The Great Escape Index
The cities with the most ways to leave them.
London is a great city. There are, at last count, over three hundred places to get away from it. We rank cities by how many destinations their residents can flee to nonstop — and leave the conclusion to you.
Full standings
nonstop destinations from the city’s airports · 126 cities- 1 🇹🇷 Istanbul 517 exits
- 2 🇺🇸 New York 509 exits
- 3 🇦🇪 Dubai 497 exits
- 4 🇨🇳 Shanghai 488 exits
- 5 🇺🇸 Miami 480 exits
- 6 🇬🇧 London 467 exits
- 7 🇫🇷 Paris 463 exits
- 8 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 460 exits
- 🇨🇳 Shenzhen 460 exits
- 9 🇨🇦 Toronto 443 exits
- 10 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 440 exits
- 11 🇨🇳 Chengdu 431 exits
- 12 🇶🇦 Doha 425 exits
- 13 🇹🇭 Bangkok 419 exits
- 14 🇩🇪 Frankfurt 418 exits
- 🇨🇦 Montreal 418 exits
- 15 🇸🇬 Singapore 415 exits
- 16 🇳🇱 Amsterdam 412 exits
- 17 🇰🇷 Seoul 410 exits
- 18 🇪🇸 Madrid 400 exits
- 19 🇺🇸 San Francisco 397 exits
- 20 🇮🇹 Rome 396 exits
- 21 🇮🇹 Milan 390 exits
- 22 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi 389 exits
- 23 🇺🇸 Seattle 382 exits
- 24 🇩🇪 Munich 367 exits
- 25 🇬🇷 Athens 363 exits
- 🇧🇪 Brussels 363 exits
- 26 🇪🇸 Barcelona 360 exits
- 27 🇨🇭 Zug 359 exits
- 🇨🇭 Zurich 359 exits
- 28 🇸🇰 Bratislava 357 exits
- 29 🇵🇹 Lisbon 356 exits
- 30 🇹🇷 Antalya 355 exits
- 31 🇦🇹 Vienna 353 exits
- 32 🇨🇦 Calgary 352 exits
- 33 🇩🇰 Copenhagen 348 exits
- 34 🇨🇦 Vancouver 347 exits
- 35 🇧🇷 São Paulo 344 exits
- 36 🇮🇪 Dublin 340 exits
- 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur 340 exits
- 🇨🇿 Prague 340 exits
- 37 🇸🇪 Stockholm 337 exits
- 38 🇲🇽 Mexico City 334 exits
- 39 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv 333 exits
- 40 🇹🇼 Taipei 331 exits
- 🇵🇱 Warsaw 331 exits
- 41 🇫🇮 Helsinki 327 exits
- 42 🇭🇺 Budapest 326 exits
- 🇯🇵 Tokyo 326 exits
- 43 🇳🇴 Oslo 322 exits
- 44 🇩🇪 Berlin 321 exits
- 45 🇪🇸 Málaga 320 exits
- 🇨🇾 Nicosia 320 exits
- 46 🇪🇸 Las Palmas 319 exits
- 🇵🇹 Porto 319 exits
- 47 🇷🇴 Bucharest 318 exits
- 48 🇨🇾 Limassol 317 exits
- 49 🇪🇸 Palma 315 exits
- 50 🇮🇳 Bangalore 314 exits
- 51 🇦🇲 Yerevan 312 exits
- 52 🇷🇸 Belgrade 309 exits
- 53 🇨🇭 Geneva 307 exits
- 🇬🇷 Thessaloniki 307 exits
- 54 🇴🇲 Muscat 306 exits
- 55 🇬🇪 Tbilisi 304 exits
- 56 🇵🇱 Kraków 303 exits
- 57 🇦🇱 Tirana 302 exits
- 58 🇲🇹 Valletta 301 exits
- 59 🇧🇬 Sofia 298 exits
- 🇪🇸 Valencia 298 exits
- 60 🇧🇭 Manama 297 exits
- 61 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 296 exits
- 62 🇰🇿 Almaty 295 exits
- 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires 295 exits
- 63 🇲🇪 Podgorica 294 exits
- 🇱🇻 Riga 294 exits
- 64 🇻🇳 Hanoi 292 exits
- 65 🇵🇦 Panama City 290 exits
- 66 🇯🇵 Osaka 289 exits
- 🇭🇷 Split 289 exits
- 67 🇭🇷 Zagreb 287 exits
- 68 🇪🇸 Bilbao 286 exits
- 69 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City 284 exits
- 🇰🇪 Nairobi 284 exits
- 70 🇵🇹 Funchal 283 exits
- 71 🇪🇪 Tallinn 282 exits
- 72 🇷🇴 Cluj-Napoca 281 exits
- 73 🇱🇹 Vilnius 280 exits
- 74 🇺🇸 Austin 278 exits
- 75 🇨🇾 Paphos 277 exits
- 🇵🇱 Wrocław 277 exits
- 76 🇮🇹 Turin 270 exits
- 77 🇨🇳 Hangzhou 268 exits
- 78 🇳🇱 Eindhoven 265 exits
- 79 🇨🇷 San José 258 exits
- 80 🇰🇿 Astana 254 exits
- 81 🇸🇮 Ljubljana 253 exits
- 82 🇿🇦 Cape Town 249 exits
- 83 🇲🇺 Port Louis 244 exits
- 84 🇨🇱 Santiago 241 exits
- 85 🇧🇧 Bridgetown 238 exits
- 🇦🇺 Perth 238 exits
- 86 🇮🇳 GIFT City 219 exits
- 87 🇷🇼 Kigali 211 exits
- 88 🇲🇽 Guadalajara 194 exits
- 89 🇵🇷 San Juan 182 exits
- 90 🇦🇺 Sydney 180 exits
- 91 🇨🇴 Medellín 178 exits
- 92 🇮🇩 Denpasar–Canggu 173 exits
- 93 🇦🇪 Ras Al Khaimah 167 exits
- 🇫🇮 Turku 167 exits
- 94 🇦🇺 Brisbane 153 exits
- 95 🇦🇺 Melbourne 147 exits
- 96 🇺🇾 Montevideo 141 exits
- 97 🇳🇿 Auckland 139 exits
- 98 🇲🇾 George Town 102 exits
- 99 🇧🇷 Florianópolis 101 exits
- 100 🇨🇳 Hefei 95 exits
- 🇫🇮 Oulu 95 exits
- 101 🇰🇾 George Town 87 exits
- 102 🇰🇷 Busan 86 exits
- 103 🇹🇭 Chiang Mai 81 exits
- 104 🇯🇵 Fukuoka 76 exits
- 105 🇻🇳 Da Nang 68 exits
- 106 🇲🇽 Mérida 54 exits
A ranking of evidence, not of worth — the winner is invited to wear it proudly. Compare any two contenders head-to-head.