Route distances

Great-circle distance, initial bearing and still-air block time for popular long-haul city pairs. Pick one below, or search any of the 9,785 airports in the dataset and open it in the mapper.

YSSY → KLAXSydney (Mascot) to Los Angeles6,512 nm WSSS → EGLLSingapore to London5,876 nm KJFK → EGLLNew York to London2,991 nm KLAX → RJTTLos Angeles to Tokyo4,758 nm EGLL → OMDBLondon to Dubai2,969 nm OMDB → WSSSDubai to Singapore3,157 nm KJFK → KLAXNew York to Los Angeles2,146 nm EDDF → KJFKFrankfurt am Main to New York3,342 nm EGLL → SBGRLondon to São Paulo5,108 nm LEMD → SAEZMadrid to Buenos Aires (Ezeiza)5,446 nm EGLL → FAORLondon to Johannesburg4,900 nm OMDB → FAORDubai to Johannesburg3,463 nm

The world’s busiest passenger routes

The 100 busiest routes by annual traffic, compiled in September 2026. Ranks 1 to 20 are OAG’s 2025 scheduled seat capacity; beyond that each market’s own latest figures are combined, so the order is approximate.

1RKPC → RKSSJeju City to Seoul243 nm 2RJCC → RJTTSapporo to Tokyo443 nm 3RJFF → RJTTFukuoka to Tokyo476 nm 4VVNB → VVTSHanoi (Soc Son) to Ho Chi Minh City626 nm 5OEJN → OERKJeddah to Riyadh460 nm 6YMML → YSSYMelbourne to Sydney (Mascot)381 nm 7RJTT → ROAHTokyo to Naha840 nm 8VABB → VIDPMumbai to New Delhi614 nm 9ZBAA → ZSSSBeijing to Shanghai (Minhang)581 nm 10ZSSS → ZGSZShanghai (Minhang) to Shenzhen653 nm 11VHHH → RCTPHong Kong to Taoyuan435 nm 12HECA → OEJNCairo to Jeddah657 nm 13WMKK → WSSSSepang to Singapore161 nm 14RKSI → RJAASeoul to Narita679 nm 15RKSI → RJBBSeoul to Osaka465 nm 16WIII → WSSSJakarta to Singapore476 nm 17OMDB → OERKDubai to Riyadh472 nm 18VTBS → VHHHBangkok to Hong Kong912 nm 19RCTP → RJAATaoyuan to Narita1,178 nm 20KJFK → EGLLNew York to London2,991 nm 21ZGGG → ZSSSGuangzhou (Huadu) to Shanghai (Minhang)635 nm 22ZBAA → ZGSZBeijing to Shenzhen1,057 nm 23VOBL → VIDPBengaluru to New Delhi923 nm 24ZGGG → ZSHCGuangzhou (Huadu) to Hangzhou561 nm 25ZUTF → ZBAAChengdu (Jianyang) to Beijing835 nm