Summary
- Newark to San Francisco was United’s top route, with over 1.23 million passengers and an average of 4,100 daily.
- More than seven in ten passengers were local; such is the enormity of the two metro populations it serves.
- Houston Intercontinental-Cancun was the carrier’s top international route.
United Airlines carried about 138 million passengers between January and October 2023, the latest month available to me on a fully broken down route-by-route basis. That is based on examining US Department of Transportation T-100 data. With a typical 4,135 daily movements (take-offs and landings combined) in these 10 months, it averaged 110 passengers per flight.
United’s top 10 routes
Examining T-100 traffic information indicates that United’s busiest airport pairs, by the number of passengers, are as detailed in the following table. While there are few surprises, it is good to see the…