List of the busiest airports in Germany

This is a list of the busiest airports in Germany.

2025 Rank Airport IATA City/metro area State PassengersFigures refer to total traffic including transit passengers (Gesamtaufkommen). Change2024-2025 2 Munich MUC Munich Metropolitan Region Bavaria 43,394,442 4.4% 3 Berlin Brandenburg BER Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region Brandenburg 26,050,880 2.3% 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt Rhine-Main Hesse 63,186,114 2.6% 4 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 21,031,429 4.9% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Metropolitan Region Hamburg 14,770,812 −0.4% 6 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 10,060,452 0.5% 7 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 9,585,033 4.7% 8 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 5,344,722 2.3% 9 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 4,508,700 11.9% 10 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 3,698,900 13.9% 11 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 3,242,429 3.5% 12 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 2,257,542 25.3% 13 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 2,245,473 14.0% 14 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 2,196,229 17.8% 15 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 2,119,170 −3.7% 16 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 1,992,727 5.6% 17 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 1,254,072 −2.4% 18 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 886,578 0.5% 19 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 711,400 −13.1% 20 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia 314,108 85.1% 21 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 307,731 −9.3% 22 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 250,884 10.4% 23 Sylt GWT Sylt Schleswig-Holstein 123,675 1.9% 24 Lübeck LBC Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein 113,359 59.7% 25 Braunschweig Wolfsburg BWE Braunschweig / Wolfsburg Lower Saxony 49,055 −23.1% 26 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 37,373 −26.4% 27 Kassel KSF Kassel Hesse 29,615 −64.3% 28 Mönchengladbach MGL Mönchengladbach North Rhine-Westphalia 28,887 −2.1%

2024 Rank Airport IATA City/metro area State Passengers Change2023-2024 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt Rhine-Main Hesse 61.499.642 3.7% 2 Munich MUC Munich Metropolitan Region Bavaria 41.547.174 12.2% 3 Berlin Brandenburg BER Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region Brandenburg 25.458.056 10.4% 4 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 20.031.461 4.8% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Metropolitan Region Hamburg 14.828.371 9.4% 6 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 9.997.183 2.5% 7 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 9.141.858 8.5% 8 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 5.216.530 13.6% 9 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 4.017.054 2.9% 10 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 3.245.826 14.9% 11 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 3.132.870 6.8% 12 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 2.195.880 4.9% 13 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 1.970.431 23.5% 14 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 1.885.848 4% 15 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 1.818.003 11% 16 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 1.800.355 4% 17 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 1.283.691 29.7% 18 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 881.391 -4.3% 19 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 815.976 12.8% 20 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 339.141 9.3% 21 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 227.242 -27.7% 22 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia 167.691 24.6% 23 Sylt GWT Sylt Schleswig-Holstein 121.383 -3.5% 24 Kassel KSF Kassel Hesse 82.890 -22.5% 25 Lübeck LBC Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein 70.926 -13.7% 26 Braunschweig Wolfsburg BWE Braunschweig / Wolfsburg Lower Saxony 63.776 0.9% 27 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 50.282 -4.4% 28 Mönchengladbach MGL Mönchengladbach North Rhine-Westphalia 29.507 3.2%

2023 Rank Airport IATA City/metro area State Passengers Change2022-2023 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt Rhine-Main Hesse 16.3% 2 Munich MUC Munich Metropolitan Region Bavaria 17.0% 3 Berlin Brandenburg BER Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region Brandenburg 16.3% 4 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 19.0% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Metropolitan Region Hamburg 22.2% 6 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 11.5% 7 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 20.8% 8 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 16.1% 9 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 19.9% 10 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 13.5% 11 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 41.9% 12 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 34.8% 13 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 21.6% 14 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 32.8% 15 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 21.5% 16 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 53.9% 17 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 19.3% 18 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 10.9% 19 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 44.0% 20 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg -7.2% 21 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 3.6% 22 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia -0.6% 23 Sylt GWT Sylt Schleswig-Holstein 5.0% 24 Kassel KSF Kassel Hesse -6.9% 25 Lübeck LBC Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein -0.0% 26 Braunschweig Wolfsburg BWE Braunschweig / Wolfsburg Lower Saxony 46.3% 27 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern -12.0% 28 Mönchengladbach MGL Mönchengladbach North Rhine-Westphalia -15.5%

