Engineering:List of busiest passenger flight routes

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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 in the 2020s. For previous data, see List of busiest passenger flight routes, 2010s

Global statistics

By available seats

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). OAG did not conduct the busiest flights survey in 2020.

Top 10 flight routes by available seats

Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 Distance (km) 2024[1] 2023[2] 2022[3] 2021[4]
1 Jeju Seoul–Gimpo 449 14,183,719 13,728,786 16,068,983 17,082,700
2 Sapporo–Chitose Tokyo–Haneda 835 11,931,572 11,936,302 10,216,765 8,171,324
3 Fukuoka Tokyo–Haneda 889 11,335,551 11,264,229 9,894,296 7,562,387
4 Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City 1171 10,631,435 10,883,555 8,562,009 6,806,131
5 Sydney Melbourne 705 9,217,377 9,342,312 6,996,156
6 Jeddah Riyadh 857 8,700,415 7,902,142 7,371,119 6,677,097
7 Tokyo–Haneda Naha 1573 8,033,641 7,982,218 6,910,809 5,602,408
8 Mumbai Delhi 1150 7,963,686 7,276,430 6,941,947 4,891,881
9 Beijing–Capital Shanghai–Hongqiao 1081 7,714,758 8,355,225 6,321,194 7,910,793
10 Guangzhou Shanghai–Hongqiao 1176 7,010,321 6,350,115
Jakarta Denpasar 991 7,190,961 6,741,923 3,939,509
Shanghai–Hongqiao Shenzhen 1217 6,555,365
Seoul–Gimpo Busan 328 6,297,916
Cancún Mexico City 1294 5,604,043
Jakarta Makassar 1439 4,895,779
Chengdu Beijing–Capital 1559 4,734,834
Tokyo–Haneda Osaka–Itami 407 4,728,321
Jeju Busan 293 4,176,876
Jakarta Medan 1401 4,060,426
Cape Town Johannesburg 1292 4,001,680
Beijing–Capital Shenzhen 1979 3,978,144
# Hong Kong Taipei–Taoyuan 802 6,781,577 4,568,280 1,296,969

International flight routes (airport pairs) by available seats

Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 2024[1] 2023[2] 2022[3] 2021[4][5]
1 Hong Kong Taipei-Taoyuan 6,781,577 4,568,280 1,296,969
2 Cairo Jeddah 5,469,274 4,795,712 3,234,683 2,031,882
3 Seoul-Incheon Tokyo-Narita 5,410,456 4,155,418
4 Kuala Lumpur Singapore 5,382,163 4,891,952 2,443,176
5 Seoul-Incheon Osaka-Kansai 4,982,769 4,218,484
6 Dubai Riyadh 4,306,599 3,990,076 3,191,090 1,540,444
7 Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi Hong Kong 4,201,802
8 Jakarta Singapore 4,069,071 3,910,502
9 Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi Singapore 4,033,344 3,478,474
10 London–Heathrow New York–JFK 4,011,235 3,878,590 2,848,044 1,364,286
Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi Seoul-Incheon 3,362,968
Dubai London–Heathrow 2,697,593 1,298,756
Dubai Jeddah 2,425,930
Mumbai Dubai 1,977,537
Cairo Riyadh 1,913,991 1,357,685
Delhi Dubai 1,898,749 1,381,137
Moscow Domodedovo Simferopol 2,333,305
Orlando San Juan 2,025,654
Moscow Sheremetyevo Simferopol 2,000,319
Tehran Imran Khomeini Istanbul 1,404,075
Bahrain Dubai 1,319,732
Cancun Dallas/Fort Worth 1,305,749
New York–JFK Santiago (DO) 1,304,148
Antalya Moscow Sheremetyevo 1,293,937
Houston Mexico City 1,282,394
Dubai Istanbul 1,221,880
New York–JFK Santo Domingo 1,199,942
Dubai Male 1,166,944

By aircraft movements

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.

