List of busiest passenger air routes

These are lists of the busiest air routes by the number of passengers flown, by seat capacity and by aircraft movements.

By number of passengers

World

The top 50 busiest air routes

Rank	Airport 1	Airport 2	Distance (km)	2018[1]	2017[2]	Type
1	Jeju	Seoul-Gimpo	449	14,107,414	13,460,306	Domestic
2	Sapporo	Tokyo-Haneda	835	9,698,639	8,726,502	Domestic
3	Sydney	Melbourne	705	9,245,392	9,090,941	Domestic
4	Fukuoka	Tokyo-Haneda	889	8,762,547	7,864,000	Domestic
5	Mumbai	Delhi	1150	7,392,155	7,129,943	Domestic
6	Hanoi	Ho Chi Minh City	1171	6,867,114	6,769,823	Domestic
7	Beijing	Shanghai-Hongqiao	1081	6,518,997	6,833,684	Domestic
8	Hong Kong	Taipei-Taoyuan	802	6,476,268	6,719,030	International
9	Tokyo-Haneda	Naha	1573	5,829,712	5,269,481	Domestic
10	Jakarta	Surabaya	700	5,649,046	5,271,304	Domestic
11	Jakarta	Denpasar	991	5,535,108	4,952,852	Domestic
12	Jeddah	Riyadh	857	5,526,110	5,091,629	Domestic
13	Tokyo-Haneda	Osaka-Itami	407	5,131,757	5,106,584	Domestic
14	Chengdu	Beijing	1559	5,092,442	4,951,620	Domestic
15	Guangzhou	Beijing	1898	5,076,229	4,864,177	Domestic
16	Cancun	Mexico City	1294	4,885,602	4,656,308	Domestic
17	Beijing	Shenzhen	1979	4,853,038	4,496,351	Domestic
18	Brisbane	Sydney	756	4,815,609	4,742,771	Domestic
19	Jakarta	Singapore	896	4,812,342	4,810,602	International
20	Guangzhou	Shanghai-Hongqiao	1176	4,724,514	4,469,990	Domestic
21	Shanghai-Hongqiao	Shenzhen	1217	4,679,294	4,445,654	Domestic
22	Bangalore	Delhi	1717	4,542,638	4,183,799	Domestic
23	Jakarta	Makassar	1439	4,530,428	4,559,737	Domestic
24	Jakarta	Medan	1401	4,512,830	3,886,963	Domestic
25	Cape Town	Johannesburg	1292	4,508,214	4,698,849	Domestic
26	Kuala Lumpur	Singapore	296	4,490,463	4,108,824	International
27	São Paulo–Congonhas	Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont	378	4,234,631	4,096,193	Domestic
28	Hong Kong	Shanghai-Pudong	1247	4,053,909	4,162,347	International
29	New York-JFK	Los Angeles	3982	3,971,922	3,531,613	Domestic
30	Bogotá	Medellin-Rionegro	239	3,930,332	3,323,127	Domestic
31	Bangalore	Mumbai	834	3,814,494	3,445,315	Domestic
32	Los Angeles	San Francisco	541	3,635,655	3,507,702	Domestic
33	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi	Phuket	685	3,612,373	3,396,189	Domestic
34	Brisbane	Melbourne	1379	3,565,266	3,545,156	Domestic
35	Cebu	Manila	570	3,519,525	3,233,871	Domestic
36	Hong Kong	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi	1694	3,490,988	3,438,628	International
37	Mexico City	Monterrey	729	3,474,971	3,202,091	Domestic
38	Kolkata	Delhi	1333	3,431,999	3,153,548	Domestic
39	Da Nang	Ho Chi Minh City	617	3,256,718	3,210,368	Domestic
40	Chiang Mai	Bangkok-Don Mueang	569	3,212,124	3,155,528	Domestic
41	Seoul-Incheon	Osaka-Kansai	872	3,210,813	2,907,199	International
42	Cusco	Lima	583	3,201,414	3,000,513	Domestic
43	New York-LaGuardia	Chicago-O'Hare	1177	3,198,700	3,118,651	Domestic
44	Jakarta	Kuala Lumpur	1142	3,170,193	2,812,479	International
45	Mexico City	Guadalajara	466	3,170,177	2,996,806	Domestic
46	Jeju	Gimhae	294	3,106,224	2,793,383	Domestic
47	İzmir	Istanbul-Atatürk	348	3,084,250	3,496,438	Domestic
48	Hong Kong	Seoul-Incheon	2080	3,081,942	3,198,132	International
49	Guangzhou	Chengdu	1232	3,044,038	2,944,642	Domestic
50	Hong Kong	Manila	1145	3,008,842	2,907,228	International

