List of the busiest airports in the Republic of Ireland

The following tables show 2008 to 2022 passenger traffic statistics for all airports in the Republic of Ireland, ranked by total passenger traffic each year. The data also shows available total aircraft movements at each airport based on statistics published by the Irish Aviation Authority.

Cork Airport
Shannon Airport

Dublin Airport is the largest airport in Ireland, and in 2018 was the 13th busiest airport in Europe. Ireland has four main airports: Cork, Dublin, Shannon and Knock. There are also smaller regional airports at Donegal, Kerry, Galway, Sligo and Waterford. The latter three, as of July 2019, do not have any scheduled flights.

Many airlines serve Ireland with Aer Lingus, Aer Lingus Regional and Ryanair having a significant presence at Irish airports. North American airlines serving Ireland include Air Canada, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines.

Ireland is well connected with Europe mainly through Dublin, Shannon and Cork Airports. The United Kingdom is the most flown to country from Ireland.[1] Transatlantic flights are available at Dublin Airport and Shannon Airports. US preclearance is available at both Dublin and Shannon Airports, two of fifteen US preclearance airports in the world.[2]

At a glance edit

The graph shows the yearly total passenger numbers handled by Irish airports.

Annual passenger traffic at DUB ORK SNN NOC CFN NNR IOR airports.See Wikidata query.

Table per year edit

2022 data edit

Rank
2022
AirportLocationCode
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
Passengers
2021
Total
Passengers
2022
Passengers
Change
2021/22
Aircraft
movements
2022
1Dublin AirportDublinDUB/EIDW8,266,27127,793,346[3] 236%
2 Cork AirportCorkORK/EICK0255,01402,238,455[3] 777%
3 Shannon AirportClareSNN/EINN0322,16201,421,986[3] 341%
4Ireland West AirportMayoNOC/EIKN0174,02700709,540[3] 307%
5Kerry AirportKerryKIR/EIKY0115,39800355,043[3] 208%
6Donegal AirportDonegalCFN/EIDL0014,60300036,934[3] 153%
TOTAL9,147,47532,555,204 256%

2021 data edit

Rank
2021
AirportLocationCode
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
Passengers
2020
Total
Passengers
2021
Passengers
Change
2020/21
Aircraft
movements
2021
1Dublin AirportDublinDUB/EIDW7,267,2408,266,271[4] 14%
2 Shannon AirportClareSNN/EINN0273,5850322,162[4] 18%
3 Cork AirportCorkORK/EICK0527,0140255,014[4] 52%
4Ireland West AirportMayoNOC/EIKN00142,5320174,027[4] 22%
5Kerry AirportKerryKIR/EIKY0082,95900115,398[4] 39%
6Donegal AirportDonegalCFN/EIDL00018,0670014,603[4] 19%
7Connemara AirportGalwayNNR/EICA0008,890000
8Inishmore AerodromeGalwayIOR/EIIM00008,831000
TOTAL8,325,3079,147,475 10%

2020 data edit

Rank
2018
AirportLocationCode
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
Passengers
2019
Total
Passengers
2020
Passengers
Change
2018/19
Aircraft
movements
2020
1Dublin AirportDublinDUB/EIDW32,676,2517,267,240[5] 77.8%
2Cork AirportCorkORK/EICK02,585,4660527,014[5] 79.6%
3Shannon AirportClareSNN/EINN01,616,4220273,585[5] 83.1%
4Ireland West AirportMayoNOC/EIKN00805,4430142,532[5] 82.3%
5Kerry AirportKerryKIR/EIKY00369,8360082,959[5] 77.6%
6Donegal AirportDonegalCFN/EIDL00048,5420018,067[5] 62.8%
7Connemara AirportGalwayNNR/EICA00015,3820008,890[5] 42.2%
8Inishmore AerodromeGalwayIOR/EIIM00008,8310005,020[5] 43.2%
TOTAL38,126,1738,325,307 78.2%