Domestic

Domestic
Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 # of flights[6]
(Jan – Nov 2021) 		Airlines (2021)
1 Jeju (CJU) Seoul (GMP) 71,388 Air Busan, Air Seoul, Hi Air, Jeju Air, Jin Air, Korean Air, T'way Air
2 Seoul (GMP) Busan (PUS) 28,809 Air Busan, Air Seoul, Jeju Air, Jin Air, Korean Air, T'way Air
3 Jeddah (JED) Riyadh (RUH) 24,879 Flyadeal, Flynas, Saudia
4 Fukuoka (FUK) Tokyo (HND) 23,079 All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines, StarFlyer
5 Sapporo (CTS) Tokyo (HND) 21,851 Air Do, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines
6 Mexico City (MEX) Cancún (CUN) 21,352 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Magnicharters, VivaAerobús, Volaris
7 Shanghai (SHA) Shenzhen (SZX) 19,945 China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Juneyao Air, Shanghai Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Spring Airlines, XiamenAir
8 Beijing (PEK) Shanghai (SHA) 18,624 Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, OTT Airlines, Shanghai Airlines
9 Hanoi (HAN) Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) 18,342 Bamboo Airways, Pacific Airlines, VietJet Air, Vietnam Airlines, Vietravel Airlines
10 Bogotá (BOG) Rionegro (MDE) 18,086 Avianca, LATAM, Ultra Air, Viva Air, Wingo
11 Guangzhou (CAN) Shanghai (SHA) 18,066 Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Spring Airlines
12 Jeju (CJU) Busan (PUS) 17,630 Air Busan, Jeju Air, Jin Air, Korean Air, T'way Air
13 Mumbai (BOM) Delhi (DEL) 17,069 AirAsia India, Air India, Go First, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Vistara
14 Los Angeles (LAX) San Francisco (SFO) 15,828 Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, American Eagle, Delta Air Lines, Delta Connection, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines
15 Okinawa (OKA) Tokyo (HND) 15,687 All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines, Solaseed Air
16 Cape Town (CPT) Johannesburg (JNB) 15,208 Airlink, CemAir, FlySafair, LIFT Airline, South African Airways
17 Chengdu (CTU) Beijing (PEK) 15,180 Air China, Hainan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines
18 Los Angeles (LAX) Las Vegas (LAS) 15,026 Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, JSX, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, United Express, United Airlines
19 Chengdu (CTU) Guangzhou (CAN) 14,746 Beijing Capital Airlines, Chengdu Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Sichuan Airlines
20 Bogotá (BOG) Cali (CLO) 14,604 Avianca, LATAM, Ultra Air, Viva Air, Wingo

International

The only international route to make the Top 50 busiest routes in 2021 was between Saint Barthélemy (SBH) and Sint Maarten (SXM).[7]

Regional statistics

Europe

Busiest flight routes inside the EU, UK, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway. Figures are only available for EU countries, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway. Passengers of domestic routes in countries is fewer than 1 million, except for Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey, based on airport statistics among other European countries (excluding EU members, Switzerland, Iceland, and Norway). The St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport – Moscow (three airports) route was used by 2,965,331 passengers in 2013.[8]

The UK has not reported for 2021 and parts of 2020, due to Brexit, but data is available from EU/Eurostat countries for flights to/from the UK, but not for UK domestic or UK intercontinental flights. The multiple airports of London lower the airport-to-airport figures; the busiest UK domestic route in 2019 was Heathrow – Edinburgh with 1,196,921.