The world's busiest international air routes by origin-and-destination passenger volume (airport pairs)

Rank	City/airport 1	City/airport 2	2018[1]	2017[3][4]	2015 (in millions)[5]
1	Hong Kong	Taipei-Taoyuan	6,476,268	6,719,030
2	Jakarta	Singapore	4,812,342	4,810,602	3.4
3	Kuala Lumpur	Singapore	4,490,463	4,108,824	2.7
4	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi	Hong Kong	3,490,988	3,438,628	3
5	Seoul-Incheon	Osaka-Kansai	3,210,813	2,907,199
6	Jakarta	Kuala Lumpur	3,170,193	2,812,479
7	Hong Kong	Seoul-Incheon	3,081,942	3,198,132
8	Hong Kong	Manila	3,008,842	2,907,228
9	Hong Kong	Singapore	2,923,578	3,147,384	2.7
10	Tokyo-Narita	Taipei-Taoyuan	2,848,925	2,592,049

Busiest routes by region

City/airport 1	City/airport 2	2018[1]	2017[3]
Asia
Jeju	Seoul-Gimpo	14,107,414	13,460,306
Oceania
Sydney	Melbourne	9,245,392	9,090,941
Middle East
Jeddah	Riyadh	5,526,110	5,091,629
Latin America
Cancun	Mexico City	4,885,602	4,656,308
Africa
Cape Town	Johannesburg-ORT	4,508,214	4,698,849
USA and Canada
New York JFK	Los Angeles	3,971,922	3,531,613
Europe
Madrid	Barcelona	2,466,968	2,341,255

The world's twelve busiest air routes by origin-and-destination passenger volume 2011-2015

[6][7][8][9]

Rank	City 1	City 2	Distance (km)[10]	2015 passengers (in millions)[5]	2014 passengers (in millions)[8]	2012 passengers (in millions)	2011 passengers (in millions)	Note
1	Seoul-Gimpo	Jeju	450	11.1	10.5	10.156	9.9	Domestic
2	Tokyo*	Sapporo	819	7.8	7.0	8.211	7.0+	Domestic
3	Tokyo*	Fukuoka	883	7.6	8.3	6.640	6.6+	Domestic
4	Delhi	Mumbai	1150	7.3	6.8	6.1	5.6	Domestic
6	Beijing*	Shanghai	1075	6.1	5.8	7.246	6.6+	Domestic
7	São Paulo	Rio de Janeiro	366			7.716	7.6+	Domestic
8	Tokyo*	Osaka	405			6.744	7.5	Domestic
9	Hong Kong	Taipei	780	5.1	5.1	5.513	6.2+	International
10	Dublin	London*	440	4.7				International
11	Tokyo*	Naha	1554			4.584	4.1	Domestic
12	Sydney	Brisbane	800		4.45			Domestic
13	Johannesburg	Cape Town	1271			4.407	4.5	Domestic

* (All airports)

By seat capacity

The following lists the world's top 10 busiest routes based on total number of seats per year flown in each direction.[11][12]

Rank	Airport 1	Airport 2	Seats (in millions)		Airlines serving
			Dec. 2016	Aug. 2015
1	Seoul–Gimpo	Jeju	6.561	6.8	Air Busan, Asiana Airlines, T'way Airlines, Eastar Jet, Jeju Air, Jin Air, Korean Air
2	Tokyo–Haneda	Sapporo–New Chitose	6.209	6.2	Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Air Do, Skymark Airlines
3	Tokyo–Haneda	Fukuoka	5.961	5.8	All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines
4	Sydney	Melbourne	5.067	5.0	Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Tigerair Australia, Virgin Australia
5	Hong Kong	Taipei–Taoyuan	4.146	4.2	Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, EVA Air, Hong Kong Airlines
6	Delhi	Mumbai	4.143	3.9	Air India, Air India Regional, GoAir, IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Vistara
7	Ho Chi Minh City	Hanoi	4.141		Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific, Vietjet Air, Bamboo Airways
8	Beijing–Capital	Shanghai–Hongqiao	3.962	3.8	Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, Hainan Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, Xiamen Airlines
9	Surabaya	Jakarta Soekarno–Hatta	3.850		Batik Air, Citilink, Garuda Indonesia, Indonesia AirAsia, Lion Air, Sriwijaya Air
10	Tokyo–Haneda	Okinawa	3.785	3.8	All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines

