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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.
Rank | Departing | Arriving | Distance (km) | 2023[1] | 2022[2] | 2021[3] | 2019[4] | 2018[5] | 2017[6] | Type |
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449 | 13,728,786 | 16,068,983 | 17,082,700 | 17,426,873 | 14,107,414 | 13,460,306 | Domestic |
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835 | 11,936,302 | 10,216,765 | 8,171,324 | 12,498,468 | 9,698,639 | 8,726,502 | Domestic |
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889 | 11,264,229 | 9,894,296 | 7,562,387 | 11,400,018 | 8,762,547 | 7,864,000 | Domestic |
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1171 | 10,883,555 | 8,562,009 | 6,806,131 | 10,253,530 | 6,867,114 | 6,769,823 | Domestic |
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705 | 9,342,312 | 6,996,156 | 2,119,779[7] | 9,958,500 | 9,245,392 | 9,090,941 | Domestic |
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1081 | 8,355,225 | 6,321,194 | 7,910,793 | 8,117,461 | 6,518,997 | 6,833,684 | Domestic |
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1573 | 7,982,218 | 6,910,809 | 5,602,408 | 7,704,098 | 5,829,712 | 5,269,481 | Domestic |
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857 | 7,902,142 | 7,371,119 | 6,677,097 | 8,018,205 | 5,526,110 | 5,091,629 | Domestic |
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1150 | 7,276,430 | 6,941,947 | 4,891,881 | 8,230,822 | 7,392,155 | 7,129,943 | Domestic |
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991 | 7,190,961 | 6,741,923 | 3,939,509 | 5,535,108 | 4,952,852 | Domestic | |
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1217 | 6,555,365 | 4,679,294 | 4,445,654 | Domestic | ||||
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1176 | 6,350,115 | 4,724,514 | 4,469,990 | Domestic | ||||
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328 | 6,297,916 | Domestic | ||||||
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1294 | 5,604,043 | 4,885,602 | 4,656,308 | Domestic | ||||
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1439 | 4,895,779 | 4,530,428 | 4,559,737 | Domestic | ||||
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1559 | 4,734,834 | 5,092,442 | 4,951,620 | Domestic | ||||
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407 | 4,728,321 | 7,248,300 | 5,131,757 | 5,106,584 | Domestic | |||
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293 | 4,176,876 | 3,106,224 | 2,793,383 #61 | Domestic | ||||
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1401 | 4,060,426 | 4,512,830 | 3,886,963 | Domestic | ||||
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1292 | 4,001,680 | 4,508,214 | 4,698,849 | Domestic | ||||
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1979 | 3,978,144 | 4,853,038 | 4,496,351 | Domestic | ||||
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802 | 3,489,592 | 1,296,969 | 7,965,538 | 6,476,268 | 6,719,030 | International | ||
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700 | 5,649,046 | 5,271,304 | Domestic | |||||
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1898 | 5,076,229 | 4,864,177 | Domestic | |||||
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756 | 3,594,184[7] | 1,093,231[7] | 4,815,609 | 4,742,771 | Domestic | |||
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896 | 5,480,000 | 4,812,342 | 4,810,602 | International | ||||
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1717 | 4,542,638 | 4,183,799 | Domestic | |||||
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296 | 2,443,176 | 5,560,894 | 4,490,463 | 4,108,824 | International | |||
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378 | 4,234,631 | 4,096,193 | Domestic | |||||
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1247 | 4,463,658 | 4,053,909 | 4,162,347 | International | ||||
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541 | 3,971,922 | 3,507,702 | Domestic | |||||
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239 | 3,930,332 | 3,323,127 | Domestic | |||||
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834 | 3,814,494 | 3,445,315 | Domestic | |||||
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3982 | 3,635,655 | 3,531,613 | Domestic | |||||
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698 | 3,612,373 | 3,325,261 | Domestic | |||||
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1379 | 2,806,475[7] | 787,439[7] | 3,565,266 | 3,545,156 | Domestic | |||
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570 | 3,519,525 | 3,233,871 | Domestic | |||||
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1694 | 4,826,872 | 3,490,988 | 3,438,628 | International | ||||
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729 | 3,474,971 | 3,202,091 | Domestic | |||||
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1333 | 3,431,999 | 3,153,548 | Domestic | |||||
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617 | 3,256,718 | 3,210,368 | Domestic | |||||
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569 | 3,212,124 | 3,155,528 | Domestic | |||||
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872 | 3,210,813 | 2,907,199 #55 | International | |||||
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583 | 3,201,414 | 3,000,513 | Domestic | |||||
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1177 | 3,198,700 | 3,118,651 | Domestic | |||||
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1142 | 816,810 | 3,798,559 | 3,170,193 | 2,812,479 #60 | International | |||
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466 | 3,170,177 | 2,996,806 | Domestic | |||||
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348 | 3,084,250 | 3,496,438 | Domestic | |||||
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2080 | 3,942,875 | 3,081,942 | 3,198,132 | International | ||||
