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These are lists of the busiest flight routes by the number of passengers flown, by seat capacity and by aircraft movements.
The following are the lists of the world's busiest flight routes based on the number of seats available in the flights scheduled in both directions. Note that these statistics do not consider the number of passengers actually carried (load factor).
Rank | Departing | Arriving | Distance (km) | 2024 [1] | 2023 [2] | 2022 [3] | 2021 [4] | 2019 [5] | 2015 [6] (mln.) | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 449 | 14,183,719 | 13,728,786 | 16,068,983 | 17,082,700 | 17,426,873 | ~7 | Domestic |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 835 | 11,931,572 | 11,936,302 | 10,216,765 | 8,171,324 | 12,498,468 | ~6.3 | |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 889 | 11,335,551 | 11,264,229 | 9,894,296 | 7,562,387 | 11,400,018 | ~5.8 | |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 1171 | 10,631,435 | 10,883,555 | 8,562,009 | 6,806,131 | 10,253,530 | ~3.4 | |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 705 | 9,217,377 | 9,342,312 | 6,996,156 | 9,958,500 | ~5.1 | ||
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 857 | 8,700,415 | 7,902,142 | 7,371,119 | 6,677,097 | 8,018,205 | ||
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 1573 | 8,033,641 | 7,982,218 | 6,910,809 | 5,602,408 | 7,704,098 | ~3.9 | |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 1150 | 7,963,686 | 7,276,430 | 6,941,947 | 4,891,881 | 8,230,822 | ~3.9 | |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 1081 | 7,714,758 | 8,355,225 | 6,321,194 | 7,910,793 | 8,117,461 | ~3.9 | |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 1176 | 7,010,321 | 6,350,115 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 991 | 7,190,961 | 6,741,923 | 3,939,509 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 1217 | 6,555,365 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 328 | 6,297,916 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1294 | 5,604,043 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1439 | 4,895,779 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1559 | 4,734,834 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 407 | 4,728,321 | ~3.6 | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 293 | 4,176,876 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1401 | 4,060,426 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1292 | 4,001,680 | ~2.9 | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1979 | 3,978,144 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 802 | 7,965,538 | ~4.3 | International | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 378 | ~3.6 | Domestic | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 700 | ~3.5 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 756 | ~2.9 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 896 | ~2.8 | International |
Rank | Departing | Arriving | 2024 [1] | 2023 [2] | 2022 [3] | 2021 [4] | 2019 [5] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 6,781,577 | 4,568,280 | 7,965,538 (#9) | ||
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 5,469,274 | 4,795,712 | 3,234,683 | ||
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 5,410,456 | 4,155,418 | |||
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 5,382,163 | 4,891,952 | 2,443,176 | 5,560,894 | |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,982,769 | 4,218,484 | |||
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,306,599 | 3,990,076 | 3,191,090 | ||
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,201,802 | 4,826,872 | |||
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,069,071 | 3,910,502 | 5,480,000 | ||
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,033,344 | 3,478,474 | 3,832,494 | ||
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,011,235 | 3,878,590 | 2,848,044 | 3,833,701 | |
![]() | ![]() | 3,362,968 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 2,697,593 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 2,425,930 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 1,977,537 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 1,913,991 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 1,898,749 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 4,463,658 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 3,942,875 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 3,852,991 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 3,798,559 |
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Departing | Arriving | 2024 [1] | 2023 [2] | 2022 [3] [7] | 2021 [4] | 2020 | 2019 [5] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asia | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 14,183,719 | 13,728,786 | 16,068,983 | 17,082,700 | 17,426,873 | |
Oceania | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 9,217,377 | 9,342,312 | 6,989,569 | 9,958,500 | ||