The following lists the world's top 10 busiest routes based on total number of seat kilometers per year flown as of 2015.[11]

Rank	Airport 1	Airport 2	Seat kilometers (in billions)	Airlines serving
1	London–Heathrow	New York–JFK	10.92	American Airlines, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic
2	London–Heathrow	Dubai–International	9.37	British Airways, Emirates, Virgin Atlantic
3	London–Heathrow	Hong Kong	8.75	British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Virgin Atlantic
4	London–Heathrow	Los Angeles	8.53	American Airlines, British Airways, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic
5	London–Heathrow	Singapore	8.21	British Airways, Qantas, Singapore Airlines
6	Los Angeles	New York–JFK	8.12	Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue
7	Los Angeles	Sydney	7.68	American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Qantas, United Airlines, Virgin Australia
8	Sydney	Dubai–International	6.65	Emirates, Qantas
9	Taipei–Taoyuan	Los Angeles	6.44	China Airlines, EVA Air
10	Los Angeles	Seoul–Incheon	6.43	Asiana Airlines, Korean Air

By aircraft movements

The following is a list of the world's busiest air routes based on the number of scheduled flights in both directions. Note that these statistics do not consider the number of passengers carried.

Domestic

Rank	City 1	City 2	Flights from Mar. 2018 to Feb. 2019[13]	Top carriers
1	Jeju	Seoul–Gimpo	79,460	Air Busan, Air Seoul, Asiana Airlines, Eastar Jet, Jeju Air, Jin Air, Korean Air, T'way Air
2	Melbourne	Sydney	54,102	Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Virgin Australia, Tigerair Australia
3	Delhi	Mumbai	45,188	Air India, GoAir, IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Vistara
4	Rio de Janeiro	São Paulo	39,747	Gol Transportes Aéreos, LATAM Airlines Brasil, Azul Linhas Aéreas
5	Fukuoka	Tokyo–Haneda	39,406	All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines
6	Hanoi	Ho Chi Minh City	39,291	Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific, Vietjet Air
7	Sapporo	Tokyo–Haneda	39,271	All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines
8	Jakarta	Surabaya	37,762	Garuda Indonesia, Citilink, Lion Air, Batik Air
9	Los Angeles	San Francisco	35,365	American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, Alaska Airlines
10	Jeddah	Riyadh	35,149	Saudia, Flynas
11	Cape Town	Johannesburg	33,708	Comair, Mango, South African Airways, Safair
12	Brisbane	Sydney	33,443	Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Virgin Australia, Tigerair Australia
13	Cusco	Lima	27,092	Avianca, LATAM Perú, Peruvian Airlines
14	Jakarta	Denpasar	31,958	Batik Air, Citilink, Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air, Sriwijaya Air
15	Bogotá	Medellin	31,279	Avianca, LATAM Airlines, VivaAir
16	Shanghai-Hongqiao	Shenzhen	29,401	Spring Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Xianmen Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines
17	Beijing	Shanghai-Hongqiao	29,233	Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Xiamen Airlines
18	Jakarta	Makassar	28,903	Garuda Indonesia, Citilink, Lion Air, Batik Air
19	New Delhi	Bangalore	28,716	AirAsia India, Air India, GoAir, IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Vistara
20	Los Angeles	New York–JFK	26,286	American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Alaska Airlines

