List of the busiest airports in the European Union explained

This is a list of the busiest airports in the European Union (EU), based on various ranking criteria: number of passengers in any given year (2016 to 2021), number of passengers by route type, and highest number of passengers for each largest national airport within the EU.

Busiest airports by number of passengers

2021

The table below reproduces the 50 airports in the European Union with most passengers traveling through them, either arriving, departing, or in transit, and is based on official Eurostat data for the year 2021. Numbers provided by airports to Eurostat might slightly differ from numbers publicized by airports.

Rank
2021		CountryAirportCity servedPassengers[1] Change 2021–2020
20212020%Numbers
1 Charles de Gaulle AirportParis26,187,00822,242,299 17.7% 3,944,709
2Amsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam25,490,81020,884,510 22.1% 4,606,300
3Frankfurt am Main AirportFrankfurt24,765,45918,738,019 32.2% 6,027,440
4Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid23,193,45916,494,572 40.6% 6,698,887
5Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat AirportBarcelona18,475,48612,440,832 48.5% 6,034,654
6Orly AirportParis15,719,09910,782,724 45.8% 4,936,375
7Palma de Mallorca AirportPalma de Mallorca14,474,1276,098,064 137.4% 8,376,063
8Athens International AirportAthens13,356,3858,771,886 52.3% 4,584,499
9Munich AirportMunich12,473,83211,092,820 12.4% 1,381,012
10Lisbon AirportLisbon12,154,7479,266,962 31.2% 2,887,785
11Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino AirportRome11,586,4179,773,291 18.6% 1,813,126
12Vienna International AirportVienna10,466,1167,848,003 33.4% 2,618,113
13Berlin Brandenburg AirportBerlin9,929,3433,218,931 208.5% 6,710,412
14Malpensa AirportMilan9,577,8497,205,500 32.9% 2,372,349
15Brussels AirportBrussels9,331,4026,714,696 39.0% 2,616,706
16Copenhagen AirportCopenhagen9,147,7627,490,810 22.1% 1,656,952
17Málaga AirportMálaga8,746,9115,073,677 72.4% 3,673,234
18Dublin AirportDublin8,261,7747,262,330 13.8% 999,444
19Düsseldorf AirportDüsseldorf7,938,8006,561,798 21.0% 1,377,002
20Stockholm Arlanda AirportStockholm7,492,9056,533,101 14.7% 959,804
21Warsaw Chopin AirportWarsaw7,440,0555,471,894 36.0% 1,968,161
22Henri Coandă International AirportBucharest6,887,6174,450,631 54.8% 2,436,986
23Gran Canaria AirportGran Canaria6,788,9485,075,635 33.8%1,713,313
24Nice Côte d'Azur AirportNice6,528,9384,574,378 42.7% 1,954,560
25Orio al Serio International AirportMilan/Bergamo6,465,0733,831,564 68.7% 2,633,509
26Catania-Fontanarossa AirportCatania6,113,9573,648,322 67.6% 2,465,635
27Alicante AirportAlicante5,813,3303,723,264 56.1% 2,090,066
28Porto AirportPorto5,787,2474,449,098 30.1% 1,338,149
29Hamburg AirportHamburg5,313,7244,555,728 16.6% 757,996
30Heraklion International AirportHeraklion4,975,1662,368,168 110.1% 2,606,998
31Ibiza AirportIbiza4,826,5132,103,201 129.5% 2,723,312
32Marseille Provence AirportMarseille4,636,2483,336,977 38.9%1,299,271
33Naples AirportNaples4,615,8212,771,310 66.6% 1,844,511
34Falcone–Borsellino AirportPalermo4,597,0482,711,868 69.5% 1,885,180
35Budapest Ferenc Liszt International AirportBudapest4,590,2493,839,945 19.5% 7 50,304
36Lyon–Saint-Exupéry AirportLyon4,504,3053,539,768 27.2% 964,537
37Tenerife South AirportTenerife4,501,1883,347,220 34.5% 1,153,968
38Václav Havel Airport PraguePrague4,369,8243,654,22919.6% 715,595
39Linate AirportMilan4,336,9332,267,111 91.3% 2,069,822
40Helsinki AirportHelsinki4,295,2555,083,314 15.5% 788,059
41Cologne Bonn AirportCologne/Bonn4,247,1803,075,977 38.1% 1,171,203
42Bologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportBologna4,133,2012,521,460 63.9% 1,611,741
43Valencia AirportValencia3,999,6592,434,619 64.3% 1,565,040
44Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna AirportTenerife3,859,0122,802,383 37.7% 1,056,629
45Toulouse–Blagnac AirportToulouse3,816,5663,128,618 22.0% 6 87,948
46Brussels South Charleroi AirportBrussels3,747,4732,531,211 48.1% 1,216,262
47Stuttgart AirportStuttgart3,567,3473,198,299 11.5% 369,048
48Thessaloniki AirportThessaloniki3,466,3802,325,752 49.0% 1,140,628
49Seville AirportSeville3,438,5522,310,470 48.8% 1,128,082
50Venice Marco Polo AirportVenice3,430,0952,795,285 22.7% 634,810