Data retrieved from Eurostat, 2020–2022[9]
Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 2022 2021 2020
1 Barcelona/El Prat Palma de Mallorca 2,033,205 1,220,540 820,742
2 Madrid/Barajas Palma de Mallorca 1,877,938 1,140,759 793,794
3 Oslo/Gardermoen Trondheim 1,839,520 1,005,775 918,615
4 Oslo/Gardermoen Bergen 1,737,598 991,026 869,489
5 Madrid/Barajas Barcelona/El Prat 1,715,592 1,013,754 754,090
6 Rome/Fiumicino Catania 1,541,879 1,060,641 648,964
7 Madrid/Barajas File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Lisbon 1,538,344 573,206 415,465
8 Madrid/Barajas Gran Canaria 1,430,978 937,084 638,092
9 Oslo/Gardermoen Stavanger 1,392,824 785,512 720,102
10 Madrid/Barajas Tenerife Norte 1,291,140 875,428 617,739
11 Athens/El. Venizelos Thessaloniki/Macedonia 1.204,852 826,643 551,914
Rome/Fiumicino Palermo/Falcone Borsellino 1,176,181 741,588 549,692
Oslo/Gardermoen Tromsø 722,576 606,927
Madrid/Barajas Paris/Orly 1,371,546 707,707 460,765
Paris/CDG Nice 699,762 744,588
Athens/El. Venizelos Heraklion 650,400 504,120
Athens/El. Venizelos Larnaca 622,148 427,252
Madrid/Barajas Ibiza 610,232 368,182
Amsterdam Barcelona/El Prat 608,458 377,835
Berlin/Brandenburg Frankfurt/Main 574,588 382,232
Amsterdam Paris/CDG 574,320 495,151
Paris/CDG Amsterdam/Schiphol 570,825 492,723
Athens/El. Venizelos Santorini 569,193 294,903
Aalborg Copenhagen 557,869 353,196
Berlin/Brandenburg Palma de Mallorca
Paris/CDG Toulouse 497,045 521,138
Larnaca Athens/El. Venizelos 485,950 392,679
Oslo/Gardermoen Bodø 480,661 398,431
Stockholm/Arlanda Luleå 467,608 402,949
Amsterdam/Schiphol Madrid/Barajas 1,207,458 458,560 359,582
Rome/Fiumicino Cagliari, Sardinia 457,430 363,665
Rome/Fiumicino Madrid/Barajas 457,135 291,571
Madrid/Barajas Rome/Fiumicino 1,291,186 457,111 288,463
Amsterdam/Schiphol File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Lisbon 442,593 332,296
Athens/El. Venizelos Paris/CDG 435,115 297,056
Amsterdam/Schiphol Málaga/Costa del Sol 430,838 229,366
Athens/El. Venizelos Rhodes 428,845 294,090
Athens/El. Venizelos Chania, Crete 427,966 274,263
Madrid/Barajas London/Heathrow 425,692 454,469
Paris/CDG Barcelona/El Prat 420,862 348,322
Paris/CDG Bordeaux 413,802 295,201
Madrid/Barajas Frankfurt/Main 413,715 304,230
Copenhagen Oslo/Gardermoen 412,499 413,728
Brussels Madrid/Barajas 410,557 279,122
Madrid/Barajas Brussels 410,359 278,738
Rome/Fiumicino Paris/CDG 406,047 344,462
Oslo/Gardermoen Copenhagen 405,422 405,748
Template:Country data EIR Dublin London/Heathrow 404,011 445,413
Oslo/Gardermoen Harstad/Narvik 403,916 319,663
Paris/CDG Rome/Fiumicino 402,923 343,027

National statistics

Brazil

Busiest domestic flight routes in Brazil by passengers[10]
Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 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

China

Busiest domestic flight routes in China by seats
Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 2024[1] 2023[2]
1 Beijing Shanghai Hongqiao 7,714,758 8,355,225
2 Guangzhou Baiyun Shanghai Hongqiao 7,010,321 7,162,999
3 Shanghai Hongqiao Shenzhen 6,856,215 6,969,789
4 Beijing Shenzhen 5,603,413 5,273,976
5 Guangzhou Baiyun Hangzhou 4,642,437 4,662,975
6 Chengdu Beijing 4,600,812 4,161,165
7 Guangzhou Baiyun Beijing 4,272,117 3,783,605
8 Hangzhou Shenzhen 4,266,024 4,281,873
9 Guangzhou Baiyun Beijing Daxing 4,132,304 4,269,799
10 Chongqing Shenzhen 3,239,066
Beijing Daxing Shenzhen 3,302,381

India

Busiest domestic flight routes from/to Indian cities by passengers
Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 2023–2024[11] 2022–2023 2011–2022 2020–2021[12] 2020–2021
1 Delhi Mumbai 6,466,940 1,430,543
2 Bengaluru Delhi 4,779,347 1,240,378
3 Bengaluru Mumbai 4,433,746 691,598
4 Delhi Hyderabad 2,916,911 1,065,132
5 Delhi Kolkata 2,821,077 938,388
6 Delhi Pune 2,805,587 809,773
7 Delhi Srinagar 2,625,483 1,261,630
8 Mumbai Chennai 2,486,921
9 Delhi Ahmedabad 2,402,170 711,690
10 Delhi Chennai 2,317,258 739,220
11 Mumbai Hyderabad 2,248,905
12 Bengaluru Hyderabad 2,140,533
13 Mumbai Ahmedabad 2,108,650
14 Bengaluru Kolkata 1,957,504
15 Bengaluru Pune 1,783,570
– Kolkata Bengaluru 1,262,780
– Delhi Patna 1,072,840
– Delhi Goa 765,398
– Delhi Guwahati 747,471
– Mumbai Goa 730,108
– Kolkata Hyderabad 674,027

