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50 Busiest Air Routes from New York City

Below are the 50 busiest passenger routes from New York's three main airports. Using the map, try and name the destinations.
Airports serving the same metro area are included together
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Last updated: December 21, 2019
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First submittedMarch 2, 2017
Times taken45,953
Average score76.0%
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4+ Million
Miami Area
Chicago
Los Angeles
London
2+ Million
San Francisco
Atlanta
Orlando
Boston
Charlotte
Dallas
Toronto
Houston
Denver
1+ Million
Paris
Washington D.C.
Las Vegas
Tampa
Detroit
San Juan
Minneapolis
1+ Million
Phoenix
Seattle
Raleigh/Durham
Tel Aviv
Frankfurt
Santiago
<1 Million
Fort Myers
Santo Domingo
Buffalo
Hong Kong
Cancun
Nashville
Amsterdam
New Orleans
<1 Million
Mexico City
Dubai
San Diego
Milan
Madrid
Montréal
São Paulo
Tokyo
<1 Million
Dublin
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Austin
Rome
Zurich
Cleveland
Jacksonville
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Level 76
Mar 9, 2017
Can you accept Fort Meyers? I know it's wrong, but many people (including myself) will probably guess that.
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Level 85
Mar 9, 2017
The best I could come up with was Del Boca Vista, but since others will probably make the same mistake, I think I should get credit, too.
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Level 88
Jun 6, 2017
Yes, I used to live in Del Boca Vista until I saw a bum sleeping in a Cadillac. I looked at my wife, Estelle, and said, "That's it! We're going back to Queens!"
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Level 53
Jun 9, 2017
Hahahaha
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Level 90
Mar 10, 2017
Cape Coral should be accepted as the airport is not located in Ft Myers, and CC is the biggest city in the metro region. However I like when correct spelling is required. I spent 30 years misspelling Bismarck and Colombia before I started taking these quizzes.
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Level 90
Mar 10, 2017
On second thought no one ever says "I'm flying into Cape Coral", it's always Ft Myers. I retract my previous comment (except the spelling part)
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Level 60
Oct 2, 2020
Well, there's Columbia, British Columbia, and there's Colombia.
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Level 82
Jun 6, 2017
What about Ft Myers?
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Level 81
Jun 6, 2017
+1
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Level 81
Mar 9, 2017
Oh come on - just admit that you didn't get it right. Spelling should be part of a correct answer (imho).
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Level 77
Mar 10, 2017
I agree, but it (almost) never is in here. So in fairness Fort Meyers should be accepted too.
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Level 82
Mar 10, 2017
Santiago is a bit surprising, as Punta Cana has about 5 times more passengers, but maybe Americans don't like it so much.
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Level 47
Mar 11, 2017
I made a commnet about it earlier, but I think it got deleted when this was featured. Santiago airport has about 70% of its passengers going to New York. Not sure why though...
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Level 44
Feb 24, 2018
its because there are a lot of people from the Dominican republic that live in New York City. A plane that crashed right after 9/11 into Queens was one of the flights that went to the DR.
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Level 80
Jun 6, 2017
Is that Santiago, Chile as I don't see a dot on the map?
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Level 59
Jun 6, 2017
The Santiago in the Domincan Republic
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Level 68
Apr 6, 2020
Very odd. Didn't know that.
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Level 65
Jan 30, 2024
Not really that odd when Latin America shares so many city names, and the DR is on here because of all the Dominicans in New York, and Santiago de los Caballeros is the second largest city in the country
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Level 75
Jun 6, 2017
I may or may not have gotten it if I hadn't sat next to a guy from Santiago de los Caballeros at a Yankees game a couple of weeks ago. There are a lot of Dominicans in New York.
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Level 75
Jun 6, 2017
Which is why I tried Santo Domingo. Never knew there was a Santiago there. Thanks for the info.
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Level 73
Nov 24, 2018
Lots of Dominicans in NYC for sure - I briefly worked with a guy from DR who grew up in the same town as Sammy Sosa. They knew each other. Sammy gave him a bat - broken in game - and he brought it in one day to show me. It was cool. Love Dominicans! Great people!!!
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Level 81
Mar 30, 2020
The largest "ethnic" group in New York City is Dominican. Also, I think the country of origin for the largest group of non-native born New Yorkers.
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Level 79
Mar 10, 2017
Can't believe I didn't get Fort Myers considering I'm heading there on Tuesday, albeit not from New York but SFO.
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Level 81
Mar 13, 2017
Very nice quiz!
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Level 53
Jun 6, 2017
Can you accept Ft. Myers?
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Level 70
Jun 6, 2017
I put ft myers and when it wasn't accepted I tried a bunch of others.
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Level 73
Jun 6, 2017
Would be good if it accepted airport codes as answers, though I'm sure someone can tell me why it wouldn't!
+3
Level 82
Jun 13, 2017
Many cities have several airports
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Level 51
Jun 6, 2017
This is an awesome quiz! I'd love to see more for different airports!
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Level 47
Jun 6, 2017
I've written one for the London airports and Los Angeles. Feel free to check them out!
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Level 65
Jun 6, 2017
Definitely need to accept Ft Myers
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Level 94
Jun 10, 2017
I agree that "Ft Myers" should be acceptable for "Fort Myers".
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Level 37
Jun 8, 2017
Good Quiz
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Level 72
Jun 13, 2017
I'm surprised how few international locations there are. I thought with NY being so cosmopolitan it would have more flights outside the States.
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Level 80
Jun 13, 2017
Oh it sure does, but these are only the 50 busiest ones. Most Europeans, for example, have to fly to NYC through one of the hubs - London, Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam. The same is probably true on other continents. And air travel has a larger share in domestic travel in the US than in many other countries, due to long distances and lack of alternatives (no high-speed train system). That pushes many international destinations beyond #50.
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Level 51
Dec 8, 2017
How did 13% of people miss the world's largest airport? Come on.
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Level 70
Feb 25, 2018
can you accept the airport codes as answers? for example, LAX for Los Angeles.
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Level 67
Feb 6, 2020
Please accept "Pittsburg" for Pittsburgh.
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Level 79
Feb 7, 2021
I think Pittsburgh without the h should be disallowed uniformly in JetPunk
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Level 79
Feb 7, 2021
I just missed Fort Myers and Santiago!
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Level 48
May 27, 2021
the airport in sao paulo in reality is in guarulhos
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Level 63
Jun 17, 2022
is this not the santiago in chile otherwise if it is santiago in chile it does not show on the map
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Level 75
Jul 14, 2022
It's in the Dominican Republic
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Level 83
Aug 17, 2022
I think this might be more fun without the map. Maybe give choices of domestic or international