List of the busiest airports in Greece explained

This is a list of Greece's busiest airports per year by passenger traffic.

2023

Data taken from the official websites of the airports^{[1] [2] [3]}

Rank	Airport	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Athens	28,174,150	24.0%
2	Heraklion	8,723,031	7.7%
3	Thessaloniki	7,029,957	18.7%
4	Rhodes	6,142,813	4.9%
5	Corfu	4,068,053	8.5%
6	Chania	3,648,416	10.9%
7	Kos	2,954,719	5.8%
8	Santorini	2,775,805	1.1%
9	Zakynthos	2,081,931	9.4%
10	Mykonos	1,659,187	1.7%

2022

Data taken from the official websites of the airports^{[4] [5] [6]}

Rank	Airport	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Athens	22,728,750	84.1%
2	Heraklion	8,087,146	60.2%
3	Thessaloniki	5,923,175	71.7%
4	Rhodes	5,857,036	74.0%
5	Corfu	3,749,106	83.4%
6	Chania	3,290,802	83.3%
7	Kos	2,791,590	77.3%
8	Santorini	2,744,650	77.5%
9	Zakynthos	1.903,404	87.9%
10	Mykonos	1,688,037	60.4%

2021

Data taken from the official websites of the airports^{[7] [8]}

Rank	Airport	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Athens	12,345,786	52.8%
2	Heraklion	5,046,236	112.2%
3	Thessaloniki	3,449,658	48.9%
4	Rhodes	3,366,614	117.0%
5	Corfu	2,044,704	112.8%
6	Chania	1,795,236	155.2%	1
7	Kos	1,574,518	101.9%	1
8	Santorini	1,546,584	170.0%
9	Zakynthos	1,012,913	135.4%
10	Mykonos	1,052,080	157.2%

2020

Data taken from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)^[9]

Rank	Airport	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Athens	8,026,940	68.6%
2	Heraklion	2,398,264	69.8%
3	Thessaloniki	2,302,616	66.6%
4	Rhodes	1,521,327	72.6%
5	Corfu	949.853	71.0%
6	Kos	779,770	70.9%	1
7	Chania	696,548	76.7%	1
8	Santorini	563.383	75.5%
9	Zakynthos	421,565	76.7%
10	Mykonos	396,066	73.9%
11	Mytilene	200,014	59.7%	2
12	Cephalonia	184,489	76.2%	1
13	Aktion / Preveza	154,325	75.3%	1
14	Samos	136,442	70.8%
15	Alexandroupolis	128,949	45.8%	5
16	Chios	122,742	49.5%	3
17	Paros	98,991	56.2%	4
18	Kalamata	87,283	73.7%	2
19	Skiathos	85,729	80.8%	4
20	Kavala	70,665	78.1%	3
21	Lemnos	56,906
22	Naxos	52,594
23	Karpathos	51,315
24	Ioannina	36.856
25	Milos	36,534
26	Araxos/Patras	28,348
27	Ikaria	23,763
28	Kithira	13,618
29	Leros	11,994
30	Sitia	11,134
31	Nea Anchialos / Volos	10,372
32	Astypalaia	9,811
33	Skyros	8,768
34	Syros	7,395
35	Kalymnos	5,556
36	Kastellorizo	2,696
37	Kastoria	1,588
38	Kozani	1,561
39	Kasos	1,110

2019

Data taken from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)^[9] and from the official websites of the airports^{[1] [2]}

Rank	Airport	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Athens	25,574,030	6.0%
2	Heraklion	7,933,558	2.0%
3	Thessaloniki	6,897,057	3.1%
4	Rhodes	5,542,567	0.5%
5	Corfu	3,275,897	2.6%
6	Chania	2,983,542	0.8%
7	Kos	2,676,644	0.4%
8	Santorini	2,300,408	2.0%
9	Zakynthos	1,810,427	0.5%
10	Mykonos	1,520,145	8.9%
11	Cephalonia	774,170	1.6%
12	Aktion / Preveza	625,790	7.2%
13	Mytilene	496,577	4.1%
14	Samos	467,395	3.9%
15	Skiathos	446,219	1.9%
16	Kalamata	331,961	15.2%	1
17	Kavala	323,310	20.6%	1
18	Karpathos	259,517	2.2%	2
19	Chios	242,815	5.0%	1
20	Alexandroupolis	237,939	13.1%	1
21	Paros	226,124	10.5%
22	Araxos/Patras	165,424	9.0%
23	Ioannina	133,568	22.6%

