Hub status: the 30 busiest connecting airports
Last updated · advisory + route data
Ranked by the number of direct destinations in our route data. For each hub: its country's current US State Department level and how many of its direct destinations sit in Level 3–4 countries.
| # | Hub | Country level | Destinations | In Level 3–4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FRA Frankfurt, Germany | Level 1 | 237 | 12 |
| 2 | CDG Paris, France | Level 1 | 237 | 8 |
| 3 | AMS Amsterdam, Netherlands | Level 1 | 230 | 7 |
| 4 | IST Istanbul, Turkey | Level 2 | 219 | 21 |
| 5 | ATL Atlanta, United States | Level 1 | 216 | 1 |
| 6 | ORD Chicago, United States | Level 1 | 205 | 0 |
| 7 | PEK Beijing, China | Level 1 | 196 | 13 |
| 8 | MUC Munich, Germany | Level 1 | 189 | 7 |
| 9 | DME Moscow, Russia | Level 4 | 180 | 71 |
| 10 | DXB Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Level 1 | 186 | 32 |
| 11 | DFW Dallas-Fort Worth, United States | Level 1 | 186 | 0 |
| 12 | LHR London, United Kingdom | No data | 169 | 5 |
| 13 | DEN Denver, United States | Level 1 | 168 | 0 |
| 14 | IAH Houston, United States | Level 1 | 168 | 1 |
| 15 | LGW London, United Kingdom | No data | 164 | 3 |
| 16 | BCN Barcelona, Spain | Level 1 | 161 | 4 |
| 17 | JFK New York, United States | Level 1 | 161 | 3 |
| 18 | MAD Madrid, Spain | Level 1 | 154 | 5 |
| 19 | FCO Rome, Italy | Level 1 | 154 | 8 |
| 20 | STN London, United Kingdom | No data | 150 | 0 |
| 21 | EWR Newark, United States | Level 1 | 152 | 0 |
| 22 | PVG Shanghai, China | Level 1 | 146 | 2 |
| 23 | CAN Guangzhou, China | Level 1 | 137 | 2 |
| 24 | LAX Los Angeles, United States | Level 1 | 148 | 2 |
| 25 | DUS Düsseldorf, Germany | Level 1 | 147 | 6 |
| 26 | YYZ Toronto, Canada | Level 1 | 147 | 8 |
| 27 | MAN Manchester, United Kingdom | No data | 143 | 2 |
| 28 | BRU Brussels, Belgium | Level 1 | 145 | 3 |
| 29 | DUB Dublin, Ireland | Level 1 | 141 | 0 |
| 30 | SVO Moscow, Russia | Level 4 | 140 | 47 |