Airports Ranked by Total Route Miles

Measures: Global reach

This ranking lists the world’s top 100 airports by total distance flown per day across all scheduled routes. Unlike flight count rankings, which emphasize volume, total distance highlights global reach and network depth by accounting for both route length and flight frequency combined. Airports ranking highly here typically operate extensive long-haul networks connecting distant regions.

Updated: February 16, 2026

Distance Units
Rank Airport Distance
1 Dubai (DXB)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1,678,787 miles 2,701,745 km 1,678,787 miles 2,701,745 km
2 Los Angeles (LAX)

Los Angeles, United States

1,501,985 miles 2,417,209 km 1,501,985 miles 2,417,209 km
3 London Heathrow (LHR)

London, United Kingdom

1,462,053 miles 2,352,945 km 1,462,053 miles 2,352,945 km
4 New York John F Kennedy (JFK)

New York, United States

1,304,669 miles 2,099,660 km 1,304,669 miles 2,099,660 km
5 Chicago O'Hare (ORD)

Chicago, United States

1,160,531 miles 1,867,693 km 1,160,531 miles 1,867,693 km
6 Seoul Incheon (ICN)

Seoul, South Korea

1,152,292 miles 1,854,434 km 1,152,292 miles 1,854,434 km
7 Shanghai Pudong (PVG)

Shanghai, China

1,106,692 miles 1,781,048 km 1,106,692 miles 1,781,048 km
8 San Francisco (SFO)

San Francisco, United States

1,042,455 miles 1,677,668 km 1,042,455 miles 1,677,668 km
9 Singapore Changi (SIN)

Singapore, Singapore

1,036,548 miles 1,668,162 km 1,036,548 miles 1,668,162 km
10 Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)

Paris, France

1,018,562 miles 1,639,216 km 1,018,562 miles 1,639,216 km
11 Miami (MIA)

Miami, United States

1,017,836 miles 1,638,048 km 1,017,836 miles 1,638,048 km
12 Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson (ATL)

Atlanta, United States

1,001,736 miles 1,612,137 km 1,001,736 miles 1,612,137 km
13 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)

Dallas-Fort Worth, United States

996,474 miles 1,603,668 km 996,474 miles 1,603,668 km
14 Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK)

Bangkok, Thailand

988,056 miles 1,590,121 km 988,056 miles 1,590,121 km
15 Doha Hamad (DOH)

Doha, Qatar

972,254 miles 1,564,690 km 972,254 miles 1,564,690 km
16 Istanbul (IST)

Istanbul, Turkey

964,913 miles 1,552,876 km 964,913 miles 1,552,876 km
17 Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok (HKG)

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

957,594 miles 1,541,098 km 957,594 miles 1,541,098 km
18 Madrid Adolfo Suárez – Barajas (MAD)

Madrid, Spain

916,855 miles 1,475,534 km 916,855 miles 1,475,534 km
19 Kuala Lumpur (KUL)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

904,725 miles 1,456,013 km 904,725 miles 1,456,013 km
20 Tokyo (HND)

Tokyo, Japan

894,892 miles 1,440,189 km 894,892 miles 1,440,189 km
21 Beijing Capital (PEK)

Beijing, China

877,856 miles 1,412,771 km 877,856 miles 1,412,771 km
22 Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN)

Guangzhou, China

876,103 miles 1,409,950 km 876,103 miles 1,409,950 km
23 Denver (DEN)

Denver, United States

843,451 miles 1,357,402 km 843,451 miles 1,357,402 km
24 Newark Liberty (EWR)

Newark, United States

825,660 miles 1,328,770 km 825,660 miles 1,328,770 km
25 Toronto Pearson (YYZ)

Toronto, Canada

809,314 miles 1,302,464 km 809,314 miles 1,302,464 km
26 Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)

Amsterdam, Netherlands

808,824 miles 1,301,675 km 808,824 miles 1,301,675 km
27 Frankfurt-am-Main (FRA)

Frankfurt, Germany

800,336 miles 1,288,015 km 800,336 miles 1,288,015 km
28 Tokyo Narita (NRT)

Tokyo, Japan

729,191 miles 1,173,519 km 729,191 miles 1,173,519 km
29 Seattle Tacoma (SEA)

Seattle, United States

728,062 miles 1,171,701 km 728,062 miles 1,171,701 km
30 New Delhi Indira Gandhi (DEL)

