These Are the 10 Busiest North American Air Routes

With load factors in the mid-80's year-round, it sometimes seems like every flight is a popular flight. But some flights are more popular than others.



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combined schedule and passenger data from OAG and Sabre to compile a list of the busiest air routes in North and South America.



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Here are the top 10:

1. Mexico City - Cancun
2. Los Angeles - New York
3. Mexico City - Monterrey
4. New York - Chicago
5. San Francisco - Los Angeles
6. Guadalajara - Mexico City
7. Los Angeles - Seattle
8. San Francisco - New York
9. New York - Atlanta
10. Honolulu - Kahului
    
    
    
    Surprisingly perhaps, three of the 10 busiest air routes in North America turned out to be in Mexico. The very busiest, with 3,682,028 passengers during the 12-month period through October 2017, was the 805-mile flight between Mexico City and Cancun. Average fare: $72.22.
    
    Second on the list is a bit more predictable: the Los Angeles to New York route, with 2,873,316 passengers for the year, at an average fare of $337.66. That's the most expensive of the top-10 flights, and also the longest flight, at around 2,474 miles.
    
    The 10th-busiest route is also the shortest: Honolulu to Kahului, at just 105 miles, with an average fare of $65.76.
    
    
    
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