BTS | Table 2.4 - Top 20 Routes Between the United States and Foreign Airports by Number of Passengers: 2000-2004

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Table 2.4
Top 20 Routes Between the United States and Foreign Airports by Number of Passengers: 2000–2004

(Thousands of international passengers¹)

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Rank in 2004	U.S. airport	Foreign airport	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	Percentage change, 2000–2004
1	New York Kennedy	London Heathrow	2,870	2,406	2,576	2,693	2,985	4.0
2	Honolulu	Tokyo	1,805	1,550	1,685	1,663	1,922	6.5
3	Chicago O'Hare	London Heathrow	1,466	1,305	1,327	1,397	1,540	5.0
4	Los Angeles	Tokyo	1,720	1,505	1,416	1,296	1,472	–14.4
5	Los Angeles	London Heathrow	1,597	1,353	1,341	1,331	1,446	–9.4
6	Los Angeles	Taipei	1,141	1,056	1,181	985	1,156	1.3
7	New York Kennedy	Paris De Gaulle	1,042	984	1,041	1,000	1,121	7.6
8	Washington Dulles	London Heathrow	1,018	901	958	984	1,070	5.1
9	San Francisco	London Heathrow	1,037	914	884	919	982	–5.3
10	Guam Island	Tokyo	908	808	823	678	946	4.1
11	New York Kennedy	Tokyo	845	766	898	854	944	11.8
12	Chicago O'Hare	Toronto	984	836	858	788	781	–20.6
13	San Francisco	Tokyo	897	817	953	862	905	0.9
14	Boston	London Heathrow	860	790	954	880	886	3.1
15	Chicago O'Hare	Frankfurt	786	688	731	738	874	11.2
16	Miami	London Heathrow	379	498	573	696	834	120.1
17	Los Angeles	Vancouver	758	764	699	738	806	6.4
18	Los Angeles	Auckland	714	712	749	804	787	10.3
19	Los Angeles	Seoul	864	575	734	661	773	–10.5
20	Orlando	London Gatwick	871	820	755	745	758	–13.0
	Total, top 20 routes		22,561	20,048	21,136	20,714	23,126	2.5
	Total U.S. international air passengers		143,727	130,621	125,602	126,643	142,239	–1.0

¹ International passengers are residents of any country traveling nonstop to and from the United States on U.S. and foreign air carriers.

NOTES: Data measure nonstop air carrier service. The actual final destination or origin of a passenger may differ from the airport because the airports may represent transfer points rather than the traveler's final destination.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, T-100 Segment data as of February 2006.

Table 2.4 Top 20 Routes Between the United States and Foreign Airports by Number of Passengers: 2000–2004

Table 2.4
Top 20 Routes Between the United States and Foreign Airports by Number of Passengers: 2000–2004