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

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Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 Distance (km) 2025[1] 2024[2] 2023[3] 2022[4] 2021[5]
1 Jeju Seoul–Gimpo 449 14,384,766 14,183,719 13,728,786 16,068,983 17,082,700
2 Sapporo–Chitose Tokyo–Haneda 835 12,099,499 11,931,572 11,936,302 10,216,765 8,171,324
3 Fukuoka Tokyo–Haneda 889 11,496,706 11,335,551 11,264,229 9,894,296 7,562,387
4 Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City 1171 11,078,775 10,631,435 10,883,555 8,562,009 6,806,131
5 Jeddah Riyadh 857 9,819,558 8,700,415 7,902,142 7,371,119 6,677,097
5 Sydney Melbourne 705 8,951,497 9,217,377 9,342,312 6,996,156
7 Tokyo–Haneda Naha 1573 8,052,864 8,033,641 7,982,218 6,910,809 5,602,408
8 Mumbai Delhi 1150 7,642,016 7,963,686 7,276,430 6,941,947 4,891,881
9 Beijing–Capital Shanghai–Hongqiao 1081 7,454,950 7,714,758 8,355,225 6,321,194 7,910,793
10 Shanghai–Hongqiao Shenzhen 1217 7,138,673 6,856,215 6,969,789 6,555,365
Hong Kong Taipei–Taoyuan 802 6,832,683 6,781,577 4,568,280 1,296,969
Guangzhou Shanghai–Hongqiao 1176 6,354,894 7,010,321 7,162,999 6,350,115
Jakarta Denpasar 991 7,190,961 6,741,923 3,939,509
Seoul–Gimpo Busan 328 6,297,916
Bogotá Medellín 232 6,219,202 6,664,812
Cancún Mexico City 1294 5,604,043
Beijing–Capital Shenzhen 1979 5,593,766 5,603,413 5,273,976 3,978,144
Cape Town Johannesburg 1292 5,475,986 5,084,762 4,001,680
Jakarta Makassar 1439 4,895,779
Tokyo–Haneda Osaka–Itami 407 4,728,321
Chengdu Beijing–Capital 1559 4,605,879 4,600,812 4,734,834
Jeju Busan 293 4,176,876
Jakarta Medan 1401 4,060,426
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International flight routes (airport pairs) by available seats

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Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 2025[1] 2024[2] 2023[3] 2022[4] 2021[5][6]
1 Hong Kong Taipei-Taoyuan 6,832,683 6,781,577 4,568,280 1,296,969
2 Cairo Jeddah 5,753,491 5,469,274 4,795,712 3,234,683 2,031,882
3 Kuala Lumpur Singapore 5,574,409 5,382,163 4,891,952 2,443,176
4 Seoul-Incheon Tokyo-Narita 5,069,779 5,410,456 4,155,418
5 Seoul-Incheon Osaka-Kansai 4,959,596 4,982,769 4,218,484
6 Jakarta Singapore 4,619,323 4,069,071 3,910,502
7 Dubai Riyadh 4,465,632 4,306,599 3,990,076 3,191,090 1,540,444
8 Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi Hong Kong 4,169,125 4,201,802
9 Taipei-Taoyuan Tokyo-Narita 4,021,181
10 London–Heathrow New York–JFK 3,971,000 4,011,235 3,878,590 2,848,044 1,364,286
Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi Singapore 4,033,344 3,478,474
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 2,436,988 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
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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

