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Top 100 busiest intercontinental airline routes
- by number of daily departures
UPDATED 2026-09-26This 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
London (LHR)
Los Angeles (LAX)
9 flights every day
6
Delhi (DEL)
London (LHR)
9 flights every day
7
London (LHR)
Delhi (DEL)
9 flights every day
8
Los Angeles (LAX)
London (LHR)
9 flights every day
9
Singapore (SIN)
Melbourne (MEL) 
8 flights every day
10
Chicago (ORD)
London (LHR)
8 flights every day
11
London (LHR)
Chicago (ORD)
8 flights every day
12
London (LHR)
New York (EWR)
8 flights every day
13
Rom (FCO)
New York (JFK)
8 flights every day
14
Singapore (SIN)
London (LHR)
8 flights every day
15
Melbourne (MEL)
Singapore (SIN)
8 flights every day
16
Newark (EWR)
London (LHR)
8 flights every day
17
Sydney (SYD)
Singapore (SIN)
8 flights every day
18
Singapore (SIN)
Sydney (SYD)
8 flights every day
19
Bogota (BOG)
Madrid (MAD) 
7 flights every day
20
Madrid (MAD)
Bogota (BOG)
7 flights every day
21
Tokyo (HND)
Los Angeles (LAX)
7 flights every day
22
San Francisco (SFO)
Taipei (TPE) 
7 flights every day
23
Taipei (TPE)
San Francisco (SFO)
7 flights every day
24
London (LHR)
Doha (DOH) 
7 flights every day
25
London (LHR)
Mumbai (BOM)
7 flights every day
26
London (LHR)
Boston (BOS)
7 flights every day
27
Mumbai (BOM)
London (LHR)
7 flights every day
28
Doha (DOH)
London (LHR)
7 flights every day
29
Boston (BOS)
London (LHR)
7 flights every day
30
Melbourne (MEL)
Denpasar (DPS) 
7 flights every day
31
Los Angeles (LAX)
Tokyo (HND)
7 flights every day
32
London (LHR)
Singapore (SIN)
7 flights every day
33
Denpasar (DPS)
Melbourne (MEL)
6 flights every day
34
Miami (MIA)
Lima (LIM) 
6 flights every day
35
San Francisco (SFO)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
36
Honolulu (HNL)
Tokyo (HND)
6 flights every day
37
London (LHR)
San Francisco (SFO)
6 flights every day
38
London (LHR)
Hong Kong (HKG) 
6 flights every day
39
Hongkong (HKG)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
40
New York (JFK)
Rome (FCO)
6 flights every day
41
Los Angeles (LAX)
Paris (CDG)
6 flights every day
42
London (LHR)
Toronto (YYZ) 
6 flights every day
43
Paris (CDG)
Los Angeles (LAX)
6 flights every day
44
Toronto (YYZ)
London (LHR)
6 flights every day
45
Los Angeles (LAX)
Hong Kong (HKG)
6 flights every day
46
Tokyo (HND)
Honolulu (HNL)
5 flights every day
47
Buenos Aires (EZE)
Panama City (PTY) 
5 flights every day
48
Hongkong (HKG)
Los Angeles (LAX)
5 flights every day
49
Madrid (MAD)
Buenos Aires (EZE)
5 flights every day
50
Lima (LIM)
Miami (MIA)
5 flights every day
51
Panama City (PTY)
Buenos Aires (EZE)
5 flights every day
52
Washington (IAD)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
53
Dubai (DXB)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
54
Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
Perth (PER)
5 flights every day
55
London (LHR)
Dulles (IAD)
5 flights every day
56
Los Angeles (LAX)
Seoul (ICN) 
5 flights every day
57
Seoul (ICN)
Los Angeles (LAX)
5 flights every day
58
Panama City (PTY)
Santiago (SCL) 
5 flights every day
59
London (LHR)
Dubai (DXB)
5 flights every day
60
Brisbane (BNE)
Singapore (SIN)
5 flights every day
61
Singapore (SIN)
Brisbane (BNE)
5 flights every day
62
Sydney (SYD)
Hong Kong (HKG)
5 flights every day
63
Tokyo (NRT)
Los Angeles (LAX)
5 flights every day
64
Los Angeles (LAX)
Tokyo (NRT)
5 flights every day
65
Tokyo (HND)
New York (JFK)
5 flights every day
66
Seattle (SEA)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
67
New York (JFK)
Tokyo (HND)
5 flights every day
68
London (LHR)
Atlanta (ATL)
5 flights every day
69
Buenos Aires (EZE)
Madrid (MAD)
5 flights every day
70
Tokyo (HND)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
71
Santiago (SCL)
Panama City (PTY)
5 flights every day
72
New York (JFK)
Frankfurt (FRA) 
5 flights every day
73
London (LHR)
Dallas (DFW)
5 flights every day
74
Dallas (DFW)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
75
Taipei (TPE)
Los Angeles (LAX)
5 flights every day
76
Frankfurt (FRA)
New York (JFK)
5 flights every day
77
Tel Aviv (TLV)
New York (JFK)
5 flights every day
78
Los Angeles (LAX)
Taipei (TPE)
5 flights every day
79
Mexico City (MEX)
Madrid (MAD)
5 flights every day
80
Paris (CDG)
Montreal (YUL)
5 flights every day
81
Hongkong (HKG)
Sydney (SYD)
5 flights every day
82
New York (JFK)
Tel Aviv-Yafo (TLV)
5 flights every day
83
Panama City (PTY)
Sao Paulo (GRU) 
5 flights every day
84
Denpasar (DPS)
Sydney (SYD)
5 flights every day
85
Addis Ababa (ADD)
Rome (FCO)
5 flights every day
86
Atlanta (ATL)
London (LHR)
5 flights every day
87
London (LHR)
Seattle (SEA)
5 flights every day
88
London (LHR)
Tokyo (HND)
5 flights every day
89
New York (JFK)
Dublin (DUB) 
5 flights every day
90
Madrid (MAD)
Sao Paulo (GRU)
5 flights every day
91
Montreal (YUL)
Paris (CDG)
5 flights every day
92
Sydney (SYD)
Denpasar (DPS)
5 flights every day
93
Buenos Aires (EZE)
Miami (MIA)
5 flights every day
94
Seoul (ICN)
San Francisco (SFO)
5 flights every day
95
San Francisco (SFO)
Seoul (ICN)
5 flights every day
96
Dublin (DUB)
New York (JFK)
5 flights every day
97
Madrid (MAD)
Mexico City (MEX)
4 flights every day
98
Perth (PER)
Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
4 flights every day
99
Sao Paulo (GRU)
Madrid (MAD)
4 flights every day
100
Miami (MIA)
Buenos Aires (EZE)
4 flights every day
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