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How full are domestic flights?

The seat load factor is the share of seats that were filled. Routes with high load factors tend to sell out earlier, so book ahead, especially in the busiest season shown for each route.

FY2025 (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026) · Data through Mar 2026 · Updated November 9, 2026

Fullest routes

Routes with at least 100,000 passengers a year

  1. Tokyo (Narita) – Okinawa (Naha)91.2%
  2. Osaka (Itami) – Sapporo (New Chitose)90.4%
  3. Tokyo (Narita) – Osaka (Itami)90.3%
  4. Tokyo (Narita) – Miyazaki89.8%
  5. Sapporo (New Chitose) – Okinawa (Naha)89.5%

Busiest routes

Passengers in FY2025

  1. Tokyo (Haneda) – Sapporo (New Chitose)10.3M
  2. Tokyo (Haneda) – Fukuoka9.5M
  3. Tokyo (Haneda) – Okinawa (Naha)7.0M
  4. Tokyo (Haneda) – Osaka (Itami)5.3M
  5. Tokyo (Haneda) – Kagoshima2.6M

217 routes

RouteLoad factor (year)PassengersBusiest seasonApr–JunJul–SepOct–DecJan–Mar
Tokyo (Haneda) – Sapporo (New Chitose)894 km85.2%10,314,534Jul–Sep (89%)79.4%89.1%86.5%85.6%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Osaka (Itami)514 km85.2%5,314,137Jul–Sep (87%)84.0%87.3%85.9%83.6%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Osaka (Kansai)678 km78.9%1,252,826Oct–Dec (81%)77.0%79.4%81.0%78.1%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Fukuoka1,041 km81.6%9,546,204Oct–Dec (86%)76.3%81.1%85.8%82.9%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Okinawa (Naha)1,687 km86.3%7,029,855Jul–Sep (91%)76.4%91.4%88.6%88.4%
Tokyo (Narita) – Sapporo (New Chitose)892 km88.0%1,965,435Jul–Sep (91%)82.7%91.4%87.0%90.4%
Tokyo (Narita) – Osaka (Itami)589 km90.3%218,252Oct–Dec (92%)91.4%89.9%91.6%88.0%
Tokyo (Narita) – Osaka (Kansai)752 km87.8%621,231Apr–Jun (90%)90.1%88.6%87.5%84.9%
Tokyo (Narita) – Fukuoka1,107 km87.0%1,561,280Jan–Mar (89%)85.6%86.1%87.1%89.2%
Osaka (Itami) – Sapporo (New Chitose)1,161 km90.4%1,424,667Jul–Sep (93%)86.8%92.9%89.7%91.7%
Osaka (Itami) – Fukuoka578 km83.6%671,656Jan–Mar (89%)77.1%83.7%85.8%88.5%
Osaka (Itami) – Okinawa (Naha)1,304 km89.3%1,305,385Jul–Sep (92%)84.4%91.8%90.0%90.8%
Osaka (Kansai) – Sapporo (New Chitose)1,309 km85.1%1,304,750Jul–Sep (91%)75.7%91.2%86.5%88.1%
Osaka (Kansai) – Fukuoka553 km82.2%445,750Jan–Mar (83%)81.9%81.4%82.3%83.3%
Osaka (Kansai) – Okinawa (Naha)1,261 km85.4%1,291,059Jul–Sep (88%)81.3%87.8%85.8%87.2%
Fukuoka – Sapporo (New Chitose)1,614 km84.5%921,581Jan–Mar (88%)77.4%86.0%86.8%88.0%
Fukuoka – Okinawa (Naha)1,008 km80.1%2,316,508Oct–Dec (83%)72.5%82.3%83.4%82.0%
Sapporo (New Chitose) – Okinawa (Naha)2,418 km89.5%118,646Jul–Sep (92%)88.8%92.0%88.7%88.7%
