Highlights

Highlights

3rd Place air transport movements in EuropeChange: 0
4th Place passenger transport in EuropeChange: 0
5th Place cargo air transport in EuropeChange: 0

Air transport movements top 10 in Europe

(x1000)1

Ranking

2025

Compared to 2024 in %

 

1

Istanbul Airport

IST

539

+

6.1%

 

2

London Heathrow

LHR

478

+

0.8%

 

3

Amsterdam

AMS

478

+

0.8%

 

4

Paris Charles de Gaulle

CDG

474

+

2.8%

 

5

Frankfurt

FRA

450

+

4.7%

 

6

Madrid

MAD

407

+

2.2%

 

7

Barcelona

BCN

347

+

3.9%

 

8

Munich

MUC

319

+

3.8%

 

9

Rome Fiumicino

FCO

315

+

2.2%

 

10

Istanbul Sabiha

SAW

269

+

13.4%

  • Top 10 airports in Europe in air transport movements -- Source: ACI on 26-2-2026


Cargo transport top 10 in Europe

(x1000 tonnes)1

Ranking

2025

Compared to 2024 in %

 

1

Frankfurt

FRA

1,993

+

2.0%

 

2

Istanbul Airport

IST

1,967

-

0.6%

 

3

Paris Charles de Gaulle

CDG

1,921

+

2.3%

 

4

London Heathrow

LHR

1,549

+

0.8%

 

5

Amsterdam

AMS

1,429

-

4.2%

 

6

Leipzig

LGG

1,388

+

0.2%

 

7

Liège

LEJ

1,323

+

13.9%

 

8

Madrid

MAD

840

+

9.6%

 

9

Cologne

CGN

830

+

0.2%

 

10

Luxembourg

LUX

818

-

0.9%

  • Top 10 airports in Europe in cargo -- Source: ACI on 26-2-2026

Passenger transport (excl. transit-direct) top 10 in Europe

(x1000 excl. transit-direct)1

Ranking

2025

Compared to 2024 in %

 

1

London Heathrow

LHR

84,463

+

0.7%

 

2

Istanbul Airport

IST

84,385

+

5.5%

 

3

Paris Charles de Gaulle

CDG

71,992

+

2.5%

 

4

Amsterdam

AMS

68,771

+

2.9%

 

5

Madrid

MAD

68,063

+

2.9%

 

6

Frankfurt

FRA

63,121

+

2.6%

 

7

Barcelona

BCN

57,384

+

4.5%

 

8

Rome Fiumicino

FCO

50,866

+

4.5%

 

9

Istanbul Sabiha

SAW

48,415

+

16.7%

 

10

Moscow Sheremetyevo

SVO

43,427

-

0.6%

  • Top 10 airports in Europe in passengers -- Source: ACI on 26-2-2026


Regional airports

2025

Compared to
2024 in %

Eindhoven Airport

Air transport movements

41,011

0.5%

Passengers (excl. transit-direct)

6.8 million

0.3%

Destinations

76

- 3

Rotterdam The Hague Airport

Air transport movements

16,317

1.8%

Passengers (excl. transit-direct)

2.4 million

5.2%

Destinations

54

- 2

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