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  • Almost 25 million passengers passed through Irish airports in 2013. Dublin airport accounted for 8 out of 10 of these passengers.
  • In 2013, more air passengers flew on the Dublin - Heathrow route than on any other route.
Table 7.1 Total passenger numbers1 handled by all airports, 2008 - 2013
      Number
Airport200820092010201120122013
       
Connemara19,44218,86919,61217,96619,49020,354
Cork3,259,1092,767,7762,422,8722,356,6292,333,6432,252,636
Donegal65,53950,76146,82538,30929,22633,768
Dublin23,507,20520,507,44618,426,82318,749,07819,090,78120,148,574
Galway2266,473195,804154,81467,002--
Inishmore10,6289,87211,65010,62912,12612,393
Kerry426,115356,738383,866310,937286,442306,042
Knock630,806606,464586,393653,637677,368665,558
Shannon2,956,3272,579,6761,531,3091,364,8311,286,1391,308,242
Sligo242,49326,70621,0777,111--
Waterford144,253110,826103,98681,57577,87528,168
       
Total31,328,39027,230,93823,709,22723,657,70423,813,09024,775,735
       
1 Passenger numbers refer to commercial passengers only. Transit passengers are counted twice (i.e. both as
   arriving and departing passengers).    
2 Galway and Sligo ceased commercial flights during 2011   
Source: CSO
Table 7.2 Passenger numbers handled by the main airports per month, 2013
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
 
January135,7571,157,65013,87032,07659,3471,398,700
February135,7251,166,40815,76234,87655,9711,408,742
March165,0861,550,93020,75943,82888,0751,868,678
April184,4511,610,42426,84255,61096,5871,973,914
May210,3531,850,19731,21764,328122,8132,278,908
June239,8701,999,41631,16669,563154,2122,494,227
July264,8642,175,72734,35278,998166,0222,719,963
August246,6072,155,20335,51385,650166,5072,689,480
September202,2681,880,96130,44962,740133,5462,309,964
October189,4051,780,92829,63762,255106,8502,169,075
November140,0711,410,82418,48538,45777,3991,685,236
December138,1791,409,90617,99037,17780,9131,684,165
      
Total2,252,63620,148,574306,042665,5581,308,24224,681,052
       
Source: CSO

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Table 7.3 Passenger numbers handled by the main airports classified by national and international traffic per month, 2013
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
       
All passengers      
January135,7571,157,65013,87032,07659,3471,398,700
February135,7251,166,40815,76234,87655,9711,408,742
March165,0861,550,93020,75943,82888,0751,868,678
April184,4511,610,42426,84255,61096,5871,973,914
May210,3531,850,19731,21764,328122,8132,278,908
June239,8701,999,41631,16669,563154,2122,494,227
July264,8642,175,72734,35278,998166,0222,719,963
August246,6072,155,20335,51385,650166,5072,689,480
September202,2681,880,96130,44962,740133,5462,309,964
October189,4051,780,92829,63762,255106,8502,169,075
November140,0711,410,82418,48538,45777,3991,685,236
December138,1791,409,90617,99037,17780,9131,684,165
      
Total passengers2,252,63620,148,574306,042665,5581,308,24224,681,052
      
National traffic 
January8313,1711,83007256,557
February8013,5311,909006,241
March1,0434,2692,19303,42610,931
April9854,2992,24501927,721
May45,4722,806008,282
June345,8792,80802328,953
July1827,3163,4500010,948
August347,9603,8960011,890
September1497,0993,690050411,442
October2055,8742,9420389,059
November1264,1152,51501096,865
December595,2142,60301,2699,145
    
Total national traffic4,45364,19932,88706,495108,034
      
International traffic 
January134,9261,154,47912,04032,07658,6221,392,143
February134,9241,162,87713,85334,87655,9711,402,501
March164,0431,546,66118,56643,82884,6491,857,747
April183,4661,606,12524,59755,61096,3951,966,193
May210,3491,844,72528,41164,328122,8132,270,626
June239,8361,993,53728,35869,563153,9802,485,274
July264,6822,168,41130,90278,998166,0222,709,015
August246,5732,147,24331,61785,650166,5072,677,590
September202,1191,873,86226,75962,740133,0422,298,522
October189,2001,775,05426,69562,255106,8122,160,016
November139,9451,406,70915,97038,45777,2901,678,371
December138,1201,404,69215,38737,17779,6441,675,020
     
Total international traffic2,248,18320,084,375273,155665,5581,301,74724,573,018
       
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.4 Passenger numbers handled by the main airports classified by arrivals and departures per month, 2013
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
       