2019 data edit

Rank
2018
AirportLocationCode
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
Passengers
2018
Total
Passengers
2019
Passengers
Change
2018/19
Aircraft
movements
2019
1Dublin AirportDublinDUB/EIDW31,319,41932,676,251[6] 4.3%232,138[7]
2Cork AirportCorkORK/EICK02,387,80602,585,466[6] 8.3%021,556
3Shannon AirportClareSNN/EINN01,677,61101,616,422[6] 3.7%018,833
4Ireland West AirportMayoNOC/EIKN00775,06300805,443[6] 3.9%
5Kerry AirportKerryKIR/EIKY00365,33900369,836[6] 1.2%
6Donegal AirportDonegalCFN/EIDL00046,53700048,542[6] 4.3%
7Connemara AirportGalwayNNR/EICA00015,32200015,382[6] 0.4%
8Inishmore AerodromeGalwayIOR/EIIM00008,81400008,831[6] 0.2%
TOTAL36,595,96138,126,173 4.2%

2018 data edit

Rank
2018
AirportLocationCode
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
Passengers
2017
Total
Passengers
2018
Passengers
Change
2017/18
Aircraft
movements
2018
1Dublin AirportDublinDUB/EIDW29,454,47431,319,419[8] 6.3%
2Cork AirportCorkORK/EICK02,301,45002,387,806[8] 3.8%
3Shannon AirportClareSNN/EINN01,599,39001,677,611[8] 4.9%
4Ireland West AirportMayoNOC/EIKN00748,50500775,063[8] 3.5%
5Kerry AirportKerryKIR/EIKY00335,48000365,339[8] 8.9%
6Donegal AirportDonegalCFN/EIDL00046,51400046,537[8] 0.0%
7Connemara AirportGalwayNNR/EICA00016,43700015,322[8] 6.8%
8Inishmore AerodromeGalwayIOR/EIIM00009,33500008,814[8] 5.6%
TOTAL34,511,58536,595,961 6.0%

2017 data edit

Rank
2017
AirportLocationCode
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
Passengers
2016
Total
Passengers
2017
Passengers
Change
2016/17
Aircraft
movements
2017
1Dublin AirportDublinDUB/EIDW27,778,88829,454,474[8] 006.0%215,829
2Cork AirportCorkORK/EICK02,226,23302,301,450[8] 003.4%
3Shannon AirportClareSNN/EINN01,674,56701,599,390[8] 004.5%
4Ireland West AirportMayoNOC/EIKN00735,86900748,505[8] 001.7%
5Kerry AirportKerryKIR/EIKY00325,67000335,480[8] 003.0%
6Donegal AirportDonegalCFN/EIDL00044,15600046,514[8] 005.3%
7Connemara AirportGalwayNNR/EICA00021,34500016,437[8] 023.0%
8 Inishmore AerodromeGalwayIOR/EIIM00012,66700009,335[8] 026.3%
9 Waterford AirportWaterfordWAT/EIWF00013,51100000000[8] 100.0%
TOTAL32,832,90634,511,585 005.1%

2016 data edit

Rank
2016
AirportLocationCode
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
Passengers
2015
Total
Passengers
2016
Passengers
Change
2015/16
Aircraft
movements
2016
1Dublin AirportDublinDUB/EIDW24,962,51827,778,888[8] 11.3%
2Cork AirportCorkORK/EICK02,065,67802,226,233[8] 07.8%
3Shannon AirportClareSNN/EINN01,680,27201,674,567[8] 00.3%
4Ireland West AirportMayoNOC/EIKN00684,67100735,869[8] 07.5%
5Kerry AirportKerryKIR/EIKY00303,03900325,670[8] 07.5%
6Donegal AirportDonegalCFN/EIDL00036,55200044,156[8] 20.8%
7 Connemara AirportGalwayNNR/EICA00019,75300021,345[8] 08.1%
8 Waterford AirportWaterfordWAT/EIWF00034,24900013,511[8] 60.6%
9Inishmore AerodromeGalwayIOR/EIIM00012,07100012,667[8] 04.9%
TOTAL29,761,41932,832,906 10.3%

