Where Southwest Airlines flies

Busiest Southwest Airlines airports

Where Southwest Airlines operates the most departures — its hubs and focus cities.

• DEN

  Denver

  89,107 departures · 14,621,151 seats flown

  6.3%

  Share

• LAS

  Las Vegas

  86,085 departures · 13,954,487 seats flown

  6.1%

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• BWI

  Baltimore

  73,510 departures · 11,882,646 seats flown

  5.2%

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• MDW

  Chicago

  69,029 departures · 11,275,911 seats flown

  4.9%

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• PHX

  Phoenix

  68,173 departures · 11,059,451 seats flown

  4.8%

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• DAL

  Dallas

  67,793 departures · 10,926,935 seats flown

  4.8%

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• BNA

  Nashville

  62,175 departures · 10,057,421 seats flown

  4.4%

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• MCO

  Orlando

  53,730 departures · 8,786,042 seats flown

  3.8%

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Busiest Southwest Airlines routes

The city pairs Southwest Airlines flies most, ranked by filed departures.

• DAL–HOU

  8,005 departures · 802,444 passengers

  64.4%

  Load

• DEN–PHX

  7,850 departures · 968,761 passengers

  75.4%

  Load

• SAN–SMF

  7,556 departures · 936,813 passengers

  79.7%

  Load

• LAS–SAN

  7,450 departures · 875,688 passengers

  74.0%

  Load

• SAN–SJC

  7,416 departures · 864,237 passengers

  74.8%

  Load

• BWI–MCO

  7,053 departures · 862,438 passengers

  74.6%

  Load

• LAS–PHX

  6,904 departures · 755,721 passengers

  67.7%

  Load

• LAS–SMF

  6,889 departures · 861,890 passengers

  77.8%

  Load

• LAS–RNO

  6,595 departures · 747,177 passengers

  72.4%

  Load

• LAS–SJC

  6,507 departures · 756,481 passengers

  72.1%

  Load

• PHX–SAN

  6,362 departures · 739,403 passengers

  74.0%

  Load

• LAS–OAK

  6,339 departures · 829,617 passengers

  80.9%

  Load

• BUR–LAS

  6,318 departures · 597,241 passengers

  67.7%

  Load

• DEN–LAS

  6,232 departures · 782,965 passengers

  76.3%

  Load

• DAL–DEN

  5,890 departures · 714,827 passengers

  73.1%

  Load

What Southwest Airlines flies

Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not fleet count.

• Boeing 737-700

  562,011 departures · 78.3% load

  39.8%

  Share

• Boeing 737 MAX 8

  520,444 departures · 77.9% load

  36.8%

  Share

• Boeing 737-800

  330,929 departures · 77.1% load

  23.4%

  Share

Monthly Southwest Airlines capacity