All passengers      
January135,7571,157,65013,87032,07659,3471,398,700
February135,7251,166,40815,76234,87655,9711,408,742
March165,0861,550,93020,75943,82888,0751,868,678
April184,4511,610,42426,84255,61096,5871,973,914
May210,3531,850,19731,21764,328122,8132,278,908
June239,8701,999,41631,16669,563154,2122,494,227
July264,8642,175,72734,35278,998166,0222,719,963
August246,6072,155,20335,51385,650166,5072,689,480
September202,2681,880,96130,44962,740133,5462,309,964
October189,4051,780,92829,63762,255106,8502,169,075
November140,0711,410,82418,48538,45777,3991,685,236
December138,1791,409,90617,99037,17780,9131,684,165
      
Total passengers2,252,63620,148,574306,042665,5581,308,24224,681,052
      
Arrivals 
January65,456574,5925,91113,88627,261687,106
February67,972586,1237,84817,31327,724706,980
March81,693767,64410,79822,23442,264924,633
April92,168819,25112,70726,48648,220998,832
May101,964904,68915,75831,79060,2121,114,413
June113,654961,99514,84533,23472,9831,196,711
July136,2121,100,14917,82840,50082,7191,377,408
August126,0021,102,02317,86442,71580,7191,369,323
September100,652950,24514,69229,88464,0141,159,487
October95,690891,89314,88331,27151,5491,085,286
November70,227710,2508,87119,13138,044846,523
December70,544703,9579,78319,68543,835847,804
    
Total arrivals1,122,23410,072,811151,788328,129639,54412,314,506
      
Departures 
January70,301583,0587,95918,19032,086711,594
February67,753580,2857,91417,56328,247701,762
March83,393783,2869,96121,59445,811944,045
April92,283791,17314,13529,12448,367975,082
May108,389945,50815,45932,53862,6011,164,495
June126,2161,037,42116,32136,32981,2291,297,516
July128,6521,075,57816,52438,49883,3031,342,555
August120,6051,053,18017,64942,93585,7881,320,157
September101,616930,71615,75732,85669,5321,150,477
October93,715889,03514,75430,98455,3011,083,789
November69,844700,5749,61419,32639,355838,713
December67,635705,9498,20717,49237,078836,361
     
Total departures1,130,40210,075,763154,254337,429668,69812,366,546
       
Source: CSO

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Table 7.5 Passenger numbers handled by the main airports classified by scheduled and non-scheduled travel per month, 2013
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
       
All passengers      
January135,7571,157,65013,87032,07659,3471,398,700
February135,7251,166,40815,76234,87655,9711,408,742
March165,0861,550,93020,75943,82888,0751,868,678
April184,4511,610,42426,84255,61096,5871,973,914
May210,3531,850,19731,21764,328122,8132,278,908
June239,8701,999,41631,16669,563154,2122,494,227
July264,8642,175,72734,35278,998166,0222,719,963
August246,6072,155,20335,51385,650166,5072,689,480
September202,2681,880,96130,44962,740133,5462,309,964
October189,4051,780,92829,63762,255106,8502,169,075
November140,0711,410,82418,48538,45777,3991,685,236
December138,1791,409,90617,99037,17780,9131,684,165
      
Total passengers2,252,63620,148,574306,042665,5581,308,24224,681,052
      
Scheduled passengers 
January132,3121,138,71613,87030,29957,2181,372,415
February132,5331,146,08715,76233,42954,1421,381,953
March162,2331,515,22619,94443,82879,7621,820,993
April181,9121,596,13626,62242,11090,5831,937,363
May200,7691,809,15231,21747,150112,0672,200,355
June220,1151,920,46231,09145,502132,8102,349,980
July247,4122,091,64634,13554,120151,2002,578,513
August229,4092,073,23035,51361,027151,3622,550,541
September188,5171,815,20329,64344,358117,5052,195,226
October186,5991,758,08829,47746,320103,7112,124,195
November139,6691,401,67918,31335,61975,7441,671,024
December137,7851,394,51117,99036,07574,3451,660,706
    
Total scheduled2,159,26519,660,136303,577519,8371,200,44923,843,264
      
Non-scheduled passengers 
January3,44518,93401,7772,12926,285
February3,19220,32101,4471,82926,789
March2,85335,70481508,31347,685
April2,53914,28822013,5006,00436,551
May9,58441,045017,17810,74678,553
June19,75578,9547524,06121,402144,247
July17,45284,08121724,87814,822141,450
August17,19881,973024,62315,145138,939
September13,75165,75880618,38216,041114,738
October2,80622,84016015,9353,13944,880
November4029,1451722,8381,65514,212
December39415,39501,1026,56823,459
     
