Distance per Flight Ranking

Updated: January 22, 2026

(Route profile)

This ranking measures the world’s top 100 airports by average distance flown per flight, calculated as total daily distance divided by daily departures. Unlike rankings based on volume or total distance, this metric highlights airports where individual flights tend to cover longer distances on average. Airports ranking highly here typically focus on long-haul or intercontinental routes rather than dense short-haul networks.

Smaller airports can rank highly if their traffic is dominated by long-distance routes.

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Average distance per flight is calculated by dividing total daily great-circle distance by estimated daily departures.
Rank Airport Miles/flight Km/flight nm/flight
1 SHO (SHO)
South Korea
8,976 14,446 7,800
2 Hambantota Mattala Rajapaksa (HRI)
Mattala Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka
3,835 6,172 3,333
3 Liège (LGG)
Liège, Belgium
3,149 5,068 2,736
4 La Romana Casa De Campo (LRM)
La Romana, Dominican Republic
2,858 4,600 2,484
5 Doha Hamad (DOH)
Doha, Qatar
2,433 3,915 2,114
6 Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini (EZE)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2,365 3,806 2,055
7 Isla De Pascua Mataveri (IPC)
Isla De Pascua, Chile
2,336 3,759 2,030
8 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy Yelizovo (PKC)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
2,325 3,741 2,020
9 Jebel Ali Al Maktoum (DWC)
Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates
2,265 3,645 1,968
10 Port Louis Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (MRU)
Port Louis, Mauritius
2,237 3,600 1,944
11 London Heathrow (LHR)
London, United Kingdom
2,165 3,485 1,881
12 Nouméa La Tontouta (NOU)
Nouméa, New Caledonia
2,157 3,472 1,875
13 Zandery Johan Adolf Pengel (PBM)
Zandery, Suriname
2,156 3,470 1,874
14 New York John F Kennedy (JFK)
New York, United States
2,142 3,448 1,862
15 Dubai (DXB)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2,104 3,386 1,828
16 Varadero Juan Gualberto Gomez (VRA)
Varadero, Cuba
2,087 3,358 1,813
17 Santiago Antonio Maceo (SCU)
Santiago, Cuba
2,047 3,294 1,779
18 Abu Dhabi Zayed (AUH)
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2,021 3,253 1,757
19 Los Angeles (LAX)
Los Angeles, United States
1,988 3,200 1,728
20 Anchorage Ted Stevens (ANC)
Anchorage, United States
1,915 3,082 1,664
21 Camp Springs Andrews Air Force Base (ADW)
Camp Springs, United States
1,889 3,040 1,641
22 Montevideo General C L Berisso (MVD)
Montevideo, Uruguay
1,865 3,001 1,620
23 Liberia Daniel Oduber Quiros (LIR)
Liberia, Costa Rica
1,851 2,978 1,608
24 Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok (HKG)
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1,844 2,967 1,602
25 Rayong U-Tapao (UTP)
Rayong, Thailand
1,840 2,961 1,599
26 San Francisco (SFO)
San Francisco, United States
1,832 2,949 1,592
27 Hurghada (HRG)
Hurghada, Egypt
1,816 2,923 1,578
28 Marsa Alam (RMF)
Marsa Alam, Egypt
1,814 2,920 1,577
29 Reykjavik Keflavik (KEF)
Reykjavik, Iceland
1,812 2,916 1,575
30 Tenerife Island (Tenerife South) (TFS)
Tenerife Island, Spain
1,811 2,914 1,573
31 Seoul Incheon (ICN)
Seoul, South Korea
1,786 2,874 1,552
32 Honolulu (HNL)
Honolulu, United States
1,778 2,862 1,545
33 Vieux Fort Hewanorra (UVF)
Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia
1,774 2,856 1,542
34 Fujairah (FJR)
Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
1,767 2,844 1,536
35 Apia Faleolo (APW)
Apia, Samoa
1,756 2,826 1,526
36 Punta Cana (PUJ)
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
1,748 2,813 1,519
37 Tel Aviv Yafo Ben Gurion (TLV)
Tel Aviv, Israel
1,744 2,806 1,515
38 Fort-de-France Martinique Aimé Césaire (FDF)
Fort-de-France, Martinique
1,737 2,796 1,510
39 Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)
Paris, France
1,731 2,786 1,505
40 Colombo Bandaranaike (CMB)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
1,731 2,785 1,504
41 Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD)
Sydney, Australia
1,726 2,778 1,500
42 Singapore Changi (SIN)
Singapore, Singapore
