajie to Beijing · 10 mi Right PEK → DYG Beijing to Zhangjiajie · 10 mi Left CGO → MXP Zhengzhou to Milano · 11 mi Left CLT → HKG Charlotte to Hong Kong · 11 mi Right HKG → CLT Hong Kong to Charlotte · 11 mi Left LXA → PEK Lhasa to Beijing · 11 mi Left MXP → CGO Milano to Zhengzhou · 11 mi Right NRT → XIY Tokyo to Xi'an · 11 mi Both Sides PEK → LXA Beijing to Lhasa · 11 mi Right XIY → NRT Xi'an to Tokyo · 11 mi Both Sides BNE → LCY Brisbane to London · 11 mi Right DEL → HND Delhi to Tokyo · 11 mi Left HND → DEL Tokyo to Delhi · 11 mi Right LCY → BNE London to Brisbane · 11 mi Left BNE → LHR Brisbane to London · 12 mi Left DOH → HND Doha to Tokyo · 12 mi Both Sides HAN → SBN Hanoi to South Bend · 12 mi Left HND → DOH Tokyo to Doha · 12 mi Both Sides LHR → BNE London to Brisbane · 12 mi Right SBN → HAN South Bend to Hanoi · 12 mi Right BUD → PVG Budapest to Shanghai · 12 mi Left PVG → BUD Shanghai to Budapest · 12 mi Right BCN → MNL Barcelona to Manila · 13 mi Right BOS → SIN Boston to Singapore · 13 mi Right MNL → BCN Manila to Barcelona · 13 mi Left PEK → PVG Beijing to Shanghai · 13 mi Left PVG → PEK Shanghai to Beijing · 13 mi Right PVG → VIE Shanghai to Vienna · 13 mi Left SIN → BOS Singapore to Boston · 13 mi Left VIE → PVG Vienna to Shanghai · 13 mi Right AMS → XMN Amsterdam to Xiamen · 14 mi Left BIK → TLL Biak to Tallinn · 14 mi Left CDG → HKG Paris to Hong Kong · 14 mi Right HKG → CDG Hong Kong to Paris · 14 mi Left HKG → LBG Hong Kong to Paris · 14 mi Left LBG → HKG Paris to Hong Kong · 14 mi Right SHA → VCE Shanghai to Venice · 14 mi Right TLL → BIK Tallinn to Biak · 14 mi Right VCE → SHA Venice to Shanghai · 14 mi Left XMN → AMS Xiamen to Amsterdam · 14 mi Right LGW → MNL London to Manila · 14 mi Left LHR → HAK London to Haikou · 14 mi Right MNL → LGW Manila to London · 14 mi Right PKX → KUL Beijing to Kuala Lumpur · 14 mi Right BOM → ICN Bombay to Seoul · 15 mi Right DNH → SZX Dunhuang to Shenzhen · 15 mi Right ICN → BOM Seoul to Bombay · 15 mi Left PVG → SAW Shanghai to Pendik, Istanbul · 15 mi Left SAW → PVG Pendik, Istanbul to Shanghai · 15 mi Right SZX → DNH Shenzhen to Dunhuang · 15 mi Left HAN → HTA Hanoi to Chita · 16 mi Right HTA → HAN Chita to Hanoi · 16 mi Left KCZ → DEL Kochi to Delhi · 16 mi Both Sides AMS → SYD Amsterdam to Sydney · 17 mi Left SYD → AMS Sydney to Amsterdam · 17 mi Right CLE → KUL Cleveland to Kuala Lumpur · 17 mi Right BKK → IAH Bangkok to Houston · 18 mi Both Sides DOH → KCZ Doha to Kochi · 18 mi Right HAM → TPE Hamburg to Taipei · 18 mi Right IAH → BKK Houston to Bangkok · 18 mi Both Sides KCZ → DOH Kochi to Doha · 18 mi Left MIA → SIN Miami to Singapore · 18 mi Left SIN → MIA Singapore to Miami · 18 mi Right TPE → HAM Taipei to Hamburg · 18 mi Left CKG → URC Chongqing to Urumqi · 19 mi Right CMN → TPE Casablanca to