Yellowstone & Grand Prismatic Spring

244 flight routes pass within 62 miles of Yellowstone & Grand Prismatic Spring.

Yellowstone & Grand Prismatic Spring
🌈 Water · United States

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

Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring — the largest hot spring in the US — is a vivid rainbow of orange, yellow, green, and deep blue that pops brilliantly from altitude. The wider caldera and surrounding forests are also striking.
244Flight Routes
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CMH → EUG Columbus to Eugene · directly overhead Both Sides EUG → CMH Eugene to Columbus · directly overhead Both Sides ORL → SEA Orlando to Seattle · directly overhead Both Sides SEA → ORL Seattle to Orlando · directly overhead Both Sides CAI → LAX Cairo to Los Angeles · 1 mi Both Sides CLT → PDX Charlotte to Portland · 1 mi Both Sides LAX → CAI Los Angeles to Cairo · 1 mi Both Sides PDX → CLT Portland to Charlotte · 1 mi Both Sides BJC → MSO Denver to Missoula · 1 mi Both Sides DEN → TPE Denver to Taipei · 1 mi Both Sides MCO → SEA Orlando to Seattle · 1 mi Both Sides MSO → BJC Missoula to Denver · 1 mi Both Sides SEA → MCO Seattle to Orlando · 1 mi Both Sides TPE → DEN Taipei to Denver · 1 mi Both Sides BFI → ORL Seattle to Orlando · 4 mi Both Sides ORL → BFI Orlando to Seattle · 4 mi Both Sides DEN → WYS Denver to West Yellowstone · 5 mi Both Sides MEM → SEA Memphis to Seattle · 6 mi Both Sides SEA → MEM Seattle to Memphis · 6 mi Both Sides BOI → MSP Boise to Minneapolis · 7 mi Left DEN → MSO Denver to Missoula · 7 mi Left MSO → DEN Missoula to Denver · 7 mi Right MSP → BOI Minneapolis to Boise · 7 mi Right PVR → YEG Puerto Vallarta to Edmonton · 7 mi Left YEG → PVR Edmonton to Puerto Vallarta · 7 mi Right LAX → VIE Los Angeles to Vienna · 8 mi Left VIE → LAX Vienna to Los Angeles · 8 mi Right BLL → LAX Billund to Los Angeles · 9 mi Left LAX → BLL Los Angeles to Billund · 9 mi Right YQY → SYD Sydney to Sydney · 10 mi Left PDX → STL Portland to St. Louis · 11 mi Left SLC → JAC Salt Lake City to Jackson · 11 mi Left STL → PDX St. Louis to Portland · 11 mi Right DFW → MSO Dallas-Fort Worth to Missoula · 13 mi Left MSO → DFW Missoula to Dallas-Fort Worth · 13 mi Right EUG → ORD Eugene to Chicago · 14 mi Right ORD → EUG Chicago to Eugene · 14 mi Left FLL → SEA Fort Lauderdale to Seattle · 18 mi Right IAH → TPE Houston to Taipei · 18 mi Right SEA → FLL Seattle to Fort Lauderdale · 18 mi Left TPE → IAH Taipei to Houston · 18 mi Left BFI → MIA Seattle to Miami · 19 mi Left MIA → BFI Miami to Seattle · 19 mi Right SEA → TPA Seattle to Tampa · 20 mi Left TPA → SEA Tampa to Seattle · 20 mi Right MAJ → PHL Majuro to Philadelphia · 22 mi Left PHL → MAJ Philadelphia to Majuro · 22 mi Right BOI → JFK Boise to New York · 22 mi Left JFK → BOI New York to Boise · 22 mi Right ANC → BJC Anchorage to Denver · 23 mi Right BJC → ANC Denver to Anchorage · 23 mi Left ECP → SEA Panama City Beach to Seattle · 23 mi Right MIA → SEA Miami to Seattle · 23 mi Right SEA → MIA Seattle to Miami · 23 mi Left ATH → LAX