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1232 | 3,044,038 | 2,944,642 #52 | Domestic | |||||
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1145 | 3,852,991 | 3,008,842 | 2,907,228 #54 | International | ||||
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685 | 3,396,189 | Domestic | ||||||
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5529 | 2,697,593 | 1,298,756 | 2,665,441 #74 | 3,210,121 | International | |||
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2587 | 2,923,578 #55 | 3,147,384 | International | |||||
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5562 | 2,848,044 | 1,364,286 | 3,833,701 | 2,846,321 #61 | 2,972,817 | International | ||
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2011 | 3,000,786 #51 | 2,962,707 | International |
Rank | Departing | Arriving | 2023[1] | 2022[2] | 2019[4] | 2018[5] | 2017[8][9] | 2015 (in millions)[10] |
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4,891,952 | 2,443,176 | 5,560,894 | 4,490,463 | 4,108,824 | 2.7 |
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4,795,712 | 3,234,683 | ||||
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4,568,280 | 7,965,538 (#9) | 6,476,268 (#8) | 6,719,030 (#8) | ||
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4,218,484 | 3,210,813 | 2,907,199 | |||
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4,155,418 | |||||
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3,990,076 | 3,191,090 | ||||
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3,910,502 | 5,480,000 | 4,812,342 | 4,810,602 | 3.4 | |
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3,878,590 | 2,848,044 | 3,833,701 | 2,972,817 | ||
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3,478,474 | 3,832,494 | ||||
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2,425,930
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4,826,872 | 3,490,988 | 3,438,628 | 3 | |||
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3,942,875 | 3,081,942 | 3,198,132 | ||||
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3,852,991 | 3,008,842 | 2,907,228 | ||||
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3,798,559 | 3,170,193 | 2,812,479 | ||||
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2,923,578 | 3,147,384 | 2.7 | ||||
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Departing | Arriving | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019[4] | 2018[5] | 2017[8] |
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Asia | |||||||
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13,728,786[1] | 16,068,983[2] | 17,426,873 | 14,107,414 | 13,460,306 | |
Oceania | |||||||
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9,342,312[1] | 6,989,569 | 9,958,500 | 9,245,392 | 9,090,941 | |
Middle East | |||||||
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7,902,142[1] | 7,371,119 | 8,018,205 | 5,526,110 | 5,091,629 | |
South America | |||||||
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5,706,480 | |||||
Africa | |||||||
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6,072,196 | 4,508,214 | 4,698,849 | |||
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4,803,489 | 2,874,267 | 5,009,235 | 4,885,602 | 4,656,308 | |
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3,928,203[12] | 4,658,377 | ||||
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3,971,922 | 3,531,613 | ||||
Europe | |||||||
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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).[15]
Rank | Airport Pair | # of Flights[16] (March 2018 - Feb 2019) |
Airlines | |
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30,187 | Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines, AirAsia, Jetstar Asia, Malindo Air, Scoot, Firefly, Saudia |
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28,447 | Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, EVA Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines |
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27,046 | Singapore Airlines, Garuda, Lion Air, Jetstar Asia, Indonesia AirAsia, Scoot, Batik Air |
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20,678 | China Eastern Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Spring Airline, Juneyao Airlines |
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19,741 | Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Lion Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Malindo Airways, Garuda Indonesia, KLM |
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19,711 | Asiana Airlines, Korean Air, Jin Air, Jeju Airlines, Peach Aviation, Easter Jet, T'way Air |
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17,038 | Air Canada, Westjet, American Airlines |
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15,770 | Cathay Pacific, Korean Air, HK Express, Asiana Airlines, Jeju Airlines, Easter Jet, T'way Air, Jin Air, Jeju Airlines |
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14,698 | Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, Scoot, Jetstar Asia |
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14,581 | Emirates, Flydubai, Kuwait Airways, Jazeera Airways |
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14,556 | Cathay Pacific, Thai Airways, Hong Kong Airlines, Emirates, HK Express |
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14,537 | Air China, Hong Kong Airlines, Cathay Pacific, China Southern Airlines |
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14,195 | British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways |
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13,902 | China Airlines, EVA Air, Peach Aviation, Japan Airlines, ANA, Cathay Pacific, Jetstar Japan |
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13,855 | Aer Lingus, British Airways |
