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Japan Airlines (JAL)

JAL, or Japan Airlines, is the Japanese flag carrier and the largest airline in the country. The airline offers connections to more than 200 destinations worldwide, even though the majority of their flights are found in Asia. The airline has two major hubs in Tokyo – Haneda and Narita. They are a part of the worldwide alliance Oneworld.

CALLSIGN: JAPANAIR. IATA Code: JL. ICAO Code: JAL

Website: http://www.jal.com/en/

JAL market distribution on each continent.

JAL 30 days of scheduled flights

The graph shows thenumber of scheduled flights per day. The bars are divided between domestic and international flights.

JAL airports

Number of routes on some of the biggest JAL airports.
Most popular flight routesPOPULAR

JAL operates over 210 flight routes. Here are the most popular.

From     To  
HND Tokyo Sapporo CTS  »
HND Tokyo Fukuoka FUK  »
HND Tokyo Osaka ITM  »
HND Tokyo Okinawa OKA  »
HND Tokyo Kagoshima KOJ  »
HND Tokyo Kumamoto KMJ  »
KOJ Kagoshima Amami O Shima ASJ  »
HND Tokyo Takamatsu TAK  »
FUK Fukuoka Miyazaki KMI  »
HND Tokyo Hiroshima HIJ  »
ITM Osaka Kagoshima KOJ  »
ITM Osaka Sendai SDJ  »
CTS Sapporo Osaka ITM  »
HND Tokyo Matsuyama MYJ  »
HND Tokyo Komatsu KMQ  »
HND Tokyo Oita OIT  »
HND Tokyo Aomori AOJ  »
HND Tokyo Miyazaki KMI  »
HND Tokyo Tokushima TKS  »
OKD Sapporo Hakodate HKD  »
Based on the number of flight departures in August 2026.
JAL Aircrafts

Aircraft models scheduled to fly with JAL.

Aircraft model Flights
Boeing 737-800 (winglets) Passenger/BBJ2 7253
Embraer 170 4276
ATR 42-300 / 320 2879
Embraer 190 2640
Boeing 767-300 Passenger 2637
Airbus A350-900 2338
Boeing 787-8 1888
Boeing 787-9 1235
ATR 72 496
Boeing 767-300 (winglets) Passenger 496
Airbus A350-1000 342
Boeing 777-300ER 264

JAL airports

Sorted by the number of departing flights next month.

Hub JP JAL at HND route map
#1 Tokyo (HND)
6,966 flights
Secondary hub JP JAL at ITM route map
#2 Osaka (ITM)
2,894 flights
Focus city JP JAL at CTS route map
#3 Sapporo (CTS)
1,425 flights
JP JAL at KOJ route map
#4 Kagoshima (KOJ)
1,320 flights
Focus city JP JAL at FUK route map
#5 Fukuoka (FUK)
1,299 flights
Hub JP JAL at NRT route map
#6 Tokyo (NRT)
795 flights
Focus city JP JAL at OKA route map
#7 Okinawa (OKA)
576 flights
JP JAL at KMI route map
#8 Miyazaki (KMI)
554 flights
JP JAL at OKD route map
#9 Sapporo (OKD)
538 flights
JP JAL at ASJ route map
#10 Amami O Shima (ASJ)
491 flights
JP JAL at MYJ route map
#11 Matsuyama (MYJ)
403 flights
JP JAL at IZO route map
#12 Izumo (IZO)
378 flights

An airline hub is an airport where the airline has a heavy presence and normally some kind of headquarters. On the other hand, a focus city is a destination where the airline operates limited point-to-point routes. In these cities, the airline doesn’t necessarily need to have an office (even though this sometimes is the case). Many low-cost airlines don't use the definition 'hub' but instead define their main airports of operations as an operating base.