List of the busiest airports in the European Union

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.

Statistics

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. Rank2021CountryAirportCity servedPassengersChange 2021–202020212020%Numbers1France Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris26,187,00822,242,299 17.7% 3,944,7092NetherlandsAmsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam25,490,81020,884,510 22.1% 4,606,3003GermanyFrankfurt am Main AirportFrankfurt24,765,45918,738,019 32.2% 6,027,4404SpainAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid23,193,45916,494,572 40.6% 6,698,8875SpainJosep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat AirportBarcelona18,475,48612,440,832 48.5% 6,034,6546FranceOrly AirportParis15,719,09910,782,724 45.8% 4,936,3757SpainPalma de Mallorca AirportPalma de Mallorca14,474,1276,098,064 137.4% 8,376,0638GreeceAthens International AirportAthens13,356,3858,771,886 52.3% 4,584,4999GermanyMunich AirportMunich12,473,83211,092,820 12.4% 1,381,01210PortugalLisbon AirportLisbon12,154,7479,266,962 31.2% 2,887,78511ItalyLeonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino AirportRome11,586,4179,773,291 18.6% 1,813,12612AustriaVienna International AirportVienna10,466,1167,848,003 33.4% 2,618,11313GermanyBerlin Brandenburg AirportBerlin9,929,3433,218,931 208.5% 6,710,41214ItalyMalpensa AirportMilan9,577,8497,205,500 32.9% 2,372,34915BelgiumBrussels AirportBrussels9,331,4026,714,696 39.0% 2,616,70616DenmarkCopenhagen AirportCopenhagen9,147,7627,490,810 22.1% 1,656,95217SpainMálaga AirportMálaga8,746,9115,073,677 72.4% 3,673,23418IrelandDublin AirportDublin8,261,7747,262,330 13.8% 999,44419GermanyDüsseldorf AirportDüsseldorf7,938,8006,561,798 21.0% 1,377,00220SwedenStockholm Arlanda AirportStockholm7,492,9056,533,101 14.7% 959,80421PolandWarsaw Chopin AirportWarsaw7,440,0555,471,894 36.0% 1,968,16122RomaniaHenri Coandă International AirportBucharest6,887,6174,450,631 54.8% 2,436,98623SpainGran Canaria AirportGran Canaria6,788,9485,075,635 33.8% 1,713,31324FranceNice Côte d'Azur AirportNice6,528,9384,574,378 42.7% 1,954,56025ItalyOrio al Serio International AirportMilan/Bergamo6,465,0733,831,564 68.7% 2,633,50926ItalyCatania-Fontanarossa AirportCatania6,113,9573,648,322 67.6% 2,465,63527SpainAlicante AirportAlicante5,813,3303,723,264 56.1% 2,090,06628PortugalPorto AirportPorto5,787,2474,449,098 30.1% 1,338,14929GermanyHamburg AirportHamburg5,313,7244,555,728 16.6% 757,99630GreeceHeraklion International AirportHeraklion4,975,1662,368,168 110.1% 2,606,99831SpainIbiza AirportIbiza4,826,5132,103,201 129.5% 2,723,31232FranceMarseille Provence AirportMarseille 4,636,2483,336,977 38.9% 1,299,27133ItalyNaples AirportNaples4,615,8212,771,310 66.6% 1,844,51134ItalyFalcone–Borsellino AirportPalermo4,597,0482,711,868 69.5% 1,885,18035HungaryBudapest Ferenc Liszt International AirportBudapest4,590,2493,839,945 19.5% 7 50,30436FranceLyon–Saint-Exupéry AirportLyon 4,504,3053,539,768 27.2% 964,53737SpainTenerife South AirportTenerife4,501,1883,347,220 34.5% 1,153,96838Czech RepublicVáclav Havel Airport PraguePrague4,369,8243,654,229 19.6% 715,59539ItalyLinate AirportMilan4,336,9332,267,111 91.3% 2,069,82240FinlandHelsinki AirportHelsinki4,295,2555,083,314 15.5% 788,05941GermanyCologne Bonn AirportCologne/Bonn4,247,1803,075,977 38.1% 1,171,20342ItalyBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportBologna4,133,2012,521,460 63.9% 1,611,74143SpainValencia AirportValencia3,999,6592,434,619 64.3% 1,565,04044SpainTenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna AirportTenerife3,859,0122,802,383 37.7% 1,056,62945FranceToulouse–Blagnac AirportToulouse 3,816,5663,128,618 22.0% 6 87,94846BelgiumBrussels South Charleroi AirportBrussels3,747,4732,531,211 48.1% 1,216,26247GermanyStuttgart AirportStuttgart3,567,3473,198,299 11.5% 369,048 48GreeceThessaloniki AirportThessaloniki3,466,3802,325,752 49.0% 1,140,62849SpainSeville AirportSeville3,438,5522,310,470 