Boeing 747-8
Wide-body jet
- Passengers flown a year
- 1.8M
- 48th-most common US type
- Airframes in US fleets
- 17
- US operators
- 1
- Airports served
- 11
- Countries
- 4
- Load factor
- 87.8%
Where the Boeing 747-8 flies
Filed traffic dataThe operators table below counts the registered Boeing 747-8 airframes each airline owns (US DOT Form 41). These figures are how much the type actually flew — departures, seats, and passengers filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months, not fleet size.
Departures flown
5,581
May 2026
Seats flown
2,037,380
Passengers
1.8M
Load factor
87.8%
RPM ÷ ASM
Busiest Boeing 747-8 routes
The Boeing 747-8's busiest US routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
Seoul – Los Angeles (ICN–LAX)
1,072 departures · 343,587 passengers · 5,995 mi
87.1%
Load
Frankfurt am Main – Los Angeles (FRA–LAX)
708 departures · 229,134 passengers · 5,805 mi
88.9%
Load
Frankfurt am Main – Miami (FRA–MIA)
701 departures · 228,614 passengers · 4,832 mi
89.6%
Load
Frankfurt am Main – San Francisco (FRA–SFO)
598 departures · 194,188 passengers · 5,699 mi
89.2%
Load
Frankfurt am Main – Chicago (FRA–ORD)
553 departures · 182,275 passengers · 4,343 mi
90.7%
Load
Frankfurt am Main – Dulles (FRA–IAD)
536 departures · 171,388 passengers · 4,080 mi
87.8%
Load
Newark – Frankfurt am Main (EWR–FRA)
493 departures · 163,030 passengers · 3,869 mi
90.8%
Load
Frankfurt am Main – Houston (FRA–IAH)
297 departures · 95,898 passengers · 5,231 mi
88.7%
Load
Dulles – Beijing (IAD–PEK)
208 departures · 61,384 passengers · 6,921 mi
79.3%
Load
Atlanta – Seoul (ATL–ICN)
194 departures · 61,502 passengers · 7,153 mi
87.0%
Load
Frankfurt am Main – New York (FRA–JFK)
100 departures · 33,528 passengers · 3,855 mi
92.1%
Load
Honolulu, Oahu – Seoul (HNL–ICN)
66 departures · 12,871 passengers · 4,577 mi
53.0%
Load
Boston – Frankfurt am Main (BOS–FRA)
34 departures · 9,226 passengers · 3,669 mi
74.6%
Load
2 departures · 697 passengers · 412 mi
95.7%
Load
Frankfurt am Main – Philadelphia (FRA–PHL)
2 departures · 696 passengers · 3,948 mi
95.6%
Load
The longest and shortest Boeing 747-8 flights
The two ends of the type's working envelope, from the routes it actually flew — not what the airframe is certified to do.
Shortest route flown
3,869 mi
Newark – Frankfurt am Main (EWR–FRA)
493 departures · 91% load
Flown by Lufthansa. Also one of the type's busiest routes anywhere in the US — a short hop worked like a bus line.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through May 2026.
Airports the Boeing 747-8 serves
The Boeing 747-8 serves 11 US airports across 4 countries. The busiest, by departures:
- FRA
Frankfurt am Main
1,942 departures · 7 routes · 1 operator
36.2%
Share
- LAX
889 departures · 2 routes · 2 operators
16.6%
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- ICN
Seoul
632 departures · 2 routes · 1 operator
11.8%
Share
- IAD
373 departures · 2 routes · 2 operators
7.0%
Share
- MIA
352 departures · 1 route · 1 operator
6.6%
Share
- SFO
299 departures · 1 route · 1 operator
5.6%
Share
- ORD
276 departures · 1 route · 1 operator
5.1%
Share
- EWR
246 departures · 1 route · 1 operator
4.6%
Share
- IAH
149 departures · 1 route · 1 operator
2.8%
Share
- PEK
Beijing
104 departures · 1 route · 1 operator
1.9%
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Who flies the Boeing 747-8
Two questions in one table. Airframes is what each carrier reported owning in its US DOT fleet filing; seats flown is how much of the type it actually operated. They can rank differently, and the gap is the interesting part.
| Operator | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas Air5Y | 17 | — | — | 8.9 yr |
Airframes are the latest Form 41 filing; seats flown and share are US DOT T-100 for the type's most-flown operators — a dash means a carrier isn't among them (a freighter operator, or one that flies fewer).
How old is the US Boeing 747-8 fleet?
Age is measured from each airframe's delivery date — the FAA airworthiness date where available, otherwise the manufacturer's. Bars share a fixed scale across every fleet page, so two carriers can be compared directly.
Monthly Boeing 747-8 capacity
How common is the Boeing 747-8?
The Boeing 747-8 makes up 0.2% of all tracked US airline aircraft — the 48th-most common type in service.
Share of all tracked US airline aircraft · top 12 types shown · 118 others hold the remaining 37.4% · Boeing 747-8 is the ringed slice at 0.2%
- 1
872 aircraft
10.0%
Share
- 2
708 aircraft
8.1%
Share
- 3
526 aircraft
6.1%
Share
- 4
481 aircraft
5.5%
Share
- 5
470 aircraft
5.4%
Share
- +42 more types
- 48
Boeing 747-8#48 · this type
17 aircraft
0.2%
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Frequently asked
How many Boeing 747-8 are in US airline fleets?
US carriers operate about 17 Boeing 747-8 aircraft across 1 airline, 17 of them in service.
Which airline operates the most Boeing 747-8?
Atlas Air operates the largest US Boeing 747-8 fleet, with about 17 aircraft.
What is the busiest Boeing 747-8 route?
The busiest US route flown by the Boeing 747-8 is ICN–LAX, with about 1,072 departures over the trailing 12 months.
Which airline flies the Boeing 747-8 the most?
Lufthansa flies the most Boeing 747-8 capacity in US service, with about 1.5M seats flown over the trailing 12 months.
How many passengers does the Boeing 747-8 carry?
The Boeing 747-8 carried about 1.8M passengers on US routes over the trailing 12 months.
What is the longest Boeing 747-8 flight?
The longest US route flown by the Boeing 747-8 is ATL–ICN, about 7,153 miles, flown by Korean Air.
How many airports does the Boeing 747-8 serve?
The Boeing 747-8 serves about 11 US airports across 4 countries, led by Frankfurt am Main (FRA).
How old is the average Boeing 747-8?
The US Boeing 747-8 fleet averages about 8.9 yr.
How common is the Boeing 747-8 in US fleets?
The Boeing 747-8 is the 48th-most common aircraft type in tracked US airline fleets, by number of aircraft.
Trip reports on YouTube
Fliers post trip reports from Boeing 747-8 flights to YouTube. These three were matched automatically from public YouTube listings — The Frequent Flier does not host, review, or endorse them.
Global Aviation & Travel
REVIEW | Lufthansa | Frankfurt (FRA) - Bangalore (BLR) | Boeing 747-8 | Business Class
27:46 · Oct 2024
Noel Philips
Lufthansa Longest Flight 🇩🇪: Boeing 747-8 Business Class: Frankfurt to Buenos Aires
17:25 · Sep 2019
Fly with Robin
TRIP REPORT | Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 (Economy) | New Delhi - Frankfurt
15:15 · Jan 2022
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