Athens to Los Angeles · 24 mi Right DFW → TPE Dallas-Fort Worth to Taipei · 25 mi Left IAB → YVR Wichita to Vancouver · 25 mi Left TPE → DFW Taipei to Dallas-Fort Worth · 25 mi Right YVR → IAB Vancouver to Wichita · 25 mi Right LAX → JAC Los Angeles to Jackson · 26 mi Left SEA → SRQ Seattle to Sarasota/Bradenton · 27 mi Left SRQ → SEA Sarasota/Bradenton to Seattle · 27 mi Right EUG → IND Eugene to Indianapolis · 28 mi Left IND → EUG Indianapolis to Eugene · 28 mi Right KEF → LAX Keflavik to Los Angeles · 28 mi Right LAX → KEF Los Angeles to Keflavik · 28 mi Left BFI → IAB Seattle to Wichita · 29 mi Left IAB → BFI Wichita to Seattle · 29 mi Right SLC → WYS Salt Lake City to West Yellowstone · 29 mi Right WYS → SLC West Yellowstone to Salt Lake City · 29 mi Left DEN → GEG Denver to Spokane · 30 mi Right DSM → PDX Des Moines to Portland · 30 mi Left GEG → DEN Spokane to Denver · 30 mi Left PDX → DSM Portland to Des Moines · 30 mi Right CPH → LAX Copenhagen to Los Angeles · 30 mi Left LAX → CPH Los Angeles to Copenhagen · 30 mi Right SJC → WYS San Jose to West Yellowstone · 30 mi Right WYS → SJC West Yellowstone to San Jose · 30 mi Left YYC → ZLO Calgary to Manzanillo · 31 mi Left ZLO → YYC Manzanillo to Calgary · 31 mi Right BNA → PDX Nashville to Portland · 32 mi Right PDX → BNA Portland to Nashville · 32 mi Left DAL → TPE Dallas to Taipei · 32 mi Left ICT → SEA Wichita to Seattle · 33 mi Right KRK → LAX Krakow to Los Angeles · 33 mi Left LAX → KRK Los Angeles to Krakow · 33 mi Right LIS → SFO Lisbon to San Francisco · 33 mi Left PHL → BOI Philadelphia to Boise · 33 mi Right SEA → ICT Seattle to Wichita · 33 mi Left SFO → LIS San Francisco to Lisbon · 33 mi Right KSC → LAX Kosice to Los Angeles · 34 mi Left LAX → KSC Los Angeles to Kosice · 34 mi Right DAL → GEG Dallas to Spokane · 34 mi Right GEG → DAL Spokane to Dallas · 34 mi Left DFW → GEG Dallas-Fort Worth to Spokane · 36 mi Right FAI → JAC Fairbanks to Jackson · 36 mi Left GEG → DFW Spokane to Dallas-Fort Worth · 36 mi Left PVR → YYC Puerto Vallarta to Calgary · 37 mi Right YYC → PVR Calgary to Puerto Vallarta · 37 mi Left ANC → DEN Anchorage to Denver · 37 mi Right BJC → BZN Denver to Bozeman · 37 mi Left BZN → BJC Bozeman to Denver · 37 mi Right DEN → ANC Denver to Anchorage · 37 mi Left MCI → PDX Kansas City to Portland · 37 mi Right PDX → MCI Portland to Kansas City · 37 mi Left DEN → MRI Denver to Anchorage · 38 mi Left IAH → SIN Houston to Singapore · 38 mi Left MRI → DEN Anchorage to Denver · 38 mi Right SIN → IAH Singapore to Houston · 38 mi Right BUR → KSC Burbank to Kosice · 39 mi Right DEN → EDF Denver to Anchorage · 39 mi Left EDF → DEN Anchorage to Denver · 39 mi Right KSC → BUR Kosice to Burbank · 39 mi Left BZN → SLC Bozeman to Salt Lake City · 39 mi Left SLC → BZN Salt Lake City to Bozeman · 39 mi Right CVG → PDX Cincinnati to Portland · 40 mi Left PDX → CVG Portland to Cincinnati · 40 mi Right BZN → DEN Bozeman to Denver · 40 mi Right DEN → BZN Denver to Bozeman · 40 mi Left ATL → SEA Atlanta to Seattle · 41 mi Left MCI → SEA Kansas City to Seattle · 41 mi Left