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Domestic
Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 # of flights[7]
(Jan – Nov 2021)		 Airlines (2025)
1 Jeju (CJU) Seoul (GMP)71,388Air Busan, Air Seoul, Asiana Airlines, Eastar Jet, Jeju Air, Jin Air, Korean Air, Parata Air, T'way Air
2 Seoul (GMP) Busan (PUS)28,809Air Busan, Eastar Jet, Jeju Air, Jin Air, Korean Air, T'way Air
3 Jeddah (JED) Riyadh (RUH)24,879Flyadeal, Flynas, Saudia
4 Fukuoka (FUK) Tokyo (HND)23,079All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines, StarFlyer
5 Sapporo (CTS) Tokyo (HND)21,851Air Do, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines
6 Mexico City (MEX) Cancún (CUN)21,352Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Magnicharters, VivaAerobús, Volaris
7 Shanghai (SHA) Shenzhen (SZX)19,945China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Juneyao Air, Shanghai Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Spring Airlines, XiamenAir
8 Beijing (PEK) Shanghai (SHA)18,624Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, OTT Airlines, Shanghai Airlines
9 Hanoi (HAN) Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)18,342Bamboo Airways, Pacific Airlines, VietJet Air, Vietnam Airlines, Vietravel Airlines
10 Bogotá (BOG) Rionegro (MDE)18,086Avianca, LATAM, Ultra Air, Viva Air, Wingo
11 Guangzhou (CAN) Shanghai (SHA)18,066Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Spring Airlines
12 Jeju (CJU) Busan (PUS)17,630Air Busan, Jeju Air, Eastar Jet, Jin Air, Korean Air
13 Mumbai (BOM) Delhi (DEL)17,069AirAsia India, Air India, Go First, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Vistara
14 Los Angeles (LAX) San Francisco (SFO)15,828Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, American Eagle, Delta Air Lines, Delta Connection, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines
15 Okinawa (OKA) Tokyo (HND)15,687All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines, Solaseed Air
16 Cape Town (CPT) Johannesburg (JNB)15,208Airlink, CemAir, FlySafair, LIFT Airline, South African Airways
17 Chengdu (CTU) Beijing (PEK)15,180Air China, Hainan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines
18 Los Angeles (LAX) Las Vegas (LAS)15,026Alaska 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)14,746Beijing Capital Airlines, Chengdu Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Sichuan Airlines
20 Bogotá (BOG) Cali (CLO)14,604Avianca, LATAM, Ultra Air, Viva Air, Wingo
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International

The only international route to make the Top 50 busiest routes in 2021 was between Saint Barthélemy (SBH) and Sint Maarten (SXM).[8]

Regional statistics

Europe by passengers carried

Busiest flight routes originating within the EU, Switzerland, and Turkey. Passenger numbers are reported for routes with more than 1.2 million passengers, based on airport statistics collected by Eurostat. Therfore, domestic routes within the UK, Norway or Russia, as well as international routes involving the UK, Norway and Russia (that do not originate in the EU, Switzerland, or Turkey) are excluded.

