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Top 100 busiest intercontinental airline routes
- by number of daily departures
UPDATED 2026-06-26This 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) 
20 flights every day
2
New York (JFK)
London (LHR)
20 flights every day
3
New York (JFK)
Paris (CDG) 
10 flights every day
4
Paris (CDG)
New York (JFK)
10 flights every day
5
Singapore (SIN)
Melbourne (MEL) 
10 flights every day
6
Melbourne (MEL)
Singapore (SIN)
10 flights every day
7
Singapore (SIN)
Sydney (SYD)
9 flights every day
8
Sydney (SYD)
Singapore (SIN)
9 flights every day
9
London (LHR)
New York (EWR)
9 flights every day
10
Los Angeles (LAX)
London (LHR)
9 flights every day
11
Chicago (ORD)
London (LHR)
9 flights every day
12
London (LHR)
Los Angeles (LAX)
9 flights every day
13
Newark (EWR)
London (LHR)
9 flights every day
14
London (LHR)
Chicago (ORD)
9 flights every day
15
Delhi (DEL)
London (LHR)
9 flights every day
16
London (LHR)
Delhi (DEL)
8 flights every day
17
Singapore (SIN)
London (LHR)
8 flights every day
18
Mumbai (BOM)
London (LHR)
8 flights every day
19
Madrid (MAD)
Bogota (BOG) 
7 flights every day
20
Denpasar (DPS)
Melbourne (MEL)
7 flights every day
21
London (LHR)
Boston (BOS)
7 flights every day
22
Bogota (BOG)
Madrid (MAD)
7 flights every day
23
Boston (BOS)
London (LHR)
7 flights every day
24
Melbourne (MEL)
Denpasar (DPS)
7 flights every day
25
Rom (FCO)
New York (JFK)
7 flights every day
26
London (LHR)
Mumbai (BOM)
7 flights every day
27
Taipei (TPE)
San Francisco (SFO)
7 flights every day
28
San Francisco (SFO)
Taipei (TPE)
7 flights every day
29
London (LHR)
San Francisco (SFO)
7 flights every day
30
San Francisco (SFO)
London (LHR)
7 flights every day
31
London (LHR)
Singapore (SIN)
7 flights every day
32
Paris (CDG)
Montreal (YUL) 
7 flights every day
33
Tokyo (HND)
Los Angeles (LAX)
7 flights every day
34
Los Angeles (LAX)
Tokyo (HND)
7 flights every day
35
Montreal (YUL)
Paris (CDG)
7 flights every day
36
Miami (MIA)
Lima (LIM) 
7 flights every day
37
Lima (LIM)
Miami (MIA)
6 flights every day
38
Doha (DOH)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
39
Paris (CDG)
Los Angeles (LAX)
6 flights every day
40
Honolulu (HNL)
Tokyo (HND)
6 flights every day
41
Tokyo (HND)
Honolulu (HNL)
6 flights every day
42
Hongkong (HKG)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
43
Los Angeles (LAX)
Paris (CDG)
6 flights every day
44
London (LHR)
Hong Kong (HKG)
6 flights every day
45
London (LHR)
Doha (DOH)
6 flights every day
46
Hongkong (HKG)
Los Angeles (LAX)
6 flights every day
47
Los Angeles (LAX)
Hong Kong (HKG)
6 flights every day
48
Panama City (PTY)
Buenos Aires (EZE) 
6 flights every day
49
Washington (IAD)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
50
London (LHR)
Dulles (IAD)
6 flights every day
51
Denpasar (DPS)
Sydney (SYD)
6 flights every day
52
Panama City (PTY)
Santiago (SCL) 
6 flights every day
53
Santiago (SCL)
Panama City (PTY)
6 flights every day
54
Buenos Aires (EZE)
Panama City (PTY)
6 flights every day
55
Toronto (YYZ)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
56
Madrid (MAD)
Buenos Aires (EZE)
6 flights every day
57
Buenos Aires (EZE)
Madrid (MAD)
5 flights every day
58
New York (JFK)
Rome (FCO)
5 flights every day
59
Dubai (DXB)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
60
London (LHR)
Dubai (DXB)
5 flights every day
61
Sydney (SYD)
Hong Kong (HKG)
5 flights every day
62
Hongkong (HKG)
Sydney (SYD)
5 flights every day
63
Los Angeles (LAX)
Tokyo (NRT)
5 flights every day
64
Tokyo (NRT)
Los Angeles (LAX)
5 flights every day
65
London (LHR)
Toronto (YYZ)
5 flights every day
66
Mexico City (MEX)
Madrid (MAD)
5 flights every day
67
Rom (FCO)
Toronto (YYZ)
5 flights every day
68
Addis Ababa (ADD)
Rome (FCO)
5 flights every day
69
Sydney (SYD)
Denpasar (DPS)
5 flights every day
70
Sao Paulo (GRU)
Panama City (PTY)
5 flights every day
71
London (LHR)
Atlanta (ATL)
5 flights every day
72
Tokyo (HND)
New York (JFK)
5 flights every day
73
London (LHR)
Seattle (SEA)
5 flights every day
74
London (LHR)
Dallas (DFW)
5 flights every day
75
Dallas (DFW)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
76
Brisbane (BNE)
Singapore (SIN)
5 flights every day
77
Seattle (SEA)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
78
New York (JFK)
Dublin (DUB) 
5 flights every day
79
Madrid (MAD)
Mexico City (MEX)
5 flights every day
80
Atlanta (ATL)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
81
Taipei (TPE)
Los Angeles (LAX)
5 flights every day
82
Tokyo (HND)
Sydney (SYD)
5 flights every day
83
Dublin (DUB)
New York (JFK)
5 flights every day
84
New York (JFK)
Tokyo (HND)
5 flights every day
85
Seoul (ICN)
Los Angeles (LAX)
5 flights every day
86
Los Angeles (LAX)
Seoul (ICN)
5 flights every day
87
London (LHR)
Tokyo (HND)
5 flights every day
88
Tokyo (HND)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
89
Singapore (SIN)
Brisbane (BNE)
5 flights every day
90
New York (JFK)
Frankfurt (FRA) 
5 flights every day
91
Buenos Aires (EZE)
Miami (MIA)
5 flights every day
92
Sydney (SYD)
Kuala Lumpur (KUL) 
5 flights every day
93
Sydney (SYD)
Tokyo (HND)
5 flights every day
94
Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
Sydney (SYD)
5 flights every day
95
Frankfurt (FRA)
New York (JFK)
5 flights every day
96
Panama City (PTY)
Sao Paulo (GRU)
5 flights every day
97
Los Angeles (LAX)
Taipei (TPE)
5 flights every day
98
Miami (MIA)
Buenos Aires (EZE)
5 flights every day
99
Madrid (MAD)
Sao Paulo (GRU)
5 flights every day
100
Dublin (DUB)
Boston (BOS)
5 flights every day
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