New Delhi, India

708,355 miles 1,139,986 km 708,355 miles 1,139,986 km
31 Houston George Bush (IAH)

Houston, United States

700,521 miles 1,127,378 km 700,521 miles 1,127,378 km
32 Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sydney, Australia

691,370 miles 1,112,652 km 691,370 miles 1,112,652 km
33 Orlando (MCO)

Orlando, United States

679,227 miles 1,093,110 km 679,227 miles 1,093,110 km
34 Taipei Taiwan Taoyuan (TPE)

Taipei, Taiwan

669,511 miles 1,077,473 km 669,511 miles 1,077,473 km
35 Washington Dulles (IAD)

Washington, United States

663,385 miles 1,067,614 km 663,385 miles 1,067,614 km
36 Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX)

Phoenix, United States

658,983 miles 1,060,529 km 658,983 miles 1,060,529 km
37 Las Vegas McCarran (LAS)

Las Vegas, United States

652,495 miles 1,050,089 km 652,495 miles 1,050,089 km
38 Boston General Edward Lawrence Logan (BOS)

Boston, United States

621,206 miles 999,734 km 621,206 miles 999,734 km
39 Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX)

Shenzhen, China

609,979 miles 981,665 km 609,979 miles 981,665 km
40 Charlotte Douglas (CLT)

Charlotte, United States

599,536 miles 964,860 km 599,536 miles 964,860 km
41 São Paulo Guarulhos (GRU)

São Paulo, Brazil

596,970 miles 960,730 km 596,970 miles 960,730 km
42 Jeddah King Abdulaziz (JED)

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

593,795 miles 955,620 km 593,795 miles 955,620 km
43 Chengdu Tianfu (TFU)

Chengdu, China

592,792 miles 954,005 km 592,792 miles 954,005 km
44 Beijing Daxing (PKX)

Beijing, China

572,816 miles 921,857 km 572,816 miles 921,857 km
45 Melbourne (MEL)

Melbourne, Australia

572,017 miles 920,571 km 572,017 miles 920,571 km
46 Abu Dhabi Zayed (AUH)

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

561,189 miles 903,146 km 561,189 miles 903,146 km
47 Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta (CGK)

Jakarta, Indonesia

530,475 miles 853,716 km 530,475 miles 853,716 km
48 Barcelona (BCN)

Barcelona, Spain

502,339 miles 808,435 km 502,339 miles 808,435 km
49 Mexico City Licenciado Benito Juarez (MEX)

Mexico City, Mexico

497,897 miles 801,288 km 497,897 miles 801,288 km
50 Kunming Changshui (KMG)

Kunming, China

496,801 miles 799,523 km 496,801 miles 799,523 km
51 Vancouver (YVR)

Vancouver, Canada

493,955 miles 794,942 km 493,955 miles 794,942 km
52 Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO)

Moscow, Russia

493,545 miles 794,284 km 493,545 miles 794,284 km
53 Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji (BOM)

Mumbai, India

490,947 miles 790,103 km 490,947 miles 790,103 km
54 Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino (FCO)

Rome, Italy

477,450 miles 768,382 km 477,450 miles 768,382 km
55 Philadelphia (PHL)

Philadelphia, United States

468,690 miles 754,283 km 468,690 miles 754,283 km
56 London Gatwick (LGW)

London, United Kingdom

460,884 miles 741,720 km 460,884 miles 741,720 km
57 Lisbon Portela (LIS)

Lisbon, Portugal

460,569 miles 741,214 km 460,569 miles 741,214 km
58 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW)

Detroit, United States

453,788 miles 730,301 km 453,788 miles 730,301 km
59 San Diego (SAN)

San Diego, United States

444,650 miles 715,594 km 444,650 miles 715,594 km
60 Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (FLL)

Fort Lauderdale, United States

443,359 miles 713,517 km 443,359 miles 713,517 km
61 Hangzhou Xiaoshan (HGH)

Hangzhou, China

435,135 miles 700,282 km 435,135 miles 700,282 km
62 Xianyang Xi'an (XIY)

Xianyang, China

434,810 miles 699,759 km 434,810 miles 699,759 km
63 Montreal Trudeau (YUL)

Montreal, Canada

431,761 miles 694,852 km 431,761 miles 694,852 km
64 Bogotá El Dorado (BOG)

Bogotá, Colombia

422,695 miles 680,261 km 422,695 miles 680,261 km
65 Minneapolis Wold-Chamberlain (MSP)