2018

Data taken from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)^[9] and from the official websites of the airports^{[1] [2]}

Rank	Airport	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Athens	24,135,736	11.0%
2	Heraklion	8,098,465	10.4%
3	Thessaloniki	6,689,193	7.1%
4	Rhodes	5,567,748	5.0%
5	Corfu	3,364,115	15.1%	1
6	Chania	3,008,687	1.1%	1
7	Kos	2,666,307	14.9%
8	Santorini	2,254,926	16.8%
9	Zakynthos	1,800,457	8.5%
10	Mykonos	1,395,787	15.6%
11	Cephalonia	761,647	21%
12	Aktion / Preveza	583,666	2.6%
13	Mytilene	465,057	6.6%
14	Samos	462,749	12.8%	1
15	Skiathos	437,916	3.3%	1
16	Kavala	406,949	20.4%
17	Kalamata	278,961	0.9%
18	Karpathos	253,987	10.4%
19	Chios	231,340	5.7%
20		210,383	24.6%
21	Paros	204,924	25.3%
22	Araxos/Patras	180,129	17.9%
23	Ioannina	109,830	14.9%
24	Lemnos	94,227	8.7%
25	Naxos	86,210	52.2%
26	Milos	77,501	66.4%
27	Sitia	61,877	93.3%	2
28	Ikaria	44,203	6.4%	1
29	Nea Anchialos / Volos	41,357	35.3%	1
30	Kithira	37,031	18.3%	1
31	Leros	24,048	12.8%
32	Skyros	18,103	15.0%
33	Syros	18,047	3.8%
34	Astypalaia	14,029	15.2%
35	Kalymnos	10,234	14.5%
36	Kastellorizo	5,485	0.2%
37	Kozani	4,310	13.0%	1
38	Kastoria	4,279	15.9%	1
39	Kasos	2,840	7.0%
Total		63,728,596	10.1%

2017

Data taken from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)^[9] and from the official websites of the airports^{[1] [2]}

Rank	Airport	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Athens	21,737,787	8.6%
2	Heraklion	7,480,408	9.0%
3	Thessaloniki	6,395,523	11.5%
4	Rhodes	5,301,517	6.6%
5	Chania	3,042,903	2.6%
6	Corfu	2,918,434	5.1%
7	Kos	2,320,590	20.7%
8	Santorini	1,928,295	13.0%
9	Zakynthos	1,659,646	16.9%
10	Mykonos	1,207,061	18.6%
11	Cephalonia	629,671	15.1%
12	Aktion / Preveza	569,241	17.9%
13	Mytilene	436,105	3.8%
14	Skiathos	425,287	5.2%
15	Samos	410,331	12.9%
16	Kavala	337,963	22.8%
17	Kalamata	278,063	20.8%
18	Karpathos	223,847	1.3%
19	Chios	216,903	12.1%
20	Alexandroupolis	169,806	5,1%
21	Paros	163,368	119.9%	3
22	Araxos/Patras	153,496	18.3%	1
23	Ioannina	96,350	0.8%	1
24	Lemnos	86,153	2.6%	1
25	Naxos	56,430	59.9%	2
26	Milos	45,209	0.1%	1
27	Ikaria	41,553	0.8%	1
28	Kithira	31,905	0.1%
29	Sitia	31,856	52.4%	3
30	Nea Anchialos / Volos	30,565	38.0%	1
31	Leros	27,583	8.0%	1
32	Syros	21,252	18.9%	2
33	Skyros	17,092	41.9%	4
34	Astypalaia	12,252	0.6%	1
35	Kalymnos	11,985	35.6%	2
36	Kastellorizo	5,494	21.0%
37	Kastoria	5,091	19.4%
38	Kozani	3,815	11.0%
39	Kasos	3,066	21.1%
Total		58,533,896	9.0%