Taipei · 19 mi Right CTU → LHW Chengdu to Lanzhou · 19 mi Right LHW → CTU Lanzhou to Chengdu · 19 mi Left TPE → CMN Taipei to Casablanca · 19 mi Left URC → CKG Urumqi to Chongqing · 19 mi Left IST → PVG Istanbul to Shanghai · 20 mi Right KZN → PVG Kazan to Shanghai · 20 mi Right PVG → IST Shanghai to Istanbul · 20 mi Left PVG → KZN Shanghai to Kazan · 20 mi Left DXB → KIX Dubai to Osaka · 21 mi Left KIX → DXB Osaka to Dubai · 21 mi Right ORD → SGN Chicago to Ho Chi Minh City · 21 mi Left PEK → SHA Beijing to Shanghai · 21 mi Left PVG → XIY Shanghai to Xi'an · 21 mi Right SGN → ORD Ho Chi Minh City to Chicago · 21 mi Right SHA → PEK Shanghai to Beijing · 21 mi Right XIY → PVG Xi'an to Shanghai · 21 mi Left CKG → LHR Chongqing to London · 22 mi Left DXB → KCZ Dubai to Kochi · 22 mi Left KCZ → DXB Kochi to Dubai · 22 mi Right LHR → CKG London to Chongqing · 22 mi Right PVG → TBS Shanghai to Tbilisi · 22 mi Right TBS → PVG Tbilisi to Shanghai · 22 mi Left BKK → ORD Bangkok to Chicago · 22 mi Left ORD → BKK Chicago to Bangkok · 22 mi Right XMN → URC Xiamen to Urumqi · 22 mi Right ADD → ICN Addis Ababa to Seoul · 23 mi Right LIN → PVG Milan to Shanghai · 23 mi Right PVG → LIN Shanghai to Milan · 23 mi Left SHA → TLQ Shanghai to Turpan · 23 mi Right TLQ → SHA Turpan to Shanghai · 23 mi Left BKK → MSP Bangkok to Minneapolis · 24 mi Left CAN → DME Guangzhou to Moscow · 24 mi Left DME → CAN Moscow to Guangzhou · 24 mi Right DWC → KIX Dubai to Osaka · 24 mi Left KIX → DWC Osaka to Dubai · 24 mi Right KMG → URC Kunming to Urumqi · 24 mi Right MSP → BKK Minneapolis to Bangkok · 24 mi Right URC → KMG Urumqi to Kunming · 24 mi Left BCN → PVG Barcelona to Shanghai · 25 mi Right KWE → LAX Guiyang to Los Angeles · 25 mi Right KWI → XIY Kuwait to Xi'an · 25 mi Both Sides LAX → KWE Los Angeles to Guiyang · 25 mi Left PVG → BCN Shanghai to Barcelona · 25 mi Left XIY → KWI Xi'an to Kuwait · 25 mi Both Sides HAN → PEK Hanoi to Beijing · 25 mi Right LHR → TSA London to Taipei · 25 mi Left PEK → HAN Beijing to Hanoi · 25 mi Left TSA → LHR Taipei to London · 25 mi Right AUH → KIX Abu Dhabi to Osaka · 27 mi Left CAN → CDG Guangzhou to Paris · 27 mi Left CDG → CAN Paris to Guangzhou · 27 mi Right DXB → NRT Dubai to Tokyo · 27 mi Left KIX → AUH Osaka to Abu Dhabi · 27 mi Right NRT → DXB Tokyo to Dubai · 27 mi Right ATL → BKK Atlanta to Bangkok · 28 mi Left BKK → ATL Bangkok to Atlanta · 28 mi Right LCY → TSA London to Taipei · 28 mi Left NGB → PEK Ninbo to Beijing · 28 mi Right PEK → NGB Beijing to Ninbo · 28 mi Left TSA → LCY Taipei to London · 28 mi Right FRA → TPE Frankfurt to Taipei · 29 mi Left TPE → FRA Taipei to Frankfurt · 29 mi Right MXP → PVG Milano to Shanghai · 29 mi Right PKX → TAS Beijing to Tashkent · 29 mi Left PVG → MXP Shanghai to Milano · 29 mi Left TAS → PKX Tashkent to