1,701 2,738 1,479
43 Bournemouth (BOH)
Bournemouth, United Kingdom
1,694 2,727 1,472
44 Taipei Taiwan Taoyuan (TPE)
Taipei, Taiwan
1,691 2,722 1,470
45 Monrovia Roberts (ROB)
Monrovia, Liberia
1,656 2,664 1,439
46 Novokuznetsk Spichenkovo (NOZ)
Novokuznetsk, Russia
1,644 2,645 1,428
47 Auckland (AKL)
Auckland, New Zealand
1,639 2,637 1,424
48 Antonio B. Won Pat (GUM)
Guam, Guam
1,620 2,608 1,408
49 Tokyo Narita (NRT)
Tokyo, Japan
1,602 2,579 1,393
50 Aguadilla Rafael Hernandez (BQN)
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
1,596 2,569 1,387
51 Kahului (OGG)
Kahului, United States
1,594 2,565 1,385
52 Phuket (HKT)
Phuket, Thailand
1,591 2,560 1,382
53 Frankfurt-am-Main (FRA)
Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
1,571 2,528 1,365
54 Holguín Frank Pais (HOG)
Holguín, Cuba
1,570 2,527 1,364
55 Cape Town (CPT)
Cape Town, South Africa
1,558 2,508 1,354
56 Montego Bay Sangster (MBJ)
Montego Bay, Jamaica
1,553 2,500 1,350
57 Ostend -Bruges (OST)
Ostend, Belgium
1,553 2,499 1,350
58 Babelthuap Island Babelthuap (ROR)
Babelthuap Island, Palau
1,553 2,499 1,349
59 Toronto Pearson (YYZ)
Toronto, Canada
1,545 2,486 1,342
60 Dakar Blaise Diagne (DSS)
Dakar, Senegal
1,543 2,483 1,341
61 Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK)
Bangkok, Thailand
1,541 2,481 1,339
62 Nha Trang Cam Ranh (CXR)
Nha Trang, Vietnam
1,540 2,479 1,338
63 Kitchener Waterloo (YKF)
Kitchener, Canada
1,534 2,469 1,333
64 Georgetown Cheddi Jagan (GEO)
Georgetown, Guyana
1,524 2,453 1,324
65 Madrid Adolfo Suárez – Barajas (MAD)
Madrid, Spain
1,523 2,451 1,323
66 Sharm el Sheikh (SSH)
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
1,513 2,436 1,315
67 Lahore Alama Iqbal (LHE)
Lahore, Pakistan
1,507 2,426 1,310
68 Vladivostok Knevichi (VVO)
Vladivostok, Russia
1,507 2,425 1,309
69 Puerto Plata Gregorio Luperon (POP)
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
1,504 2,420 1,307
70 Istanbul (IST)
Istanbul, Turkey
1,501 2,415 1,304
71 Malé (MLE)
Malé, Maldives
1,500 2,414 1,303
72 Kailua/Kona Kona At Keahole (KOA)
Kailua/Kona, United States
1,498 2,410 1,302
73 Ras Al Khaimah (RKT)
Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
1,489 2,397 1,294
74 Newark Liberty (EWR)
Newark, United States
1,486 2,392 1,291
75 Islamabad (ISB)
Islamabad, Pakistan
1,481 2,384 1,287
76 Barnaul (BAX)
Barnaul, Russia
1,479 2,381 1,285
77 Jijoca De Jericoacoara Comte. Ariston Pessoa Regional (JJD)
Jijoca De Jericoacoara, Brazil
1,469 2,364 1,276
78 Columbus Rickenbacker (LCK)
Columbus, United States
1,459 2,348 1,268
79 Tocumen (PTY)
Tocumen, Panama
1,453 2,338 1,263
80 Santiago Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL)
Santiago, Chile
1,452 2,337 1,262
81 Cancún (CUN)
Cancún, Mexico
1,449 2,332 1,259
82 Yakutsk (YKS)
Yakutsk, Russia
1,445 2,326 1,256
83 Montreal Trudeau (YUL)
Montreal, Canada
1,432 2,304 1,244
84 Vancouver (YVR)
Vancouver, Canada
1,432 2,304 1,244
85 Tashkent (TAS)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
1,431 2,304 1,244
86 Essaouira Mogador (ESU)
Essaouira, Morocco
1,421 2,288 1,235
87 Guarulhos (GRU)
São Paulo, Brazil
1,420 2,286 1,234
88 Marshall Islands (Majuro Atoll) (MAJ)
Marshall Islands, Marshall Islands
1,413 2,274 1,228
89 Moscow Domodedovo (DME)
Moscow, Russia
1,410 2,269 1,225
90 Sharjah (SHJ)
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
1,404 2,260 1,220
91 Casablanca Mohammed V (CMN)
Casablanca, Morocco
1,400 2,254 1,217
92 Denpasar-Bali Island Ngurah Rai (Bali) (DPS)
Denpasar-Bali Island, Indonesia
1,395 2,246 1,213
93 Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO)
Moscow, Russia
1,390 2,236 1,208
94 Lisbon Portela (LIS)
Lisbon, Portugal
1,383 2,226 1,202
95 Kutaisi Kopitnari (KUT)
Kutaisi, Georgia
1,383 2,225 1,201
96 Dushanbe (DYU)
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
1,381 2,223 1,200
97 Bacău (BCM)
Bacău, Romania
1,378 2,218 1,197
98 Rio Branco Plácido de Castro (RBR)
Rio Branco, Brazil
1,370 2,205 1,190
99 Bridgetown Sir Grantley Adams (BGI)
Bridgetown, Barbados
1,365 2,196 1,186
100 Calicut (CCJ)
Calicut, India
1,365 2,196 1,186

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