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Top 100 busiest intercontinental airline routes
- by number of daily departures
UPDATED 2026-08-15This 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
London (LHR)
New York (JFK) 
19 flights every day
2
New York (JFK)
London (LHR)
19 flights every day
3
Paris (CDG)
New York (JFK)
11 flights every day
4
New York (JFK)
Paris (CDG)
10 flights every day
5
London (LHR)
Los Angeles (LAX)
9 flights every day
6
Chicago (ORD)
London (LHR)
9 flights every day
7
Los Angeles (LAX)
London (LHR)
9 flights every day
8
London (LHR)
Chicago (ORD)
9 flights every day
9
London (LHR)
New York (EWR)
9 flights every day
10
Newark (EWR)
London (LHR)
9 flights every day
11
Melbourne (MEL)
Singapore (SIN) 
9 flights every day
12
Singapore (SIN)
Melbourne (MEL)
9 flights every day
13
Sydney (SYD)
Singapore (SIN)
9 flights every day
14
Singapore (SIN)
Sydney (SYD)
8 flights every day
15
London (LHR)
Delhi (DEL) 
8 flights every day
16
Delhi (DEL)
London (LHR)
8 flights every day
17
Bogota (BOG)
Madrid (MAD) 
8 flights every day
18
Mumbai (BOM)
London (LHR)
8 flights every day
19
Madrid (MAD)
Bogota (BOG)
8 flights every day
20
London (LHR)
Mumbai (BOM)
8 flights every day
21
Singapore (SIN)
London (LHR)
8 flights every day
22
Denpasar (DPS)
Melbourne (MEL)
8 flights every day
23
Rom (FCO)
New York (JFK)
8 flights every day
24
Boston (BOS)
London (LHR)
8 flights every day
25
London (LHR)
Boston (BOS)
8 flights every day
26
Melbourne (MEL)
Denpasar (DPS)
8 flights every day
27
Montreal (YUL)
Paris (CDG)
8 flights every day
28
Paris (CDG)
Montreal (YUL)
7 flights every day
29
Tokyo (HND)
Los Angeles (LAX)
7 flights every day
30
Los Angeles (LAX)
Tokyo (HND)
7 flights every day
31
Taipei (TPE)
San Francisco (SFO)
7 flights every day
32
San Francisco (SFO)
Taipei (TPE)
7 flights every day
33
London (LHR)
Singapore (SIN)
7 flights every day
34
New York (JFK)
Rome (FCO)
7 flights every day
35
London (LHR)
Doha (DOH) 
7 flights every day
36
Doha (DOH)
London (LHR)
7 flights every day
37
Madrid (MAD)
Buenos Aires (EZE) 
6 flights every day
38
Buenos Aires (EZE)
Madrid (MAD)
6 flights every day
39
Miami (MIA)
Lima (LIM) 
6 flights every day
40
Lima (LIM)
Miami (MIA)
6 flights every day
41
Los Angeles (LAX)
Hong Kong (HKG) 
6 flights every day
42
London (LHR)
San Francisco (SFO)
6 flights every day
43
San Francisco (SFO)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
44
London (LHR)
Hong Kong (HKG)
6 flights every day
45
Hongkong (HKG)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
46
Honolulu (HNL)
Tokyo (HND)
6 flights every day
47
London (LHR)
Toronto (YYZ)
6 flights every day
48
Toronto (YYZ)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
49
Hongkong (HKG)
Los Angeles (LAX)
6 flights every day
50
Denpasar (DPS)
Sydney (SYD)
6 flights every day
51
Los Angeles (LAX)
Paris (CDG)
6 flights every day
52
Sydney (SYD)
Denpasar (DPS)
6 flights every day
53
London (LHR)
Dubai (DXB) 
6 flights every day
54
Dubai (DXB)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
55
Paris (CDG)
Los Angeles (LAX)
6 flights every day
56
Panama City (PTY)
Buenos Aires (EZE)
6 flights every day
57
Washington (IAD)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
58
London (LHR)
Dulles (IAD)
6 flights every day
59
Tokyo (HND)
Honolulu (HNL)
6 flights every day
60
Buenos Aires (EZE)
Panama City (PTY)
6 flights every day
61
Santiago (SCL)
Panama City (PTY)
6 flights every day
62
Panama City (PTY)
Santiago (SCL)
6 flights every day
63
Los Angeles (LAX)
Seoul (ICN) 
5 flights every day
64
Madrid (MAD)
Mexico City (MEX) 
5 flights every day
65
Seoul (ICN)
Los Angeles (LAX)
5 flights every day
66
Sydney (SYD)
Hong Kong (HKG)
5 flights every day
67
Mexico City (MEX)
Madrid (MAD)
5 flights every day
68
Hongkong (HKG)
Sydney (SYD)
5 flights every day
69
Madrid (MAD)
Sao Paulo (GRU) 
5 flights every day
70
Sao Paulo (GRU)
Madrid (MAD)
5 flights every day
71
Los Angeles (LAX)
Tokyo (NRT)
5 flights every day
72
Lima (LIM)
Madrid (MAD)
5 flights every day
73
Miami (MIA)
Buenos Aires (EZE)
5 flights every day
74
Dublin (DUB)
New York (JFK)
5 flights every day
75
London (LHR)
Atlanta (ATL)
5 flights every day
76
Tokyo (HND)
New York (JFK)
5 flights every day
77
Tokyo (NRT)
Los Angeles (LAX)
5 flights every day
78
Madrid (MAD)
Lima (LIM)
5 flights every day
79
Buenos Aires (EZE)
Miami (MIA)
5 flights every day
80
New York (JFK)
Dublin (DUB)
5 flights every day
81
New York (JFK)
Tokyo (HND)
5 flights every day
82
London (LHR)
Dallas (DFW)
5 flights every day
83
Dallas (DFW)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
84
Atlanta (ATL)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
85
New York (JFK)
Madrid (MAD)
5 flights every day
86
Madrid (MAD)
New York (JFK)
5 flights every day
87
Taipei (TPE)
Los Angeles (LAX)
5 flights every day
88
Rom (FCO)
Toronto (YYZ)
5 flights every day
89
Los Angeles (LAX)
Taipei (TPE)
5 flights every day
90
Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
Sydney (SYD)
5 flights every day
91
New York (JFK)
Frankfurt (FRA) 
5 flights every day
92
Tokyo (HND)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
93
Tokyo (HND)
Sydney (SYD)
5 flights every day
94
London (LHR)
Tokyo (HND)
5 flights every day
95
Brisbane (BNE)
Singapore (SIN)
5 flights every day
96
Singapore (SIN)
Brisbane (BNE)
5 flights every day
97
Seattle (SEA)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
98
Frankfurt (FRA)
New York (JFK)
5 flights every day
99
Sydney (SYD)
Tokyo (HND)
5 flights every day
100
London (LHR)
Seattle (SEA)
5 flights every day
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