2020

Rank
2020		CountryAirportCity servedPassengersChange 2019–2020
20202019%Numbers
1 Charles de Gaulle AirportParis22,257,469[2] 76,150,007[3] 70.8% 53,892,538
2Heathrow AirportLondon22,111,469[4] 80,886,589 72.7% 58,775,120
3Amsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam20,887,174[5] 71,707,144[6] 70.9% 50,819,970
4Frankfurt am Main AirportFrankfurt18,768,601[7] 70,560,987[8] 73.4% 51,792,386
5Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid17,112,38961,734,944 72.3% 44,622,555
6Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat AirportBarcelona12,739,25952,688,455 75.8% 39,949,196
7Munich AirportMunich11,120,224[9] 47,959,885[10] 76.81% 36,839,661
8Orly AirportParis10,797,10531,853,049 66.1% 21,055,944
9Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino AirportRome9,830,957 [11] 43,532,573[12] 77.4% 33,701,616
10Lisbon AirportLisbon9,268,000[13] 31,172,774[14] 70.3% 21,904,774
11Athens International AirportAthens8,078,383[15] 25,573,993[16] 68.4% 17,495,610
12Vienna International AirportVienna7,812,938[17] 31,662,189[18] 75.3% 23,849,251
13Copenhagen AirportCopenhagen7,525,441[19] 30,256,703 75.12% 22,731,262
14Dublin AirportDublin7,400,000[20] 32,676,251[21] 77.4% 25,276,251
15Malpensa AirportMilan7,241,766[22] 28,846,299 74.9% 21,604,533
16Brussels AirportBrussels6,743,395[23] 26,360,003[24] 74.42% 19,616,608
17Düsseldorf AirportDüsseldorf6,569,72824,283,967 74.2% 17,714,239
18Stockholm Arlanda AirportStockholm6,535,776[25] 25,642,623[26] 74.5% 19,106,847
19Palma de Mallorca AirportPalma de Mallorca6,108,48629,721,142 79.4% 23,612,656
20Berlin Tegel AirportBerlin5,867,601[27] 24,227,570 75.8% 18,359,969
21Warsaw Chopin AirportWarsaw5,482,000[28] 18,869,302[29] 70.95% 13,387,302
22Málaga AirportMálaga5,161,63619,858,656 74.0% 14,697,020
23Helsinki AirportHelsinki5,053,134[30] 21,861,082 76.9% 16,807,948
24Nice Côte d'Azur AirportNice4,580,459[31] 14,485,423[32] 68.4% 9,904,964
25Hamburg AirportHamburg4,557,37217,234,229 73.6% 12,676,857
26Henri Coandă International AirportBucharest4,456,000[33] 14,707,376[34] 69.7% 10,251,376
27Porto AirportPorto4,436,00013,105,339 66.2% 8,669,339
28Budapest Ferenc Liszt International AirportBudapest3,859,379[35] 16,173,399 76.14% 12,314,020
29Orio al Serio International AirportMilan/Bergamo3,833,06313,857,257 72.3% 10,024,194
30Alicante AirportAlicante3,739,49915,048,240 75.1% 11,308,741
31Václav Havel Airport PraguePrague3,665,871[36] 17,804,900[37] 79% 14,139,029
32Catania-Fontanarossa AirportCatania3,654,45710,223,113 64.3% 6,568,656
33Lyon–Saint-Exupéry AirportLyon3,553,91811,037,410[38] 69,7% 7,483,492
34Marseille Provence AirportMarseille3,359,14910,151,743 66.9% 6,792,594
35Berlin Schönefeld AirportBerlin3,223,60311,417,435 71.7% 8,193,832
36Stuttgart AirportStuttgart3,213,695[39] 12,732,670 [40] 74.8% 9,518,975
37Toulouse–Blagnac AirportToulouse3,130,8479,620,224 67.5% 6,489,377
38Cologne Bonn AirportCologne/Bonn3,076,58712,369,000[41] 75.1% 9,292,413
39Sofia AirportSofia2,937,846[42] 7,107,096[43] 58.70% 4,169,250
40Venice Marco Polo AirportVenice2,799,68811,561,594 75.8% 8,761,906
41Naples AirportNaples2,779,94610,860,068 74.4% 8,080,122
42Falcone–Borsellino AirportPalermo2,701,5197,018,087 61.5% 6,491,145
43
EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse FreiburgBasel/Mulhouse/Freiburg im Breisgau2,598,980[44] 9,090,125 71.4% 6,491,145
44Kraków John Paul II International AirportKraków2,592,972[45] 8,410,817[46] 69.2% 5,817,904

