# United Airlines carried 182 million passengers in 2025, equivalent to 499,000 passengers daily.

*business · news · 2026-04-10 · Simple Flying*

## Key points

- United Airlines carried a record 182 million passengers in 2025, up 5% from 2024.
- United operated 1,047 routes in 2025, with 721 domestic and 326 international routes.
- Widebody aircraft operated 46% of United's flights in 2025, a significant deployment on hub-to-hub routes.
- Newark-San Francisco was United's busiest route with 1.53 million passengers, 1.16 million of whom were local.
- United held a 46% market share on the Chicago O'Hare-New York LaGuardia route, leading all competitors.

**Companies:** United Airlines
**Countries:** United States

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