Which airport has the most direct international flights?

KEY FINDINGS: London Heathrow Airport (LHR) continues to lead the world as the most internationally connected airport, taking out the number one spot again with a score of 317.



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London Heathrow is the most internationally connected airport in the world
  • New York's JFK surged to No. ...
  • The Top 20 Global Megahubs show an even spread of connectivity, with six located in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, six in North America, and seven in Asia Pacific.


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Number 1: Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany Germany's Frankfurt Airport managed to secure the number one spot on this list as it offered connections to 330 airports across the globe this past year. Dozens of airlines fly to the world's most connected airport every year.

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United States tops the list. The country has 13,513 operational airports, and 102 of them facilitate international travel. The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta is the world's busiest airport, handling more than 107 million passengers annually.

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The 15 cheapest places to fly to from the UK
  1. Edinburgh, Scotland. It's only an hour away and you can buy a flight for the price of a round of drinks, a winning combination for a cheap break away in the UK. ...
  2. Paris, France. ...
  3. Milan, Italy. ...
  4. Hamburg, Germany. ...
  5. Vienna, Austria. ...
  6. Reykjavik, Iceland. ...
  7. Warsaw, Poland. ...
  8. Oslo, Norway.


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Here's the top 10 list of the most expensive airports to fly out of:
  • ANC – Ted Stevens Anchorage International.
  • IAD – Washington Dulles International, Washington D.C.
  • MSP – Minneapolis-St Paul International.
  • CLT – Charlotte Douglas International.
  • SLC – Salt Lake City International.
  • DTW – Detroit Metro Wayne County.


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Here's the full top ten busiest air routes in the world right now, along with the number of scheduled seats over the past 12 months.
  • Cairo to Jeddah (3,234,683 seats)
  • Dubai to Riyadh (3,191,090)
  • London Heathrow to New York JFK (2,848,044)
  • London Heathrow to Dubai (2,697,593)
  • Kuala Lumpur to Singapore (2,443,176)


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As of 2022, Turkish Airlines (TK), the flag carrier of Turkey, flies to 340 destinations, with 53 domestic and the remaining 287 international destinations across 123 countries. TK is the only airline in the world that operates in more than 100 countries.

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Europe - London Gatwick The facility primarily uses the 3,316-meter-long (10,879 feet) 08R/26L as its main runway, with the 2,565-meter (8,415 feet) 08L/26R typically serving as a taxiway.

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The airfield is managed by three FAA air traffic control towers. O'Hare has a voluntary nighttime (22:00–07:00) noise abatement program. Currently, O'Hare has the most runways of any civilian airport in the world, totaling eight.

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1. Changi International Airport, Singapore.

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Andorra has no airport, but has three private heliports, one of which is a hospital helipad. A National Heliport is planned to be built, but the process is currently stalled. By both population and land area, it is the largest country not to have an airport.

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At the moment, the world's longest nonstop flight is the route between New York and Singapore. With a calculated distance of 15,349km and almost 19 hours of flying, the route operated by Singapore Airlines is the longest in the world.

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From our analysis below we can see that New York-to-London is by far and away the number one route, with nearly 700 flights. What is the busiest route that doesn't involve either New York or London? That would be Montreal to Paris.

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Countries with the highest air traffic
  • United States. The United States has the largest number of air passengers in the world, with an estimated 925.5 million passengers (Bureau of Transportation Statistics-(BTS) in 2019. ...
  • China. China is the second country with the highest number of air passengers. ...
  • United Kingdom.


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London Heathrow (LHR) is the busiest airport in the UK, handling almost twice the number of passengers as the next entry on the list.

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Shigatse Peace Airport, China (runway length: 5,000m) Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ), a dual-use military and civilian airport in Shigatse, Tibet hosts the longest runway in the world. The new runway (09/27) stretches 5,000m (16,404 ft) long with a 60-meter asphalt overrun at each end.

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Take a look at the complete list of the 10 busiest international airports for July 2023:
  • Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport—5,519,067 seats.
  • Dubai International Airport—4,907,003 seats.
  • Tokyo International Airport (Haneda)—4,580,855 seats.
  • Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport—4,400,744 seats.


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Tokyo's Haneda Airport continues its success being named the World's Cleanest Airport. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the standards of airport cleanliness have become much more important to customers and airports maintaining these highest standards are well featured in the best airport cleanliness results.

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