These are lists of the busiest air routes by the number of passengers flown, by seat capacity and by aircraft movements.
Rank | Departing | Arriving | Distance (km) | 2022[1] | 2021[2] | 2019[3] | 2018[4] | 2017[5] | Type |
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449 | 16,068,983 | 17,082,700 | 17,426,873 | 14,107,414 | 13,460,306 | Domestic |
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835 | 10,216,765 | 8,171,324 | 12,498,468 | 9,698,639 | 8,726,502 | Domestic |
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889 | 9,894,296 | 7,562,387 | 11,400,018 | 8,762,547 | 7,864,000 | Domestic |
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1171 | 8,562,009 | 6,806,131 | 10,253,530 | 6,867,114 | 6,769,823 | Domestic |
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857 | 7,371,119 | 6,677,097 | 8,018,205 | 5,526,110 | 5,091,629 | Domestic |
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705 | 6,996,156 | 2,119,779[6] | 9,958,500 | 9,245,392 | 9,090,941 | Domestic |
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1150 | 6,941,947 | 4,891,881 | 8,230,822 | 7,392,155 | 7,129,943 | Domestic |
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1573 | 6,910,809 | 5,602,408 | 7,704,098 | 5,829,712 | 5,269,481 | Domestic |
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991 | 6,741,923 | 3,939,509 | 5,535,108 | 4,952,852 | Domestic | |
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1081 | 6,321,194 | 7,910,793 | 8,117,461 | 6,518,997 | 6,833,684 | 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 | 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[6] | 1,093,231[6] | 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[6] | 787,439[6] | 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 | 2022[1] | 2019[3] | 2018[4] | 2017[7][8] | 2015 (in millions)[9] |
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3,234,683 | ||||
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3,191,090 | ||||
3 | ![]() |
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2,848,044 | 3,833,701 | 2,972,817 | ||
4 | ![]() |
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2,697,593 | ||||
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2,443,176 | 5,560,894 | 4,490,463 | 4,108,824 | 2.7 |
6 | ![]() |
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2,425,930 | ||||
7 | ![]() |
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2,099,234 | ||||
8 | ![]() |
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1,977,537 | ||||
9 | ![]() |
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1,913,991 | ||||
10 | ![]() |
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1,898,749 | ||||
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7,965,538 (#9) | 6,476,268 (#8) | 6,719,030 (#8) | |||
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5,480,000 | 4,812,342 | 4,810,602 | 3.4 | ||
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4,826,872 | 3,490,988 | 3,438,628 | 3 | ||
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4,463,658 | |||||
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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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3,832,494 | |||||
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3,798,559 | 3,170,193 | 2,812,479 | |||
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3,210,813 | 2,907,199 | ||||
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2,923,578 | 3,147,384 | 2.7 | |||
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2,848,925 |
Departing | Arriving | 2022 | 2020 | 2019[3] | 2018[4] | 2017[7] |
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Asia | ||||||
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16,068,983[1] | 17,426,873 | 14,107,414 | 13,460,306 | |
Oceania | ||||||
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6,989,569 | 9,958,500 | 9,245,392 | 9,090,941 | |
Middle East | ||||||
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7,371,119 | 8,018,205 | 5,526,110 | 5,091,629 | |
South America | ||||||
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5,706,480 | ||||
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4,803,489 | 2,874,267 | 5,009,235 | 4,885,602 | 4,656,308 |
Africa | ||||||
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6,072,196 | 4,508,214 | 4,698,849 | ||
North America | ||||||
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3,928,203[11] | 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 air 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).[14]
Rank | Airport Pair | # of Flights[15] (March 2018 - Feb 2019) |
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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 |
9 | ![]() |
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14,698 | Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, Scoot, Jetstar Asia |
10 | ![]() |
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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 |
19 | ![]() |
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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 air 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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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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] | 1,824,428 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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] | 1,579,946 |
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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 |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 |
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1,184,506 | 1,315,868 | 1,225,834 | 1,332,401 | 1,402,757 | ||||
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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.[18]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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2,551,276 | 2,881,390 | 3,002,024 | 3,078,693 | 2,960,268 | 2,946,329 | 3,035,228 | 3,192,195 |
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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 | ![]() |
