Can you name the busiest city-to-city air travel corridors in the domestic US?

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Enter a city pair in the box below
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Source: brookings.edu
Note both cities must be included, for example (e.g. Seattle to Portland) Updated October 2011
Also try: Airport City Codes (Intl)

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Rank	Cities	Distance (miles)
1		1,067
2		347
3		574
4		733
5		768
6		2,458
7		955
8		229
9		358
10		1,739

Rank	Cities	Distance (miles)
11		2,576
12		232
13		403
14		1,224
15		185
16		853
17		959
18		540
19		411
20		892
(21)	892
(22)	892
(23)	892
(24)	892
(25)	892
(26)	892
(27)	892
(28)	892
(29)	892
(30)	892

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Air Travel Corridors (US) Quiz

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	Esme:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 16:40 GMT		31 points
	Really helps to know your hubs! Great quiz, @nrs. :) I love air travel quizzes -- we need more of them!

	sammyhain:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 16:48 GMT		5 points
	surprised that there was no Minneapolis-Chicago even as a Bonus

	dtherfel:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 17:05 GMT		-3 points
	sammyhain: Why would Minneapolis-Chicago be a bonus. It's 39th. You'd need almost as many bonuses as answers!

	Bob91351:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 17:06 GMT		7 points
	Basically, just type in every pair of big cities and then pair each big city with tourist attractions, and fill in with major hubs...

	sammyhain:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 17:12 GMT		37 points
	@dtherfel....ummm because I thought it would be higher than 39th.

	glanzerr:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 17:25 GMT		8 points
	Yeah I was also surprised there was no Minneapolis/Chicago answer on there.

	drn211:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 17:29 GMT		15 points
	Surprised there isn't more with Houston since it is Continental's big hub.

	peckerpie:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 17:53 GMT		5 points
	DC should be acceptable for Washington, DC.

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	BiloxiSean:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 18:55 GMT		18 points
	Surprised NY to Washington is not on the list. I guess that is where Amtrak actually works.

	LavaGirl:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 18:55 GMT		0 points
	@drn211, I agree this is true for IAH but not for Hobby Airport b/c Continental does not fly into Hobby. Also the same could be said for American out of DFW or United out of ORD or Northwest out of MSP or Delta out of ATL. The reason that each of these airlines control the vast majority of the gates at their respective airports is that they are headquartered in those cities. Although in the future it won't be true for Continental when it merges with United... the "new" airline will be called United & Continental's headquarters may in all likelihood be closed & personnel transferred to Chicago, Not happy news for those of us in Houston.

	theGrit:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 19:26 GMT		8 points
	Really makes me want to travel even more than I already did . . .

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	randomhandle:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 21:27 GMT		26 points
	Accept LA for Los Angeles and NYC for New York. It's really only appropriate.

	wilsonhubbell:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 21:35 GMT		0 points
	couldn't agree more with randomhandle

	dutchbear:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 23:14 GMT		-2 points
	Amazing that some many of these routes are really quite short... I guess the term carbon footprint means very little in the USA. Boston-NY is just 185 miles!

	Serenity:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 23:21 GMT		1 point
	Is NYC including Newark? I'm thinking New York to Orlando is really Newark to Orlando.

	drn211:	Jun 4th, 2010 at 02:59 GMT		8 points
	Yes, Newark is included as part of New York. In the official list at brookings.edu (the link is above) New York is listed as New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA

	ECUpirates6:	Jun 4th, 2010 at 03:41 GMT		21 points
	Surprised at the lack of Philadelphia since it is a major hub for US AIR. Also, a pretty big city.

	phibbyfan:	Jun 4th, 2010 at 08:30 GMT		11 points
	dutchbear: Most are pretty far, and the United States doesn't have a good railway system to link a lot of the close cities together like many other countries. If it counts layovers, then nearby cities making the list would make even more sense. But if they did this with Europe, I imagine there would be many that are even closer than Boston and New York.

	schumatrix:	Jun 4th, 2010 at 11:08 GMT		3 points
	I'm surprised that Houston-New York isn't on the list, along with Washington-New York.

	Tex17:	Jun 4th, 2010 at 19:59 GMT		3 points
	DFW should be accepted for Dallas

	AndrewBird311:	Jun 4th, 2010 at 23:27 GMT		5 points
	that was fun.

	astrowaffle:	Jun 5th, 2010 at 20:55 GMT		11 points
	airport/city codes should be accepted as answers

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	chikka2:	Jul 13th, 2010 at 01:43 GMT		6 points
	a lot more US corridors seem to be north south than east west. In Canada the reverse is true, which is why I didn't do well on this quiz...taught me something about my mindset

	aharm:	Aug 19th, 2010 at 20:19 GMT		4 points
	Nice quiz. 5 stars

	transitfan:	Oct 2nd, 2010 at 21:48 GMT		2 points
	It would be cool if you gave a passenger count in the third column rather than the distance.

	Berubium:	Dec 24th, 2010 at 00:19 GMT		3 points
	@chikka2, the reverse is true for domestic travel, but between Canada & the US, north-south corridors are very much out there. For instance, few from the west fly to places like Florida or Georgia, but plenty fly to California & Arizona. Same goes for the opposite... Great quiz btw; only missed #13.

	Mathiusdragoon:	Apr 2nd, 2011 at 04:24 GMT		3 points
	Im hoping that 99% of those dallas-houston flights are for transfers or otherwise it seems like that would be a major waste (of time, money, aviation fuel, people's patience)

	Colmar:	May 13th, 2011 at 02:53 GMT		5 points
	I have limited knowledge but matching up Atlanta, New York and Los Angeles with other major cities got me to 89th percentile. Fun quiz.

	tato:	Jul 8th, 2011 at 18:52 GMT		4 points
	Awesome game, suprised by Miami to New York number 1. Great quiz

	PuzzledInTexas:	Dec 12th, 2012 at 00:37 GMT		1 point
	I was surprised that Memphis nor Pittsburgh nor Minneapolis were on here. Those are pretty busy hubs. I'm mad at myself. I fly a lot and did pretty bad on this. :( fun quiz!

	Woodchucker:	Mar 29th, 2013 at 22:53 GMT		2 points
	I would imagine most of the New York-Boston flights are connections after/before flying somewhere else. Boston doesn't have nearly as many direct flights around the world so we often need to fly to NY and then get another plane. I would agree, however, that flying from NYC to Boston without heading somewhere further is ridiculous. The exception is if you are flying back and forth in one day on a business trip, and even then a train is actually faster when you take into account getting to the airport and all the nonsense that entails. It's a bit more expensive, but it's on the company, right? If your on a budget the bus is the way to go. RIP fung wah