Tokyo (Narita) – Okinawa (Naha)1,887 km91.2%772,948Jul–Sep (94%)90.3%93.9%89.6%90.7%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Wakkanai1,195 km70.6%115,550Jul–Sep (82%)70.3%82.1%65.2%50.6%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Kushiro1,032 km80.2%590,521Jul–Sep (88%)77.0%87.6%78.2%77.1%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Hakodate786 km83.5%1,290,423Jul–Sep (88%)80.8%88.4%83.0%81.5%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Asahikawa1,052 km80.3%993,722Jul–Sep (85%)73.4%85.0%79.4%82.9%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Obihiro999 km81.4%653,220Jul–Sep (85%)77.2%85.4%78.6%84.5%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Monbetsu1,233 km62.7%74,425Jul–Sep (71%)50.8%70.7%62.0%67.2%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Nakashibetsu1,118 km72.2%96,399Jul–Sep (84%)67.3%83.6%69.8%66.6%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Memanbetsu1,156 km82.4%510,866Jul–Sep (87%)78.7%87.1%79.9%82.9%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Aomori690 km77.8%580,946Jul–Sep (81%)75.6%80.8%78.7%75.4%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Misawa685 km76.1%279,735Jul–Sep (83%)75.3%83.3%73.9%72.0%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Odate-Noshiro628 km58.7%194,763Jul–Sep (66%)57.0%65.6%60.4%50.9%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Akita555 km76.5%775,515Jul–Sep (83%)71.8%82.5%81.3%70.2%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Yamagata441 km81.1%111,819Jul–Sep (87%)80.4%87.3%78.0%78.6%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Shonai489 km67.6%367,575Jul–Sep (79%)65.4%78.5%69.9%57.7%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Hachijojima353 km60.9%197,047Jul–Sep (74%)56.3%74.4%52.9%58.4%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Toyama570 km70.0%248,988Oct–Dec (76%)69.0%73.4%75.5%62.0%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Noto530 km53.3%128,724Jul–Sep (59%)47.8%58.9%56.8%49.6%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Komatsu528 km75.5%823,646Oct–Dec (82%)70.0%74.8%82.4%75.9%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Nagoya (Chubu Centrair)440 km74.7%259,326Jan–Mar (77%)70.4%75.5%75.8%77.3%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Nanki-Shirahama634 km67.4%239,026Apr–Jun (73%)73.3%69.0%65.3%62.0%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Kobe695 km79.7%864,680Oct–Dec (83%)77.6%80.4%83.3%77.3%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Tottori667 km72.0%418,409Oct–Dec (76%)68.6%75.4%76.1%67.2%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Yonago776 km72.3%625,139Oct–Dec (82%)67.6%75.9%81.9%64.2%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Izumo801 km79.7%691,678Oct–Dec (84%)75.9%82.1%83.8%76.6%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Iwami907 km64.6%146,026Oct–Dec (71%)55.5%69.9%70.7%62.3%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Okayama685 km75.9%962,868Oct–Dec (82%)70.2%74.7%81.7%77.2%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Hiroshima790 km77.2%1,889,067Oct–Dec (81%)72.2%78.6%80.9%76.9%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Iwakuni741 km75.5%449,029Oct–Dec (80%)69.5%77.3%80.2%74.8%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Yamaguchi Ube935 km79.4%850,297Oct–Dec (83%)72.3%81.6%83.3%80.2%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Tokushima703 km77.8%964,104Oct–Dec (82%)71.7%81.0%81.7%77.0%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Takamatsu711 km79.6%1,321,072Jul–Sep (83%)73.7%82.6%82.6%79.2%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Matsuyama859 km78.9%1,668,490Oct–Dec (83%)72.7%79.3%83.1%80.4%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Kochi824 km80.5%995,046Oct–Dec (85%)72.7%81.6%85.0%82.7%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Kitakyushu958 km74.5%1,097,566Oct–Dec (79%)67.4%75.6%78.6%76.1%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Nagasaki1,143 km76.6%1,897,012Oct–Dec (82%)70.4%75.8%81.6%78.1%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Saga1,130 km73.7%475,288Oct–Dec (78%)68.3%72.0%78.3%75.8%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Kumamoto1,086 km78.8%2,103,267Jul–Sep (82%)72.3%81.9%81.9%79.2%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Oita928 km76.4%1,319,123Oct–Dec (81%)68.9%74.5%81.1%81.1%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Miyazaki1,023 km77.0%1,524,877Oct–Dec (82%)67.3%76.8%82.0%82.0%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Kagoshima1,111 km77.4%2,557,292Oct–Dec (81%)70.3%78.5%80.7%80.1%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Amami1,436 km82.5%99,319Jan–Mar (87%)79.0%84.7%79.5%86.8%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Miyako2,020 km89.0%540,300Jul–Sep (95%)86.5%94.8%86.7%87.0%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Ishigaki2,171 km87.3%722,004Jul–Sep (91%)84.5%90.7%85.2%88.5%
Tokyo (Haneda) – Kumejima1,888 km80.9%5,743Jul–Sep (81%)—80.9%——
Tokyo (Narita) – Asahikawa1,050 km85.8%121,729Jul–Sep (91%)78.7%90.6%85.3%87.5%
Tokyo (Narita) – Miyazaki977 km89.8%124,510Oct–Dec (92%)87.3%90.5%91.8%89.9%
Tokyo (Narita) – Nagoya (Chubu Centrair)500 km69.1%229,082Jul–Sep (72%)62.2%71.8%71.8%70.9%
Tokyo (Narita) – Hiroshima898 km76.9%63,347Jul–Sep (81%)75.8%81.4%74.4%79.9%
Tokyo (Narita) – Kagoshima1,204 km87.1%111,804Oct–Dec (91%)83.1%84.8%90.7%89.8%
Osaka (Itami) – Asahikawa1,320 km94.9%8,767Jul–Sep (95%)—94.9%——
Osaka (Itami) – Hakodate1,049 km87.0%199,303Jul–Sep (88%)85.0%88.3%86.8%87.5%
Osaka (Itami) – Memanbetsu1,445 km88.1%7,027Jul–Sep (88%)—88.1%——
Osaka (Itami) – Kushiro1,336 km81.3%1,215Jul–Sep (81%)—81.3%——
Osaka (Itami) – Aomori946 km79.9%290,232Jul–Sep (88%)78.0%87.5%81.3%72.3%
Osaka (Itami) – Misawa985 km69.8%86,574Jul–Sep (76%)68.4%76.2%70.7%64.0%
Osaka (Itami) – Hanamaki870 km74.5%165,486Jul–Sep (78%)69.7%78.4%76.6%73.1%
Osaka (Itami) – Sendai803 km82.1%899,686Jul–Sep (86%)77.6%85.8%83.1%81.5%
Osaka (Itami) – Akita793 km78.8%258,369Jul–Sep (87%)75.3%86.5%80.2%72.6%
Osaka (Itami) – Yamagata730 km79.1%142,849Jul–Sep (84%)75.6%83.7%81.0%75.9%
Osaka (Itami) – Fukushima662 km70.5%123,633Jul–Sep (77%)69.7%76.9%73.7%61.3%