International

Rank	City 1	City 2	Flights 2018[14]	Flights 2017[15]	Top carriers
1	Kuala Lumpur	Singapore	30,537	29,383	Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines, AirAsia, SilkAir, Jetstar Asia, Malindo Air, Scoot, Firefly, Saudia
2	Hong Kong	Taipei-Taoyuan	28,887	29,494	Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, EVA Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines
3	Jakarta	Singapore	27,304	26,872	Singapore Airlines, Garuda, Lion Air, Jetstar Asia, Indonesia AirAsia, Scoot, Batik Air
4	Hong Kong	Shanghai-Pudong	21,888	20,818	China Eastern Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines, Cathay Pacific
5	Jakarta	Kuala Lumpur	19.849	20,890	Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Lion Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Malindo Airways, Garuda
6	Seoul-Incheon	Osaka	17,488		Asiana Airlines, Korean Air, Jin Air, Jeju Airlines, Peach Aviation, Easter Jet, T'way Air
7	Hong Kong	Seoul-Incheon	17,075	16,366	Cathay Pacific, Korean Air, HK Express, Asiana Airlines, Jeju Airlines,Easter Jet,T'way Air,Jin Air, Jeju Airlines
8	New York-LaGuardia	Toronto-Pearson	16,956	17,116	Air Canada, Westjet, American Airlines
9	Dubai–International	Kuwait	15,332	13,297	Emirates, Flydubai, Kuwait Airways, Jazeera Airways
10	Hong Kong	Singapore	15,029	14,162	Cathay Pacific Airways, Singapore Airlines, Scoot, Jetstar Asia
11	Bangkok	Singapore	14,859	14,455	Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, Scoot, Jetstar Asia
12	Bangkok	Hong Kong	14,832	14,406	Cathay Pacific, Thai Airways, Hong Kong Airlines, Emirates,HK Express
13	Hong Kong	Beijing	14,543	14,592	Air China, Hong Kong Airlines, Cathay Pacific, China Southern Airlines
14	Dublin	London–Heathrow	14,390	14,556	Aer Lingus, British Airways
15	Tokyo-Narita	Taipei-Taoyuan	14,186		China Airlines, EVA Air, Peach Aviation, Tigerair Taiwan, Japan Airlines, ANA, Cathay Pacific, Jetstar Japan
16	New York–JFK	London–Heathrow	13,888	14,218	British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines
17	Osaka	Shanghai-Pudong	13,576		China Eastern Airlines, Air China, Juneyao Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Spring Airlines
18	Seoul-Incheon	Tokyo-Narita	13,517		Asiana Airlines, Korean Air, Jeju Airlines, Eastar Jet, Jin Air, T'way Air, Japan Airlines
19	Amsterdam	London–Heathrow	13,170	13,220	KLM, British Airways
20	Chicago	Toronto	13,100	13,595	Air Canada, United Airlines, American Airlines
21	Hong Kong	Manila		13,270	Cebu Pacific Air, Cathay Pacific, Philippine Airlines, Philippine AirAsia
22	Frankfurt	London–Heathrow		13,208	British Airways, Lufthansa
23	Cairo	Jeddah		12,896	Saudi Arabian Airlines, Egyptair, Flynas
24	Stockholm	Oslo		12,804	Norwegian Air Shuttle, SAS

Regional statistics

Busiest air routes inside the EU, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway *

Data retrieved from Eurostat[9]