Total non-scheduled93,371488,4382,465145,721107,793837,788
       
Source: CSO

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Table 7.6 Number of flights handled by the main airports classified by national and international traffic per month, 2013
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
       
All flights      
January1,49111,21326140279714,164
February1,32710,44824036670413,085
March1,49712,42327843790915,544
April1,70613,24031454599316,798
May1,81014,6023306001,17818,520
June1,98715,0093276411,31719,281
July2,11816,0303246531,37020,495
August1,97815,7993086431,30920,037
September1,78214,7813166161,21518,710
October1,69414,3263175761,06617,979
November1,40712,14624036487915,036
December1,37611,95922535591114,826
      
Total flights20,173161,9763,4806,19812,648204,475
      
National traffic 
January43295121091550
February29272112076489
March20283122089514
April34288116086524
May17300124082523
June15286120074495
July36306124086552
August20302122079523
September30292119083524
October37301119084541
November31283116077507
December12266107081466
    
Total national flights3243,4741,42209886,208
      
International traffic 
January1,44810,91814040270613,614
February1,29810,17612836662812,596
March1,47712,14015643782015,030
April1,67212,95219854590716,274
May1,79314,3022066001,09617,997
June1,97214,7232076411,24318,786
July2,08215,7242006531,28419,943
August1,95815,4971866431,23019,514
September1,75214,4891976161,13218,186
October1,65714,02519857698217,438
November1,37611,86312436480214,529
December1,36411,69311835583014,360
     
Total international flights19,849158,5022,0586,19811,660198,267
       
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.7 Number of flights handled by the main airports classified by arrivals and departures per month, 2013
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
       
All flights      
January1,49111,21326140279714,164
February1,32710,44824036670413,085
March1,49712,42327843790915,544
April1,70613,24031454599316,798
May1,81014,6023306001,17818,520
June1,98715,0093276411,31719,281
July2,11816,0303246531,37020,495
August1,97815,7993086431,30920,037
September1,78214,7813166161,21518,710
October1,69414,3263175761,06617,979
November1,40712,14624036487915,036
December1,37611,95922535591114,826
      
Total flights20,173161,9763,4806,19812,648204,475
      
Arrivals 
January7455,6121302003987,085
February6705,2321201833546,559
March7546,2131392184517,775
April8576,6271572735008,414
May9097,3001652985889,260
June1,0017,5111633226539,650
July1,0648,03316232668610,271
August9997,91215432265210,039
September8937,4081593096089,377
October8507,1791582895349,010
November7006,0811191824407,522
December6895,9721131774687,419
    
Total arrivals10,13181,0801,7393,0996,332102,381
      
Departures 
January7465,6011312023997,079
February6575,2161201833506,526
March7436,2101392194587,769
April8496,6131572724938,384
May9017,3021653025909,260
June9867,4981643196649,631
July1,0547,99716232768410,224
August9797,8871543216579,998
September8897,3731573076079,333
October8447,1471592875328,969
November7076,0651211824397,514
December6875,9871121784437,407
     
Total departures10,04280,8961,7413,0996,316102,094
       
Source: CSO

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Table 7.8 Number of flights handled by the main airports classified by scheduled and non-scheduled travel per month, 2013
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
       
All flights      
January1,49111,21326140279714,164
February1,32710,44824036670413,085
March1,49712,42327843790915,544
April1,70613,24031454599316,798
May1,81014,6023306001,17818,520
June1,98715,0093276411,31719,281
July2,11816,0303246531,37020,495
August1,97815,7993086431,30920,037
September1,78214,7813166161,21518,710
October1,69414,3263175761,06617,979
November1,40712,14624036487915,036
December1,37611,95922535591114,826
      
Total flights20,173161,9763,4806,19812,648204,475
      
Scheduled flights 
January1,45511,05326139277313,934
February1,29510,25524035868912,837
March1,47212,15027043785015,179
April1,68213,10931243394016,476
May1,73914,2753304761,09917,919
June1,84314,4523264821,16418,267
July1,97815,4333184881,25719,474
August1,84115,2253084851,20219,061
September1,67414,2663094741,10717,830
October1,66814,1253154441,03317,585
November1,39812,03923833886014,873
December1,36611,80922534785214,599
    