Osaka (Itami) – Niigata611 km78.5%457,329Jul–Sep (85%)76.7%84.7%80.1%71.2%
Osaka (Itami) – Matsumoto385 km84.2%3,968Jul–Sep (84%)—84.2%——
Osaka (Itami) – Tajima175 km66.7%39,685Jan–Mar (77%)53.2%71.1%69.2%76.7%
Osaka (Itami) – Oki366 km71.2%43,039Jul–Sep (75%)73.9%74.5%72.0%62.4%
Osaka (Itami) – Izumo362 km80.6%196,299Oct–Dec (86%)75.0%81.6%86.4%79.2%
Osaka (Itami) – Iwami477 km78.6%959Jul–Sep (79%)—78.6%——
Osaka (Itami) – Matsuyama378 km78.2%531,370Oct–Dec (80%)74.4%79.6%80.3%78.2%
Osaka (Itami) – Kochi300 km80.1%270,294Jul–Sep (86%)77.8%85.7%80.7%76.3%
Osaka (Itami) – Nagasaki673 km82.4%399,983Oct–Dec (86%)77.1%82.7%85.6%84.1%
Osaka (Itami) – Kumamoto621 km76.5%562,408Oct–Dec (82%)68.6%78.8%81.6%77.2%
Osaka (Itami) – Oita462 km78.0%294,360Jul–Sep (82%)73.0%81.7%77.1%79.8%
Osaka (Itami) – Miyazaki568 km76.0%675,036Jul–Sep (80%)67.9%80.4%78.6%76.6%
Osaka (Itami) – Kagoshima655 km75.3%677,224Jan–Mar (79%)67.9%76.4%77.7%79.1%
Osaka (Itami) – Tanegashima692 km69.7%3,525Jul–Sep (70%)—70.4%64.8%70.4%
Osaka (Itami) – Yakushima707 km79.9%25,553Oct–Dec (84%)80.5%83.3%83.9%70.8%
Osaka (Itami) – Amami989 km68.0%91,780Jul–Sep (71%)63.2%71.3%67.6%68.8%
Osaka (Itami) – Ishigaki1,709 km88.8%11,321Jul–Sep (89%)—88.8%——
Osaka (Itami) – Tokunoshima1,075 km84.7%515Jul–Sep (94%)—93.8%72.4%78.9%
Osaka (Kansai) – Kushiro1,490 km89.9%17,573Jul–Sep (90%)—89.9%——
Osaka (Kansai) – Memanbetsu1,589 km88.1%12,910Jul–Sep (88%)—88.1%——
Osaka (Kansai) – Sendai910 km81.3%323,426Jul–Sep (85%)81.1%85.3%79.7%79.0%
Osaka (Kansai) – Nagasaki648 km78.2%105,356Oct–Dec (81%)71.2%79.4%81.3%81.0%
Osaka (Kansai) – Miyazaki525 km76.2%100,177Jul–Sep (84%)74.8%83.5%70.0%76.7%
Osaka (Kansai) – Kagoshima612 km80.4%215,322Jul–Sep (82%)78.9%81.8%80.3%80.4%
Osaka (Kansai) – Miyako1,530 km81.0%202,787Jul–Sep (93%)80.1%92.5%75.4%74.8%
Osaka (Kansai) – Ishigaki1,650 km78.8%370,771Jul–Sep (87%)78.7%86.5%74.4%75.4%
Sapporo (New Chitose) – Rishiri368 km72.5%26,726Apr–Jun (81%)81.0%69.7%——
Sapporo (New Chitose) – Wakkanai357 km60.6%60,884Jul–Sep (78%)63.4%77.9%56.9%40.8%
Sapporo (New Chitose) – Kushiro276 km56.6%88,491Oct–Dec (62%)44.7%60.7%61.7%59.8%
Sapporo (New Chitose) – Nakashibetsu374 km66.2%103,579Jul–Sep (71%)62.0%70.7%67.7%64.4%
Sapporo (New Chitose) – Memanbetsu354 km70.5%225,429Jul–Sep (75%)64.8%74.7%69.0%73.3%
Sapporo (New Chitose) – Hakodate217 km76.5%78,925Jul–Sep (80%)71.2%80.4%76.2%78.3%
Sapporo (New Chitose) – Aomori307 km72.6%193,275Jul–Sep (84%)69.8%84.3%71.1%64.2%
Sapporo (New Chitose) – Hanamaki467 km78.4%85,349Jul–Sep (87%)76.8%87.4%80.0%68.9%
Sapporo (New Chitose) – Akita443 km75.0%79,391Jul–Sep (89%)71.5%88.7%73.3%65.9%
Sapporo (New Chitose) – Ibaraki807 km75.2%193,625Jul–Sep (83%)72.7%83.0%73.8%71.4%
Sapporo (New Chitose) – Toyama875 km76.3%83,905Oct–Dec (87%)63.0%83.6%87.0%74.9%
Sapporo (New Chitose) – Shizuoka1,137 km60.4%72,596Jul–Sep (72%)48.4%71.9%63.2%57.9%
Sapporo (New Chitose) – Kobe1,251 km79.8%669,618Jul–Sep (90%)73.0%89.6%76.5%80.0%