Rank	Airport 1	Airport 2	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
1	Madrid/Barajas	Barcelona/El Prat **	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	Frankfurt	Berlin/Tegel	1,792,655	1,813,063	1,845,600	1,792,006	1,907,218	1,935,465	1,956,128	2,292,098
3	Toulouse/Blagnac	Paris/Orly	2,322,456	2,330,224	2,379,100	2,330,949	2,318,015	2,358,917	2,325,043	2,282,407
4	Nice	Paris/Orly	2,236,436	2,175,773	2,160,300	2,072,138	2,113,506	2,124,792	2,217,895	2,135,634
5	Oslo/Gardermoen	Trondheim	1,749,545	1,818,877	1,873,944	1,912,141	1,942,959	1,988,105	2,089,889	2,151,448
6	Barcelona/El Prat	Palma de Mallorca	1,639,423	1,460,684	1,388,900	1,410,172	1,576,063	1,772,613	1,944,554	2,035,602
7	Oslo/Gardermoen	Bergen	1,691,887	1,729,076	1,722,398	1,819,279	1,810,826	1,881,960	1,985,088	2,028,680
8	Berlin/Tegel	Munich	1,667,408	1,731,145	1,831,700	1,868,877	1,974,929	1,939,820	1,973,008	1,988,248
9	Catania/Fontanarossa	Rome/Fiumicino	1,842,940	1,694,400	1,566,800	1,869,881	1,979,648	2,054,721	2,017,172	1,976,230 [16]
10	Madrid/Barajas	Palma de Mallorca	1,604,853	1,442,410	1,224,700	1,283,404	1,411,314	1,687,547	1,815,387	1,967,136
11	London/Heathrow	Dublin	1,556,111	1,577,649	1,663,900	1,650,394	1,682,855	1,751,689	1,803,479	1,809,140
12	Munich	Hamburg	1,717,734	1,719,351	1,713,200	1,756,990	1,811,425	1,805,211	1,739,252	1,749,616
13	Amsterdam	London/Heathrow	1,406,964	1,429,800	1,443,400	1,486,783	1,587,605	1,617,170	1,689,924	1,746,940
14	Oslo/Gardermoen	Stavanger	1,434,043	1,517,195	1,536,032	1,564,631	1,515,870	1,564,127	1,600,959	1,675,486
15	Rome/Fiumicino	Palermo/Falcone Borsellino	1,499,933	1,360,400	1,264,100	1,475,957	1,481,174	1,543,462	1,589,733	1,663,463 [16]
16	Madrid/Barajas	Gran Canaria	1,438,377	1,301,539	1,152,669	1,181,442	1,305,670	1,508,972	1,510,429	1,616,540
17	London/Gatwick	Barcelona/El Prat	517,820	741,735	1,131,350	1,273,850	1,354,193	1,362,488	1,460,378	1,556,045
18	London/Heathrow	Frankfurt	1,459,909	1,482,649	1,488,600	1,506,826	1,530,986	1,486,291	1,495,472	1,552,249
19	Athens	Thessaloniki	970,462	970,797	997,200	1,543,993	1,633,045	1,803,733	1,598,499	1,543,931
20	Stockholm	Copenhagen	1,166,000	1,269,200	1,325,700	1,444,429	1,461,166	1,553,276	1,520,287	1,520,873
21	Madrid/Barajas	Lisbon	1,169,714	1,108,931	975,389	1,026,786	1,174,116	1,299,412	1,427,929	1,517,620
22	Copenhagen	Oslo/Gardermoen	1,206,480	1,291,018	1,322,948	1,402,753	1,427,618	1,506,326	1,544,534	1,509,030
23	Palma de Mallorca	Düsseldorf	944,437	985,749	1,090,227	1,162,268	1,201,664	1,268,891	1,267,676	1,495,826
24	Madrid/Barajas	Tenerife North	1,337,050	1,167,731	1,102,701	1,094,815	1,149,450	1,305,110	1,380,916	1,487,326
25	Stockholm	Oslo/Gardermoen	1,153,232	1,187,164	1,204,351	1,354,730	1,338,163	1,387,885	1,406,211	1,453,105
26	Frankfurt	Hamburg	1,587,593	1,385,867	1,362,400	1,343,857	1,361,027	1,372,185	1,395,408	1,440,312
27	Munich	Düsseldorf	1,569,364	1,553,361	1,558,200	1,527,416	1,557,442	1,565,997	1,554,184	1,422,773
28	Barcelona/El Prat	Amsterdam	1,321,528	1,250,126	1,186,808	1,217,977	1,204,814	1,307,902	1,363,626	1,420,246
29	London/Heathrow	Madrid/Barajas	1,093,400	1,197,700	1,264,800	1,274,714	1,320,834	1,317,511	1,382,290	1,416,795
30	London/Gatwick	Dublin	923,130	937,378	978,522	993,768	1,086,701	1,309,524	1,367,231	1,347,303

* Figures are only available for EU countries, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway. Among other European countries, based on airport statistics, no other country than Russia, Ukraine and Turkey can have domestic routes with more than 1 million passengers.

The St-Petersburg Pulkovo Airport - Moscow (three airports) route was used by 2,965,331 passengers in 2013.[17]

**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.[18]

Busiest air routes between an airport in Europe (EU, UK, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway) and outside Europe

Eurostat[9]

Rank	Airport 1	Airport 2	2010	2012	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
1	London/Heathrow	New York/John F Kennedy	2,551,276	2,881,390	3,002,024	3,078,693	2,960,268	2,946,329	3,035,228
2	London/Heathrow	Dubai/Intl	1,974,098	2,067,227	2,838,717	2,862,852	3,038,958	3,238,308	2,732,638
3	London/Heathrow	Los Angeles/Intl	1,419,144	1,428,040	1,481,023	1,645,002	1,565,992	1,618,153	1,675,577
4	London/Heathrow	Singapore/Changi	1,507,032	1,745,186	1,247,017	1,268,407	1,314,976	1,351,980	1,590,704
5	Paris/Charles De Gaulle	New York/John F Kennedy	1,190,914	1,422,259	1,367,882	1,501,416	1,424,611	1,554,793	1,580,664
6	London/Heathrow	Hong Kong/Chek Lap Kok	1,801,520	1,638,834	1,608,980	1,584,486	1,574,741	1,588,805	1,572,021
7	Paris/Orly	Guadeloupe/Pointe-à-Pitre	1,098,322	1,077,254	1,135,945	1,166,850	1,214,916	1,227,553	1,299,570
8	Paris/Charles De Gaulle	Montreal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau	1,158,381	1,092,084	1,107,738	1,147,598	1,148,800	1,183,504	1,185,183
9	London/Heathrow	Doha/Hamad	N/A	N/A	653,724	1,040,315	1,184,994	1,287,225	1,181,345
10	Paris/Charles De Gaulle	Dubai/Intl	716,865	843,205	1,063,559	1,076,875	1,101,546	1,148,820	1,167,935