2022 Rank Airport IATA City/metro area State Passengers Change2021-2022 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt Rhine-Main Hesse 97.1% 2 Munich MUC Munich Metropolitan Region Bavaria 153.2% 3 Berlin Brandenburg BER Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region Brandenburg 99.5% 4 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 102.1% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Metropolitan Region Hamburg 108.6% 6 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 105.9% 7 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 95.5% 8 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 92.6% 9 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 207.8% 10 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 52.8% 11 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 103.0% 12 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 133.4% 13 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 137.0% 14 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 103.5% 15 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 114.1% 16 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 76.5% 17 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 155.4% 18 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 131.5% 19 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 288.7% 20 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 169.8% 21 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 99.7% 22 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia 92.3% 23 Sylt GWT Sylt Schleswig-Holstein 17.4% 24 Kassel KSF Kassel Hesse 207.1% 25 Lübeck LBC Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein 286.5% 26 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 185.0% 27 Braunschweig Wolfsburg BWE Braunschweig Wolfsburg Lower Saxony 46.4% 28 Mönchengladbach MGL Mönchengladbach North Rhine-Westphalia -12.9%

2021 Rank Airport IATA City/metro area State Passengers Change2020-2021 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt / Rhine-Main Hesse 32.3% 2 Munich MUC Munich Bavaria 12.5% 3 Berlin Brandenburg BER Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region Brandenburg 9.3% Increase in traffic is over combined Berlin Tegel Airport and Berlin Schönefeld Airport traffic in 2020. 4 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 20.9% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Hamburg 16.6% 6 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 38.1% 7 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 11.4% 8 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 41.7% 9 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 38.7% 10 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 15.9% 11 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 41.9% 12 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 54.9% 13 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 25.9% 14 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 5.9% 15 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 55.6% 16 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 113.5% 17 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 62.9% 18 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 14.4% 19 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 191.5% 20 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 39.7% 21 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 5.7% 22 Sylt GWT Sylt Schleswig-Holstein 15.7% 23 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia 160.2% 24 Mönchengladbach MGL Mönchengladbach North Rhine-Westphalia 8.9% 25 Kassel KSF Kassel Hesse 65.3% 26 Braunschweig Wolfsburg BWE Braunschweig Wolfsburg Lower Saxony 26.9% 27 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 9.0% 28 Lübeck LBC Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein 113.3%

2020 Rank Airport IATA City/metro area State Passengers Change2019-2020 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt / Rhine-Main Hesse 73.4% 2 Munich MUC Munich Bavaria 76.8% 3 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 74.2% 4 Berlin Tegel TXL Berlin, Potsdam Berlin 75.8% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Hamburg 73.6% 6 Berlin Schönefeld SXF Berlin, Potsdam Brandenburg 71.7% 7 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 74.8% 8 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 75.1% 9 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 77.0% 10 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 55.1% 11 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 77.7% 12 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 59.9% 13 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 74.2% 14 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 79.7% 15 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 70.8% 16 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 70.7% 17 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 76.0% 18 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 77.6% 19 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 77.7% 20 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 75.7% 21 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 86.7% 22 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 85.9% 23 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia 82.4% 24 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - - 25 Kassel KSF Kassel Hesse - - 26 Sylt GWT Sylt Schleswig-Holstein - - 27 Heringsdorf HDF Heringsdorf Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - -

2019 Rank Airport IATA City/metro area State Passengers Change2018-2019 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt / Rhine-Main Hesse 1.5% 2 Munich MUC Munich Bavaria 3.6% 3 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 5.0% 4 Berlin Tegel TXL Berlin, Potsdam Berlin 10.1% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Hamburg 0.4% 6 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 7.6% 7 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 4.5% 8 Berlin Schönefeld SXF Berlin, Potsdam Brandenburg 10.3% 9 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 0.4% 10 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 8.0% 11 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 1.9% 12 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 19.1% 13 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 9.9% 14 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 9.3% 15 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 28.5% 16 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 7.1% 17 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 15.4% 18 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 26.3% 19 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 3.3% 20 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 5.8% 21 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 9.4% 22 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 2.1% 23 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - 0.0% 24 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia 40.5% 25 Kassel KSF Kassel Hesse - 0.0% 26 Sylt GWT Sylt Schleswig-Holstein - 0.0% 27 Heringsdorf HDF Heringsdorf Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - 0.0%

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