Sapporo (New Chitose) – Izumo1,295 km94.4%5,609Jul–Sep (94%)—94.4%——
Sapporo (New Chitose) – Tokushima1,366 km91.0%3,904Jul–Sep (91%)—91.0%——
Sapporo (Okadama) – Nakashibetsu385 km68.4%40,034Jul–Sep (73%)66.7%73.1%69.9%63.0%
Sapporo (Okadama) – Okushiri276 km46.7%2,869Jul–Sep (64%)38.4%63.8%35.2%—
Sapporo (Okadama) – Kushiro282 km74.9%78,575Oct–Dec (79%)69.7%74.9%79.4%76.5%
Sapporo (Okadama) – Rishiri238 km72.3%30,798Jul–Sep (82%)70.7%82.3%64.5%68.3%
Sapporo (Okadama) – Hakodate257 km83.3%160,008Jul–Sep (85%)81.2%85.2%84.4%82.3%
Sapporo (Okadama) – Memanbetsu333 km79.7%49,400Jul–Sep (85%)77.1%84.8%78.5%77.9%
Sapporo (Okadama) – Misawa389 km76.3%12,531Jul–Sep (83%)76.5%82.7%71.5%73.5%
Sapporo (Okadama) – Akita401 km69.0%39,100Jul–Sep (79%)60.8%78.9%72.2%60.8%
Hakodate – Okushiri176 km49.4%12,662Jul–Sep (60%)44.4%60.4%43.5%50.0%
Sendai – Sapporo (New Chitose)664 km77.8%791,049Jul–Sep (87%)76.5%87.4%77.3%69.9%
Sendai – Kobe881 km72.4%185,845Jul–Sep (78%)66.6%77.5%75.4%69.9%
Sendai – Okinawa (Naha)2,010 km89.0%133,159Jan–Mar (94%)81.2%91.2%89.7%93.7%
Niigata – Sapporo (New Chitose)755 km72.6%105,144Oct–Dec (76%)67.8%74.8%76.0%71.1%
Niigata – Okinawa (Naha)1,935 km73.4%40,429Jan–Mar (91%)57.6%—81.4%90.6%
Komatsu – Sapporo (New Chitose)959 km84.6%100,855Jul–Sep (93%)80.2%92.7%86.0%78.7%
Fukushima – Sapporo (New Chitose)720 km76.2%40,926Jul–Sep (89%)75.3%88.8%75.8%64.3%
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair) – Kushiro1,280 km91.8%3,940Jul–Sep (92%)—91.8%——
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair) – Hakodate960 km83.4%112,254Oct–Dec (87%)85.3%84.2%87.4%76.2%
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair) – Asahikawa1,222 km80.0%22,847Oct–Dec (81%)—80.1%81.1%77.0%
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair) – Obihiro1,147 km88.9%5,244Jul–Sep (89%)—88.9%——
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair) – Memanbetsu1,368 km84.2%23,758Jul–Sep (84%)—84.2%—84.2%
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair) – Sapporo (New Chitose)1,084 km85.4%1,426,794Jul–Sep (91%)79.6%91.1%87.3%83.5%
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair) – Sendai657 km77.6%187,797Jul–Sep (81%)76.3%81.2%80.5%72.3%
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair) – Matsuyama544 km73.5%67,774Oct–Dec (82%)70.9%73.7%82.3%—
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair) – Fukuoka744 km79.4%787,311Oct–Dec (87%)73.7%75.3%87.1%86.0%
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair) – Nagasaki830 km72.7%178,669Oct–Dec (81%)63.5%70.1%80.6%76.3%
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair) – Oita612 km81.2%3,235Jan–Mar (82%)——80.9%81.6%
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair) – Miyazaki692 km63.8%166,655Oct–Dec (69%)54.2%63.4%68.9%68.3%
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair) – Kagoshima806 km72.4%415,051Jan–Mar (75%)68.0%72.6%74.4%74.6%
