North America: Top 5 Cross-Border Routes

46. North America: Top 5 Cross-Border Routes Bilateral Country Pair Flight Volume | February 2026 12,564 Top 5 Total February Flights 16,737 Previous Month January Flights -24.86% Average MoM Broad Decline -13.72% Average YoY

Annual Trend #1 Mexico ↔ United States 4,953 flights MoM -25.73% YoY -2.50% #2 Canada ↔ United States 3,534 flights MoM -17.51% YoY -21.88% #3 Bahamas ↔ United States 2,748 flights MoM -30.57% YoY -22.90% #4 Puerto Rico ↔ United States

680 flights MoM -36.57% YoY -5.16% #5 Turks and Caicos Islands ↔ United States 649 flights MoM -13.93% YoY -16.15% Mexico-US Still Leads Despite Decline: The Mexico-US corridor remains NA's busiest cross-border route with 4,953 flights, though traffic fell -25.73% MoM from January's 6,669. The -2.50% YoY decline is the mildest among the Top 5, suggesting resilient underlying demand from nearshoring-related corporate travel and winter resort traffic to Mexican destinations.

Caribbean Season Fading: Bahamas-US traffic fell -30.57% MoM to 2,748 flights as the peak Caribbean winter season begins to taper. Year-over-year the route is down -22.90%, indicating a structural softening in island destination demand compared to the prior year's February levels.

Canada-US Broad Weakness: Canada-US traffic dropped -17.51% MoM and -21.88% YoY to 3,534 flights, the steepest annual decline among the Top 5. The continued weakness reflects reduced cross-border business travel compounded by the shorter February calendar and ongoing trade policy uncertainty between the two nations.

Island Routes Under Pressure: Both Puerto Rico (-36.57% MoM) and Turks and Caicos (-13.93% MoM) showed significant sequential declines. Puerto Rico experienced the sharpest single drop, falling from 1,072 to 680 flights as the post-holiday island travel wave fully subsided by late February.