FLIGHTLINE INTEL COMMERCIAL AVIATION INTELLIGENCE
Airline T-100 Intelligence

China Southern Airlines (CZ)

2026 traffic, capacity, airport presence and leading routes.

145,473
Segment passengers
1,706
Performed departures
93.6%
Calculated load factor

Leading airports

AirportPassengersDepartures
CAN116,560801
LAX72,397786
SFO58,433173
WUH28,91386
JFK14,643257
SZX0141
PVG0675
PTY03
ORD0490

Leading directional routes

RoutePassengersSeatsLoad factor
LAX–CAN36,47638,62794.4%
CAN–LAX35,92138,62793.0%
CAN–SFO14,78315,88493.1%
SFO–CAN14,73715,52394.9%
SFO–WUH14,62115,69093.2%
WUH–SFO14,29215,52392.1%
JFK–CAN7,6377,94296.2%
CAN–JFK7,0067,58192.4%
LAX–PVG00
ORD–CAN00
ORD–PVG00
ORD–SZX00
PTY–LAX00
PVG–LAX00
PVG–ORD00
SZX–ORD00

Annual history

YearPassengersSeatsDeparturesLoad factor
2015421,977487,9862,23686.5%
2016872,949987,3544,47488.4%
2017929,5961,058,1934,92887.8%
2018921,8621,039,0755,02888.7%
2019996,4211,115,5175,18889.3%
2020141,752390,8423,98636.3%
202167,179330,6103,90320.3%
202249,390167,8652,82629.4%
2023122,280133,5673,78791.5%
2024319,259348,3654,94091.6%
2025344,517377,2454,41891.3%
2026145,473155,3971,70693.6%
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics T-100 Segment data.