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair) – Okinawa (Naha)1,470 km82.2%1,463,521Jan–Mar (86%)75.0%84.5%83.1%85.5%
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair) – Miyako1,628 km87.4%111,280Jul–Sep (94%)84.0%94.0%85.5%86.3%
Nagoya (Chubu Centrair) – Ishigaki1,865 km86.9%110,699Jul–Sep (92%)83.7%91.5%85.3%87.4%
Kobe – Nagasaki650 km75.1%290,125Oct–Dec (79%)71.7%76.0%78.5%74.2%
Kobe – Kagoshima632 km70.8%270,616Oct–Dec (73%)67.8%71.4%73.0%71.1%
Kobe – Ibaraki750 km75.0%289,296Jul–Sep (81%)75.4%80.9%75.8%67.6%
Izumo – Oki143 km80.9%26,045Oct–Dec (83%)78.6%81.9%83.2%79.6%
Okayama – Sapporo (New Chitose)1,266 km80.6%89,547Jul–Sep (91%)77.7%91.1%78.8%75.5%
Hiroshima – Sapporo (New Chitose)1,361 km83.5%209,399Jul–Sep (92%)81.5%91.9%81.2%79.9%
Hiroshima – Okinawa (Naha)1,143 km86.1%129,190Jan–Mar (89%)83.3%88.8%83.6%89.4%
Takamatsu – Tokyo (Narita)711 km87.5%261,855Jul–Sep (89%)85.6%89.1%88.5%86.5%
Takamatsu – Okinawa (Naha)1,194 km85.2%110,061Jan–Mar (89%)82.0%86.7%84.2%89.2%
Matsuyama – Tokyo (Narita)832 km87.1%275,670Oct–Dec (88%)85.4%87.7%87.9%87.4%
Kochi – Tokyo (Narita)745 km88.4%115,952Jul–Sep (90%)86.3%90.1%89.9%87.1%
Fukuoka – Hanamaki1,323 km64.0%20,235Oct–Dec (73%)57.2%68.4%72.5%—
Fukuoka – Sendai1,256 km79.6%143,209Jul–Sep (86%)80.8%86.3%78.1%76.2%
Fukuoka – Ibaraki1,146 km67.6%149,120Jul–Sep (78%)59.6%78.4%70.7%66.6%
Fukuoka – Komatsu802 km81.1%85,323Oct–Dec (85%)79.7%83.3%85.1%75.9%
Fukuoka – Izumo415 km77.0%49,562Oct–Dec (85%)75.3%69.0%84.9%77.9%
Fukuoka – Tokushima514 km68.0%74,628Oct–Dec (74%)60.8%67.9%73.7%69.5%
Fukuoka – Matsuyama319 km76.4%168,790Oct–Dec (82%)67.9%74.5%82.3%80.7%
Fukuoka – Kochi419 km72.1%83,686Jul–Sep (77%)66.6%76.7%73.1%71.7%
Fukuoka – Fukue (Goto Islands)260 km68.7%35,777Oct–Dec (75%)66.3%72.0%75.0%60.9%
Fukuoka – Tsushima190 km68.5%108,866Oct–Dec (72%)63.1%68.5%72.4%69.8%
Fukuoka – Amami672 km74.4%41,052Jul–Sep (83%)62.3%82.7%75.3%77.3%
Fukuoka – Miyazaki307 km74.7%325,223Jan–Mar (81%)68.2%73.6%76.2%80.7%
Fukuoka – Yakushima408 km78.0%24,789Apr–Jun (82%)82.3%80.5%81.3%67.0%
Fukuoka – Ishigaki1,370 km82.0%109,025Apr–Jun (84%)83.6%82.3%78.9%83.0%
Nagasaki – Tokyo (Narita)1,101 km88.2%115,577Oct–Dec (90%)85.4%89.5%89.8%88.0%
Kumamoto – Tokyo (Narita)1,053 km86.5%194,557Jul–Sep (88%)86.9%87.8%86.2%85.3%
Kumamoto – Okinawa (Naha)890 km85.3%103,222Jul–Sep (89%)77.8%88.6%86.4%88.4%
Oita – Tokyo (Narita)924 km84.2%121,656Jan–Mar (88%)77.3%85.2%86.7%88.4%
Miyazaki – Okinawa (Naha)859 km75.6%96,016Oct–Dec (80%)66.1%77.1%79.9%79.4%
Kagoshima – Matsuyama377 km49.2%16,826Oct–Dec (55%)46.8%44.5%54.8%50.3%
Kagoshima – Fukuoka274 km72.6%23,758Jul–Sep (75%)69.6%74.9%73.4%72.7%
Kagoshima – Tanegashima181 km68.8%107,256Jul–Sep (74%)66.1%73.6%69.4%66.5%
Kagoshima – Yakushima194 km77.6%151,157Apr–Jun (81%)81.1%77.2%80.1%71.4%
Kagoshima – Amami467 km67.8%381,704Jul–Sep (71%)63.0%71.3%67.8%69.0%
Kagoshima – Okinoerabu579 km69.2%64,574Jul–Sep (73%)62.2%73.4%69.4%72.3%
Kagoshima – Kikai467 km64.1%42,221Jul–Sep (68%)57.5%67.5%66.0%65.5%