48.8% 1,128,08250ItalyVenice Marco Polo AirportVenice3,430,0952,795,285 22.7% 634,810 2020 Rank2020CountryAirportCity servedPassengersChange 2019–202020202019%Numbers1France Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris22,257,46976,150,007 70.8% 53,892,538 2United KingdomHeathrow AirportLondon22,111,46980,886,589 72.7% 58,775,1203NetherlandsAmsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam20,887,17471,707,144 70.9% 50,819,9704GermanyFrankfurt am Main AirportFrankfurt18,768,60170,560,987 73.4% 51,792,3865SpainAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid17,112,38961,734,944 72.3% 44,622,5556SpainJosep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat AirportBarcelona12,739,25952,688,455 75.8% 39,949,1967GermanyMunich AirportMunich11,120,22447,959,885 76.81% 36,839,6618FranceOrly AirportParis10,797,10531,853,049 66.1% 21,055,9449ItalyLeonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Rome9,830,957 43,532,573 77.4% 33,701,61610PortugalLisbon AirportLisbon9,268,00031,172,774 70.3% 21,904,77411GreeceAthens International AirportAthens8,078,38325,573,993 68.4% 17,495,61012AustriaVienna International AirportVienna7,812,93831,662,189 75.3% 23,849,25113DenmarkCopenhagen AirportCopenhagen7,525,44130,256,703 75.12% 22,731,26214IrelandDublin AirportDublin7,400,00032,676,251 77.4% 25,276,25115ItalyMalpensa AirportMilan7,241,76628,846,299 74.9% 21,604,53316BelgiumBrussels AirportBrussels6,743,395Brussels Airport welcomed over 6.7 million passengers in 2020, a 74% decrease - Air cargo up by 2,2%26,360,003 74.42% 19,616,60817GermanyDüsseldorf AirportDüsseldorf6,569,72824,283,967 74.2% 17,714,23918SwedenStockholm Arlanda AirportStockholm6,535,77625,642,623 74.5% 19,106,84719SpainPalma de Mallorca AirportPalma de Mallorca6,108,48629,721,142 79.4% 23,612,65620GermanyBerlin Tegel AirportBerlin5,867,601ADV monthly traffic report 202024,227,570 75.8% 18,359,96921PolandWarsaw Chopin AirportWarsaw5,482,000W grudniu 2020 roku na Lotnisku Chopina zostało obsłużonych 224 tys. pasażerów, co oznacza spadek o 83,9 proc. w porównaniu do grudnia 2019 roku.18,869,302 70.95% 13,387,30222SpainMálaga AirportMálaga5,161,63619,858,656 74.0% 14,697,02023FinlandHelsinki AirportHelsinki5,053,13421,861,082 76.9% 16,807,94824FranceNice Côte d'Azur AirportNice 4,580,45914,485,423 68.4% 9,904,96425GermanyHamburg AirportHamburg4,557,37217,234,229 73.6% 12,676,85726RomaniaHenri Coandă International AirportBucharest4,456,000Passenger traffic at Bucharest airports plummets 70% in 202014,707,376 69.7% 10,251,37627PortugalPorto AirportPorto4,436,00013,105,339 66.2% 8,669,33928HungaryBudapest Ferenc Liszt International AirportBudapest3,859,37916,173,399 76.14% 12,314,02029ItalyOrio al Serio International AirportMilan/Bergamo3,833,06313,857,257 72.3% 10,024,19430SpainAlicante AirportAlicante3,739,49915,048,240 75.1% 11,308,74131Czech RepublicVáclav Havel Airport PraguePrague3,665,87117,804,900 79% 14,139,02932ItalyCatania-Fontanarossa AirportCatania3,654,45710,223,113 64.3% 6,568,65633FranceLyon–Saint-Exupéry AirportLyon 3,553,91811,037,410 69,7% 7,483,49234FranceMarseille Provence AirportMarseille 3,359,14910,151,743 66.9% 6,792,59435GermanyBerlin Schönefeld AirportBerlin3,223,60311,417,435 71.7% 8,193,83236GermanyStuttgart AirportStuttgart3,213,69512,732,670 74.8% 9,518,975 37FranceToulouse–Blagnac AirportToulouse 3,130,8479,620,224 67.5% 6,489,37738GermanyCologne Bonn AirportCologne/Bonn3,076,58712,369,000 75.1% 9,292,41339BulgariaSofia AirportSofia2,937,8467,107,096 58.70% 4,169,25040ItalyVenice Marco Polo AirportVenice2,799,68811,561,594 75.8% 8,761,90641ItalyNaples AirportNaples2,779,94610,860,068 74.4% 8,080,12242ItalyFalcone–Borsellino AirportPalermo2,701,5197,018,087 61.5% 6,491,14543FranceSwitzerlandEuroAirport Basel Mulhouse FreiburgBasel/Mulhouse/Freiburg im Breisgau2,598,9809,090,125 71.4% 6,491,14544PolandKraków John Paul II International AirportKraków2,592,9728,410,817 69.2% 5,817,904

