List of busiest passenger air routes
World
The top 100 busiest air routes

List of busiest passenger air routes

Section Title: World
Table Section Text: The top 100 busiest air routes

Rank	Airport 1	Airport 2	Distance (km)	2017 Passengers	Note

1	South Korea Jeju	Seoul-Gimpo	449	13,460,306	Domestic

2	Australia Sydney	Melbourne	705	9,090,941	Domestic

3	Japan Sapporo	Tokyo-Haneda	835	8,726,502	Domestic

4	Japan Fukuoka	Tokyo-Haneda	889	7,864,000	Domestic

5	India Mumbai	Delhi	1150	7,129,943	Domestic

6	China Beijing	Shanghai-Hongqiao	1081	6,833,684	Domestic

7	Hanoi	Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City	1171	6,769,823	Domestic

8	Hong Kong Hong Kong	Taiwan Taipei-Taoyuan	802	6,719,030	International

9	Jakarta	Indonesia Surabaya	700	5,271,304	Domestic

10	Japan Tokyo-Haneda	Naha	1573	5,269,481	Domestic

11	Japan Tokyo-Haneda	Osaka-Itami	407	5,106,584	Domestic

12	Saudi Arabia Jeddah	Saudi Arabia Riyadh	857	5,091,629	Domestic

13	Jakarta	Indonesia Denpasar	991	4,952,852	Domestic

14	China Chengdu	Beijing	1559	4,951,620	Domestic

15	China Guangzhou	Beijing	1898	4,864,177	Domestic

16	Jakarta	Singapore Singapore	896	4,810,602	International

17	Australia Brisbane	Sydney	756	4,742,771	Domestic

18	South Africa Cape Town	Johannesburg	1292	4,698,849	Domestic

19	Mexico Cancun	Mexico City	1294	4,656,308	Domestic

20	Jakarta	Indonesia Makassar	1439	4,559,737	Domestic

21	China Beijing	Shenzhen	1979	4,496,351	Domestic

22	China Guangzhou	Shanghai-Hongqiao	1176	4,469,990	Domestic

23	China Shanghai-Hongqiao	Shenzhen	1217	4,445,654	Domestic

24	India Bangalore	Delhi	1717	4,183,799	Domestic

25	Hong Kong Hong Kong	China Shanghai-Pudong	1247	4,162,347	International

26	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	Singapore Singapore	296	4,108,824	International