2019

Rank
2019		CountryAirportCity servedPassengersChange 2018–2019
20192018%Numbers
1Heathrow AirportLondon80,886,589[47] 80,100,3111.0%786,278
2 Charles de Gaulle AirportParis76,150,007[48] 72,229,723[49] 5.4%3,920,284
3Amsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam71,707,14471,053,1570.9%653,987
4Frankfurt am Main AirportFrankfurt70,556,072[50] 69,510,269[51] 1.5%1,045,803
5Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid61,734,037[52] 57,891,3406.6%3,842,697
6Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat AirportBarcelona52,686,31450,172,4575.0%2,513,857
7Munich AirportMunich47,941,348 [53] 46,253,6203.6% 1,687,728
8Gatwick AirportLondon46,574,78646,081,3271.1%493,459
9 Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino AirportRome43,532,57342,995,1191.3%537,454
10Dublin AirportDublin32,907,673[54] 31,497,5264.5%1,410,147
11Orly AirportParis31,853,04933,120,6853.8%1,267,636
12Vienna International AirportVienna31,662,189[55] 27,037,29217.1%4,624,897
13Lisbon AirportLisbon31,173,000[56] 29,031,268[57] 7.3%2,141,732
14Copenhagen AirportCopenhagen30,256,703[58] 30,298,5310.1%41,828
15Palma de Mallorca AirportPalma de Mallorca29,721,12329,081,7872.2%639,336
16Manchester AirportManchester29,367,47728,254,9703.9%1,112,507
17Malpensa AirportMilan28,846,29924,725,49016.7%4,120,809
18London Stansted AirportLondon28,124,29227,995,1210.5%129,171
19Brussels AirportBrussels26,360,00325,675,9392.7%684,064
20Stockholm Arlanda AirportStockholm25,642,703[59] 26,845,4194.5% 1,202,716
21Athens International AirportAthens25,574,030[60] 24,135,7366.0%1,438,294
22Düsseldorf AirportDüsseldorf25,507,56624,283,9675.0% 1,223,599
23Berlin Tegel AirportBerlin24,227,57022,000,43010.1%2,227,140
24Helsinki AirportHelsinki21,861,082[61] 20,848,8384.9%1,012,244
25Málaga AirportMálaga19,856,29919,021,7044.4%834,595
26Warsaw Chopin AirportWarsaw18,869,302[62] 17,755,543[63] 6.3%1,113,760
27Luton AirportLondon18,213,90116,766,5528.6%1,447,349
28Václav Havel Airport PraguePrague17,804,900[64] 16,797,0066.0%1,007,894
29Hamburg AirportHamburg17,308,77317,234,2290.4%74,544
30Budapest Ferenc Liszt International AirportBudapest16,173,399[65] 14,867,4918.8%1,305,908
31Alicante AirportAlicante15,047,84013,981,3207.6%1,066,520
32Edinburgh AirportEdinburgh14,733,96614,291,8113.1%442,155
33Henri Coandă International AirportBucharest14,707,376[66] 13,820,428[67] 6.4%886,948
34Nice Côte d'Azur AirportNice14,485,42313,850,561[68] 4.6%634,862
35Orio al Serio International AirportMilan/Bergamo13,857,25712,938,5727.1%918,685
36Porto AirportPorto13,107,00011,939,5629.7%1,167,438
37Stuttgart AirportStuttgart12,721,44111,798,0909.8%923,351
38Birmingham AirportBirmingham12,646,45612,454,6421.5%191,814
39Cologne Bonn AirportCologne/Bonn12,368,51912,957,8284.5%589,309
40Lyon–Saint-Exupéry AirportLyon11,739,60011,037,410[69] 6.4%702,190
41Venice Marco Polo AirportVenice11,561,59411,184,6083.4%376,986
42Berlin Schönefeld AirportBerlin11,417,43512,725,93710.3%1,308,502
43Naples AirportNaples10,860,0689,932,0299.3%928,039
44Catania-Fontanarossa AirportCatania10,223,1139,933,3182.9%289,795
45Marseille Provence AirportMarseille10,151,7439,390,3718.1%761,372
46Toulouse–Blagnac AirportToulouse9,620,2249,630,308[70] 0.1%10,084
47Bologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportBologna9,405,9208,506,65810.6%899,262
48
EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse FreiburgBasel/Mulhouse/Freiburg im Breisgau9,094,8218,573,705[71] 6.0%521,116
49Faro AirportFaro9,009,0008,685,5713.7%323,429
50Bristol AirportBristol8,959,6798,696,6533.0%263,026

2018

Rank
2018		CountryAirportCity servedPassengers
2018		Passengers
2017		Change %
2017–2018		Passengers change
2017–2018
1. Heathrow AirportLondon80,124,53778,012,8252.7%2,111,712
2. Charles de Gaulle AirportParis72,229,72369,471,4424.0%2,758,281
3. Amsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam71,053,15768,515,4253.7%2,537,732
4. Frankfurt am Main AirportFrankfurt69,510,26964,500,3867.8%5,009,883
5. Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid57,891,34053,402,5068.4%4,488,834
6. Barcelona–El Prat Josep Tarradellas AirportBarcelona50,172,45747,284,5006.1%2,887,957
7. Munich AirportMunich46,253,62344,577,2413.8%1,676,382
8.Gatwick AirportLondon46,086,08945,556,8991.2%529,190
9. Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino AirportRome42,995,11940,971,8814.9%2,023,238
10. Orly AirportParis33,120,68532,042,4753.4%1,078,210
11. Dublin AirportDublin31,497,52629,582,3216.5%1,915,205
12. Copenhagen AirportCopenhagen30,298,53129,177,8333.8%1,120,698
13. Palma de Mallorca AirportPalma de Mallorca29,081,78727,970,6554.0%1,111,132
14. Lisbon AirportLisbon29,031,26826,646,0799.0%2,385,189
15. Manchester AirportManchester28,292,79727,826,0541.7%466,743
16. London Stansted AirportLondon27,996,11625,904,4508.1%2,091,666
17. Vienna International AirportVienna27,037,29224,392,80510.8%2,644,487
18. Stockholm Arlanda AirportStockholm26,845,41926,623,6060.8%221,813
19. Brussels AirportBrussels25,675,93924,783,9113.6%892,028
20. Malpensa AirportMilan24,725,49022,169,16711.5%2,556,323
21. Düsseldorf AirportDüsseldorf24,283,96724,640,5641.4%356,597
22. Athens International AirportAthens24,135,73621,737,78711.0%2,397,949
23. Berlin Tegel AirportBerlin22,000,43020,460,6887.5%1,539,742
24. Helsinki AirportHelsinki20,848,83818,892,38610.4%1,956,452
25. Málaga AirportMálaga19,021,70418,628,8762.1%392,828
26. Warsaw Chopin AirportWarsaw17,755,54215,730,33012.9%2,025,212
27. Hamburg AirportHamburg17,234,22917,622,9972.2%388,768
28. Václav Havel Airport PraguePrague16,797,00615,415,0019.0%1,382,005
29. Luton AirportLondon16,769,63415,990,2764.9%779,358
30. Budapest Ferenc Liszt International AirportBudapest14,867,49113,097,23913.5%1,770,252
31. Edinburgh AirportEdinburgh14,294,30513,410,3436.6%883,962
32. Alicante AirportAlicante13,981,32013,713,0612.0%268,259
33. Nice Côte d'Azur AirportNice13,850,56113,304,7824.1%545,779
34. Henri Coandă International AirportBucharest13,820,42812,804,1917.9%1,016,237
35. Cologne Bonn AirportCologne/Bonn12,957,82812,384,2234.6%573,605
36. Orio al Serio International AirportMilan/Bergamo12,938,57212,336,1374.9%602,435
37. Berlin Schönefeld AirportBerlin12,725,93712,865,3121.1%139,375
38. Birmingham AirportBirmingham12,457,05112,990,3034.1%533,252
39. Porto AirportPorto11,939,56210,787,63010.7%1,151,932
40. Stuttgart AirportStuttgart11,798,09010,962,2477.6%835,843
41. Venice Marco Polo AirportVenice11,184,60810,371,3807.8%813,228
42. Lyon–Saint-Exupéry AirportLyon11,037,410[72] 10,280,1927.4%757,218
43. Catania-Fontanarossa AirportCatania9,933,3189,120,9138.9%812,405
44. Naples AirportNaples9,932,0298,577,50715.8%1,354,522
45. Glasgow AirportGlasgow9,656,2279,897,9592.4%241,732
46. Toulouse–Blagnac AirportToulouse9,630,3089,264,6133.9%365,695
47. Marseille Provence AirportMarseille9,390,3719,002,0864.3%388,285
48. Linate AirportMilan9,233,4759,548,3633.3%314,888
49. Bristol AirportBristol8,699,5298,239,2505.6%460,279
50. Faro AirportFaro8,685,5718,727,1320.5%41,561

