Summary Tokyo Haneda is the number one airport for widebody services, heavily influenced by the domestic market. Dubai is the top airport for international flights due to no domestic market and Emirates' scale. No North American airport made the cut in August 2024.
Widebody aircraft operate one in 12 flights. Naturally, they are mainly on longer services, with the average stage length being 2,590 nautical miles (4,797 km). However, they also play an important role domestically and regionally, especially in East Asia and the Middle East.
The Boeing 777-300ER has the most flights , followed by the Airbus A330-300 – which SWISS will temporarily fly from Zurich to Malaga – and the 787-9. Top 10 widebody airports As the table shows, Tokyo Haneda is the number one airport globally for widebody services. On a typical August day, there are 354 twin-aisle take-offs (double for total movements), with nearly half by All Nippon .
As this is an average, half of the days have more services, and half have fewer. Over one in two of Haneda's departures are on twin-aisle equipment. Haneda's prominence is primarily because 62% of widebody flights are domestic.
Perhaps the most notable aircraft is All Nippon's 514-seat so-called 'domestic' non-Extended Range 777-300ERs (shown above). All 10 airports are in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The first North American entry is New York JFK, which is 11th.
The first Australasian airport to feature is Sydney, which is 28th. The first African airp.