Beijing · 29 mi Right AMS → TPE Amsterdam to Taipei · 30 mi Right ARN → HKG Stockholm to Hong Kong · 30 mi Left HKG → ARN Hong Kong to Stockholm · 30 mi Right IST → TPE Istanbul to Taipei · 30 mi Left MEL → PEK Melbourne to Beijing · 30 mi Right PEK → MEL Beijing to Melbourne · 30 mi Left TPE → AMS Taipei to Amsterdam · 30 mi Left TPE → IST Taipei to Istanbul · 30 mi Right MNL → FRA Manila to Frankfurt · 30 mi Left PEK → XSP Beijing to Singapore · 30 mi Right XSP → PEK Singapore to Beijing · 30 mi Left ALA → XIY Almaty to Xi'an · 32 mi Right PEK → SIN Beijing to Singapore · 32 mi Right SIN → PEK Singapore to Beijing · 32 mi Left TFU → YNT Chengdu to Yantai · 32 mi Left XIY → ALA Xi'an to Almaty · 32 mi Left YNT → TFU Yantai to Chengdu · 32 mi Right SHA → SVO Shanghai to Moscow · 32 mi Left SVO → SHA Moscow to Shanghai · 32 mi Right PEK → SGN Beijing to Ho Chi Minh City · 33 mi Right SGN → PEK Ho Chi Minh City to Beijing · 33 mi Left HAN → YVR Hanoi to Vancouver · 34 mi Right HEL → HKG Helsinki to Hong Kong · 34 mi Left HKG → HEL Hong Kong to Helsinki · 34 mi Right YVR → HAN Vancouver to Hanoi · 34 mi Left FCO → HKG Rome to Hong Kong · 35 mi Left HKG → FCO Hong Kong to Rome · 35 mi Right KMG → PEK Kunming to Beijing · 35 mi Left PEK → KMG Beijing to Kunming · 35 mi Right PKX → SYD Beijing to Sydney · 35 mi Left PKX → XSP Beijing to Singapore · 35 mi Right SYD → PKX Sydney to Beijing · 35 mi Right XSP → PKX Singapore to Beijing · 35 mi Left ALA → PVG Almaty to Shanghai · 35 mi Left PKX → SIN Beijing to Singapore · 35 mi Right PVG → ALA Shanghai to Almaty · 35 mi Right SIN → PKX Singapore to Beijing · 35 mi Left TNA → ICN Jinan to Seoul · 35 mi Left BRU → HKG Brussels to Hong Kong · 36 mi Right HKG → BRU Hong Kong to Brussels · 36 mi Left BOS → KUL Boston to Kuala Lumpur · 37 mi Right KUL → BOS Kuala Lumpur to Boston · 37 mi Left BSZ → CAN Bishkek to Guangzhou · 37 mi Left CAN → BSZ Guangzhou to Bishkek · 37 mi Right CAN → SVO Guangzhou to Moscow · 37 mi Left DME → PVG Moscow to Shanghai · 37 mi Right SVO → CAN Moscow to Guangzhou · 37 mi Right CKG → PEK Chongqing to Beijing · 38 mi Left PEK → CKG Beijing to Chongqing · 38 mi Right AUH → NRT Abu Dhabi to Tokyo · 39 mi Left NRT → AUH Tokyo to Abu Dhabi · 39 mi Right TPE → VIE Taipei to Vienna · 39 mi Left VIE → TPE Vienna to Taipei · 39 mi Right BCN → HKG Barcelona to Hong Kong · 39 mi Right HKG → BCN Hong Kong to Barcelona · 39 mi Left PKX → SHA Beijing to Shanghai · 39 mi Left SHA → PKX Shanghai to Beijing · 39 mi Right DEL → PEK Delhi to Beijing · 40 mi Right CSX → URC Changcha to Urumqi · 41 mi Right SAW → TPE Pendik, Istanbul to Taipei · 41 mi Left TPE → SAW Taipei to Pendik, Istanbul · 41 mi Right URC → CSX Urumqi to Changcha · 41 mi Left CTU → PKX Chengdu to Beijing · 42 mi Right LHR → TPE London to Taipei · 42 