2015 data edit

Rank
2015
AirportLocationCode
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
Passengers
2014
Total
Passengers
2015
Passengers
Change
2014/15
Aircraft
movements
2015
1Dublin AirportDublinDUB/EIDW21,694,89324,962,518[8] 15.1%
2Cork AirportCorkORK/EICK02,138,05702,065,678[8] 03.4%
3Shannon AirportClareSNN/EINN01,555,22501,680,272[8] 08.0%
4Ireland West AirportMayoNOC/EIKN00703,67000684,671[8] 02.7%
5Kerry AirportKerryKIR/EIKY00294,95500303,039[8] 02.7%
6Donegal AirportDonegalCFN/EIDL00035,41500036,552[8] 03.2%
7Waterford AirportWaterfordWAT/EIWF00033,18900034,249[8] 03.2%
8Connemara AirportGalwayNNR/EICA00019,23600019,753[8] 02.7%
9Inishmore AerodromeGalwayIOR/EIIM00011,49100012,071[8] 05.0%
TOTAL26,486,13129,761,419 12.4%

2014 data edit

Rank
2014
AirportLocationCode
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
Passengers
2013
Total
Passengers
2014
Passengers
Change
2013/14
Aircraft
movements
2014
1Dublin AirportDublinDUB/EIDW20,148,57421,694,893[9] 07.7%174,383[10]
2Cork AirportCorkORK/EICK02,252,63602,138,057[9] 05.1%021,395[10]
3Shannon AirportClareSNN/EINN01,308,24201,555,225[9] 18.9%020,005[10]
4Ireland West AirportMayoNOC/EIKN00665,55800703,670[9] 05.7%
5Kerry AirportKerryKIR/EIKY00306,04200294,955[9] 03.6%
6Donegal AirportDonegalCFN/EIDL00033,76800035,415[9] 04.9%
7Waterford AirportWaterfordWAT/EIWF00028,16800033,189[9] 17.8%
8Connemara AirportGalwayNNR/EICA00020,35400019,236[9] 05.5%
9Inishmore AerodromeGalwayIOR/EIIM00012,39300011,491[9] 07.3%
TOTAL24,775,73526,486,131 06.9%215,783

2013 data edit

Rank
2013
AirportLocationCode
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
Passengers
2012
Total
Passengers
2013
Passengers
Change
2012/13
Aircraft
movements
2013
1Dublin AirportDublinDUB/EIDW19,090,78120,148,574[9] 05.5%163,703[10]
2Cork AirportCorkORK/EICK02,333,64302,252,636[9] 03.5%018,030[10]
3Shannon AirportClareSNN/EINN01,286,13901,308,242[9] 01.7%020,800[10]
4Ireland West AirportMayoNOC/EIKN00677,36800665,558[9] 01.7%
5Kerry AirportKerryKIR/EIKY00286,44200306,042[9] 06.8%
6 Donegal AirportDonegalCFN/EIDL00029,22600033,768[9] 15.5%
7 Waterford AirportWaterfordWAT/EIWF00077,87500028,168[9] 63.8%
8Connemara AirportGalwayNNR/EICA00019,49000020,354[9] 04.4%
9Inishmore AerodromeGalwayIOR/EIIM00012,12600012,393[9] 02.2%
TOTAL23,813,09024,775,735 04.0%202,533

2012 data edit

Rank
2012
AirportLocationCode
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
Passengers
2011
Total
Passengers
2012
Passengers
Change
2011/12
Aircraft
movements
2012
1Dublin AirportDublinDUB/EIDW18,740,07819,090,781[11] 001.9%156,582[10]
2Cork AirportCorkORK/EICK02,356,62902,333,643[11] 001.0%018,200[10]
3Shannon AirportClareSNN/EINN01,364,83101,286,139[11] 005.8%021,784[10]
4Ireland West AirportMayoNOC/EIKN00653,63700677,368[11] 003.6%
5Kerry AirportKerryKIR/EIKY00310,93700286,442[11] 007.9%
6Waterford AirportWaterfordWAT/EIWF00081,57500077,875[11] 004.5%
7 0 Donegal AirportDonegalCFN/EIDL00038,30900029,226[11] 023.7%
8 0 Connemara AirportGalwayNNR/EICA00017,96600019,490[11] 008.5%
9 0 Inishmore AerodromeGalwayIOR/EIIM00010,62900012,126[11] 014.1%
10 Galway AirportGalwayGWY/EICM00067,00200000000[11] 100.0%
11Sligo AirportSligoSXL/EISG00007,11100000000[11] 100.0%
TOTAL23,657,70423,813,090 000.7%196,566