Minneapolis, United States

421,510 miles 678,354 km 421,510 miles 678,354 km
66 New York La Guardia (LGA)

New York, United States

418,270 miles 673,141 km 418,270 miles 673,141 km
67 Munich (MUC)

Munich, Germany

413,475 miles 665,423 km 413,475 miles 665,423 km
68 Chongqing Jiangbei (CKG)

Chongqing, China

404,827 miles 651,506 km 404,827 miles 651,506 km
69 Bangalore Bengaluru (BLR)

Bangalore, India

400,961 miles 645,284 km 400,961 miles 645,284 km
70 Milan Malpensa (MXP)

Milan, Italy

396,579 miles 638,232 km 396,579 miles 638,232 km
71 Ho Chi Minh City Tan Son Nhat (SGN)

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

393,052 miles 632,556 km 393,052 miles 632,556 km
72 Brisbane (BNE)

Brisbane, Australia

391,834 miles 630,596 km 391,834 miles 630,596 km
73 Cancún (CUN)

Cancún, Mexico

390,028 miles 627,690 km 390,028 miles 627,690 km
74 Zurich Kloten (ZRH)

Zurich, Switzerland

385,225 miles 619,959 km 385,225 miles 619,959 km
75 Tampa (TPA)

Tampa, United States

373,525 miles 601,130 km 373,525 miles 601,130 km
76 Paris Orly (ORY)

Paris, France

372,118 miles 598,866 km 372,118 miles 598,866 km
77 Santiago Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL)

Santiago, Chile

370,074 miles 595,576 km 370,074 miles 595,576 km
78 Salt Lake City (SLC)

Salt Lake City, United States

364,077 miles 585,924 km 364,077 miles 585,924 km
79 Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini (EZE)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

357,267 miles 574,965 km 357,267 miles 574,965 km
80 Tocumen (PTY)

Tocumen, Panama

356,726 miles 574,095 km 356,726 miles 574,095 km
81 Auckland (AKL)

Auckland, New Zealand

356,479 miles 573,698 km 356,479 miles 573,698 km
82 Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)

Istanbul, Turkey

353,608 miles 569,076 km 353,608 miles 569,076 km
83 Ürümqi Diwopu (URC)

Ürümqi, China

347,368 miles 559,034 km 347,368 miles 559,034 km
84 Cairo (CAI)

Cairo, Egypt

345,422 miles 555,902 km 345,422 miles 555,902 km
85 Lima Jorge Chávez (LIM)

Lima, Perú

336,866 miles 542,134 km 336,866 miles 542,134 km
86 Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA)

Shanghai, China

335,722 miles 540,292 km 335,722 miles 540,292 km
87 Riyadh King Khaled (RUH)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

324,713 miles 522,574 km 324,713 miles 522,574 km
88 Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall (BWI)

Baltimore, United States

323,413 miles 520,482 km 323,413 miles 520,482 km
89 Brussels (BRU)

Brussels, Belgium

320,508 miles 515,807 km 320,508 miles 515,807 km
90 Vienna Schwechat (VIE)

Vienna, Austria

319,191 miles 513,688 km 319,191 miles 513,688 km
91 Phuket (HKT)

Phuket, Thailand

318,861 miles 513,157 km 318,861 miles 513,157 km
92 Washington Ronald Reagan (DCA)

Washington, United States

317,217 miles 510,512 km 317,217 miles 510,512 km
93 Haikou Meilan (HAK)

Haikou, China

315,815 miles 508,255 km 315,815 miles 508,255 km
94 Honolulu (HNL)

Honolulu, United States

315,099 miles 507,102 km 315,099 miles 507,102 km
95 Jo'anna Johannesburg OR Tambo (JNB)

Jo'anna, South Africa

311,571 miles 501,425 km 311,571 miles 501,425 km
96 Manila Ninoy Aquino (MNL)

Manila, Philippines

311,182 miles 500,798 km 311,182 miles 500,798 km
97 Tel Aviv Yafo Ben Gurion (TLV)

Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel

308,058 miles 495,772 km 308,058 miles 495,772 km
98 Nashville (BNA)

Nashville, United States

305,801 miles 492,139 km 305,801 miles 492,139 km
99 Harbin Taiping (HRB)

Harbin, China

304,943 miles 490,757 km 304,943 miles 490,757 km
100 Addis Ababa Bole (ADD)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

298,742 miles 480,778 km 298,742 miles 480,778 km