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1,190,914 | 1,422,259 | 1,367,882 | 1,501,416 | 1,424,611 | 1,554,793 | 1,580,664 | 1,636,491 |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 air routes in or from Europe by city pairs
Rank | City 1 | City 2 | Passengers (2016) | Passengers (2019) |
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4,771,614 | 5,106,040 |
2 | ![]() |
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3,836,588 | 5,051,518[19] |
3 | ![]() |
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4,344,935 | 4,920,551 |
4 | ![]() |
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4,243,687 | 4,869,777 |
5 | ![]() |
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3,960,389 | 3,630,407 |
6 | ![]() |
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3,125,080 | 3,490,189 |
7 | ![]() |
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3,393,013 | 3,373,092 |
8 | ![]() |
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3,260,074 | 3,218,040 |
9 | ![]() |
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2,975,405 | 3,184,661 |
10 | ![]() |
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3,142,916 |
Busiest domestic air routes in Brazil:[20]
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 air routes in Argentina:[21]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2017) |
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1 | ![]() |
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2,027,000 |
2 | ![]() |
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1,903,000 |
3 | ![]() |
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1,001,000 |
4 | ![]() |
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938,000 |
5 | ![]() |
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896,000 |
6 | ![]() |
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815,000 |
7 | ![]() |
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425,000 |
8 | ![]() |
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372,000 |
9 | ![]() |
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332,000 |
10 | ![]() |
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329,000 |
Busiest domestic air routes in Argentina:[21]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2017) |
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1 | ![]() |
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1,368,000 |
2 | ![]() |
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1,005,000 |
3 | ![]() |
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880,000 |
4 | ![]() |
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841,000 |
5 | ![]() |
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828,000 |
6 | ![]() |
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722,000 |
7 | ![]() |
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501,000 |
8 | ![]() |
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490,000 |
9 | ![]() |
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462,000 |
10 | ![]() |
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383,000 |
Busiest domestic air routes in Australia[22] (all passengers including connecting):
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2019) |
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1 | ![]() |
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9,181,932 |
2 | ![]() |
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4,820,704 |
3 | ![]() |
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3,608,479 |
4 | ![]() |
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2,733,449 |
5 | ![]() |
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2,538,061 |
6 | ![]() |
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2,122,157 |
7 | ![]() |
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2,110,125 |
8 | ![]() |
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1,878,741 |
9 | ![]() |
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1,692,031 |
10 | ![]() |
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1,670,181 |
Busiest international air routes in Australia[23] (all passengers including connecting):
Rank | Australian airport | Overseas airport | Passengers (2019) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
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1,629,492 |
2 | ![]() |
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1,602,232 |
3 | ![]() |
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1,537,148 |
4 | ![]() |
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1,251,457 |
5 | ![]() |
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1,195,224 |
6 | ![]() |
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1,131,233 |
7 | ![]() |
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964,447 |
8 | ![]() |
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955,385 |
9 | ![]() |
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908,540 |
10 | ![]() |
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893,420 |
Busiest domestic air routes in Colombia:[24]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2017) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
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3,013,297 |
2 | ![]() |
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2,433,483 |
3 | ![]() |
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2,083,833 |
4 | ![]() |
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1,435,766 |
5 | ![]() |
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1,151,101 |
6 | ![]() |
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951,880 |
7 | ![]() |
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942,793 |
8 | ![]() |
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849,118 |
9 | ![]() |
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738,699 |
10 | ![]() |
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568,500 |
Busiest international air routes in Colombia:[24]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2017) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
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698,916 |
2 | ![]() |
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533,444 |
3 | ![]() |
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470,514 |
4 | ![]() |
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469,899 |
5 | ![]() |
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447,470 |
