World's Busiest Passenger Air Routes - By Aircraft Movements

By Aircraft Movements

The following list is based on approximate flight numbers on certain routes (combined for both directions) as of January 2010. Included are routes with at least 300 flights per week. Note that these statistics do not consider the number of passengers carried, nor do they aggregate air movements made at other airports in the same city.

Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 Flights per week Top Carriers
1 Congonhas-São Paulo International Airport Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport 1,130 Avianca Brazil, Gol Airlines, TAM Airlines, Webjet
2 Melbourne Airport Sydney Airport 950 Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Tiger Airways Australia, Virgin Australia
3 Jeju International Airport Seoul-Gimpo International Airport 870 Air Busan, Asiana Airlines, Eastar Jet, T'way Airlines, Jeju Air, Jin Air, Korean Air
4 Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport New Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport 860 Air India, Air-India Express, GoAir, IndiGo, Jet Airways, JetLite, Kingfisher Airlines, SpiceJet
5 Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Surabaya-Juanda International Airport 780 Airfast Indonesia, Batavia Air, Citilink, Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air, Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Sriwijaya Air
6T Cape Town International Airport Johannesburg-OR Tambo International Airport 700 1Time, Comair, Kulula.com, Mango, South African Airways, South African Express
6T Sapporo New Chitose International Airport Tokyo-Haneda Airport 700 Air Do, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines
8 Fukuoka International Airport Tokyo-Haneda Airport 640 All Nippon Airways, Air Nippon, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines
9T Brisbane Airport Sydney Airport 590 Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Virgin Australia, Tiger Airways Australia
9T Quito- Mariscal Sucre International Airport Guayaquil-José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport 590 AeroGal, Icaro, LAN Ecuador, SAEREO, TAME
11T Barcelona-El Prat Airport Madrid-Barajas Airport 560 Air Europa, Iberia Regional (Air Nostrum) and Vueling
11T Beijing Capital International Airport Shanghai-Hongqiao International Airport 560 Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Spring Airlines, Juneyao Airlines
11T Hong Kong International Airport Taipei-Taoyuan International Airport 560 Cathay Pacific Airways, China Airlines, Dragonair, EVA Air, Thai Airways International
14 Honolulu International Airport Kahului Airport 550 Hawaiian Airlines, Island Air, Go!
15 Durban-King Shaka International Airport Johannesburg-OR Tambo International Airport 530 1Time, Comair, Kulula.com, Mango, South African Airways, South African Express
16 Mexico City International Airport Cancun International Airport 500 Aeroméxico, Interjet, Magnicharters, VivaAerobus, Volaris
17 Mexico City International Airport General Mariano Escobedo International Airport 492 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus, Volaris
18T Toronto-Pearson Airport Montréal-Trudeau Airport 480 Air Canada, Air Canada Express, WestJet
18T Singapore Changi Airport Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport 480 Batavia Air, Garuda Indonesia, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar Airways, Lion Air, Lufthansa, Mandala Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Tiger Airways, Turkish Airlines, Valuair
20 Mexico City International Airport Guadalajara International Airport 452 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus, Volaris
21 Singapore Changi Airport Kuala Lumpur International Airport 450 AirAsia, Jetstar Asia Airways, Malaysia Airlines, SilkAir, Singapore Airlines, SriLankan Airlines, Tiger Airways
22 Los Angeles International Airport San Francisco International Airport 440 American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin America
23 Los Angeles International Airport San Diego International Airport 430 American Eagle, SkyWest Airlines
24T Los Angeles International Airport New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport 420 American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines, Virgin America
24T Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport Bengaluru International Airport 420 Jet Airways, Jet Lite, Air India, Kingfisher Airlines, Indigo Airlines, Go Air, Spice Jet
26 Mumbai Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport Bengaluru International Airport 406 Jet Airways, Jet Lite, Air India, Kingfisher Airlines, Indigo Airlines, Go Air, Spice Jet
27T Rome-Leonardo da Vinci Airport Milan-Linate Airport 400 Alitalia
27T Paris Orly Airport Toulouse Blagnac Airport 400 Air France, EasyJet
29 Hong Kong International Airport Shanghai Pudong Airport 390 Cathay Pacific Airways, China Eastern Airlines, Dragonair, Hong Kong Express Airways, Shanghai Airlines
30 Los Angeles International Airport Las Vegas McCarran International Airport 370 American Airlines, Mesa Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways
31 Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport Riyadh King Khalid International Airport 360 Nas Air, Sama Airlines, Saudi Arabian Airlines,
32 Los Angeles International Airport Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport 340 Mesa Airlines, Southwest Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, US Airways
32T Oslo Airport Gardermoen Bergen Airport, Flesland 340 Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle
32T Oslo Airport Gardermoen Trondheim Airport Værnes 340 Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle
34 Oslo Airport Gardermoen Stavanger Airport Sola 320 Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle
35 New York John F. Kennedy International Airport San Francisco International Airport 310 American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines, Virgin America

The following table list the most frequent non-stop flights between two regional airports in a country. The table data is based on scheduled information(based on OAG data) on working weekdays.

Rank Route Avg. Daily Flts # of Airlines Distance (km) Market Share Leader
1 Seoul (GMP) - Jeju (CJU) 159 7 451 Korean Air
2 Rio de Janeiro (SDU) - São Paulo (CGH) 125 4 359 TAM
3 Mumbai (BOM) - New Delhi (DEL) 123 8 1,138 Jet Airways
4 Tokyo (HND) - Sapporo (CTS) 119 4 822 All Nippon Airways
5 Monte Carlo (MCM) - Nice (NCE) 117 2 18 Heli Air Monaco
6T Madrid (MAD) - Barcelona (BCN) 116 4 484 Iberia
6T Melbourne (MEL) - Sydney (SYD) 116 8 705 Qantas
8 Kahului (OGG) - Honolulu (HNL) 98 4 163 Hawaiian Airlines
9T Johannesburg (JNB) - Cape Town (CPT) 92 6 1,270 South African Airways
9T Fukuoka (FUK) - Tokyo (HND) 92 3 881 Japan Airlines

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