Busiest air routes in or from Europe by city pairs

Eurostat[9]

Rank	City 1	City 2	Passengers (2016)
1	London	Dublin	4,771,614
2	London	Amsterdam	4,344,935
3	London	New York	4,243,687
4	London	Dubai	3,960,389
5	Moscow	Saint Petersburg	3,836,588[19]
6	London	Edinburgh	3,393,013
7	Paris	Toulouse	3,260,074
8	London	Barcelona	3,125,080
9	Berlin	Cologne+Düsseldorf	3,017,845
10	Paris	Nice	2,975,405

• London includes City, Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, Stansted and Southend airports
• New York includes Kennedy and Newark airports
• Paris includes Charles De Gaulle and Orly airports
• Barcelona includes El Prat and Girona airports
• Berlin includes Schönefeld and Tegel airports
• Moscow includes Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports

Argentina (2017)

Busiest international air routes in Argentina

[20]

Rank	Airport 1	Airport 2	Passengers (2017)
1	Buenos Aires	Santiago de Chile	2,027,000
2	Buenos Aires	São Paulo	1,903,000
3	Buenos Aires	Miami	1,001,000
4	Buenos Aires	Rio de Janeiro	938,000
5	Buenos Aires	Lima	896,000
6	Buenos Aires	Madrid	815,000
7	Mendoza	Santiago de Chile	425,000
8	Buenos Aires	Bogotá	372,000
9	Buenos Aires	Rome	332,000
10	Buenos Aires	New York	329,000

Busiest domestic air routes in Argentina

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Rank	Airport 1	Airport 2	Passengers (2017)
1	Buenos Aires	Córdoba	1,368,000
2	Buenos Aires - Aeroparque	Bariloche	1,005,000
3	Buenos Aires - Aeroparque	Mendoza	880,000
4	Buenos Aires - Aeroparque	Iguazú	841,000
5	Buenos Aires - Aeroparque	Salta	828,000
6	Buenos Aires - Aeroparque	Neuquén	722,000
7	Buenos Aires - Aeroparque	Tucumán	501,000
8	Buenos Aires - Aeroparque	Ushuaia	490,000
9	Buenos Aires - Aeroparque	Comodoro Rivadavia	462,000
10	Buenos Aires - Aeroparque	El Calafate	383,000

Australia (2016-17)

Busiest domestic air routes in Australia[22] (all passengers including connecting)

Rank	Airport 1	Airport 2	Passengers (2016–17)
1	Melbourne	Sydney	8,974,400
2	Brisbane	Sydney	4,695,700
3	Brisbane	Melbourne	3,500,500
4	Gold Coast	Sydney	2,712,700
5	Adelaide	Melbourne	2,413,200
6	Melbourne	Perth	2,048,100
7	Gold Coast	Melbourne	1,992,200
8	Adelaide	Sydney	1,886,500
9	Perth	Sydney	1,737,800
10	Melbourne	Hobart	1,598,700

Colombia (2017)

Busiest domestic air routes in Colombia

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Rank	Airport 1	Airport 2	Passengers (2017)
1	Bogotá	Medellín	3,013,297
2	Bogotá	Cartagena	2,433,483
3	Bogotá	Cali	2,083,833
4	Bogotá	Barranquilla	1,435,766
5	Bogotá	Santa Marta	1,151,101
6	Bogotá	Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina	951,880
7	Bogotá	Bucaramanga	942,793
8	Bogotá	Pereira	849,118
9	Cartagena	Medellín	738,699
10	Bogotá	Montería	568,500

