These are lists of the busiest flight routes by the number of passengers flown, by seat capacity and by aircraft movements.
Rank | Departing | Arriving | Distance (km) | 2024 [1] | 2023 [2] | 2022 [3] | 2021 [4] | 2020/2019 [5] [a] | 2018 [6] | 2017 [7] | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 449 | 14,183,719 | 13,728,786 | 16,068,983 | 17,082,700 | 17,426,873 | 14,107,414 | 13,460,306 | Domestic |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 835 | 11,931,572 | 11,936,302 | 10,216,765 | 8,171,324 | 12,498,468 | 9,698,639 | 8,726,502 | Domestic |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 889 | 11,335,551 | 11,264,229 | 9,894,296 | 7,562,387 | 11,400,018 | 8,762,547 | 7,864,000 | Domestic |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 1171 | 10,631,435 | 10,883,555 | 8,562,009 | 6,806,131 | 10,253,530 | 6,867,114 | 6,769,823 | Domestic |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 705 | 9,217,377 | 9,342,312 | 6,996,156 | 2,119,779 [8] | 9,958,500 | 9,245,392 | 9,090,941 | Domestic |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 857 | 8,700,415 | 7,902,142 | 7,371,119 | 6,677,097 | 8,018,205 | 5,526,110 | 5,091,629 | Domestic |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 1573 | 8,033,641 | 7,982,218 | 6,910,809 | 5,602,408 | 7,704,098 | 5,829,712 | 5,269,481 | Domestic |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 1150 | 7,963,686 | 7,276,430 | 6,941,947 | 4,891,881 | 8,230,822 | 7,392,155 | 7,129,943 | Domestic |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 1081 | 7,714,758 | 8,355,225 | 6,321,194 | 7,910,793 | 8,117,461 | 6,518,997 | 6,833,684 | Domestic |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 1176 | 7,010,321 | 7,162,999 | 6,350,115 | 4,724,514 | 4,469,990 | Domestic | ||
Below this line are the former Top 11–50 flight routes. Data for popular 2019–2022 international routes might be provided, but a placement cannot be established. | |||||||||||
![]() | ![]() | 991 | 7,190,961 | 3,939,509 | 5,535,108 | 4,952,852 | Domestic | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 1217 | 6,555,365 | 4,679,294 | 4,445,654 | Domestic | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 328 | 6,297,916 | Domestic | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1294 | 5,604,043 | 4,885,602 | 4,656,308 | Domestic | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 1439 | 6,727,796 | 4,895,779 | 4,530,428 | 4,559,737 | Domestic | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 1559 | 4,734,834 | 5,092,442 | 4,951,620 | Domestic | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 407 | 4,728,321 | 7,248,300 | 5,131,757 | 5,106,584 | Domestic | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 293 | 4,176,876 | 3,106,224 | 2,793,383 #61 | Domestic | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 1401 | 4,060,426 | 4,512,830 | 3,886,963 | Domestic | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 1292 | 5,084,762 | 5,224,805 | 4,001,680 | 4,508,214 | 4,698,849 | Domestic | |||
![]() | ![]() | 1979 | 3,978,144 | 4,853,038 | 4,496,351 | Domestic | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 802 | 6,781,577 | 4,568,280 | 1,296,969 | 7,965,538 | 6,476,268 | 6,719,030 | International | ||
![]() | ![]() | 700 | 5,649,046 | 5,271,304 | Domestic | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1898 | 5,076,229 | 4,864,177 | Domestic | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 756 | 3,594,184 [8] | 1,093,231 [8] | 4,815,609 | 4,742,771 | Domestic | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 896 | 5,480,000 | 4,812,342 | 4,810,602 | International | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 1717 | 4,542,638 | 4,183,799 | Domestic | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 296 | 2,443,176 | 5,560,894 | 4,490,463 | 4,108,824 | International | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 378 | 4,234,631 | 4,096,193 | Domestic | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1247 | 4,463,658 | 4,053,909 | 4,162,347 | International | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 541 | 3,971,922 | 3,507,702 | Domestic | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 239 | 3,930,332 | 3,323,127 | Domestic | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 834 | 3,814,494 | 3,445,315 | Domestic | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 3982 | 3,635,655 | 3,531,613 | Domestic | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 698 | 3,612,373 | 3,325,261 | Domestic | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1379 | 2,806,475 [8] | 787,439 [8] | 3,565,266 | 3,545,156 | Domestic | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 570 | 3,519,525 | 3,233,871 | Domestic | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1694 | 4,826,872 | 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 #55 | International | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 583 | 3,201,414 | 3,000,513 | Domestic | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1177 | 3,198,700 | 3,118,651 | Domestic | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1142 | 816,810 | 3,798,559 | 3,170,193 | 2,812,479 #60 | International | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 466 | 3,170,177 | 2,996,806 | Domestic | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 348 | 3,084,250 | 3,496,438 | Domestic | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 2080 | 3,942,875 | 3,081,942 | 3,198,132 | International | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 1232 | 3,044,038 | 2,944,642 #52 | Domestic | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1145 | 3,852,991 | 3,008,842 | 2,907,228 #54 | International | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 685 | 3,396,189 | Domestic | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 5529 | 2,697,593 | 1,298,756 | 2,665,441 #74 | 3,210,121 | International | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 2587 | 2,923,578 #55 | 3,147,384 | International | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 5562 | 2,848,044 | 1,364,286 | 3,833,701 | 2,846,321 #61 | 2,972,817 | International | |||
![]() | ![]() | 2011 | 3,000,786 #51 | 2,962,707 | International |
Rank | Departing | Arriving | 2024 [1] | 2023 [2] | 2022 [3] | 2020/2019 [5] [a] | 2018 [6] | 2017 [9] [10] | 2015 (in millions) [11] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 6,781,577 | 4,568,280 | 7,965,538 (#9) | 6,476,268 (#8) | 6,719,030 (#8) | 5.1 | |
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 | 4,490,463 | 4,108,824 | 2.7 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,982,769 | 4,218,484 | 3,210,813 | 2,907,199 | |||
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,306,599 | 3,990,076 | 3,191,090 | ||||
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,201,802 | 4,826,872 | 3,490,988 | 3,438,628 | 3 | ||
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,069,071 | 3,910,502 | 5,480,000 | 4,812,342 | 4,810,602 | 3.4 | |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,033,344 | 3,478,474 | 3,832,494 | ||||
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,011,235 | 3,878,590 | 2,848,044 | 3,833,701 | 2,972,817 | ||
![]() | ![]() | 3,362,968 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 2,697,593 (prev 4th) | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 2,425,930 (prev 6th) | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 2,099,234 (prev 7th) | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1,977,537 (prev 8th) | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1,913,991 (prev 9th) | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1,898,749 (prev 10th) | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 4,463,658 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 3,942,875 | 3,081,942 | 3,198,132 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 3,852,991 | 3,008,842 | 2,907,228 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 3,798,559 | 3,170,193 | 2,812,479 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 2,923,578 | 3,147,384 | 2.7 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | 2,848,925 |
Departing | Arriving | 2024 [1] | 2023 [2] | 2022 [3] [12] | 2020 | 2019 [5] | 2018 [6] | 2017 [9] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asia | ||||||||
![]() | ![]() | 14,183,719 | 13,728,786 | 16,068,983 | 17,426,873 | 14,107,414 | 13,460,306 | |
Oceania | ||||||||
![]() | ![]() | 9,217,377 | 9,342,312 | 6,989,569 | 9,958,500 | 9,245,392 | 9,090,941 | |
Middle East | ||||||||
![]() | ![]() | 8,700,415 | 7,902,142 | 7,371,119 | 8,018,205 | 5,526,110 | 5,091,629 | |
South America | ||||||||
![]() | ![]() | 6,664,812 | 5,474,206 | 5,706,480 | ||||
Africa | ||||||||
![]() | ![]() | 5,084,762 | 5,224,805 | 6,072,196 | 4,508,214 | 4,698,849 | ||
North America | ||||||||
![]() | ![]() | 3,982,607 | 5,010,982 | 4,803,489 | 2,874,267 | 5,009,235 | 4,885,602 | 4,656,308 |
![]() | ![]() | 3,498,835 | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 3,158,918 | 3,130,328 | 3,928,203 | 4,658,377 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 3,158,654 | 3,241,663 | 3,971,922 | 3,531,613 | |||
Europe | ||||||||
![]() | ![]() | 2,869,842 | 2,859,582 | 2,033,205 | 820,742 | 2,173,939 | 2,035,723 | 1,944,728 |
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). [17]
Busiest flight routes inside the EU, UK, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway. Figures are only available for EU countries, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway. [b] [c] [d]
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 [23] | 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 [23] | 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 [24] |
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: [25]
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: [26]
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: [26]
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 [27] (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 [28] (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: [29]
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: [29]
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 | ![]() | ![]() | 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): [13]
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: [14]
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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12.2% of enplaned and deplaned domestic passengers