Middle East | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 8,700,415 | 7,902,142 | 7,371,119 | 6,677,097 | 8,018,205 | |
South America | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 6,664,812 | 5,474,206 | 5,706,480 | |||
Africa | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 5,084,762 | 5,224,805 | 4,001,680 | 6,072,196 | ||
North America | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 3,982,607 | 5,010,982 | 4,803,489 | 5,604,043 | 2,874,267 | 5,505,352 |
Europe | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 2,869,842 | 2,859,582 | 2,033,205 | 820,742 | ||
![]() | ![]() | 3,650,780 |
Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Distance (km) | 2018 [10] | 2017 [11] | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | 449 | 14,107,414 | 13,460,306 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 835 | 9,698,639 | 8,726,502 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 705 | 9,245,392 | 9,090,941 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 889 | 8,762,547 | 7,864,000 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1150 | 7,392,155 | 7,129,943 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1171 | 6,867,114 | 6,769,823 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1081 | 6,518,997 | 6,833,684 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 802 | 6,476,268 | 6,719,030 | International |
![]() | ![]() | 1573 | 5,829,712 | 5,269,481 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 700 | 5,649,046 | 5,271,304 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 991 | 5,535,108 | 4,952,852 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 857 | 5,526,110 | 5,091,629 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 407 | 5,131,757 | 5,106,584 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1559 | 5,092,442 | 4,951,620 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1898 | 5,076,229 | 4,864,177 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1294 | 4,885,602 | 4,656,308 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1979 | 4,853,038 | 4,496,351 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 756 | 4,815,609 | 4,742,771 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 896 | 4,812,342 | 4,810,602 | International |
![]() | ![]() | 1176 | 4,724,514 | 4,469,990 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1217 | 4,679,294 | 4,445,654 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1717 | 4,542,638 | 4,183,799 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1439 | 4,530,428 | 4,559,737 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1401 | 4,512,830 | 3,886,963 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1292 | 4,508,214 | 4,698,849 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 296 | 4,290,463 | 4,108,824 | International |
![]() | ![]() | 378 | 4,234,631 | 4,096,193 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1247 | 4,053,909 | 4,162,347 | International |
![]() | ![]() | 3982 | 3,971,922 | 3,531,613 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 239 | 3,930,332 | 3,323,127 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 834 | 3,814,494 | 3,445,315 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 541 | 3,635,655 | 3,507,702 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 685 | 3,612,373 | 3,396,189 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1379 | 3,565,266 | 3,545,156 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 570 | 3,519,525 | 3,233,871 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1694 | 3,490,988 | 3,438,628 | International |
![]() | ![]() | 729 | 3,474,971 | 3,202,091 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1333 | 3,431,999 | 3,153,548 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 617 | 3,256,718 | 3,210,368 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 569 | 3,212,124 | 3,155,528 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 872 | 3,210,813 | 2,907,199 | International |
![]() | ![]() | 583 | 3,201,414 | 3,000,513 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1177 | 3,198,700 | 3,118,651 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1142 | 3,170,193 | 2,812,479 | International |
![]() | ![]() | 466 | 3,170,177 | 2,996,806 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 294 | 3,106,224 | 2,793,383 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 348 | 3,084,250 | 3,496,438 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 2080 | 3,081,942 | 3,198,132 | International |
![]() | ![]() | 1232 | 3,044,038 | 2,944,642 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1145 | 3,008,842 | 2,907,228 | International |
![]() | ![]() | 2011 | 3,000,786 | 2,962,707 | International |
![]() | ![]() | 1273 | 2,980,730 | 2,577,743 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 388 | 2,961,553 | 2,823,411 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 498 | 2,953,851 | 2,847,156 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 2587 | 2,923,578 | 3,147,384 | International |
