The invention discloses a crane running route planning method, and belongs to the technical field of crane electrical control. The crane running route planning method is characterized by comprising the following steps that a, a three-dimensional coordinate system is established; b, through a human-computer interface, the space, allowing passage of a hoisted object, of each hole opening is arranged in a PLC according to the three-dimensional coordinate system, and the boundary dimension of the to-be-hoisted object with the maximum size is arranged in the PLC according to the three-dimensional coordinate system; c, a PLC program is compiled; d, according to the walking real-time coordinate values, detected by the PLC, of a cart and a trolley, whether the hoisted objects are in safe areas in the hole openings or not is judged through comparison; and e, the distances from the positions of lifting hooks and steel wire ropes to the edges of the hole openings are calculated through formulas 6-9. According to the method, it can be ensured that a crane safely bypasses obstacles in a running interval, a larger allowable running area is released to the crane, and the operation space and the operation efficiency are greatly improved.