Hardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)
Fewest nonstop escapes under three hours. Paradise, door mostly shut.
Full standings
nonstop destinations within a 3-hour flight · 126 cities- 1 🇲🇺 Port Louis 4 quick exits
- 2 🇦🇪 Ras Al Khaimah 6 quick exits
- 3 🇺🇾 Montevideo 8 quick exits
- 4 🇧🇷 Florianópolis 11 quick exits
- 5 🇷🇼 Kigali 13 quick exits
- 6 🇰🇾 George Town 14 quick exits
- 7 🇧🇧 Bridgetown 17 quick exits
- 🇲🇽 Mérida 17 quick exits
- 8 🇲🇾 George Town 18 quick exits
- 🇦🇺 Perth 18 quick exits
- 9 🇳🇿 Auckland 20 quick exits
- 🇿🇦 Cape Town 20 quick exits
- 10 🇻🇳 Da Nang 21 quick exits
- 11 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi 22 quick exits
- 🇹🇭 Chiang Mai 22 quick exits
- 🇵🇷 San Juan 22 quick exits
- 12 🇮🇩 Denpasar–Canggu 23 quick exits
- 🇨🇷 San José 23 quick exits
- 13 🇰🇿 Astana 24 quick exits
- 14 🇧🇭 Manama 25 quick exits
- 🇦🇺 Melbourne 25 quick exits
- 🇨🇱 Santiago 25 quick exits
- 15 🇰🇷 Busan 28 quick exits
- 🇴🇲 Muscat 28 quick exits
- 16 🇰🇿 Almaty 29 quick exits
- 🇫🇮 Oulu 29 quick exits
- 17 🇰🇪 Nairobi 31 quick exits
- 18 🇨🇴 Medellín 35 quick exits
- 19 🇨🇦 Calgary 36 quick exits
- 20 🇯🇵 Fukuoka 37 quick exits
- 21 🇦🇺 Brisbane 39 quick exits
- 🇲🇽 Guadalajara 39 quick exits
- 22 🇦🇺 Sydney 40 quick exits
- 23 🇵🇹 Funchal 41 quick exits
- 24 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires 42 quick exits
- 25 🇶🇦 Doha 43 quick exits
- 26 🇮🇳 GIFT City 44 quick exits
- 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City 44 quick exits
- 🇪🇸 Las Palmas 44 quick exits
- 27 🇻🇳 Hanoi 46 quick exits
- 28 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur 48 quick exits
- 🇵🇦 Panama City 48 quick exits
- 29 🇺🇸 San Francisco 50 quick exits
- 🇸🇬 Singapore 50 quick exits
- 🇨🇦 Vancouver 50 quick exits
- 30 🇨🇦 Montreal 51 quick exits
- 31 🇧🇷 São Paulo 53 quick exits
- 🇨🇦 Toronto 53 quick exits
- 32 🇹🇼 Taipei 55 quick exits
- 33 🇨🇳 Hefei 56 quick exits
- 🇯🇵 Tokyo 56 quick exits
- 34 🇦🇪 Dubai 57 quick exits
- 35 🇺🇸 Seattle 58 quick exits
- 🇬🇪 Tbilisi 58 quick exits
- 36 🇲🇽 Mexico City 60 quick exits
- 🇯🇵 Osaka 60 quick exits
- 37 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv 61 quick exits
- 38 🇹🇭 Bangkok 64 quick exits
- 🇦🇲 Yerevan 64 quick exits
- 39 🇨🇾 Paphos 70 quick exits
- 40 🇮🇳 Bangalore 71 quick exits
- 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 71 quick exits
- 41 🇺🇸 Austin 72 quick exits
- 42 🇰🇷 Seoul 74 quick exits
- 43 🇨🇾 Nicosia 88 quick exits
- 44 🇨🇾 Limassol 89 quick exits
- 45 🇺🇸 New York 94 quick exits
- 46 🇫🇮 Turku 95 quick exits
- 47 🇨🇳 Hangzhou 96 quick exits
- 48 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 129 quick exits
- 🇨🇳 Shenzhen 129 quick exits
- 49 🇹🇷 Antalya 131 quick exits
- 50 🇨🇳 Shanghai 146 quick exits
- 51 🇨🇳 Chengdu 148 quick exits
- 52 🇪🇪 Tallinn 152 quick exits
- 53 🇺🇸 Miami 153 quick exits
- 54 🇫🇮 Helsinki 161 quick exits
- 55 🇵🇹 Lisbon 172 quick exits
- 56 🇪🇸 Málaga 182 quick exits
- 57 🇵🇹 Porto 189 quick exits
- 🇱🇻 Riga 189 quick exits
- 58 🇲🇹 Valletta 191 quick exits
- 59 🇱🇹 Vilnius 193 quick exits
- 60 🇬🇷 Athens 195 quick exits
- 61 🇬🇷 Thessaloniki 197 quick exits
- 62 🇧🇬 Sofia 198 quick exits
- 63 🇷🇴 Bucharest 203 quick exits
- 64 🇮🇪 Dublin 206 quick exits
- 🇳🇴 Oslo 206 quick exits
- 65 🇦🇱 Tirana 207 quick exits
- 66 🇷🇴 Cluj-Napoca 210 quick exits
- 67 🇪🇸 Valencia 211 quick exits
- 68 🇪🇸 Bilbao 212 quick exits
- 69 🇳🇱 Eindhoven 214 quick exits
- 🇸🇪 Stockholm 214 quick exits
- 70 🇪🇸 Madrid 215 quick exits
- 71 🇲🇪 Podgorica 216 quick exits
- 72 🇸🇮 Ljubljana 217 quick exits
- 73 🇮🇹 Turin 227 quick exits
- 74 🇭🇷 Split 231 quick exits
- 75 🇹🇷 Istanbul 232 quick exits
- 76 🇷🇸 Belgrade 234 quick exits
- 77 🇪🇸 Palma 235 quick exits
- 🇵🇱 Wrocław 235 quick exits
- 78 🇪🇸 Barcelona 236 quick exits
- 79 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 239 quick exits
- 80 🇩🇰 Copenhagen 242 quick exits
- 81 🇨🇭 Geneva 243 quick exits
- 🇭🇷 Zagreb 243 quick exits
- 82 🇵🇱 Kraków 250 quick exits
- 83 🇩🇪 Berlin 251 quick exits
- 84 🇳🇱 Amsterdam 252 quick exits
- 🇭🇺 Budapest 252 quick exits
- 85 🇩🇪 Frankfurt 253 quick exits
- 86 🇨🇭 Zug 254 quick exits
- 🇨🇭 Zurich 254 quick exits
- 87 🇵🇱 Warsaw 257 quick exits
- 88 🇧🇪 Brussels 260 quick exits
- 🇬🇧 London 260 quick exits
- 89 🇨🇿 Prague 263 quick exits
- 90 🇫🇷 Paris 264 quick exits
- 91 🇩🇪 Munich 266 quick exits
- 92 🇮🇹 Rome 270 quick exits
- 93 🇦🇹 Vienna 271 quick exits
- 94 🇸🇰 Bratislava 274 quick exits
- 95 🇮🇹 Milan 284 quick exits
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