Total scheduled19,411158,1913,4525,15411,826198,034
      
Non-scheduled flights 
January3616001024230
February321930815248
March252738059365
April24131211253322
May71327012479601
June14455711591531,014
July14059761651131,021
August1375740158107976
September1085157142108880
October26201213233394
November910722619163
December101500859227
     
Total non-scheduled7623,785281,0448226,441
       
Source: CSO

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Table 7.9 Air freight handled by the main airports classified by national and international traffic per month, 2013
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
       
Air freight      
January519,311011,42610,789
February518,755021,1609,968
March529,367021,21710,637
April538,852011,42010,326
May599,328011,26110,649
June499,111011,30010,460
July7810,100001,01211,189
August498,889019529,891
September509,4450196710,463
October5310,156021,15611,367
November5710,192011,08811,339
December509,9760196210,989
      
Total air freight651113,48201313,921128,067
      
National freight traffic 
January5456009121,373
February3360007771,140
March1347007721,119
April5427009231,355
May2352007191,073
June5392007961,193
July539900493897
August233400439774
September347900493975
October4496005421,043
November443800492933
December541800458881
    
Total national freight444,899007,81512,757
      
International freight traffic 
January468,855015159,417
February498,395023838,828
March519,020024459,518
April488,425014978,971
May578,976015429,576
June448,718015049,267
July729,7010051910,292
August488,555015139,116
September468,966014749,488
October499,6600261410,324
November539,7550159710,406
December459,5570150410,107
     
Total international freight607108,5830136,107115,310
       
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.10 Air freight handled by the main airports classified by arrivals and departures per month, 2013
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
       
Air freight      
January519,311011,42610,789
February518,755021,1609,968
March529,367021,21710,637
April538,852011,42010,326
May599,328011,26110,649
June499,111011,30010,460
July7810,100001,01211,189
August498,889019529,891
September509,4450196710,463
October5310,156021,15611,367
November5710,192011,08811,339
December509,9760196210,989
      
Total air freight651113,48201313,921128,067
      
Arrivals 
January304,959016365,627
February314,609025995,240
March355,016026665,719
April334,793017235,550
May424,962016215,627
June324,949016565,638
July375,372005105,920
August324,774015175,323
September334,920014735,427
October345,551025406,127
November335,520015256,079
December285,477014946,000
    
Total freight arrivals39960,9010136,96268,276
      
Departures 
January214,352007905,163
February214,146005614,728
March174,351005514,919
April204,059006974,776
May174,366006395,022
June174,162006434,822
July414,727005025,270
August184,115004354,567
September174,525004945,036
October194,606006165,240
November244,673005635,260
December224,499004684,989
     
Total freight departures25252,580006,95959,791
       
Source: CSO

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Table 7.11 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Dublin airport by number of passengers, 2013
   Number
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
   
London - Heathrow812,716851,2891,664,005
London - Gatwick497,097481,425978,522
London - Stansted364,885360,738725,623
Paris - Charles De Gaulle316,170315,312631,482
Manchester311,799311,609623,408
New York - John F Kennedy291,763296,109587,872
Birmingham282,088280,831562,919
Frankfurt255,560255,416510,976
Amsterdam Schiphol 248,401250,707499,108
Malaga221,527218,616440,143
    
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.12 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Cork airport by number of passengers, 2013
   Number
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
    
London - Heathrow192,757198,984391,741
London - Stansted119,378118,924238,302
Amsterdam Schiphol 85,49486,844172,338
London - Gatwick58,95059,068118,018
Malaga55,88455,886111,770
Lanzarote47,22843,90491,132
Paris - Charles De Gaulle42,47142,66185,132
Faro40,48541,44181,926
Manchester37,03239,19976,231
Birmingham37,42338,13275,555
    
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.13 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Knock airport by number of passengers, 2013
   Number
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
 
London - Stansted55,62559,047114,672
London - Luton52,26152,869105,130
Liverpool - John Lennon41,90143,22085,121
London - Gatwick33,48234,20267,684
East Midlands28,96029,68958,649
Faro15,14815,35130,499
Bristol13,51013,89827,408
Birmingham12,50513,11825,623
Manchester12,70912,67125,380
Lanzarote11,81212,16223,974
    
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.14 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Shannon airport by number of passengers, 2013
   Number
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
 
London - Heathrow124,925133,325258,250
London - Stansted93,50389,978183,481
Newark53,09854,636107,734
London - Gatwick52,64952,087104,736
New York - John F Kennedy51,38251,302102,684
Boston - Logan35,35436,79972,153
Manchester27,01626,92153,937
Lanzarote21,24122,82744,068
Palma De Mallorca17,17817,14534,323
Wroclaw - Strachowice17,17617,03834,214
    
