The most turbulent flight routes in the US for airline passengers may surprise you

Not each formation routes are created adjacent erstwhile it comes to turbulence.

A caller study from turbulence tracking tract Turbli ranked the astir turbulence-prone formation routes successful the U.S. and astir the satellite successful 2025.

The enactment analyzed astir 10,000 formation routes connecting much than 550 of the world’s largest airports — utilizing recorded formation tracks and turbulence forecast data, the investigation said.

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Turbulence was measured utilizing eddy dissipation complaint (EDR), a modular aviation metric that captures however unsmooth the aerial is during a flight.

Routes were ranked based connected their mean turbulence levels, with EDR values categorized arsenic light, moderate, moderate-to-severe, terrible and extreme.

A 2025 study ranked the astir turbulence-prone formation routes successful the world. (iStock)

The higher the mean EDR people on a way — the much turbulence passengers are apt to experience, according to the analysis.

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Here are the astir turbulent routes successful North America successful 2025, according to the report. 

1. Denver International Airport (DEN) to Jackson Hole Airport (JAC)

The astir 406-mile way recorded the highest mean turbulence people successful North America astatine 18.18, placing it successful the airy turbulence category.

Trips from Denver to Jackson Hole were ranked the astir turbulent way successful North America successful 2025. (iStock)

2. Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) to Denver International Airport (DEN)

ABQ to DEN spans astir 349 miles. It recorded an mean turbulence people of 18.18 arsenic well, placing it successful the airy turbulence category.

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In 2024, this way ranked the highest mean turbulence with a people of 17.45, Turbli said.

3. Jackson Hole Airport (JAC) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)

This way covers astir 205 miles and recorded an mean turbulence people of 17.68, according to the data. 

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That places it wrong the airy turbulence scope based connected eddy dissipation complaint measurements.

4. Denver International Airport (DEN) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)

Flights on this astir 391-mile way drew an mean turbulence people of 17.54.

Each of the apical 5 routes fell wrong the airy turbulence range. (iStock)

That speechmaking falls wrong the airy turbulence range.

5. Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN) to Denver International Airport (DEN)

Flights betwixt Bozeman and Denver logged an mean turbulence speechmaking of 17.22 implicit a region of astir 524 miles, placing the way successful the airy turbulence category.

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Outside the U.S., Turbli’s rankings showed turbulence was astir pronounced connected routes successful South America and Asia, with respective of the bumpiest flights crossing mountainous regions successful Chile, Argentina and occidental China.

Outside the U.S., the bumpiest routes were mostly successful South America and Asia, often implicit mountainous regions. (iStock)

Routes successful Europe, Oceania and Africa mostly recorded little mean turbulence levels, though definite short-haul flights inactive ranked precocious wrong their regions.

While turbulence tin consciousness alarming, the Federal Aviation Administration has noted that it is simply a mean portion of aerial question and is often unpredictable, adjacent erstwhile skies look clear.

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The FAA advises passengers to support spot belts fastened whenever they are seated, arsenic astir turbulence-related injuries hap erstwhile travelers are not buckled in. 

Pilots and airlines besides usage upwind information and forecasting tools to minimize vulnerability whenever possible.