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Data retrieved from Eurostat, 2020–2024[9]
RankAirport 1Airport 2 2024 2023202220212020
1 Istanbul/Sabiha Gökçen Antalya 2,357,074 2,244,493
2 Barcelona/El Prat Palma de Mallorca 2,323,085 2,281,0172,033,2051,220,540820,742
3 Madrid/Barajas Palma de Mallorca 2,206,891 2,037,8231,877,9381,140,759793,794
4 Madrid/Barajas Barcelona/El Prat 2,036,488 1,931,7821,715,5921,013,754754,090
5 Istanbul Teheran 2,050,223 1,978,704
6 Madrid/Barajas Rome/Fiumicino 1,979,946 1,755,2661,291,186457,111288,463
7 Madrid/Barajas Gran Canaria 1,970,045 1,604,8671,430,978937,084638,092
8 Rome/Fiumicino Catania 1,941,657 1,557,3981,541,8791,060,641648,964
9 Madrid/Barajas Lisbon 1,905,986 1,857,7631,538,344573,206415,465
10 Dublin London/Heathrow 1,903,141 1,693,6231,319,845404,011445,413
11 Istanbul Izmir 1,899,873 1,846,027
12 Paris/CDG New York/JFK 1,852,909 1,770,083 1,474,421
Oslo/Gardermoen Trondheim N/A N/A1,839,5201,005,775918,615
13 Paris/CDG Nice 1,835,263 1,660,4711,598,238699,762744,588
Oslo/Gardermoen Bergen N/A N/A1,737,598991,026869,489
Oslo/Gardermoen Stavanger N/A N/A1,392,824785,512720,102
14 Madrid/Barajas Tenerife Norte 1,785,863 1,427,7561,291,140875,428617,739
15 Istanbul Antalya 1,743,262 1,793,235
16 Istanbul/Sabiha Gökçen Izmir 1,724,367 1,657,581
17 Barcelona/El Prat Rome/Fiumicino 1,706,636 1,487,935 952,609
18 Athens/El. Venizelos Thessaloniki/Macedonia 1,649,094 1,488,2101,348,368826,643551,914
19 Rome/Fiumicino Palermo/Falcone Borsellino 1,675,982 1,392,7671,176,181741,588549,692
20 Madrid/Barajas Paris/Orly 1,585,160 1,595,3531,371,546707,707460,765
21 Amsterdam Barcelona/El Prat 1,560,944 1,464,3781,207,526608,458377,835
22 Antalya Moscow/Vnukovo 1,574,990 1,428,502
23 Madrid/Barajas London/Heathrow 1,550,044 1,471,8511,184,916425,692454,469
24 Istanbul/Sabiha Gökçen Ercan 1,547,419
25 Madrid/Barajas Bogotá 1,546,093 1,332,494 1,089,805
26 Paris/Orly Lisbon 1,527,513 1,536,968 1,265,314
27 Ankara Istanbul 1,497,202 1,467,255
28 Amsterdam London/Heathrow 1,460,366 1,385,669 1,140,162
29 Athens/El. Venizelos Heraklion 1,452,941 1,236,1071,129,938650,400504,120
30 Istanbul Dubai 1,429,665 1,401,593
31 Frankfurt/Main London/Heathrow 1,410,787 1,326,501 1,039,663
32 Trabzon Istanbul/Sabiha Gökçen 1,406,683 1,210,112
33 Lisbon Madeira 1,395,044 1,351,864 1,224,493
34 Düsseldorf Palma de Mallorca 1,378,269 1,314,889 1,290,938
35 Athens/El. Venizelos Santorini 1,377,866 1,217,9581,091,316569,193294,903
36 Antalya Moscow/Sheremetyevo 1,373,168 976,754
37 Athens/El. Venizelos Larnaca 1,365,755 1,205,3201,124,993622,148427,252
38 Paris/CDG Montreal/Trudeau 1,361,014 1,426,032 1,191,698
39 Oslo/Gardermoen Copenhagen 1,358,355 1,339,2461,214,749405,422405,748
40 Barcelona/El Prat London/Gatwick 1,353,516 1,277,136 1,008,822
41 Istanbul/Sabiha Gökçen Ankara 1,329,543 1,295,193
42 Barcelona/El Prat Lisbon 1,305,408 1,184,992 919,674
43 Munich London/Heathrow 1,304,262 1,202,640 929,055
44 Amsterdam/Schiphol Dublin 1,297,434 1,187,883 1,003,177
45 Paris/CDG Barcelona/El Prat 1,291,815 1,120,5861,104,723420,862348,322
46 Istanbul London/Heathrow 1,281,925 1,219,212
47 Munich Hamburg 1,281,439 1,179,665 1,040,077
48 Copenhagen Stockholm/Arlanda 1,291,795 1,183,193 967,547
49 Barcelona/El Prat Milano/Malpensa 1,279,578 977,917 788,230
50 Paris/Orly Toulouse 1,276,245 1,439,153 1,661,460
51 Paris/CDG Dublin 1,268,474 1,233,921 1,063,771
52 Barcelona/El Prat Ibiza 1,259,182 1,241,182 1,101,128
53 Istanbul Moscow/Vnukovo 1,235,902 1,141,894
54 Amsterdam/Schiphol Madrid/Barajas 1,229,639 1,076,562980,534458,560359,582
55 Madrid/Barajas Mexico City 1,208,106 1,086,861 907,328
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National statistics

