Source: Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Knock and Kerry airports.
COVID-19 restrictions led to a sharp fall in passengers handled by Irish airports.
The number of passengers in Dublin airport in September 2022 was twice that of September 2021 numbers, but only 91% of the level seen in the same month in 2019 (before COVID-19). There were 3,203,590 passengers handled by the main airports, excluding Kerry, in September 2022 compared with 3,502,589 (excluding Kerry airport) for the same month in 2019.
(Note: Knock airport was closed from April to June 2020 and from February to May 2021. Cork Airport was closed in October 2021. Data for Kerry not available at time of publication.)More detailed statistics can be found under “Data”.
| Dublin | Cork | Shannon | Knock | |
| Percentage change | -12 | -11 | -17 | -13 |
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