SEA → ATL Seattle to Atlanta · 41 mi Right SEA → MCI Seattle to Kansas City · 41 mi Right IND → PDX Indianapolis to Portland · 42 mi Left PDX → IND Portland to Indianapolis · 42 mi Right BOI → ORD Boise to Chicago · 42 mi Left CDC → HEL Cedar City to Helsinki · 42 mi Left HEL → CDC Helsinki to Cedar City · 42 mi Right ORD → BOI Chicago to Boise · 42 mi Right BOI → BWI Boise to Baltimore · 43 mi Left BWI → BOI Baltimore to Boise · 43 mi Right LAX → MUC Los Angeles to Munich · 43 mi Left MUC → LAX Munich to Los Angeles · 43 mi Right DEN → HND Denver to Tokyo · 43 mi Right HND → DEN Tokyo to Denver · 43 mi Left BFI → MCI Seattle to Kansas City · 44 mi Right MCI → BFI Kansas City to Seattle · 44 mi Left BOI → MDW Boise to Chicago · 45 mi Left DEN → NRT Denver to Tokyo · 45 mi Right MDW → BOI Chicago to Boise · 45 mi Right NRT → DEN Tokyo to Denver · 45 mi Left SEA → TUL Seattle to Tulsa · 45 mi Left TUL → SEA Tulsa to Seattle · 45 mi Right ATL → BFI Atlanta to Seattle · 45 mi Left BFI → ATL Seattle to Atlanta · 45 mi Right CPH → NID Copenhagen to China · 45 mi Left DEN → FCA Denver to Kalispell · 45 mi Left FCA → DEN Kalispell to Denver · 45 mi Right NID → CPH China to Copenhagen · 45 mi Right SFO → JAC San Francisco to Jackson · 45 mi Left BZN → DFW Bozeman to Dallas-Fort Worth · 46 mi Right DEN → HLN Denver to Helena · 46 mi Left DFW → BZN Dallas-Fort Worth to Bozeman · 46 mi Left HLN → DEN Helena to Denver · 46 mi Right PDK → SEA Atlanta to Seattle · 46 mi Left BZN → DAL Bozeman to Dallas · 47 mi Right DAL → BZN Dallas to Bozeman · 47 mi Left IST → LAX Istanbul to Los Angeles · 47 mi Left LAX → IST Los Angeles to Istanbul · 47 mi Right BOI → DCA Boise to Washington · 47 mi Left DCA → BOI Washington to Boise · 47 mi Right GOT → LAX Gothenborg to Los Angeles · 47 mi Left LAX → GOT Los Angeles to Gothenborg · 47 mi Right DFW → JAC Dallas-Fort Worth to Jackson · 48 mi Right MEX → YYC Mexico City to Calgary · 48 mi Left YYC → MEX Calgary to Mexico City · 48 mi Right BGI → SEA Bridgetown to Seattle · 48 mi Left BJC → JAC Denver to Jackson · 48 mi Right JAC → BJC Jackson to Denver · 48 mi Left SEA → BGI Seattle to Bridgetown · 48 mi Right PDX → SAV Portland to Savannah · 49 mi Left RDU → EUG Raleigh-Durham to Eugene · 49 mi Right SAV → PDX Savannah to Portland · 49 mi Right DEN → JAC Denver to Jackson · 50 mi Right DEN → YVR Denver to Vancouver · 50 mi Right JAC → DEN Jackson to Denver · 50 mi Left RSW → YVR Fort Myers to Vancouver · 50 mi Left YVR → DEN Vancouver to Denver · 50 mi Left YVR → RSW Vancouver to Fort Myers · 50 mi Right FRA → LAX Frankfurt to Los Angeles · 50 mi Right LAX → FRA Los Angeles to Frankfurt · 50 mi Left LAX → SAW Los Angeles to Pendik, Istanbul · 50 mi Right SAV → SEA Savannah to Seattle · 50 mi Left SAW → LAX Pendik, Istanbul to Los Angeles · 50 mi Left SEA → SAV Seattle to Savannah · 50 mi Right HNL → PWM Honolulu to Portland · 51 mi Left PWM → HNL Portland to Honolulu · 51 mi Right SEA → THE Seattle to Teresina · 51 mi Right THE → SEA Teresina to Seattle · 51 mi Left GEG → MIA Spokane to Miami · 52 mi Right MIA → GEG