Passengers and flights at Irish airports

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Passengers and flights by year

Year	Passengers (000s)	Commercial flights (000s)	Freight (000 tonnes)
2025	43,490.1	295.3	207.9
2024	40,983.3	279.1	190.5
2023	39,186.4	273.8	169.6
2022	32,518.3	236.3	159.6
2021	9,132.9	94.0	161.0
2020	8,293.7	95.3	138.8
2019	38,053.4	273.6	145.9
2018	36,521.1	266.4	157.4
2017	34,439.3	254.4	164.0
2016	32,741.2	247.3	146.8
2015	29,658.8	228.2	149.7
2014	26,386.8	217.1	139.0
2013	24,681.1	204.5	128.1
2012	23,674.4	202.3	127.9
2011	23,502.1	206.8	119.3
2010	23,506.1	209.1	126.2
2009	27,013.9	233.5	117.2
2008	31,046.0	280.4	134.5
2007	31,337.4	283.5	143.6
2006	29,227.1	261.7	145.5
2005	25,688.2	246.4	100.4

Peak year: 2025 (43.5 million passengers). Series stitched from CSO tables TAA01 (2005–2012), TAA03 (2013–2019) and TAA06 (2020–2025); where the tables overlap their passenger figures agree to within 0.5%. See how we calculate.

Scheduled vs unscheduled, arrivals vs departures

	Passengers (000s)	Commercial flights (000s)	Share of passengers
Scheduled	43,105.3	292.4	99.1%
Unscheduled	384.8	2.9	0.9%
Arrivals	21,725.8	147.7
Departures	21,764.3	147.7

Where Irish flights go

Rank	Country	Passengers (000s)	Flights (000s)	Share
1	United Kingdom	13,516.6	105.3	31.1%
2	Spain	4,907.8	28.8	11.3%
3	United States	4,175.1	22.8	9.6%
4	France	2,433.4	17.4	5.6%
5	Italy	2,199.7	13.1	5.1%
6	Germany	2,101.0	15.9	4.8%
7	Portugal	1,750.9	10.8	4%
8	Netherlands	1,553.1	11.7	3.6%
9	Poland	1,125.0	6.4	2.6%
10	United Arab Emirates	673.3	2.1	1.5%
11	Turkiye	610.8	4.1	1.4%
12	Canada	593.7	2.9	1.4%

Countries with 1,000+ passengers in 2025, arrivals and departures combined. Regional aggregates and the UK's constituent nations are excluded to avoid double counting. Linked countries have their own page.

Monthly passengers, last 24 months

Month	Passengers
2026 June	4,366,687
2026 May	4,203,529
2026 April	3,762,750
2026 March	3,423,408
2026 February	2,760,252
2026 January	2,887,753
2025 December	3,184,326
2025 November	3,070,158
2025 October	3,882,603
2025 September	4,003,259
2025 August	4,572,041
2025 July	4,526,558
2025 June	4,265,957
2025 May	4,071,036
2025 April	3,707,927
2025 March	3,096,394
2025 February	2,544,515
2025 January	2,565,315
2024 December	2,832,952
2024 November	2,781,869
2024 October	3,549,811
2024 September	3,827,788
2024 August	4,345,300
2024 July	4,191,222

CSO table TAM08, up to 2026 June (the most recent months are provisional). Busiest month of 2025: 2025 August (4,572,041).

Most common aircraft at Irish airports, 2021

Aircraft	Commercial flights (000s)
Boeing 737-800	45.4
Airbus A320	17.0
Embraer 195/ERJ 190-200	3.4
Airbus A330-300	3.3
ATR 72	2.7
Boeing 767-300	2.5
Boeing 737-400	2.3
Airbus A319	1.7

CSO's aircraft-type table (TAA04) stops at 2021, so this is a pandemic-era snapshot rather than today's fleet. Catch-all "other makes" is excluded.

Source: Central Statistics Office, Aviation Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Passenger and flight figures are published in thousands to one decimal place.