![]() | ![]() | 645 | 2,918,980 | 2,836,474 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 3358 | 2,912,026 | 2,950,823 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1327 | 2,873,291 | 2,509,192 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1157 | 2,856,019 | 2,883,519 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 2193 | 2,848,925 | 2,592,049 | International |
![]() | ![]() | 5562 | 2,864,321 | 2,972,817 | International |
![]() | ![]() | 673 | 2,825,672 | 2,573,763 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 626 | 2,810,618 | 2,534,425 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 2811 | 2,810,368 | 2,927,492 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 364 | 2,799,413 | 2,608,469 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1622 | 2,790,835 | 2,609,151 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1158 | 2,787,960 | 2,601,764 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1774 | 2,777,822 | 2,456,556 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 948 | 2,768,091 | 2,553,366 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 413 | 2,746,929 | Domestic | |
![]() | ![]() | 287 | 2,722,122 | 2,726,627 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 682 | 2,722,095 | 2,739,057 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 597 | 2,694,612 | 2,395,389 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 5529 | 2,665,441 | 3,210,121 | International |
![]() | ![]() | 422 | 2,650,823 | Domestic | |
![]() | ![]() | 951 | 2,639,625 | 2,540,100 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 975 | 2,630,909 | 2,606,945 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1431 | 2,597,199 | 2,596,349 | International |
![]() | ![]() | 1037 | 2,594,232 | 2,653,701 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 943 | 2,572,815 | 2,360,786 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1483 | 2,554,282 | 2,485,613 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 462 | 2,545,643 | Domestic | |
![]() | ![]() | 455 | 2,517,527 | Domestic | |
![]() | ![]() | 794 | 2,513,414 | 2,518,553 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 386 | 2,502,690 | 2,627,969 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 641 | 2,493,589 | 2,454,637 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 423 | 2,492,268 | 2,537,413 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 324 | 2,489,660 | 2,379,127 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1537 | 2,485,576 | 2,768,035 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 503 | 2,485,533 | 2,640,849 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 480 | 2,481,522 | 2,617,041 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1257 | 2,466,953 | International | |
![]() | ![]() | 454 | 2,466,522 | Domestic | |
![]() | ![]() | 731 | 2,463,262 | Domestic | |
![]() | ![]() | 483 | 2,448,664 | Domestic | |
![]() | ![]() | 1062 | 2,428,313 | Domestic | |
![]() | ![]() | 1925 | 2,394,060 | 2,383,145 | International |
![]() | ![]() | 751 | 2,385,766 | 2,535,669 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 1238 | 2,378,490 | 2,387,693 | Domestic |
![]() | ![]() | 752 | 2,363,818 | Domestic | |
![]() | ![]() | 698 | 3,325,261 | Domestic | |
![]() | ![]() | 1714 | 2,530,208 | International | |
![]() | ![]() | 1392 | 2,519,541 | Domestic | |
![]() | ![]() | 975 | 2,468,368 | Domestic | |
![]() | ![]() | 794 | 2,434,487 | Domestic | |
![]() | ![]() | 857 | 2,394,192 | International | |
![]() | ![]() | 322 | 2,378,692 | Domestic | |
![]() | ![]() | 1045 | 2,377,806 | Domestic | |
![]() | ![]() | 914 | 2,350,206 | Domestic | |
![]() | ![]() | 971 | 2,341,291 | Domestic |
Airports | 2018 [10] | 2017 [12] [13] | 2015 [14] (mln.) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | 6,476,268 (#8) | 6,719,030 (#8) | 5.1 |
![]() | ![]() | 4,812,342 | 4,810,602 | 3.4 |
![]() | ![]() | 4,490,463 | 4,108,824 | 2.7 |
![]() | ![]() | 3,490,988 | 3,438,628 | 3 |
![]() | ![]() | 3,210,813 | 2,907,199 | |
![]() | ![]() | 3,170,193 | 2,812,479 | |
![]() | ![]() | 3,081,942 | 3,198,132 | |
![]() | ![]() | 3,008,842 | 2,907,228 | |
![]() | ![]() | 2,923,578 | 3,147,384 | 2.7 |
![]() | ![]() | 2,848,925 | ||
![]() | ![]() | 2,972,817 |
City/airport 1 | City/airport 2 | 2018 [10] | 2017 [12] |
---|---|---|---|
Asia | |||
![]() | ![]() | 14,107,414 | 13,460,306 |
Oceania | |||
![]() | ![]() | 9,245,392 | 9,090,941 |
Middle East | |||
![]() | ![]() | 5,526,110 | 5,091,629 |
Latin America | |||
![]() | ![]() | 4,885,602 | 4,656,308 |
Africa | |||
![]() | ![]() | 4,508,214 | 4,698,849 |
United States and Canada | |||
![]() | ![]() | 3,971,922 | 3,531,613 |
Europe | |||
![]() | ![]() | 2,466,968 | 2,341,255 |
The following are the lists of the world's busiest flight routes based on the number of scheduled flights in both directions. Note that these statistics do not consider the number of passengers carried.