Miami to Spokane · 52 mi Left AMS → LAX Amsterdam to Los Angeles · 53 mi Right GTF → SLC Great Falls to Salt Lake City · 53 mi Left JAC → SEA Jackson to Seattle · 53 mi Right LAX → AMS Los Angeles to Amsterdam · 53 mi Left SEA → JAC Seattle to Jackson · 53 mi Left SLC → GTF Salt Lake City to Great Falls · 53 mi Right IAH → PVG Houston to Shanghai · 53 mi Left PVG → IAH Shanghai to Houston · 53 mi Right BOS → JAC Boston to Jackson · 54 mi Right JAC → BOS Jackson to Boston · 54 mi Left ATL → PDX Atlanta to Portland · 55 mi Right LAX → TLV Los Angeles to Tel Aviv · 55 mi Right PDX → ATL Portland to Atlanta · 55 mi Left TLV → LAX Tel Aviv to Los Angeles · 55 mi Left EWR → JAC Newark to Jackson · 55 mi Right JAC → EWR Jackson to Newark · 55 mi Left JAC → JFK Jackson to New York · 55 mi Left JAC → MEM Jackson to Memphis · 55 mi Left JFK → JAC New York to Jackson · 55 mi Right MEM → JAC Memphis to Jackson · 55 mi Right BHM → JAC Birmingham to Jackson · 56 mi Right BZN → LAS Bozeman to Las Vegas · 56 mi Left JAC → BHM Jackson to Birmingham · 56 mi Left ATL → JAC Atlanta to Jackson · 57 mi Right BWI → JAC Baltimore to Jackson · 57 mi Right JAC → ATL Jackson to Atlanta · 57 mi Left JAC → BWI Jackson to Baltimore · 57 mi Left JAC → ORD Jackson to Chicago · 57 mi Left ORD → JAC Chicago to Jackson · 57 mi Right BOI → JAC Boise to Jackson · 57 mi Left CLT → JAC Charlotte to Jackson · 57 mi Right JAC → CLT Jackson to Charlotte · 57 mi Left JAC → STL Jackson to St. Louis · 57 mi Left STL → JAC St. Louis to Jackson · 57 mi Right TYS → JAC Knoxville to Jackson · 57 mi Right MIA → YVR Miami to Vancouver · 58 mi Left YVR → MIA Vancouver to Miami · 58 mi Right BJC → YVR Denver to Vancouver · 58 mi Right FAI → SKF Fairbanks to San Antonio · 58 mi Right LAX → WAW Los Angeles to Warsaw · 58 mi Right SKF → FAI San Antonio to Fairbanks · 58 mi Left WAW → LAX Warsaw to Los Angeles · 58 mi Left YVR → BJC Vancouver to Denver · 58 mi Left IDA → ORD Idaho Falls to Chicago · 59 mi Left ORD → IDA Chicago to Idaho Falls · 59 mi Right EDI → LAX Edinburgh to Los Angeles · 60 mi Right LAX → EDI Los Angeles to Edinburgh · 60 mi Left LIH → MSP Lihue to Minneapolis · 60 mi Left MSP → LIH Minneapolis to Lihue · 60 mi Right BNA → SEA Nashville to Seattle · 60 mi Left BZN → SAN Bozeman to San Diego · 60 mi Left SAN → BZN San Diego to Bozeman · 60 mi Right SEA → BNA Seattle to Nashville · 60 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 Yellowstone & Grand Prismatic Spring from a plane?

Yes — 244 flight routes pass within 62 miles of Yellowstone & Grand Prismatic Spring. The closest routes include Columbus to Eugene, Eugene to Columbus, Orlando to Seattle. The landmark is visible from both sides, passing directly overhead.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Yellowstone & Grand Prismatic Spring?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Yellowstone & Grand Prismatic Spring: on a Columbus to Eugene flight, visible from both sides; on a Eugene to Columbus flight, visible from both sides; on a Orlando to Seattle flight, visible from both sides.