2017

Rank
2017		CountryAirportCity servedPassengers
2017		Passengers
2016		Change %
2016–2017		Passengers change
2016–2017
1.Heathrow AirportLondon78,012,82575,711,1303.0%2,301,695
2.Charles de Gaulle AirportParis69,471,44265,933,1455.4%3,538,297
3.Amsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam68,515,42563,625,6647.7%4,889,761
4.Frankfurt am Main AirportFrankfurt64,500,38660,786,9376.1%3,713,449
5.Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid53,402,50650,420,5835.9%2,981,923
6.Barcelona–El Prat Josep Tarradellas AirportBarcelona47,284,50044,154,6937.1%3,129,807
7.Gatwick AirportLondon45,556,89943,119,6285.7%2,437,271
8.Munich AirportMunich44,577,24142,261,3095.5%2,315,932
9.Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino AirportRome40,971,88141,744,7691.9%772,888
10.Orly AirportParis32,042,47531,237,8652.6%804,610
11.Dublin AirportDublin29,582,32127,907,3846.0%1,674,937
12.Copenhagen AirportCopenhagen29,177,83329,043,2870.5%134,546
13.Palma de Mallorca AirportPalma de Mallorca27,970,65526,253,8826.5%1,716,773
14.Manchester AirportManchester27,773,30325,637,0548.3%2,136,249
15.Lisbon AirportLisbon26,646,07922,449,28918.7%4,196,790
16.Stockholm Arlanda AirportStockholm26,623,60624,682,4667.9%1,941,140
17.London Stansted AirportLondon25,904,45024,320,0716.5%1,584,379
18.Brussels AirportBrussels24,783,91121,818,41813.6%2,965,493
19.Düsseldorf AirportDüsseldorf24,640,56423,521,9194.8%1,118,645
20.Vienna International AirportVienna24,392,80523,352,0164.5%1,040,789
21.Malpensa AirportMilan22,169,16719,420,69014.2%2,748,477
22.Athens International AirportAthens21,737,78720,017,5308.6%1,720,257
23.Berlin Tegel AirportBerlin20,460,68821,253,9593.7%793,271
24.Helsinki AirportHelsinki18,892,38617,184,6819.9%1,707,705
25.Málaga AirportMálaga18,628,87616,672,77611.7%1,956,100
26.Hamburg AirportHamburg17,622,99716,224,1548.6%1,398,843
27.Luton AirportLondon15,799,21914,551,7748.6%1,247,445
28.Warsaw Chopin AirportWarsaw15,730,33012,795,35622.9%2,934,974
29.Václav Havel Airport PraguePrague15,415,00113,074,51717.9%2,340,484
30.Alicante AirportAlicante13,713,06112,344,94511.1%1,368,116
31.Edinburgh AirportEdinburgh13,410,65812,348,4258.6%1,062,233
32.Nice Côte d'Azur AirportNice13,304,78212,427,4277.1%877,355
33.Budapest Ferenc Liszt International AirportBudapest13,097,239[73] 11,441,99914.5%1,655,240
34.Birmingham AirportBirmingham12,990,30311,645,33411.5%1,344,969
35.Berlin Schönefeld AirportBerlin12,865,31211,652,92210.4%1,212,390
36.Henri Coandă International AirportBucharest12,804,19110,982,967[74] 16.6%1,821,224
37.Cologne Bonn AirportCologne/Bonn12,384,22311,910,1384.0%474,085
38.Orio al Serio International AirportMilan/Bergamo12,336,13711,159,63110.5%1,176,506
39.Stuttgart AirportStuttgart10,962,24710,626,4303.2%335,817
40.Porto AirportPorto10,787,6309,378,08215.0%1,409,548
41.Venice Marco Polo AirportVenice10,371,3809,624,7487.8%746,632
42.Lyon–Saint-Exupéry AirportLyon10,280,1929,553,250[75] 7.6%726,942
43.Glasgow AirportGlasgow9,897,9599,346,2455.9%551,714
44.Linate AirportMilan9,548,3639,682,2641.4%133,901
45.Toulouse–Blagnac AirportToulouse9,264,6138,081,17914.6%1,183,436
46.Catania-Fontanarossa AirportCatania9,120,9137,914,11715.2%1,206,796
47.Marseille Provence AirportMarseille9,002,0868,475,8096.2%526,277
48.Faro AirportFaro8,727,1327,630,90914.4%1,096,223
49.Naples AirportNaples8,577,5076,775,98826.6%1,801,519
50.Bristol AirportBristol8,239,9497,610,7808.3%629,169