The only international route to make the Top 50 busiest routes in 2021 was between Saint Barthélemy (SBH) and
Sint Maarten (SXM). [16]
Busiest flight routes inside the EU, UK, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway. Figures are only available for EU countries, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway. [a] [b] [c]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,102,436 | 2,550,462 | 2,213,200 | 2,204,765 | 2,253,387 | 2,328,726 | 2,341,255 | 2,466,968 | 2,572,893 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,792,655 | 1,813,063 | 1,845,600 | 1,792,006 | 1,907,218 | 1,935,465 | 1,956,128 | 2,292,098 | 2,249,667 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,322,456 | 2,330,224 | 2,379,100 | 2,330,949 | 2,318,015 | 2,358,917 | 2,325,043 | 2,282,407 | 2,217,892 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,639,423 | 1,460,684 | 1,388,900 | 1,410,172 | 1,576,063 | 1,772,613 | 1,944,554 | 2,035,602 | 2,173,939 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,749,545 | 1,818,877 | 1,873,944 | 1,912,141 | 1,942,959 | 1,988,105 | 2,089,889 | 2,151,448 | 2,106,440 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,236,436 | 2,175,773 | 2,160,300 | 2,072,138 | 2,113,506 | 2,124,792 | 2,217,895 | 2,135,634 | 2,052,649 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,691,887 | 1,729,076 | 1,722,398 | 1,819,279 | 1,810,826 | 1,881,960 | 1,985,088 | 2,028,680 | 2,003,406 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,604,853 | 1,442,410 | 1,224,700 | 1,283,404 | 1,411,314 | 1,687,547 | 1,815,387 | 1,967,136 | 1,995,104 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,667,408 | 1,731,145 | 1,831,700 | 1,868,877 | 1,974,929 | 1,939,820 | 1,973,008 | 1,988,248 | 1,933,817 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,556,111 | 1,577,649 | 1,663,900 | 1,650,394 | 1,682,855 | 1,751,689 | 1,803,479 | 1,809,140 | 1,855,333 |
11 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,842,940 | 1,694,400 | 1,566,800 | 1,869,881 | 1,979,648 | 2,054,721 | 2,017,172 | 1,976,230 [22] | 1,824,428 |
12 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,406,964 | 1,429,800 | 1,443,400 | 1,486,783 | 1,587,605 | 1,617,170 | 1,689,924 | 1,746,940 | 1,747,789 |
13 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,717,734 | 1,719,351 | 1,713,200 | 1,756,990 | 1,811,425 | 1,805,211 | 1,739,252 | 1,749,616 | 1,739,939 |
14 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,434,043 | 1,517,195 | 1,536,032 | 1,564,631 | 1,515,870 | 1,564,127 | 1,600,959 | 1,675,486 | 1,681,335 |
15 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,438,377 | 1,301,539 | 1,152,669 | 1,181,442 | 1,305,670 | 1,508,972 | 1,510,429 | 1,616,540 | 1,659,106 |
16 | ![]() | ![]() | 517,820 | 741,735 | 1,131,350 | 1,273,850 | 1,354,193 | 1,362,488 | 1,460,378 | 1,556,045 | 1,586,967 |
17 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,499,933 | 1,360,400 | 1,264,100 | 1,475,957 | 1,481,174 | 1,543,462 | 1,589,733 | 1,663,463 [22] | 1,579,946 |
18 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,169,714 | 1,108,931 | 975,389 | 1,026,786 | 1,174,116 | 1,299,412 | 1,427,929 | 1,517,620 | 1,557,398 |
19 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,459,909 | 1,482,649 | 1,488,600 | 1,506,826 | 1,530,986 | 1,486,291 | 1,495,472 | 1,552,249 | 1,548,995 |
20 | ![]() | ![]() | 944,437 | 985,749 | 1,090,227 | 1,162,268 | 1,201,664 | 1,268,891 | 1,267,676 | 1,495,826 | 1,544,710 |
21 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,337,050 | 1,167,731 | 1,102,701 | 1,094,815 | 1,149,450 | 1,305,110 | 1,380,916 | 1,487,326 | 1,493,755 |
22 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,569,364 | 1,553,361 | 1,558,200 | 1,527,416 | 1,557,442 | 1,565,997 | 1,554,184 | 1,422,773 | 1,488,322 |
23 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,206,480 | 1,291,018 | 1,322,948 | 1,402,753 | 1,427,618 | 1,506,326 | 1,544,534 | 1,509,030 | 1,479,320 |
24 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,093,400 | 1,197,700 | 1,264,800 | 1,274,714 | 1,320,834 | 1,317,511 | 1,382,290 | 1,416,795 | 1,476,551 |
25 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,587,593 | 1,385,867 | 1,362,400 | 1,343,857 | 1,361,027 | 1,372,185 | 1,395,408 | 1,440,312 | 1,426,073 |
26 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,184,506 | 1,315,868 | 1,225,834 | 1,332,401 | 1,402,757 | ||||
27 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,166,000 | 1,269,200 | 1,325,700 | 1,444,429 | 1,461,166 | 1,553,276 | 1,520,287 | 1,520,873 | 1,387,544 |
28 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,321,528 | 1,250,126 | 1,186,808 | 1,217,977 | 1,204,814 | 1,307,902 | 1,363,626 | 1,420,246 | 1,384,848 |
29 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,153,232 | 1,187,164 | 1,204,351 | 1,354,730 | 1,338,163 | 1,387,885 | 1,406,211 | 1,453,105 | 1,379,312 |
30 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,279,331 | 1,373,128 |
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,551,276 | 2,881,390 | 3,002,024 | 3,078,693 | 2,960,268 | 2,946,329 | 3,035,228 | 3,192,195 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,974,098 | 2,067,227 | 2,838,717 | 2,862,852 | 3,038,958 | 3,238,308 | 2,732,638 | 2,333,127 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,190,914 | 1,422,259 | 1,367,882 | 1,501,416 | 1,424,611 | 1,554,793 | 1,580,664 | 1,636,491 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,801,520 | 1,638,834 | 1,608,980 | 1,584,486 | 1,574,741 | 1,588,805 | 1,572,021 | 1,612,530 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,419,144 | 1,428,040 | 1,481,023 | 1,645,002 | 1,565,992 | 1,618,153 | 1,675,577 | 1,602,892 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,507,032 | 1,745,186 | 1,247,017 | 1,268,407 | 1,314,976 | 1,351,980 | 1,590,704 | 1,526,639 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,098,322 | 1,077,254 | 1,135,945 | 1,166,850 | 1,214,916 | 1,227,553 | 1,299,570 | 1,429,730 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | N/A | N/A | 653,724 | 1,040,315 | 1,184,994 | 1,287,225 | 1,181,345 | 1,264,687 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,138,579 | 1,188,326 | 1,161,250 | 1,060,332 | 1,073,522 | 1,062,695 | 1,158,537 | 1,250,426 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,158,381 | 1,092,084 | 1,107,738 | 1,147,598 | 1,148,800 | 1,183,504 | 1,185,183 | 1,247,300 |
For routes from the EU, UK, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway to other countries inside Europe except to Turkey, the busiest was in 2019 Paris/CDG – Moscow/Sheremetyevo with 830,980.
Busiest flight routes in or from Europe by city pairs