Brazil

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Busiest domestic flight routes in Brazil by passengers[10]
RankAirport 1Airport 22022
1Rio de Janeiro-Santos DumontSão Paulo-Congonhas2,978,669
2Porto AlegreSão Paulo-Congonhas1,630,763
3BrasíliaSão Paulo-Congonhas1,565,820
4RecifeSão Paulo-Guarulhos1,545,757
5Porto AlegreSão Paulo-Guarulhos1,524,626
6Belo HorizonteSão Paulo-Congonhas1,494,260
7SalvadorSão Paulo-Congonhas1,290,367
8Belo HorizonteSão Paulo-Guarulhos1,234,256
9RecifeSão Paulo-Congonhas1,169,156
10BrasíliaRio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont1,142,563
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China

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Busiest domestic flight routes in China by seats
RankAirport 1Airport 2 2024[2]2023[3]
1BeijingShanghai Hongqiao 7,714,7588,355,225
2Guangzhou BaiyunShanghai Hongqiao 7,010,3217,162,999
3Shanghai HongqiaoShenzhen 6,856,2156,969,789
4BeijingShenzhen 5,603,4135,273,976
5Guangzhou BaiyunHangzhou 4,642,4374,662,975
6ChengduBeijing 4,600,8124,161,165
7Guangzhou BaiyunBeijing 4,272,1173,783,605
8HangzhouShenzhen 4,266,0244,281,873
9Guangzhou BaiyunBeijing Daxing 4,132,3044,269,799
10ChongqingShenzhen 3,239,066
Beijing Daxing Shenzhen 3,302,381
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India

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Busiest domestic flight routes from/to Indian cities by passengers
RankAirport 1Airport 22023–2024[11] 2022–2023 2011–2022 2020–2021[12] 2020–2021
1DelhiMumbai6,466,940 1,430,543
2BengaluruDelhi4,779,347 1,240,378
3BengaluruMumbai4,433,746 691,598
4DelhiHyderabad2,916,911 1,065,132
5DelhiKolkata2,821,077 938,388
6DelhiPune2,805,587 809,773
7DelhiSrinagar2,625,483 1,261,630
8MumbaiChennai2,486,921
9DelhiAhmedabad2,402,170 711,690
10DelhiChennai2,317,258 739,220
11MumbaiHyderabad2,248,905
12Bengaluru Hyderabad2,140,533
13MumbaiAhmedabad2,108,650
14BengaluruKolkata1,957,504
15BengaluruPune1,783,570
– 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
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Mexico

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Busiest domestic flight routes in Mexico by passengers[13]
RankAirport 1Airport 2 20242023202220212020
1Mexico CityCancún 4,335,1744,803,4894,546,9062,874,267
2MonterreyMexico City 3,404,5293,180,9692,244,1561,563,243
3Mexico CityGuadalajara 3,012,8742,916,4131,940,1311,536,441
4TijuanaMexico City 2,300,5472,519,2602,133,1681,307,478
5TijuanaGuadalajara 2,142,0872,209,7181,825,0551,301,775
6Mexico CityMérida 1,896,5861,943,6831,416,257909,396
7MonterreyCancún 1,810,7191,650,2891,458,920822,601
8Puerto VallartaMexico City 1,140,3661,333,4741,008,024575,158
9GuadalajaraCancún 1,098,9971,026,5051,051,887635,422
10San José del CaboMexico City 1,071,0511,215,421994,510594,263
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Busiest international flight routes from/to Mexico by passengers
RankAirport 1Airport 2 20242023202220212020
1 Cancún Dallas/Fort Worth 1,160,0431,215,8601,026,047507,946
2 Cancún Houston/Intercontinental 1,137,2421,112,498930,801504,622
3 Guadalajara Los Angeles 1,079,804903,149787,850530,232
4 Mexico City Madrid 1,030,882900,028504,962265,919
5 Cancún Chicago/O'Hare 1,011,503992,998806,188409,671
6 Mexico City Bogotá 925,729912,549432,080233,726
7 Mexico City Los Angeles 891,713846,757771,673379,603
8 Mexico City Houston/Intercontinental 889,431879,133961,069332,243
9 Cancún Atlanta 884,252759,622586,573303,913
10 Cancún Toronto-Pearson 772,937546,583119,334298,135
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