Most turbulent flight routes in the world in 2025

The flight route between Santiago, Chile’s capital, and San Carlos de Bariloche, a town in Argentina’s Patagonia region, is the tenth most turbulent in the world.

With a flight time of just two hours, this route is likely bumpy because it takes you over the Andes Mountains. Dramatic changes in land altitude, particularly mountain ranges, create eddies, or swirls of disrupted of airflow.

Flights travelling this route recorded an average of 18.475 EDR, with 0-20 being considered light turbulence.

This route is one of four on this list which includes Santiago as one of the stops, and one of five in South America.