2011 data edit

Rank
2011
AirportLocationCode
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
Passengers
2010
Total
Passengers
2011
Passengers
Change
2010/11
Aircraft
movements
2011
1Dublin AirportDublinDUB/EIDW18,426,82318,749,078[11] 01.7%154,457[10]
2Cork AirportCorkORK/EICK02,422,87202,356,629[11] 02.7%019,275[10]
3Shannon AirportClareSNN/EINN01,531,30901,364,831[11] 10.9%022,173[10]
4Ireland West AirportMayoNOC/EIKN00586,39300653,637[11] 11.5%
5Kerry AirportKerryKIR/EIKY00383,86600310,937[11] 19.0%
6 0 Waterford AirportWaterfordWAT/EIWF00103,98600081,575[11] 21.6%
7 0 Galway AirportGalwayGWY/EICM00154,81400067,002[11] 56.7%
8Donegal AirportDonegalCFN/EIDL00046,82500038,309[11] 18.2%
9 0 Connemara AirportGalwayNNR/EICA00019,61200017,966[11] 08.4%
10 Inishmore AerodromeGalwayIOR/EIIM00011,65000010,629[11] 08.8%
11 Sligo AirportSligoSXL/EISG00021,07700007,111[11] 66.3%
TOTAL23,709,22723,657,704 00.2%195,905

2010 data edit

Rank
2010
AirportLocationCode
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
Passengers
2009
Total
Passengers
2010
Passengers
Change
2009/10
Aircraft
movements
2010
1Dublin AirportDublinDUB/EIDW20,507,44618,426,823[11] 10.1%153,101[10]
2Cork AirportCorkORK/EICK02,767,77602,422,872[11] 12.5%018,771[10]
3Shannon AirportClareSNN/EINN02,579,67601,531,309[11] 40.6%023,626[10]
4Ireland West AirportMayoNOC/EIKN00606,46400586,393[11] 03.3%
5Kerry AirportKerryKIR/EIKY00356,73800383,866[11] 07.6%
6Galway AirportGalwayGWY/EICM00195,80400154,814[11] 20.9%
7Waterford AirportWaterfordWAT/EIWF00110,82600103,986[11] 06.2%
8Donegal AirportDonegalCFN/EIDL00050,76100046,825[11] 07.8%
9Sligo AirportSligoSXL/EISG00026,70600021,077[11] 21.1%
10Connemara AirportGalwayNNR/EICA00018,86900019,612[11] 03.9%
11Inishmore AerodromeGalwayIOR/EIIM00009,87200011,650[11] 18.0%
TOTAL27,230,93823,709,227 12.9%195,498

2009 data edit

Rank
2009
AirportLocationCode
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
Passengers
2008
Total
Passengers
2009
Passengers
Change
2008/09
Aircraft
movements
2009
1Dublin AirportDublinDUB/EIDW23,507,20520,507,446[11] 12.8%169,087[10]
2Cork AirportCorkORK/EICK03,259,10902,767,776[11] 15.1%027,691[10]
3Shannon AirportClareSNN/EINN02,956,32702,579,676[11] 12.7%025,949[10]
4Ireland West AirportMayoNOC/EIKN00630,80600606,464[11] 03.9%
5Kerry AirportKerryKIR/EIKY00426,11500356,738[11] 16.3%
6Galway AirportGalwayGWY/EICM00266,47300195,804[11] 26.5%
7Waterford AirportWaterfordWAT/EIWF00144,25300110,826[11] 23.2%
8Donegal AirportDonegalCFN/EIDL00065,53900050,761[11] 22.5%
9Sligo AirportSligoSXL/EISG00042,49300026,706[11] 37.2%
10Connemara AirportGalwayNNR/EICA00019,44200018,869[11] 02.9%
11Inishmore AerodromeGalwayIOR/EIIM000010,62800009,872[11] 07.1%
TOTAL31,328,39027,230,938 13.1%222,727

See also edit

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