diff --git a/src/features/flights-map/components/MapCanvas.test.tsx b/src/features/flights-map/components/MapCanvas.test.tsx
index cee61dc6..17519a3d 100644
--- a/src/features/flights-map/components/MapCanvas.test.tsx
+++ b/src/features/flights-map/components/MapCanvas.test.tsx
@@ -507,6 +507,50 @@ describe("MapCanvas — polylines (C.3)", () => {
     expect(createdPolylines.length).toBe(afterInitialRender);
   });
 
+  it("keeps drawn route endpoints visible even when their zoom tier is hidden", () => {
+    render(
+      <MapCanvas
+        markers={[
+          cm("A", "ru", { highlighted: true }),
+          cm("B", "ru", { zoomLevel: 6 }),
+        ]}
+        polylines={[pl("line", ["A", "B"])]}
+        tileUrl="t"
+      />,
+    );
+    const map = createdMaps[0]!;
+    map.setZoom(3);
+    map.fireZoomend();
+
+    const endpoint = createdMarkers.find((m) => m.options.title === "B")!;
+    const owningLayer = createdLayerGroups.find((l) => l._markers.includes(endpoint));
+
+    expect(owningLayer).toBeDefined();
+    const addedToMap =
+      map.addLayer.mock.calls.map((c) => c[0]).includes(owningLayer!) ||
+      owningLayer!.addTo.mock.calls.length > 0;
+    expect(addedToMap).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("force-opens drawn route endpoint tooltips at zoom <= 3", () => {
+    render(
+      <MapCanvas
+        markers={[
+          cm("A", "ru", { highlighted: true }),
+          cm("B", "ru", { zoomLevel: 6 }),
+        ]}
+        polylines={[pl("line", ["A", "B"])]}
+        tileUrl="t"
+      />,
+    );
+    const map = createdMaps[0]!;
+    map.setZoom(3);
+    map.fireZoomend();
+
+    const endpoint = createdMarkers.find((m) => m.options.title === "B")!;
+    expect(endpoint.openTooltip).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("silently skips polylines with unknown city codes", () => {
     render(
       <MapCanvas
diff --git a/src/features/flights-map/components/MapCanvas.tsx b/src/features/flights-map/components/MapCanvas.tsx
index 5af0e4ec..ca4e23a2 100644
--- a/src/features/flights-map/components/MapCanvas.tsx
+++ b/src/features/flights-map/components/MapCanvas.tsx
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ export const MapCanvas: FC<MapCanvasProps> = ({
   const markerIndexRef = useRef<Map<string, L.Marker>>(new Map());
   const highlightedIdsRef = useRef<Set<string>>(new Set());
   const intermediateIdsRef = useRef<Set<string>>(new Set());
+  const routeEndpointIdsRef = useRef<Set<string>>(new Set());
 
   // Track latest toggles so the zoomend handler sees current values
   const domesticRef = useRef(domestic);
@@ -247,8 +248,13 @@ export const MapCanvas: FC<MapCanvasProps> = ({
       }
     });
 
-    // Pass 2: force-open intermediate route tooltips (Angular parity).
-    for (const id of intermediateIdsRef.current) {
+    // Pass 2: force-open visible route labels. Intermediate cities and
+    // currently drawn endpoints must stay readable even when LOD hides labels.
+    const forcedTooltipIds = new Set([
+      ...intermediateIdsRef.current,
+      ...routeEndpointIdsRef.current,
+    ]);
+    for (const id of forcedTooltipIds) {
       const m = markerIndexRef.current.get(id);
       if (m) m.openTooltip();
     }
@@ -351,6 +357,7 @@ export const MapCanvas: FC<MapCanvasProps> = ({
       markerIndexRef.current = new Map();
       highlightedIdsRef.current = new Set();
       intermediateIdsRef.current = new Set();
+      routeEndpointIdsRef.current = new Set();
     };
   }, []);
 
@@ -371,10 +378,14 @@ export const MapCanvas: FC<MapCanvasProps> = ({
     }
     markerIndexRef.current = new Map();
     highlightedIdsRef.current = new Set();
+    routeEndpointIdsRef.current = new Set(
+      polylines.flatMap((pl) => pl.cityIds),
+    );
 
     for (const m of markers) {
       const isCategorized =
         m.zoomLevel !== undefined && m.countryType !== undefined;
+      const isRouteEndpoint = routeEndpointIdsRef.current.has(m.id);
 
       const iconStyle: MarkerStyle = m.highlighted ? "orange" : m.style;
       const marker = L.marker([m.lat, m.lng], {
@@ -399,6 +410,8 @@ export const MapCanvas: FC<MapCanvasProps> = ({
       if (m.highlighted) {
         highlightedIdsRef.current.add(m.id);
         marker.addTo(highlightLayer);
+      } else if (isRouteEndpoint) {
+        marker.addTo(highlightLayer);
       } else if (isCategorized) {
         const countryIdx = m.countryType === "ru" ? 0 : 1;
         const rawTier = m.zoomLevel ?? 6;
@@ -413,7 +426,7 @@ export const MapCanvas: FC<MapCanvasProps> = ({
 
     syncVisibility();
     syncTooltips();
-  }, [markers]);
+  }, [markers, polylines]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     syncMarkers();