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.15 Top 5 arrivals and departures for Kerry airport by number of passengers, 2013
   Number
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
 
London - Luton46,55349,73396,286
London - Stansted39,41237,80377,215
Frankfurt - Hahn28,20628,02656,232
Dublin16,14816,73932,887
Alicante11,00511,15022,155
    
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.16 Number of passengers handled by the main Irish airports by country of flight stage origin and destination, 2013
     Number
ContinentCountry ArrivalsDeparturesTotal
      
EuropeAustria 63,59663,246126,842
 Belgium 211,014211,760422,774
 Czech Republic 52,49453,514106,008
 Denmark 127,744124,986252,730
 France 783,611785,4681,569,079
 Germany 753,070754,1351,507,205
 Hungary 83,38179,998163,379
 Italy 485,646478,716964,362
 Latvia 53,46754,295107,762
 Lithuania 83,51283,382166,894
 Netherlands 401,421405,854807,275
 Norway 63,52066,282129,802
 Poland 468,714459,388928,102
 Portugal 344,786341,060685,846
 Spain 1,114,3281,102,2992,216,627
 Sweden 74,69975,375150,074
 Switzerland 159,358160,087319,445
 UK - England 4,337,7194,385,7758,723,494
 UK - Northern Ireland 9607401,700
 UK - Scotland 418,360416,808835,168
 UK - Wales 32,04332,27664,319
 UK - Other 24,41724,89249,309
 Total UK 4,813,4994,860,4919,673,990
 Other  241,526236,955478,481
 Total Europe10,379,38610,397,29120,776,677
North AmericaCanada56,51261,748118,260
USA 1,037,9921,051,8802,089,872
Other12526151
Total North America 1,094,6291,113,6542,208,283
  
AfricaCanary Islands409,416412,709822,125
Other 14,62714,56629,193
Total Africa 424,043427,275851,318
 
AsiaTurkey112,842112,681225,523
United Arab Emirates252,583252,116504,699
Other5735901,163
Total Asia 365,998365,387731,385
Other1Total other 2,6552,7005,355
   
All continents12,266,71112,306,30724,573,018
      
1 Due to residual coding errors some passengers cannot be assigned a country of flight origin/destination
Source: CSO

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Table 7.17 Number of flights, passengers and tonnage of freight handled by main Irish airports and aircraft make 2013
            
AircraftArrival Departure Total
FlightsPassengersFreight FlightsPassengersFreight FlightsPassengersFreight
            
 NumberNumberTonnes NumberNumberTonnes NumberNumberTonnes
            
ATR 42-200/42-3004,945137,419539 4,887136,813362 9,832274,232901
ATR 729,004438,655130 9,008442,52892 18,012881,183222
Airbus A300B2/B4/C4440974 440772 8801,746
Airbus A300B4-600/C4-6004291,33612,477 4301,37611,295 8592,71223,772
Airbus A310/CC-1508819,70140 8819,86124 17639,56264
Airbus A3193,556386,655362 3,562384,455119 7,118771,110481
Airbus A32029,1383,715,1226,157 29,1893,744,3014,191 58,3277,459,42310,348
Airbus A3213,314579,4541,201 3,319571,896856 6,6331,151,3502,056
Airbus A330-2001,460327,6466,121 1,461331,9966,147 2,921659,64212,268
Airbus A330-3001,466397,6265,891 1,469408,0698,568 2,935805,69514,459
BAE RJ-853,191225,63083 3,211228,49879 6,402454,128162
Boeing 737-30083073,0832,213 85877,2581,700 1,688150,3413,912
Boeing 737-40055246,8982,439 55445,9142,179 110692,8124,618
Boeing 737-60016415,4488 16216,5588 32632,00616
Boeing 737-80034,8745,068,922271 34,8755,063,969103 69,74910,132,891374
Boeing 767-20099745,36812,092 99344,6159,906 1,99089,98321,998
Boeing 767-300868164,0164,414 868167,2633,536 1,736331,2797,950
Boeing 767-40023890 38828 51,2718
Boeing C-321,940293,528752 1,932297,453613 3,872590,9811,365
Boeing C-4030630,72512 30730,80410 61361,52922
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-4001,71787,0530 1,71184,7561 3,428171,8091
McDonnell Douglas MD-8210712,30054 10711,79518 21424,09572
Other3,389247,53212,044 3,056255,4869,207 6,445503,01821,250
           
Total102,38112,314,50668,276 102,09412,366,54659,791 204,47524,681,052128,067
            
Source: CSO 

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