Kagoshima – Yoron627 km63.5%30,321Jul–Sep (73%)55.4%73.3%66.2%58.6%
Kagoshima – Tokunoshima560 km73.4%137,871Jul–Sep (76%)71.2%75.8%72.4%74.1%
Kagoshima – Okinawa (Naha)758 km77.3%195,423Oct–Dec (83%)69.4%78.7%82.5%78.7%
Amami – Tokyo (Narita)1,542 km80.5%88,648Jul–Sep (85%)67.7%84.8%83.9%83.3%
Amami – Osaka (Kansai)946 km83.1%66,160Oct–Dec (87%)75.2%84.8%86.7%85.0%
Amami – Kikai81 km60.1%39,784Jul–Sep (62%)57.2%61.9%61.5%60.0%
Amami – Tokunoshima181 km62.9%41,861Jul–Sep (65%)59.0%64.9%63.4%64.4%
Amami – Yoron256 km59.9%10,171Oct–Dec (65%)53.4%60.6%64.5%61.1%
Okinoerabu – Tokunoshima112 km50.8%17,178Oct–Dec (54%)47.8%48.4%53.8%53.0%
Okinawa (Naha) – Ibaraki1,742 km78.3%101,096Jul–Sep (83%)66.9%82.5%82.1%81.7%
Okinawa (Naha) – Shizuoka1,558 km74.1%89,606Oct–Dec (81%)58.5%79.5%80.7%77.4%
Okinawa (Naha) – Komatsu1,577 km78.6%94,140Oct–Dec (84%)74.3%76.3%84.2%79.6%
Okinawa (Naha) – Kobe1,308 km79.6%723,039Jul–Sep (83%)74.8%82.9%79.9%80.4%
Okinawa (Naha) – Okayama1,252 km88.1%109,623Jul–Sep (89%)87.0%89.4%87.1%89.2%
Okinawa (Naha) – Iwakuni978 km81.1%98,278Jul–Sep (86%)73.8%85.6%80.4%84.9%
Okinawa (Naha) – Matsuyama1,072 km81.5%97,667Jul–Sep (86%)73.1%86.0%82.9%84.3%
Okinawa (Naha) – Kumejima168 km54.9%73,886Jan–Mar (64%)44.7%54.5%56.1%63.5%
Okinawa (Naha) – Okinoerabu287 km77.2%26,183Jan–Mar (83%)70.0%81.1%75.1%82.7%
Okinawa (Naha) – Miyako352 km68.1%1,018,012Jul–Sep (76%)63.0%75.9%70.0%63.4%
Okinawa (Naha) – Amami390 km65.1%11,128Oct–Dec (69%)59.0%66.0%68.5%67.2%
Okinawa (Naha) – Ishigaki472 km60.9%1,029,010Jul–Sep (65%)59.3%64.8%60.1%59.5%
Okinawa (Naha) – Yoron231 km91.4%15,575Jul–Sep (96%)93.6%95.6%88.9%87.5%
Miyako – Ishigaki183 km23.7%28,578Jan–Mar (30%)21.0%19.4%24.4%30.3%
Ishigaki – Tokyo (Narita)2,006 km82.9%209,280Jul–Sep (89%)83.7%88.6%79.6%79.3%
Shimojishima – Tokyo (Haneda)2,030 km83.3%107,659Jul–Sep (86%)81.7%85.5%81.3%84.8%
Shimojishima – Kobe1,548 km75.4%97,278Jul–Sep (79%)75.0%78.8%72.0%75.8%
Shimojishima – Fukuoka1,240 km77.5%28,251Apr–Jun (83%)83.1%76.8%——
Shimojishima – Okinawa (Naha)341 km60.8%156,974Jan–Mar (65%)51.2%63.0%63.9%65.2%

About the data

  • Totals for Japan's major domestic airlines combined. The data is not broken down by airline.
  • Tokyo routes are listed separately for Haneda and Narita, and Osaka routes for Itami, Kansai (KIX) and Kobe. Sapporo means New Chitose unless marked Okadama.
  • Load factor = passengers ÷ seats, calculated by this site. “—” means there were no flights in that period. Figures are preliminary and may be revised.

See also airports by region and on-time performance by airline.

Source

Based on “航空輸送サービスに係る情報公開” (Information disclosure on air transport services), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan (https://www.mlit.go.jp/koku/koku_fr4_00007.html). Processed and charted by Soratabi Gear Note. This page was created independently and is not produced or endorsed by the Ministry.

Data retrieved: November 9, 2026