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13,708 | China Eastern Airlines, Air China, Juneyao Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Spring Airlines |
17 | ![]() |
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13,654 | Cathay Pacific Airways, Singapore Airlines, Scoot, Jetstar Asia |
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13,503 | Air Canada, United Airlines, American Airlines |
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13,420 | Asiana Airlines, Korean Air, Jeju Airlines, Eastar Jet, Jin Air, T'way Air, Japan Airlines |
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13,325 | All Nippon Airways, China Airlines, EVA Air, Japan Airlines, Starlux Airlines, Tigerair Taiwan |
Busiest flight routes inside the EU, UK, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway*
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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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 [17] | 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 [17] | 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 |
* Figures are only available for EU countries, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway.
** Madrid – Barcelona had 4,627,000 passengers in 2007, meaning a reduction by 34% in 2010, partly because of a new high-speed railway. The decline has continued from 560 weekly flights in 2010 to 380 in 2012.[19]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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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 |
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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) |
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1 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,771,614 | 5,106,040 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,836,588 | 5,051,518[20] |
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:[21]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2022) |
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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:[22]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2017) |
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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:[22]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2017) |
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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[23] (all passengers including connecting):
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2019) |
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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[24] (all passengers including connecting):
Rank | Australian airport | Overseas airport | Passengers (2019) |
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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:[25]
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:[25]
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 | ![]() |
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6,996,834 |
2 | ![]() |
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4,351,143 |
3 | ![]() |
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3,954,618 |
4 | ![]() |
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3,199,982 |
5 | ![]() |
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2,936,141 |
6 | ![]() |
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2,604,253 |
7 | ![]() |
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2,538,612 |
8 | ![]() |
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2,323,511 |
9 | ![]() |
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2,192,536 |
10 | ![]() |
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2,184,190 |
11 | ![]() |
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2,142,980 |
12 | ![]() |
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2,133,939 |
13 | ![]() |
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2,012,039 |
14 | ![]() |
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2,002,020 |
15 | ![]() |
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1,863,918 |
Busiest international flight routes from/to Indian cities:
Rank | City Pair | Passengers | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
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2,378,916 |
2 | ![]() |
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1,966,260 |
3 | ![]() |
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1,093,580 |
4 | ![]() |
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1,068,343 |
5 | ![]() |
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1,037,314 |
6 | ![]() |
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1,017,254 |
7 | ![]() |
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940,521 |
8 | ![]() |
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865,088 |
9 | ![]() |
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855,420 |
10 | ![]() |
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850,170 |
11 | ![]() |
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824,590 |
12 | ![]() |
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767,262 |
13 | ![]() |
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751,112 |
14 | ![]() |
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750,562 |
15 | ![]() |
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743,817 |
Busiest domestic flight routes in Mexico (passengers):[11]
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:[13]
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:[32]
The statistics below are based on metro areas, not individual airports.
1 Includes very detailed statistics regarding busiest passenger flight routes to/from and within this region
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