mi Left PKX → CTU Beijing to Chengdu · 42 mi Left TPE → LHR Taipei to London · 42 mi Right HKT → PEK Phuket to Beijing · 42 mi Right PEK → HKT Beijing to Phuket · 42 mi Left CTU → MAD Chengdu to Madrid · 43 mi Left MAD → CTU Madrid to Chengdu · 43 mi Right PKX → XIY Beijing to Xi'an · 43 mi Left XIY → PKX Xi'an to Beijing · 43 mi Right AKL → PEK Auckland to Beijing · 44 mi Left BKK → PEK Bangkok to Beijing · 44 mi Right LCY → TPE London to Taipei · 44 mi Left PEK → AKL Beijing to Auckland · 44 mi Right PEK → BKK Beijing to Bangkok · 44 mi Left TPE → LCY Taipei to London · 44 mi Right MUC → PVG Munich to Shanghai · 45 mi Right PVG → FCO Shanghai to Rome · 45 mi Right PVG → MUC Shanghai to Munich · 45 mi Left ICN → KTM Seoul to Kathmandu · 45 mi Both Sides KTM → ICN Kathmandu to Seoul · 45 mi Both Sides LHR → WUH London to Wuhan · 45 mi Right WUH → LHR Wuhan to London · 45 mi Left DXB → HND Dubai to Tokyo · 46 mi Left HND → DXB Tokyo to Dubai · 46 mi Right PEK → WHK Beijing to Whakatane · 46 mi Right PEK → XIY Beijing to Xi'an · 46 mi Left WHK → PEK Whakatane to Beijing · 46 mi Left XIY → PEK Xi'an to Beijing · 46 mi Right CGO → LGW Zhengzhou to London · 47 mi Left LGW → CGO London to Zhengzhou · 47 mi Right HKG → MAN Hong Kong to Manchester · 47 mi Right HRB → XIY Harbin to Xi'an · 47 mi Left MAN → HKG Manchester to Hong Kong · 47 mi Left PVG → CIA Shanghai to Rome · 47 mi Right XIY → HRB Xi'an to Harbin · 47 mi Right BNE → FRA Brisbane to Frankfurt · 48 mi Left BWU → EDI Sydney to Edinburgh · 48 mi Right EDI → BWU Edinburgh to Sydney · 48 mi Left FRA → BNE Frankfurt to Brisbane · 48 mi Right JFK → WUH New York to Wuhan · 48 mi Right PEK → TSA Beijing to Taipei · 48 mi Left PGF → TPE Perpignan to Taipei · 48 mi Right PVG → SVO Shanghai to Moscow · 48 mi Left SVO → PVG Moscow to Shanghai · 48 mi Right TPE → PGF Taipei to Perpignan · 48 mi Left TSA → PEK Taipei to Beijing · 48 mi Right WUH → JFK Wuhan to New York · 48 mi Left BCN → SZX Barcelona to Shenzhen · 49 mi Right KHG → PVG Kashi to Shanghai · 49 mi Right LZY → PEK Nyingchi to Beijing · 49 mi Right PEK → LZY Beijing to Nyingchi · 49 mi Left PVG → KHG Shanghai to Kashi · 49 mi Left SZX → BCN Shenzhen to Barcelona · 49 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 Yellow River (Huang He) from a plane?

Yes — 334 flight routes pass within 50 miles of Yellow River (Huang He). The closest routes include Paris to Taipei, Delhi to Seoul, Seoul to Delhi. Sit on the Left side, passing directly overhead.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Yellow River (Huang He)?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Yellow River (Huang He): on a Paris to Taipei flight, sit on the Left side; on a Delhi to Seoul flight, visible from both sides; on a Seoul to Delhi flight, visible from both sides.