2016

Rank
2016		CountryAirportCity servedPassengers
2015		Passengers
2016		Change
2015–2016
1 Heathrow AirportLondon74,985,47575,711,1301.0%
2 Charles de Gaulle AirportParis65,766,98665,933,1450.3%
3 Amsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam58,284,84863,625,6649.2%
4 Frankfurt AirportFrankfurt61,032,02260,786,9370.4%
5 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid46,824,83850,420,5837.7%
6 Barcelona–El Prat Josep Tarradellas AirportBarcelona39,711,23744,154,69311.2%
7 Gatwick AirportLondon40,269,08743,119,6287.1%
8 Munich AirportMunich40,981,52242,261,3093.1%
9 Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino AirportRome40,463,20841,744,7693.2%
10 Orly AirportParis29,664,99331,237,8655.3%
11 Copenhagen AirportCopenhagen26,610,33229,043,2879.1%
12 Dublin AirportDublin25,049,319[76] 27,907,38411.4%
13 Palma de Mallorca AirportPalma de Mallorca23,745,02326,253,88210.6%
14 Manchester AirportManchester23,136,04725,637,05410.8%
15 Stockholm Arlanda AirportStockholm23,142,53624,682,4666.7%
16 London Stansted AirportLondon22,519,17824,320,0718.0%
17 Düsseldorf AirportDüsseldorf22,476,68523,521,9194.7%
18 Vienna International AirportVienna22,775,05423,352,0162.5%
19 Lisbon AirportLisbon20,090,41822,449,28911.7%
20 Brussels AirportBrussels23,460,01821,818,4187%
21 Berlin Tegel AirportBerlin21,005,19621,253,9591.2%
22 Athens International AirportAthens18,087,37720,017,53010.7%
23 Malpensa AirportMilan18,582,04319,420,6904.5%
24 Helsinki AirportHelsinki16,422,26617,184,6814.6%
25 Málaga AirportMálaga14,404,20616,672,77615.7%
26 Hamburg AirportHamburg15,610,07216,224,1543.9%
27 Luton AirportLondon12,263,50514,551,77418.5%
28 Václav Havel Airport PraguePrague12,030,92813,074,5178.7%
29 Warsaw Chopin AirportWarsaw11,186,68812,795,35614.4%
30 Nice Côte d'Azur AirportNice12,016,73012,427,4273.4%
31 Edinburgh AirportEdinburgh11,114,58712,348,42511.1%
32 Alicante AirportAlicante10,575,28812,344,94516.7%
33 Cologne Bonn AirportCologne / Bonn10,338,37511,910,13815.2%
34 Berlin Schönefeld AirportBerlin8,526,26811,652,92236.7%
35 Birmingham AirportBirmingham10,187,12211,645,33414.3%
36 Budapest Ferenc Liszt International AirportBudapest10,298,96311,441,99911.1%
37 Orio al Serio International AirportMilan / Bergamo10,404,62511,159,6317.3%
38 Henri Coandă International AirportBucharest9,274,629[77] 10,982,96718.3%
39 Stuttgart AirportStuttgart10,512,22510,626,4301.1%
40 Linate AirportMilan9,689,6359,682,2640.1%
41 Venice Marco Polo AirportVenice8,751,0289,624,74810.0%
42 Lyon–Saint-Exupéry AirportLyon8,703,3549,553,2509.8%
43 Porto AirportPorto8,087,7409,378,08216.0%
44 Glasgow AirportGlasgow8,714,1549,346,2457.3%
45 Marseille Provence AirportMarseille8,261,8048,475,8092.6%
46 Toulouse–Blagnac AirportToulouse7,669,0548,081,1795.4%
47 Catania-Fontanarossa AirportCatania7,105,4877,914,11711.4%
48 Bologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportBologna6,889,7427,680,99211.5%
49 Faro AirportFaro6,436,8817,630,90918.5%
50 Bristol AirportBristol6,786,7907,610,78012.1%

Busiest EU airports by route type

National (Domestic)

This list shows Eurostat data for the airports which had the most passengers taking national (domestic) flights in 2021 within EU countries (i.e. passengers traveling from Paris to Marseille).[78]

Rank
2021		CountryAirportCity servedPassengers
1Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid8,763,973
2Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat AirportBarcelona7,602,151
3Orly AirportParis7,107,371
4Athens International AirportAthens5,087,716
5Palma de Mallorca AirportPalma de Mallorca4,762,611
6Catania–Fontanarossa AirportCatania4,629,847
7Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino AirportRome4,399,180
8Charles de Gaulle AirportParis4,330,451
9Gran Canaria AirportGran Canaria3,967,707
10Milan Malpensa AirportMilan3,857,898
11Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna AirportTenerife3,841,711
12Falcone–Borsellino AirportPalermo3,649,540
13Nice Côte d'Azur AirportNice3,440,907
14Linate AirportMilan2,801,539
15Toulouse–Blagnac AirportToulouse2,427,581
16Ibiza AirportIbiza2,395,952
17Marseille Provence AirportMarseille2,280,886
18Munich AirportMunich2,276,750
19Seville AirportSeville2,217,265
20Cagliari Elmas AirportCagliari2,150,448
21Bari Karol Wojtyła AirportBari2,142,326
22Naples AirportNaples2,091,453
23Orio al Serio International AirportMilan/Bergamo2,073,368
25Lyon–Saint-Exupéry AirportLyon2,069,190
25Frankfurt AirportFrankfurt2,054,818