2019 Rank2019CountryAirportCity servedPassengersChange 2018–201920192018%Numbers1United KingdomHeathrow AirportLondon80,886,58980,100,3111.0%786,2782France Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris76,150,00772,229,7235.4%3,920,2843NetherlandsAmsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam71,707,14471,053,1570.9%653,9874GermanyFrankfurt am Main AirportFrankfurt70,556,07269,510,2691.5%1,045,8035SpainAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid61,734,03757,891,3406.6%3,842,6976SpainJosep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat AirportBarcelona52,686,31450,172,4575.0%2,513,8577GermanyMunich AirportMunich47,941,348 46,253,6203.6% 1,687,7288United KingdomGatwick Airport London46,574,78646,081,3271.1%493,4599Italy Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Rome43,532,57342,995,1191.3%537,45410IrelandDublin AirportDublin32,907,67331,497,5264.5%1,410,14711FranceOrly AirportParis31,853,04933,120,6853.8%1,267,63612AustriaVienna International AirportVienna31,662,18927,037,29217.1%4,624,89713PortugalLisbon AirportLisbon31,173,00029,031,2687.3%2,141,73214DenmarkCopenhagen AirportCopenhagen30,256,70330,298,5310.1%41,82815SpainPalma de Mallorca AirportPalma de Mallorca29,721,12329,081,7872.2%639,33616United KingdomManchester AirportManchester29,367,47728,254,9703.9%1,112,50717ItalyMalpensa AirportMilan28,846,29924,725,49016.7%4,120,80918United KingdomLondon Stansted AirportLondon28,124,29227,995,1210.5%129,17119BelgiumBrussels AirportBrussels26,360,00325,675,9392.7%684,06420SwedenStockholm Arlanda AirportStockholm25,642,70326,845,4194.5% 1,202,71621GreeceAthens International AirportAthens25,574,03024,135,7366.0%1,438,29422GermanyDüsseldorf AirportDüsseldorf25,507,56624,283,9675.0% 1,223,59923GermanyBerlin Tegel AirportBerlin24,227,57022,000,43010.1%2,227,14024FinlandHelsinki AirportHelsinki21,861,08220,848,8384.9%1,012,24425SpainMálaga AirportMálaga19,856,29919,021,7044.4%834,59526PolandWarsaw Chopin AirportWarsaw18,869,30217,755,5436.3%1,113,76027United KingdomLuton AirportLondon18,213,90116,766,5528.6%1,447,34928Czech RepublicVáclav Havel Airport PraguePrague17,804,90016,797,0066.0%1,007,89429GermanyHamburg AirportHamburg17,308,77317,234,2290.4%74,54430HungaryBudapest Ferenc Liszt International AirportBudapest16,173,39914,867,4918.8%1,305,90831SpainAlicante AirportAlicante15,047,84013,981,3207.6%1,066,52032United KingdomEdinburgh AirportEdinburgh14,733,96614,291,8113.1%442,15533RomaniaHenri Coandă International AirportBucharest 14,707,376 13,820,4286.4%886,94834FranceNice Côte d'Azur AirportNice14,485,42313,850,5614.6%634,86235ItalyOrio al Serio International AirportMilan/Bergamo13,857,25712,938,5727.1%918,68536PortugalPorto AirportPorto13,107,00011,939,5629.7%1,167,43837GermanyStuttgart AirportStuttgart12,721,44111,798,0909.8%923,35138United KingdomBirmingham AirportBirmingham12,646,45612,454,6421.5%191,81439GermanyCologne Bonn AirportCologne/Bonn12,368,51912,957,8284.5%589,30940FranceLyon–Saint-Exupéry AirportLyon11,739,60011,037,4106.4%702,19041ItalyVenice Marco Polo AirportVenice11,561,59411,184,6083.4%376,98642GermanyBerlin Schönefeld AirportBerlin11,417,43512,725,93710.3%1,308,50243ItalyNaples AirportNaples10,860,0689,932,0299.3%928,03944ItalyCatania-Fontanarossa AirportCatania10,223,1139,933,3182.9%289,79545FranceMarseille Provence AirportMarseille10,151,7439,390,3718.1%761,37246FranceToulouse–Blagnac AirportToulouse9,620,2249,630,3080.1%10,08447ItalyBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportBologna9,405,9208,506,65810.6%899,26248FranceSwitzerlandEuroAirport Basel Mulhouse FreiburgBasel/Mulhouse/Freiburg im Breisgau9,094,8218,573,7056.0%521,11649PortugalFaro AirportFaro9,009,0008,685,5713.7%323,42950United KingdomBristol AirportBristol8,959,6798,696,6533.0%263,026

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