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Top 100 busiest intercontinental airline routes
- by number of daily departures
UPDATED 2026-11-11This is a list of the 100 busiest intercontinental (flights between continents) airline routes in the world. The list is based on scheduled passenger flights only and is ordered by number of departures. The number of passengers are not counted (and would differ alot depending on aircraft capacity).
To make this list more interesting we did also set a minimum distance between the airports to 5000 km to some extent avoid bordering countries in different continents.
From: To:
1
New York (JFK)
London (LHR) 
18 flights every day
2
London (LHR)
New York (JFK)
17 flights every day
3
Sydney (SYD)
Singapore (SIN) 
9 flights every day
4
Singapore (SIN)
Sydney (SYD)
9 flights every day
5
Delhi (DEL)
London (LHR)
9 flights every day
6
London (LHR)
Delhi (DEL)
9 flights every day
7
Melbourne (MEL)
Singapore (SIN)
9 flights every day
8
Singapore (SIN)
Melbourne (MEL)
8 flights every day
9
New York (JFK)
Paris (CDG) 
8 flights every day
10
Denpasar (DPS)
Melbourne (MEL)
8 flights every day
11
Doha (DOH)
London (LHR)
8 flights every day
12
Paris (CDG)
New York (JFK)
8 flights every day
13
Singapore (SIN)
London (LHR)
8 flights every day
14
London (LHR)
Doha (DOH)
8 flights every day
15
Melbourne (MEL)
Denpasar (DPS)
8 flights every day
16
Newark (EWR)
London (LHR)
8 flights every day
17
Los Angeles (LAX)
London (LHR)
7 flights every day
18
Bogota (BOG)
Madrid (MAD) 
7 flights every day
19
London (LHR)
Los Angeles (LAX)
7 flights every day
20
Los Angeles (LAX)
Tokyo (HND) 
7 flights every day
21
Taipei (TPE)
San Francisco (SFO)
7 flights every day
22
London (LHR)
Singapore (SIN)
7 flights every day
23
Tokyo (HND)
Los Angeles (LAX)
7 flights every day
24
San Francisco (SFO)
Taipei (TPE)
7 flights every day
25
Miami (MIA)
Lima (LIM) 
7 flights every day
26
Madrid (MAD)
Bogota (BOG)
7 flights every day
27
London (LHR)
New York (EWR)
7 flights every day
28
Lima (LIM)
Miami (MIA)
7 flights every day
29
Dubai (DXB)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
30
London (LHR)
Dubai (DXB)
6 flights every day
31
London (LHR)
Mumbai (BOM)
6 flights every day
32
Chicago (ORD)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
33
London (LHR)
Chicago (ORD)
6 flights every day
34
Honolulu (HNL)
Tokyo (HND)
6 flights every day
35
Tokyo (HND)
Honolulu (HNL)
6 flights every day
36
Hongkong (HKG)
Los Angeles (LAX)
6 flights every day
37
Mumbai (BOM)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
38
London (LHR)
Boston (BOS)
6 flights every day
39
Buenos Aires (EZE)
Madrid (MAD)
6 flights every day
40
Los Angeles (LAX)
Hong Kong (HKG)
6 flights every day
41
Madrid (MAD)
Buenos Aires (EZE)
6 flights every day
42
Boston (BOS)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
43
Panama City (PTY)
Buenos Aires (EZE)
6 flights every day
44
Miami (MIA)
Buenos Aires (EZE)
6 flights every day
45
Buenos Aires (EZE)
Panama City (PTY)
6 flights every day
46
Buenos Aires (EZE)
Miami (MIA)
6 flights every day
47
London (LHR)
Hong Kong (HKG)
6 flights every day
48
Hongkong (HKG)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
49
Panama City (PTY)
Santiago (SCL) 
6 flights every day
50
Santiago (SCL)
Panama City (PTY)
6 flights every day
51
Denpasar (DPS)
Sydney (SYD)
5 flights every day
52
Sydney (SYD)
Denpasar (DPS)
5 flights every day
53
London (LHR)
Atlanta (ATL)
5 flights every day
54
Tokyo (HND)
Sydney (SYD)
5 flights every day
55
Tokyo (HND)
New York (JFK)
5 flights every day
56
Taipei (TPE)
Los Angeles (LAX)
5 flights every day
57
Los Angeles (LAX)
Tokyo (NRT)
5 flights every day
58
Atlanta (ATL)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
59
Tokyo (NRT)
Los Angeles (LAX)
5 flights every day
60
Sydney (SYD)
Tokyo (HND)
5 flights every day
61
Los Angeles (LAX)
Taipei (TPE)
5 flights every day
62
Hongkong (HKG)
Sydney (SYD)
5 flights every day
63
Sao Paulo (GRU)
Panama City (PTY)
5 flights every day
64
Los Angeles (LAX)
Seoul (ICN) 
5 flights every day
65
Sydney (SYD)
Hong Kong (HKG)
5 flights every day
66
London (LHR)
Tokyo (HND)
5 flights every day
67
Brisbane (BNE)
Singapore (SIN)
5 flights every day
68
Madrid (MAD)
Mexico City (MEX) 
5 flights every day
69
Seoul (ICN)
Los Angeles (LAX)
5 flights every day
70
Panama City (PTY)
Sao Paulo (GRU)
5 flights every day
71
Tokyo (HND)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
72
Singapore (SIN)
Brisbane (BNE)
5 flights every day
73
London (LHR)
Miami (MIA)
5 flights every day
74
New York (JFK)
Tokyo (HND)
5 flights every day
75
San Francisco (SFO)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
76
London (LHR)
San Francisco (SFO)
5 flights every day
77
Sao Paulo (GRU)
Madrid (MAD)
5 flights every day
78
London (LHR)
Dallas (DFW)
5 flights every day
79
Madrid (MAD)
Sao Paulo (GRU)
5 flights every day
80
Miami (MIA)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
81
Mexico City (MEX)
Madrid (MAD)
5 flights every day
82
Madrid (MAD)
New York (JFK)
5 flights every day
83
Dallas (DFW)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
84
Madrid (MAD)
Lima (LIM)
4 flights every day
85
Lima (LIM)
Madrid (MAD)
4 flights every day
86
Seoul (ICN)
San Francisco (SFO)
4 flights every day
87
San Francisco (SFO)
Seoul (ICN)
4 flights every day
88
Tokyo (HND)
Paris (CDG)
4 flights every day
89
Paris (CDG)
Tokyo (HND)
4 flights every day
90
Istanbul (IST)
Bangkok (BKK) 
4 flights every day
91
Bangkok (BKK)
Istanbul (IST)
4 flights every day
92
London (LHR)
Toronto (YYZ) 
4 flights every day
93
Paris (CDG)
Montreal (YUL)
4 flights every day
94
Miami (MIA)
Sao Paulo (GRU)
4 flights every day
95
Newark (EWR)
Tel Aviv-Yafo (TLV) 
4 flights every day
96
Tel Aviv (TLV)
New York (EWR)
4 flights every day
97
New York (JFK)
Madrid (MAD)
4 flights every day
98
Montreal (YUL)
Paris (CDG)
4 flights every day
99
Seattle (SEA)
Taipei (TPE)
4 flights every day
100
Washington (IAD)
London (LHR)
4 flights every day
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