Intra-EU

This list shows Eurostat data for the airports which had the most passengers taking international intra-EU flights in 2019 (i.e. passengers traveling from Frankfurt to Barcelona, but not from Madrid to Barcelona).[79]

!Rank
2019!Country!Airport!City served!Passengers
1Amsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam9,988,575
2Frankfurt AirportFrankfurt7,769,160
3Charles de Gaulle AirportParis7,028,871
4Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid5,481,576
5Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat AirportBarcelona5,057,578
6Vienna International AirportVienna4,956,954
7Lisbon AirportLisbon4,916,325
8Munich AirportMunich4,871,857
9Brussels AirportBrussels4,234,902
10Copenhagen AirportCopenhagen3,907,932
11Dublin AirportDublin3,716,377
12Athens International AirportAthens3,588,987
13Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino AirportRome3,355,086
14Orly AirportParis3,311,822
15Düsseldorf AirportDüsseldorf3,057,911
16Stockholm Arlanda AirportStockholm3,042,112
17Porto AirportPorto2,941,543
18Milan Malpensa AirportMilan2,718,816
19Warsaw Chopin AirportWarsaw2,704,651
20Henri Coandă International AirportRomania2,609,954
21Málaga AirportMálaga2,482,646
22Palma de Mallorca AirportPalma de Mallorca2,481,168
23Helsinki AirportHelsinki2,436,647
24Budapest Ferenc Liszt International AirportBudapest2,347,997
25Berlin Tegel AirportBerlin2,347,030

Extra-EU

This list shows Eurostat data for the airports which had the most passengers taking international extra-EU flights in 2021 (i.e. passengers traveling from New York to Paris).[80]

Rank
2021		CountryAirportCity servedPassengers
1Charles de Gaulle AirportParis12,844,080
2Frankfurt AirportFrankfurt11,253,414
3Amsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam11,198,310
4Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid6,523,699
5Lisbon AirportLisbon3,770,798
6Vienna International AirportVienna3,631,380
7Munich AirportMunich3,323,377
8Brussels AirportBrussels3,281,088
9Dublin AirportDublin3,230,885
10Warsaw Chopin AirportWarsaw3,182,356
11Athens International AirportAthens3,130,751
12Düsseldorf AirportDüsseldorf3,105,431
13Berlin Brandenburg AirportBerlin2,946,749
14Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat AirportBarcelona2,723,946
15Copenhagen AirportCopenhagen2,668,569
16Orly AirportParis2,600,057
17Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino AirportRome2,471,569
18Milan Malpensa AirportMilan2,361,211
19Málaga AirportMálaga2,170,043
20Henri Coandă International AirportRomania2,040,534
21Palma de Mallorca AirportPalma de Mallorca1,890,660
22Larnaca International AirportPorto1,872,058
23Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández AirportAlicante1,821,707
24Cologne Bonn AirportCologne1,671,546
25Stockholm Arlanda AirportStockholm1,635,587

Busiest airport in each EU member state

CountryAirportCity servedPassengersChange 2019–2020
20202019%Numbers
Vienna7,812,938 31,662,189 75.3% 23,849,251
Brussels6,743,395[81] 26,360,003 74.42% 19,616,608
Sofia2,937,846[82] 7,107,096 58.70% 4,169,250
Zagreb924,823 3,435,531 73.08% 2,510,708
Larnaca1,679,816 8,229,346 79.60% 6,549,530
Prague3,665,871[83] 17,804,900[84] 79% 14,139,029
Copenhagen7,525,441 30,256,703 75.12% 22,731,262
Tallinn863,588 3,267,909[85] 73.6% 2,404,321
Helsinki5,053,134 21,861,082 76.9% 16,807,948
22,257,46976,150,007 70.8% 53,892,538
18,768,60170,560,987 73.4% 51,792,386
8,078,383[86] 25,573,993[87] 68.4% 17,495,610
Budapest3,859,379 16,173,399 76.14% 12,314,020
Dublin7,400,000[88] 32,676,251[89] 77.4% 25,276,251
9,830,957[90] 43,532,573 77.4% 33,701,616
Riga2,010,000[91] 7,798,382[92] 74.2% 5,788,382
Vilnius1,312,468 5,004,921[93] 73.8% 3,692,453
Luxembourg City1,446,354 4,416,038 75.3% 2 969 684
Malta1,748,050 7,310,289 76.1% 5,562,239
20,887,17471,707,144[94] 70.9% 50,819,970
Warsaw5,482,000[95] 18,869,302 70.95% 13,387,302
9,268,00031,172,774 70.3% 21,904,774
Bucharest4,456,000[96] 14,707,376[97] 69.7% 10,251,376
Bratislava405,097 2,290,242 82.3% 1,885,145
Ljubljana288,235 1,721,355 83.3% 1,433,120
17,112,38961,734,944 72.3% 44,622,555
Stockholm6,535,776[98] 25,642,623[99] 74.5% 19,106,847