Rank | City 1 | City 2 | Passengers (2016) | Passengers (2019) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,771,614 | 5,106,040 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,836,588 | 5,051,518 [23] |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,344,935 | 4,920,551 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,243,687 | 4,869,777 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,960,389 | 3,630,407 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,125,080 | 3,490,189 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,393,013 | 3,373,092 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,260,074 | 3,218,040 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,975,405 | 3,184,661 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,142,916 |
Busiest domestic flight routes in Brazil: [24]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2022) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont | São Paulo-Congonhas | 2,978,669 |
2 | Porto Alegre | São Paulo-Congonhas | 1,630,763 |
3 | Brasília | São Paulo-Congonhas | 1,565,820 |
4 | Recife | São Paulo-Guarulhos | 1,545,757 |
5 | Porto Alegre | São Paulo-Guarulhos | 1,524,626 |
6 | Belo Horizonte | São Paulo-Congonhas | 1,494,260 |
7 | Salvador | São Paulo-Congonhas | 1,290,367 |
8 | Belo Horizonte | São Paulo-Guarulhos | 1,234,256 |
9 | Recife | São Paulo-Congonhas | 1,169,156 |
10 | Brasília | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont | 1,142,563 |
Busiest international flight routes in Argentina: [25]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2017) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,027,000 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,903,000 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,001,000 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 938,000 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 896,000 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 815,000 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 425,000 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 372,000 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 332,000 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 329,000 |
Busiest domestic flight routes in Argentina: [25]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2017) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,368,000 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,005,000 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 880,000 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 841,000 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 828,000 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 722,000 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 501,000 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 490,000 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 462,000 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 383,000 |
Busiest domestic flight routes in Australia [26] (all passengers including connecting):
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2019) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 9,181,932 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,820,704 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,608,479 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,733,449 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,538,061 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,122,157 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,110,125 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,878,741 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,692,031 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,670,181 |
Busiest international flight routes in Australia [27] (all passengers including connecting):
Rank | Australian airport | Overseas airport | Passengers (2019) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,629,492 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,602,232 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,537,148 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,251,457 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,195,224 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,131,233 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 964,447 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 955,385 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 908,540 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 893,420 |
Busiest domestic flight routes in Colombia: [28]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2017) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,013,297 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,433,483 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,083,833 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,435,766 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,151,101 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 951,880 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 942,793 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 849,118 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 738,699 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 568,500 |
Busiest international flight routes in Colombia: [28]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2017) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 698,916 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 533,444 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 470,514 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 469,899 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 447,470 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 391,586 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 366,904 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 366,630 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 333,481 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 306,905 |
Busiest domestic flight routes from/to Indian cities:
Rank | City pair | Passengers | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 6,466,940 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,779,347 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,433,746 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,916,911 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,821,077 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,805,587 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,625,483 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,486,921 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,402,170 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,317,258 |
11 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,248,905 |