2016

Rank	Airport	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Athens	20,017,530	10,7%
2	Heraklion	6,865,681	13,3%
3	Thessaloniki	5,687,325	13,2%
4	Rhodes	5,007,159	9,3%
5	Chania	2,953,278	10,0%
6	Corfu	2,788,923	14,4%
7	Kos	1,930,235	10,0%
8	Santorini	1,687,841	12,8%
9	Zakynthos	1,423,044	12,2%
10	Mykonos	999,026	14,1%
11	Cephalonia	542,359	10,1%
12	Aktion / Preveza	476,333	22,7%	2
13	Mytilene	408,572	15,1%	1
14	Skiathos	397,646	12,6%	1
15	Samos	349,539	13,3%	2
16	Kavala	260,740	7,0%
17	Kalamata	230,100	22,3%	2
18	Karpathos	220,930	0,8%	1
19	Chios	193,427	0,9%	1
20	Alexandroupolis	161,636	4,1%
21	Araxos/Patras	129,738	12,1%
22	Ioannina	97,745	13,0%	1
23	Lemnos	88,416	11,4%	1
24	Paros	74,344	72,2%	2
25	Milos	45,268	10,1%	1
26	Ikaria	41,238	3,9%	1
27	Naxos	35,300	19,7%	2
28	Kithira	31,880	15,8%
29	Skyros	29,397	36,1%	4
30	Leros	25,551	11,6%	1
31	Nea Anchialos / Volos	22,145	10,3%
32	Sitia	20,904	22,6%	2
33	Kalymnos	18,621	24,2%	1
34	Syros	17,878	21,8%
35	Astypalaia	12,020	14,7%
36	Kastellorizo	6,958	13,2%
37	Kastoria	6,317	27,1%
38	Kozani	4,287	32,2%	1
39	Kasos	3,888	12,7%	1
Total		53,703,933	1,09%

2015

Rank	Airport	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Athens^[10]	18,086,894	19.0%
2	Heraklion^[11]	6,057,355	0.5%
3	Thessaloniki^[12]	5,341,293	7.9%
4	Rhodes^[13]	4,579,023	0.6%
5	Chania	2,702,283	10.4%
6	Corfu	2,438,016	2.3%
7	Kos	2,143,860	3.2%
8	Santorini	1,495,890	26.8%	1
9	Zakynthos	1,268,497	6.8%	1
10	Mykonos	876,057	12.5%
11	Cephalonia	492,502	2.7%
12	Mytilene	481,422	4.6%
13	Samos	403,150	1.7%
14	Aktion / Preveza	388,295	8.4%
15	Skiathos	353,083	11.9%
16	Kavala	243,745	9.3%	1
17	Karpathos	222,805	9.5%	1
18	Chios	195,183	5.5%	1
19	Kalamata	188,209	20.4%	3
20	Alexandroupolis	168,631	6.2%
21	Araxos/Patras	147,560	0.8%
22	Lemnos	99,491	7.0%
23	Ioannina	86,523	9.0%
24	Milos	50,589	28.9%	3
25	Paros	43,182	8.3%

2014

Rank	Airport	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Athens^[14]	15,134,529	21.5%
2	Heraklion^[15]	6,024,958	4.3%
3	Thessaloniki^[16]	4,950,726	22.6%	1
4	Rhodes^[17]	4,552,056	8.4%	1
5	Chania	2,458,130	18.2%	1
6	Corfu	2,383.353	13.1%	1
7	Kos	2,213,356	9.1%
8	Zakynthos	1,188,112	18.2%
9	Santorini	1,179,653	31.3
10	Mykonos	778,619	33.2%
11	Cephalonia	479,422	11.4%
12	Mytilene	459,923	14.7%
13	Samos	396,306	15.3%
14	Aktion / Preveza	358,238	13.2%
15	Skiathos	315,397	18.6%
16	Kalamata	236,202	72.4%	4
17	Kavala	223,057	6.5%	1
18	Karpathos	204.621	21.6	1
19	Chios	185,082	6.6%	2
20	Alexandroupolis	158,737	5.9%	2
21	Araxos	146,403	4.8%	1
22	Lemnos	92,964	14.4%
23	Ioannina	79,395	23.1%	1
24	Nea Anchialos / Volos	65,485	6.5%	1
25	Paros	40,171	10,2%
26	Ikaria	39,679	9.7%
27	Milos	39,239	27.5%	2
28	Sitia	34,870	3%	1
29	Kithira	33,183	0.0	1
30	Naxos	31,685	35.1%	2
31	Leros	29,250	13.9%	1
32	Kalymnos	24,511	18.5%	1
33	Syros	15,399	12.2%	1
34	Astypalaia	13,772	15.3%	1
35	Skyros	12,831	37%	2
36	Kastellorizo	8,196	3.1%
37	Kastoria	4,098	19.8%
38	Kasos	3,478	6.5%	1
39	Kozani	2,707	22.7%	1