See also

Other

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 . Air passenger transport by main airports in each reporting country [AVIA_PAOA] ]. 27 August 2022 . Eurostat.
  2. Web site: 18 January 2021. Trafic de l'année 2020 impacté par la crise du Covid-19. 18 January 2021. www.parisaeroport.fr. fr.
  3. Web site: 22 December 2020. Traffic. www.parisaeroport.fr.
  4. Web site: July 2021. 2020 Airport Traffic Report. 26 Sep 2021. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 30. en.
  5. Web site: 22 December 2020. Schiphol Traffic and transport figures per month. 22 December 2020. Schiphol. en.
  6. Web site: 22 December 2020. Schiphol - Traffic and transport figures per month. 22 December 2020.
  7. Web site: 22 December 2020. Fraport 2019.
  8. Web site: 22 December 2020. Traffic Figures. Fraport.
  9. Web site: 23 December 2020. Traffic Report. 23 December 2020. www.munich-airport.com.
  10. Web site: 22 December 2020. Annual Traffic Report2019. 22 December 2020.
  11. Web site: Statistiche Dati di Traffico Aeroportuale Italiano. 2021-01-28. Assaeroporti. it-IT.
  12. Web site: 22 December 2020. Statistiche - Assaeroporti. www.assaeroporti.com.
  13. Web site: Statistics Portugal - Web Portal. 2021-02-18. ine.pt.
  14. Web site: Portugal. ANA - Aeroportos de. 22 December 2020. Annual Reports - Corporate.
  15. Web site: Athens International Airport passenger traffic development 2020.
  16. Web site: 23 Dec 2020. Athens International Airport passenger traffic development 2019.
  17. Web site: Viennaairport - Traffic results. www.viennaairport.com. 29 June 2023 .
  18. Web site: Viennaairport - FWAG (group) facts & figures. 2020-12-23. www.viennaairport.com. en.
  19. Web site: Traffic statistics. www.cph.dk.
  20. Web site: 19 February 2021. Dublin Airport passenger numbers at lowest since 1990s as pandemic wreaks havoc on Irish aviation. 23 February 2021.
  21. Web site: 22 December 2020. Aviation Statistics. 22 December 2020.
  22. Web site: Statistiche Dati di Traffico Aeroportuale Italiano. 2020-12-23. Assaeroporti. it-IT.
  23. https://www.brusselsairport.be/en/pressroom/news/6-7-million-passengers-in-2020 Brussels Airport welcomed over 6.7 million passengers in 2020, a 74% decrease - Air cargo up by 2,2%
  24. Web site: Monthly traffic figures.
  25. Web site: Trafikstatistik på Swedavias flygplatser.
  26. Web site: Trafikstatistik på Swedavias flygplatser. 23 December 2020.
  27. https://www.adv.aero/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12.2020-ADV-Monatsstatistik-1.pdf ADV monthly traffic report 2020
  28. https://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/pl/aktualnosci-i-wydarzenia/0/1017/szczegoly.html W grudniu 2020 roku na Lotnisku Chopina zostało obsłużonych 224 tys. pasażerów, co oznacza spadek o 83,9 proc. w porównaniu do grudnia 2019 roku.
  29. Web site: Statistics by origin airports - Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego. www.ulc.gov.pl.
  30. Web site: Traffic statistics Finavia. 2020-12-23. www.finavia.fi. en.
  31. Web site: Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2020. fr.
  32. Web site: Monthly Statistics Reports / Statistics / NEWS - MEDIA - Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur : gateway to the mythical French Riviera. Internethic. S.S.L.L.. corporate.nice.aeroport.fr.
  33. https://seenews.com/news/passenger-traffic-at-bucharest-airports-plummets-70-in-2020-729377 Passenger traffic at Bucharest airports plummets 70% in 2020
  34. Web site: 2019 Air Traffic at Bucharest Airports. www.bucharestairports.ro.
  35. Web site: BUD International Airport Traffic 2019-2020. 20 Jan 2021.
  36. Web site: Letiště Praha odbavilo za minulý rok téměř 3,7 milionu cestujících. 20 Jan 2021.
  37. Web site: Vaclav Havel Airport Prague Breaks a Record: 17.8 Million Handled Passengers in 2019. 2020-12-23. Vaclav Havel Airport Prague, Ruzyne. 16 January 2020 . en.
  38. Web site: Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2017 . www.aeroport.fr .
  39. Web site: Zahlen und Daten. 2021-01-31. www.flughafen-stuttgart.de.
  40. Web site: Zahlen und Daten. 2021-01-05. www.flughafen-stuttgart.de.
  41. Web site: GmbH. Flughafen Köln/Bonn. Facts & figures. 2020-12-23. www.cologne-bonn-airport.com. en-GB.
  42. Web site: Passengers 2019-2020. Sofia Airport.
  43. Web site: Sofia Airport.
  44. Web site: Statistics of EuroAirport - Statistics of Basel-Mulhouse Airport. www.euroairport.com.
  45. Web site: Statystyki miesięczne 2019 (PL).
  46. Web site: 101 travel ideas & more than 5.8 million passengers in 2017. 4 January 2018. 2018-01-06.
  47. Web site: UK airport data. UK Civil Aviation Authority. caa.co.uk. 11 January 2021.
  48. Web site: Statistiques mensuelles passagers commerciaux totaux. 2020-02-07. aeroport.fr. fr-FR. 2020-02-08.
  49. Web site: Traffic. www.aeroportsdeparis.fr.
  50. Web site: Fraport 2019.
  51. Web site: 35.65 Million Airline Passengers Pass Through Berlin's Airports. Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
  52. Web site: Estadísticas - Aeropuertos Españoles - aena.es. www.aena.es.
