4,460 routes mapped DOT data through Mar 2026

How full is every flight in America?

Type any route and see exactly how packed it runs — load factor, average fare, and on-time rate, straight from the U.S. DOT's own numbers. Greener means emptier.

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642M

Passengers

82%

Avg load factor

4,460

Routes

’21–’26

Coverage

Source U.S. DOT BTS · T-100 Free, public data — no logins, no paywalls.

Monthly U.S. DOT data, latest Mar 2026. T-100 = monthly directional segment capacity · DB1B = market fares · on-time = nonstop carrier performance.

Emptiest routes

Where you'll most likely get a row to yourself

Lowest load

Empty Full

1 MKG→ORD 27%

2 JNU→YAK 28%

3 DDC→DEN 29%

4 FOD→ORD 30%

5 MCW→ORD 30%

6 IAD→OGS 31%

7 ONT→SJD 32%

See all 4,460 routes Ranked by avg seat fill

87%

SFO → EWR

San Francisco → Newark · 87% full

$470 fare 75% on-time

MKG–ORD27%▼· JNU–YAK28%▼· DDC–DEN29%▼· FOD–ORD30%· MCW–ORD30%· IAD–OGS31%· ONT–SJD32%· DEN–LBL32%· ORD–LAX79%▲· LAX–LAS83%▲· SFO–EWR87%▲· JFK–LAX88%▲· MKG–ORD27%▼· JNU–YAK28%▼· DDC–DEN29%▼· FOD–ORD30%· MCW–ORD30%· IAD–OGS31%· ONT–SJD32%· DEN–LBL32%· ORD–LAX79%▲· LAX–LAS83%▲· SFO–EWR87%▲· JFK–LAX88%▲·

THE LOAD-FACTOR TERMINAL

Every U.S. route, ranked by how full it actually flies.

Query 4,460 routes across 642M passengers of U.S. DOT data. Type a city pair, an airport, or a carrier — the terminal returns load factor, fare, and on-time from monthly DOT filings.

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SYSTEM LOAD FACTOR

82.0%

▲ all carriers · trailing 12mo

ROUTES TRACKED

4,460

origin → dest pairs

PASSENGERS

642M

seats actually flown

COVERAGE

2021–26

DOT T-100 segment data

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#	ROUTE	LOAD FACTOR	LF	SEATS	OPEN
01	MKG→ORDMuskegon → Chicago	27%	27	58.6k	42.6k
02	JNU→YAKJuneau → Yakutat	28%	28	95.5k	69.1k
03	DDC→DENDodge City → Denver	29%	29	62.0k	44.3k
04	FOD→ORDFort Dodge → Chicago	30%	30	60.8k	42.7k
05	MCW→ORDMason City → Chicago	30%	30	59.3k	41.2k
06	IAD→OGSWashington → Ogdensburg	31%	31	74.4k	51.6k
07	ONT→SJDOntario → Los Cabos	32%	32	85.7k	58.6k
08	DEN→LBLDenver → Liberal	32%	32	60.7k	41.4k

FOCUS ROUTE — QUERY RESULTPACKED

SFO → EWR

San Francisco → Newark · transcontinental · premium-heavy

87%

FULL

+5 pts over system avg

0 · EMPTY255075100 · FULL

AVG FARE

$470

ON-TIME

75%

LOAD RANK

#12

ROUTE WEB 4,460 arcs · hubs ORD · SFO · JFK · DEN

FULLEST IN VIEW

JFK→LAX 88%

LAX→LAS 83%

ORD→LAX 79%

ONT→SJD 32%

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