Mexico

Busiest domestic flight routes in Mexico by passengers[13]
Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
1 Mexico City Cancún 4,335,174 4,803,489 4,546,906 2,874,267
2 Monterrey Mexico City 3,404,529 3,180,969 2,244,156 1,563,243
3 Mexico City Guadalajara 3,012,874 2,916,413 1,940,131 1,536,441
4 Tijuana Mexico City 2,300,547 2,519,260 2,133,168 1,307,478
5 Tijuana Guadalajara 2,142,087 2,209,718 1,825,055 1,301,775
6 Mexico City Mérida 1,896,586 1,943,683 1,416,257 909,396
7 Monterrey Cancún 1,810,719 1,650,289 1,458,920 822,601
8 Puerto Vallarta Mexico City 1,140,366 1,333,474 1,008,024 575,158
9 Guadalajara Cancún 1,098,997 1,026,505 1,051,887 635,422
10 San José del Cabo Mexico City 1,071,051 1,215,421 994,510 594,263
Busiest international flight routes from/to Mexico by passengers
Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
1 Cancún Dallas/Fort Worth 1,160,043 1,215,860 1,026,047 507,946
2 Cancún Houston/Intercontinental 1,137,242 1,112,498 930,801 504,622
3 Guadalajara Los Angeles 1,079,804 903,149 787,850 530,232
4 Mexico City Madrid 1,030,882 900,028 504,962 265,919
5 Cancún Chicago/O'Hare 1,011,503 992,998 806,188 409,671
6 Mexico City Bogotá 925,729 912,549 432,080 233,726
7 Mexico City Los Angeles 891,713 846,757 771,673 379,603
8 Mexico City Houston/Intercontinental 889,431 879,133 961,069 332,243
9 Cancún Atlanta 884,252 759,622 586,573 303,913
10 Cancún Toronto-Pearson 772,937 546,583 119,334 298,135


See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Busiest Flight Routes in the World 2024" (in en). https://www.oag.com/busiest-routes-world-2024. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Busiest Flight Routes in the World 2023" (in en). https://www.oag.com/busiest-routes-world-2023. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Busiest Routes 2022". OAG. https://www.oag.com/hubfs/free-reports/busiest-routes/Busiest-Routes-2022-OAG.pdf. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "World's Busiest Airline Routes of 2021". OAG. https://www.oag.com/busiest-airline-routes-2021. 
  5. ↑ OAG. "Busiest Int'l 2021". https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/10411430/embed. 
  6. ↑ "The Cirium Airline Insights Review 2021" (PDF). Cirium. p. 9. https://resources.cirium.com/cirium-airline-insights-review-2021. 
  7. ↑ "What Were The Busiest Routes In 2021?". 28 December 2021. https://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/297312/what-were-the-busiest-routes-in-2021/?highlight=busiest%20routes. 
  8. ↑ "Airport Indicators". Pulkovo Airport. http://www.pulkovoairport.ru/en/about/performance/. 
  9. ↑ [1] Search the "avia_par_fr", "avia_par_no" etc datasets (accessed May 2022)
  10. ↑ "Consulta Interativa – Indicadores do Mercado de Transporte Aéreo" (in pt-br). https://www.gov.br/anac/pt-br/assuntos/dados-e-estatisticas/mercado-de-transporte-aereo/consulta-interativa/demanda-e-oferta-origem-destino. 
  11. ↑ "Directorate General of Civil Aviation". https://www.dgca.gov.in/digigov-portal/?page=jsp/dgca/InventoryList/dataReports/aviationDataStatistics/airTransport/domestic/yearly/28/Normal/TABLE%205.01%20(INDIAN%20CITY-WISE%20PASSENGER%20TRAFFIC).pdf&mainundefined. 
  12. ↑ "City pairwise scheduled domestic passenger traffic statistics for the year 2020–2021". https://www.dgca.gov.in/digigov-portal/?page=jsp/dgca/InventoryList/dataReports/aviationDataStatistics/airTransport/domestic/yearly/24/Normal/INDIAN%20CITY%20PAIR%20WISE%20PASSENGER%20TRAFFIC/CITY%20PAIR%20WISE%20SCHEDULED%20DOMESTIC%20PASSENGER%20TRAFFIC%20STATISTICS.pdf. 
  13. ↑ "Traffic Statistics by City Pairs". Aviation Statistics. Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil. 2024. https://www.gob.mx/afac/acciones-y-programas/estadisticas-280404. 

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