  53. Web site: Munich Airport reports 10th consecutive record-setting year. www.munich-airport.com. 27 June 2023 .
  54. Web site: Aviation database bank, free of charge from anna.aero.
  55. Web site: Viennaairport - Traffic results. www.viennaairport.com. 29 June 2023 .
  56. Web site: Aeroporto de Lisboa ultrapassou a fasquia dos 30 milhões de passageiros em 2019. 2020-01-19. Publico. pt. 2020-01-19.
  57. Web site: Annual Reports - Corporate. ANA - Aeroportos de. Portugal. 14 July 2016.
  58. Web site: Traffic statistics. www.cph.dk.
  59. Web site: Flygplatsstatistik. www.transportstyrelsen.se.
  60. Web site: Athens International Airport - Facts & Figures. www.aia.gr.
  61. Web site: Traffic statistics - Finavia.
  62. Web site: Lotnisko Chopina - podsumowanie 2019 roku - Aktualności i wydarzenia - Lotnisko Chopina w Warszawie. www.lotnisko-chopina.pl.
  63. Web site: Statistics by origin airports - Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego. www.ulc.gov.pl.
  64. Web site: Prague Airport Traffic Reports. Vaclav Havel Airport Prague, Ruzyne.
  65. Web site: Budapest airport traffic statistic.
  66. Web site: 2019 Air Traffic at Bucharest Airports. www.bucharestairports.ro.
  67. Web site: RECORD de trafic pe aeroporturile din Bucureşti în 2017: Profitul CNAB a crescut cu 45% faţă de anul precedent.
  68. Web site: Monthly Statistics Reports / Statistics / NEWS - MEDIA - Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur : gateway to the mythical French Riviera. Internethic. S.S.L.L.. corporate.nice.aeroport.fr.
  69. Web site: Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2017 . www.aeroport.fr .
  70. Web site: Résultats de trafic.
  71. Web site: Statistics of EuroAirport - Statistics of Basel-Mulhouse Airport. www.euroairport.com.
  72. Web site: Data . www.aeroport.fr .
  73. Web site: Record breaking traffic growth at Budapest Airport in 2017. www.bud.hu. 2018-02-17.
  74. Web site: Record de pasageri pe aeroporturile din București: 10,99 milioane de pasageri în 2016 – BoardingPass.ro. Gabriel. Bobon. boardingpass.ro. February 2017 .
  75. Web site: Data . www.aeroport.fr .
  76. Web site: Annual Reports - daa.
  77. Web site: Aeroporturi București - Compania Naţională Aeroporturi Bucureşti - Rapoarte anuale. www.bucharestairports.ro.
  78. Web site: 2022 . National air passenger transport by main airports in each reporting country [AVIA_PANA] ]. 27 August 2022 . Eurostat.
  79. Web site: 2022 . International intra-EU air passenger transport by main airports in each reporting country and EU partner country [AVIA_PAINAC] ]. 27 August 2022 . Eurostat.
  80. Web site: 2022 . International extra-EU air passenger transport by main airports in each reporting country and partner world regions and countries [AVIA_PAEXAC] ]. 27 August 2022 . Eurostat.
  81. https://www.brusselsairport.be/en/pressroom/news/6-7-million-passengers-in-2020 Brussels Airport welcomed over 6.7 million passengers in 2020, a 74% decrease - Air cargo up by 2,2%
  82. Web site: Passengers 2019-2020. Sofia Airport.
  83. Web site: Letiště Praha odbavilo za minulý rok téměř 3,7 milionu cestujících. 20 Jan 2021.
  84. Web site: Vaclav Havel Airport Prague Breaks a Record: 17.8 Million Handled Passengers in 2019. 2020-12-23. Vaclav Havel Airport Prague, Ruzyne. 16 January 2020 . en.
  85. Web site: Tallinn Airport Traffic report 2019. Tallinn Airport. 2020-01-06.
  86. Web site: Athens International Airport passenger traffic development 2020.
  87. Web site: 23 Dec 2020. Athens International Airport passenger traffic development 2019.
  88. Web site: 19 February 2021. Dublin Airport passenger numbers at lowest since 1990s as pandemic wreaks havoc on Irish aviation. 23 February 2021.
  89. Web site: 22 December 2020. Aviation Statistics. 22 December 2020.
  90. Web site: Statistiche Dati di Traffico Aeroportuale Italiano. 2021-01-28. Assaeroporti. it-IT.
  91. Web site: Riga Airport Statistics. Riga Airport.
  92. Web site: Passengers - Riga International Airport. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180117192318/http://www.riga-airport.com/en/main/about-company/statistics. 2018-01-17. 2012-01-14. www.riga-airport.com.
  93. Web site: VNO. www.ltou.lt. en. 2020-01-06.
  94. Web site: 22 December 2020. Schiphol Traffic and transport figures per month. 22 December 2020. Schiphol. en.
  95. https://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/pl/aktualnosci-i-wydarzenia/0/1017/szczegoly.html W grudniu 2020 roku na Lotnisku Chopina zostało obsłużonych 224 tys. pasażerów, co oznacza spadek o 83,9 proc. w porównaniu do grudnia 2019 roku.
  96. https://seenews.com/news/passenger-traffic-at-bucharest-airports-plummets-70-in-2020-729377 Passenger traffic at Bucharest airports plummets 70% in 2020
  97. Web site: 2019 Air Traffic at Bucharest Airports. www.bucharestairports.ro.
  98. Web site: Trafikstatistik på Swedavias flygplatser.
  99. Web site: Trafikstatistik på Swedavias flygplatser. 23 December 2020.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "List of the busiest airports in the European Union".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.