27	Brazil São Paulo–Congonhas	Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont	378	4,096,193	Domestic

28	Jakarta	Indonesia Medan	1401	3,886,963	Domestic

29	Australia Brisbane	Melbourne	1379	3,545,156	Domestic

30	United States New York-JFK	Los Angeles	3982	3,531,613	Domestic

31	United States Los Angeles	San Francisco	541	3,507,702	Domestic

32	Turkey İzmir	Turkey Istanbul-Atatürk	348	3,496,438	Domestic

33	India Bangalore	India Mumbai	834	3,445,315	Domestic

34	Thailand Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi	Hong Kong Hong Kong	1694	3,438,628	International

35	Thailand Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi	Thailand Phuket	685	3,396,189	Domestic

36	Thailand Bangkok-Don Mueang	Thailand Phuket	698	3,325,261	Domestic

37	Colombia Bogotá	Colombia Medellin-Rionegro	239	3,323,127	Domestic

38	Philippines Cebu	Philippines Manila	570	3,233,871	Domestic

39	Da Nang	Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City	617	3,210,368	Domestic

40	United Arab Emirates Dubai	London-Heathrow	5529	3,210,121	International

41	Mexico Mexico City	Monterrey	729	3,202,091	Domestic

42	Hong Kong Hong Kong	Seoul-Incheon	2080	3,198,132	International

43	Thailand Chiang Mai	Thailand Bangkok-Don Mueang	569	3,155,528	Domestic

44	India Kolkata	Delhi	1333	3,153,548	Domestic

45	Hong Kong Hong Kong	Singapore	2587	3,147,384	International

46	United States New York-LaGuardia	Chicago-O'Hare	1177	3,118,651	Domestic

47	Peru Cusco	Lima	583	3,000,513	Domestic

48	Mexico Mexico City	Guadalajara	466	2,996,806	Domestic

49	United States New York-JFK	London-Heathrow	5562	2,972,817	International

50	Hong Kong	Beijing	2011	2,962,707	International

51	Canada Vancouver	Toronto-Pearson	3358	2,950,823	Domestic

52	China Guangzhou	Chengdu	1232	2,944,642	Domestic

53	United States Los Angeles	Chicago-O'Hare	2811	2,927,492	Domestic

54	Hong Kong Hong Kong	Philippines Manila	1145	2,907,228	International

55	Seoul-Incheon	Osaka-Kansai	872	2,907,199	International

56	China Hangzhou	Beijing	1157	2,883,519	Domestic

57	South Africa Durban	Johannesburg	498	2,847,156	Domestic

58	United States Atlanta	Orlando	645	2,836,474	Domestic

59	United States Las Vegas	Los Angeles	388	2,823,411	Domestic

60	Jakarta	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	1142	2,812,479	International

61	South Korea Jeju	Gimhae	294	2,793,383	Domestic

62	United States Los Angeles	Seattle–Tacoma	1540	2,768,035	Domestic

63	Australia Gold Coast	Sydney	682	2,739,057	Domestic

64	Colombia Bogotá	Colombia Cali	287	2,726,627	Domestic

65	China Guangzhou	Hangzhou	1037	2,653,701	Domestic

66	Canada Montréal	Toronto-Pearson	503	2,640,849	Domestic

67	China Jinghong	Kunming Changshui	417	2,627,969	Domestic

68	New Zealand Auckland	Wellington	483	2,617,041	Domestic

69	Malaysia Kota Kinabalu	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	1622	2,609,151	Domestic

70	Turkey İzmir	Turkey Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen	364	2,608,469	Domestic

71	Philippines Davao	Philippines Manila	975	2,606,945	Domestic

72	India Delhi	Pune	1158	2,601,764	Domestic

73	Thailand Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi	Singapore	1431	2,596,349	International

74	Japan Tokyo-Narita	Taiwan Taipei-Taoyuan	2193	2,592,049	International

75	India Delhi	Hyderabad	1273	2,577,743	Domestic

76	Colombia Bogotá	Colombia Cartagena	673	2,573,763	Domestic

77	Japan Tokyo-Haneda	Kagoshima	948	2,553,366	Domestic

78	China Beijing	Xi'an	951	2,540,100	Domestic

79	India Mumbai	Goa	423	2,537,413	Domestic

80	New Zealand Auckland	Christchurch	751	2,535,669	Domestic

81	Da Nang	Vietnam Hanoi	626	2,534,425	Domestic

82	Japan Osaka-Kansai	Taiwan Taipei-Taoyuan	1714	2,530,208	International

83	United States Denver	Los Angeles	1392	2,519,541	Domestic

84	Thailand Bangkok-Don Mueang	Thailand Hat Yai	794	2,518,553	Domestic

85	China Chengdu	Shenzhen	1327	2,509,192	Domestic

86	China Chongqing	Beijing	1483	2,485,613	Domestic

87	China Guangzhou	Chongqing	975	2,468,368	Domestic

88	India Delhi	Chennai	1774	2,456,556	Domestic

89	Australia Adelaide	Melbourne	646	2,454,637	Domestic

90	Surabaya	Indonesia Makassar	794	2,434,487	Domestic

91	Thailand Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi	Thailand Chiang Mai	597	2,395,389	Domestic

92	United Arab Emirates Dubai	Kuwait Kuwait City	857	2,394,192	International

93	United States Atlanta	New York-LaGuardia	1238	2,387,693	Domestic

94	India Mumbai	United Arab Emirates Dubai	1925	2,383,145	International

95	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia Penang	324	2,379,127	Domestic

96	Turkey Ankara	Turkey Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen	322	2,378,692	Domestic

97	India Mumbai	Chennai	1045	2,377,806	Domestic

98	United States Atlanta	Fort Lauderdale	943	2,360,786	Domestic

99	Jakarta	Padang	914	2,350,206	Domestic

100	Malaysia Kuching	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	971	2,341,291	Domestic

Sentence(s)

The Melbourne–Sydney air route is the second busiest passenger air route in the world.

final_sentence: The Melbourne–Sydney air route is the second busiest passenger air route in the world.