12 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,140,533 |
13 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,108,650 |
14 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,957,504 |
15 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,783,570 |
Rank | City pair | Passengers | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,430,543 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,262,780 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,261,630 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,240,378 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,072,840 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,065,132 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 938,388 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 809,773 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 765,398 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 747,471 |
11 | ![]() | ![]() | 739,220 |
12 | ![]() | ![]() | 730,108 |
13 | ![]() | ![]() | 711,690 |
14 | ![]() | ![]() | 691,598 |
15 | ![]() | ![]() | 674,027 |
Rank | City pair | Passengers | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 6,996,834 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,351,143 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,954,618 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,199,982 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,936,141 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,604,253 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,538,612 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,323,511 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,192,536 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,184,190 |
11 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,142,980 |
12 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,133,939 |
13 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,012,039 |
14 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,002,020 |
15 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,863,918 |
Busiest international flight routes from/to Indian cities:
Rank | City pair | Passengers | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,378,916 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,966,260 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,093,580 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,068,343 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,037,314 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,017,254 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 940,521 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 865,088 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 855,420 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 850,170 |
11 | ![]() | ![]() | 824,590 |
12 | ![]() | ![]() | 767,262 |
13 | ![]() | ![]() | 751,112 |
14 | ![]() | ![]() | 750,562 |
15 | ![]() | ![]() | 743,817 |
Busiest domestic flight routes in Mexico (passengers): [8]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | % change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,990,647 | 5,009,235 | 2,874,267 | 4,546,906 | 4,803,489 | 4,335,174 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,452,421 | 3,601,937 | 1,563,243 | 2,244,156 | 3,180,969 | 3,404,529 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,167,438 | 3,386,521 | 1,536,441 | 1,940,131 | 2,916,413 | 3,012,874 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,964,460 | 2,151,343 | 1,307,478 | 2,133,168 | 2,519,260 | 2,300,547 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,783,149 | 1,748,213 | 1,301,775 | 1,825,055 | 2,209,718 | 2,142,087 | ![]() |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,686,256 | 1,851,414 | 909,396 | 1,416,257 | 1,943,683 | 1,896,586 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,282,777 | 1,386,056 | 822,601 | 1,458,920 | 1,650,289 | 1,810,719 | ![]() |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 956,419 | 1,094,694 | 575,158 | 1,008,024 | 1,333,474 | 1,140,366 | ![]() |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 947,599 | 885,881 | 635,422 | 1,051,887 | 1,026,505 | 1,098,997 | ![]() |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 844,785 | 971,016 | 594,263 | 994,510 | 1,215,421 | 1,071,051 | ![]() |
Busiest international flight routes from/to Mexico (passengers):
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | % change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 779,235 | 840,800 | 507,946 | 1,026,047 | 1,215,860 | 1,160,043 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 868,115 | 856,952 | 504,622 | 930,801 | 1,112,498 | 1,137,242 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 993,213 | 994,822 | 530,232 | 787,850 | 903,149 | 1,079,804 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 779,777 | 880,988 | 265,919 | 504,962 | 900,028 | 1,030,882 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 809,898 | 763,830 | 409,671 | 806,188 | 992,998 | 1,011,503 | ![]() |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 849,590 | 866,896 | 233,726 | 432,080 | 912,549 | 925,729 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,236,168 | 1,044,786 | 379,603 | 771,673 | 846,757 | 891,713 | ![]() |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,049,838 | 831,729 | 332,243 | 961,069 | 879,133 | 889,431 | ![]() |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 721,936 | 706,409 | 303,913 | 586,573 | 759,622 | 884,252 | ![]() |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 801,544 | 822,744 | 298,135 | 119,334 | 546,583 | 772,937 | ![]() |
Busiest domestic and international flight routes: [9]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2019) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,751,298 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,616,991 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,329,578 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,184,197 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,849,317 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,579,391 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,524,256 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,460,900 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,448,183 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,411,924 |
In 2019, the Atatürk – Izmir route had 728,279 passengers as the old Istanbul airport in Atatürk was also serving the traffic during this year. The new Istanbul airport in Havalimani opened on 6 April 2019.
Busiest flight routes by city pairs within the United States: [36]
The statistics below are based on metro areas, not individual airports.
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