2013

Rank	Airport	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Athens	12,459,801	3.1%
2	Heraklion	5,778,764	14.4%
3	Rhodes	4,200,059	10.1%	1
4	Thessaloniki	4,039,576	0.8%	1
5	Corfu	2,106,827	10.0%
6	Chania	2,078,857	13.4%
7	Kos	2,028,618	12.8%
8	Zakynthos	1,004,486	15.3%
9	Santorini	898,153	3.1%
10	Mykonos	584,559	16.4%
11	Cephalonia	430,362	13.7%	1
12	Mytilene	400,911	3%	1
13	Samos	343,717	5.7%
14	Aktion / Preveza	316,435	9.5%
15	Skiathos	265,773	4.1%	1
16	Kavala	209,400	3%
17	Chios	173,540	7.2%
18	Alexandroupolis	168,771	20.5%	2
19	Karpathos	168,190	0.6%
20	Araxos	139,689	5.4%
21	Kalamata	136,992	36%
22	Lemnos	81,201	3.1%
23	Nea Anchialos / Volos	70,079	9.7%
24	Ioannina	64,489	9.4%
25	Paros	36,429	3.2%	1
26	Ikaria	36,162	5.5%	1
27	Sitia	35,962	3%	1
28	Kithira	33,183	19.6%
29	Milos	30,744	5%	1
30	Leros	25,680	11.8%	1
31	Kalymnos	20,677	4%	1
32	Naxos	23,442	2.3%	1
33	Skyros	20,368	77.1%
34	Syros	13,715	19.2%	1
35	Astypalaia	11,940	4.9%	1
36	Kastellorizo	7,946	0.04%	1
37	Kastoria	5,115	10.7%	1
38	Kozani	3,504	9.2%	1
39	Kasos	3,265	15.1%	1

Notes and References

1. https://www.aia.gr/company-and-business/the-company/facts-and-figures/
2. Web site: Airport Profiles | Fraport Greece.
3. Web site: 2022 Κινηση αερολιμενων . 22 February 2023 .
4. https://www.aia.gr/company-and-business/the-company/facts-and-figures/
5. Web site: Airport Profiles | Fraport Greece.
6. Web site: 2022 Κινηση αερολιμενων . 22 February 2023 .
7. https://www.aia.gr/company-and-business/the-company/facts-and-figures/
8. Web site: Airport Profiles | Fraport Greece.
9. http://www.ypa.gr
10. Web site: ATHENS AIRPORT "EL.VENIZELOS". ypa.gr. 5 May 2016.
11. Web site: HERAKLION AIRPORT "N.KAZANTZAKIS". 5 May 2016.
12. Web site: THESSALONIKI AIRPORT "MAKEDONIA". 5 May 2016.
13. Web site: RODOS AIRPORT "DIAGORAS". ypa.gr. 5 May 2016.
14. Web site: ATHENS AIRPORT "EL.VENIZELOS". ypa.gr. 5 May 2015.
15. Web site: HERAKLION AIRPORT "N.KAZANTZAKIS". 5 May 2015.
16. Web site: THESSALONIKI AIRPORT "MAKEDONIA". 5 May 2015.
17. Web site: RODOS AIRPORT "DIAGORAS". ypa.gr. 5 May 2015.