Busiest international air routes in Colombia

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Rank	Airport 1	Airport 2	Passengers (2017)
1	Bogotá	Panama City	698,916
2	Bogotá	Mexico City	533,444
3	Bogotá	Lima	470,514
4	Bogotá	Miami	469,899
5	Bogotá	Madrid	447,470
6	Bogotá	Quito	391,586
7	Bogotá	Santiago de Chile	366,904
8	Medellín	Panama City	366,630
9	Bogotá	Buenos Aires	333,481
10	Bogotá	Cancún	306,905

India (2017-18)

Busiest domestic air routes in India:[24]

Rank	Airport 1	Airport 2	Passengers (2018)
1	Delhi	Mumbai	7,854,642
2	Mumbai	Chennai	4,572,936
3	Delhi	Bangalore	4,085,712
4	Delhi	Kolkata	3,358,674
5	Delhi	Chennai	3,084,516
6	Delhi	Pune	2,976,318
7	Delhi	Hyderabad	2,856,942
8	Mumbai	Goa	2,814,354
9	Kolkata	Chennai	2,651,778
10	Mumbai	Hyderabad	2,538,756
11	Delhi	Ahmedabad	2,475,954
12	Mumbai	Ahmedabad	2,374,956
13	Bangalore	Hyderabad	2,364,978
14	Mumbai	Kolkata	2,195,784
15	Delhi	Lucknow	2,074,536

Mexico (2018-2019)

Busiest domestic air routes in Mexico

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Rank	Airport 1	Airport 2	Passengers (2018)	Passengers (2019)	% change
1	Mexico City	Cancun	4,990,647	5,009,235	0.37%
2	Monterrey	Mexico City	3,452,421	3,601,937	4.33%
3	Mexico City	Guadalajara	3,167,438	3,386,521	6.92%
4	Tijuana	Mexico City	1,964,460	2,151,343	9.51%
5	Mexico City	Mérida	1,686,256	1,851,414	9.79%
6	Tijuana	Guadalajara	1,783,149	1,748,213	1.96%
7	Monterrey	Cancún	1,282,777	1,386,056	8.05%
8	Puerto Vallarta	Mexico City	956,419	1,094,694	14.46%
9	Tuxtla Gutierrez	Mexico City	931,000	981,008	5.37%
10	San José del Cabo	Mexico City	844,785	971,016	14.94%

Busiest international air routes from Mexico

Rank	Airport 1	Airport 2	Passengers (2018)	Passengers (2019)	% change
1	Mexico City	Los Angeles	1,236,168	1,044,786	15.48%
2	Mexico City	New York-JFK	1,009,024	1,037,259	2.80%
3	Guadalajara	Los Angeles	993,213	994,822	0.16%
4	Mexico City	Madrid	779,777	880,988	12.98%
5	Mexico City	Bogotá	849,590	866,896	2.04%
6	Cancun	Houston-Intercontinental	868,115	856,952	1.29%
7	Cancún	Dallas/Fort Worth	779,235	840,800	7.90%
8	Mexico City	Houston–Intercontinental	1,049,838	831,729	20.78%
9	Cancún	Toronto-Pearson	801,544	822,744	2.64%
10	Mexico City	Miami	663,277	770,177	16.12%

United States (September 2014 - August 2015)

Busiest air routes by city pairs within the United States[26]

Rank	City 1	City 2	Passengers (Sep 2014-Aug 2015)
1	Chicago, IL (Metro Area)	New York, NY (Metro Area)	4,020,000
2	Los Angeles, CA (Metro Area)	San Francisco, CA (Metro Area)	3,660,000
3	Los Angeles, CA (Metro Area)	New York, NY (Metro Area)	3,420,000
4	Chicago, IL (Metro Area)	Los Angeles, CA (Metro Area)	3,010,000
5	Miami, FL (Metro Area)	New York, NY (Metro Area)	2,750,000
6	Atlanta, GA (Metro Area)	Chicago, IL (Metro Area)	2,720,000
7	Chicago, IL (Metro Area)	Minneapolis, MN (Metro Area)	2,720,000
8	Atlanta, GA (Metro Area)	New York, NY (Metro Area)	2,600,000
9	Atlanta, GA (Metro Area)	Orlando, FL (Metro Area)	2,620,000
10	Chicago, IL (Metro Area)	Washington, DC (Metro Area)	2,620,000

See also

• World's busiest airport
• World's busiest airports by traffic movements
• World's busiest airports by passenger traffic
• Busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic
• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries¹
• List of the busiest airports in the Baltic states¹

¹ Includes very detailed statistics regarding busiest passenger air routes to/from and within this region

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