6 | ![]() |
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391,586 |
7 | ![]() |
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366,904 |
8 | ![]() |
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366,630 |
9 | ![]() |
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333,481 |
10 | ![]() |
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306,905 |
Busiest domestic air routes from/to Indian cities:
Rank | City Pair | Passengers | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
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1,430,543 |
2 | ![]() |
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1,262,780 |
3 | ![]() |
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1,261,630 |
4 | ![]() |
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1,240,378 |
5 | ![]() |
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1,072,840 |
6 | ![]() |
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1,065,132 |
7 | ![]() |
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938,388 |
8 | ![]() |
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809,773 |
9 | ![]() |
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765,398 |
10 | ![]() |
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747,471 |
11 | ![]() |
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739,220 |
12 | ![]() |
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730,108 |
13 | ![]() |
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711,690 |
14 | ![]() |
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691,598 |
15 | ![]() |
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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 air 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 air routes in Mexico (passengers):[10]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | % change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
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4,990,647 | 5,009,235 | 2,874,267 | 4,546,906 | 4,803,489 | 4,335,174 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
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3,452,421 | 3,601,937 | 1,563,243 | 2,244,156 | 3,180,969 | 3,404,529 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
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3,167,438 | 3,386,521 | 1,536,441 | 1,940,131 | 2,916,413 | 3,012,874 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
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1,964,460 | 2,151,343 | 1,307,478 | 2,133,168 | 2,519,260 | 2,300,547 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
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1,783,149 | 1,748,213 | 1,301,775 | 1,825,055 | 2,209,718 | 2,142,087 | ![]() |
6 | ![]() |
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1,686,256 | 1,851,414 | 909,396 | 1,416,257 | 1,943,683 | 1,896,586 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
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1,282,777 | 1,386,056 | 822,601 | 1,458,920 | 1,650,289 | 1,810,719 | ![]() |
8 | ![]() |
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956,419 | 1,094,694 | 575,158 | 1,008,024 | 1,333,474 | 1,140,366 | ![]() |
9 | ![]() |
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947,599 | 885,881 | 635,422 | 1,051,887 | 1,026,505 | 1,098,997 | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
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844,785 | 971,016 | 594,263 | 994,510 | 1,215,421 | 1,071,051 | ![]() |
Busiest international air routes from/to Mexico (passengers):
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | % change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
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779,235 | 840,800 | 507,946 | 1,026,047 | 1,215,860 | 1,160,043 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
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868,115 | 856,952 | 504,622 | 930,801 | 1,112,498 | 1,137,242 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
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993,213 | 994,822 | 530,232 | 787,850 | 903,149 | 1,079,804 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
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779,777 | 880,988 | 265,919 | 504,962 | 900,028 | 1,030,882 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
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809,898 | 763,830 | 409,671 | 806,188 | 992,998 | 1,011,503 | ![]() |
6 | ![]() |
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849,590 | 866,896 | 233,726 | 432,080 | 912,549 | 925,729 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
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1,236,168 | 1,044,786 | 379,603 | 771,673 | 846,757 | 891,713 | ![]() |
8 | ![]() |
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1,049,838 | 831,729 | 332,243 | 961,069 | 879,133 | 889,431 | ![]() |
9 | ![]() |
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721,936 | 706,409 | 303,913 | 586,573 | 759,622 | 884,252 | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
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801,544 | 822,744 | 298,135 | 119,334 | 546,583 | 772,937 | ![]() |
Busiest domestic and international air routes:[12]
Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Passengers (2019) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
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2,751,298 |
2 | ![]() |
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2,616,991 |
3 | ![]() |
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2,329,578 |
4 | ![]() |
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2,184,197 |
5 | ![]() |
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1,849,317 |
6 | ![]() |
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1,579,391 |
7 | ![]() |
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1,524,256 |
8 | ![]() |
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1,460,900 |
9 | ![]() |
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1,448,183 |
10 | ![]() |
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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 air routes by city pairs within the United States:[31]
The statistics below are based on metro areas, not individual airports.