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  • Almost 26.5 million passengers passed through Irish airports in 2014, an increase of 6.9% on 2013. Dublin airport alone accounted for 8 out of 10 of all passengers.

  • In 2014,  the Dublin - Heathrow route carried the most air passengers (1,651,790). 

  • There was a 6.1% increase in the number of passengers travelling by air for the months of June to August 2014 when compared with the same period in 2013.

Passenger numbers
200927.2
201023.7
201123.7
201223.8
201324.8
201426.5
Table 7.1 Total passenger numbers1 handled by all airports, 2009 - 2014
      Number
Airport200920102011201220132014
      
Connemara18,86919,61217,96619,49020,35419,236
Cork2,767,7762,422,8722,356,6292,333,6432,252,6362,138,057
Donegal50,76146,82538,30929,22633,76835,415
Dublin20,507,44618,426,82318,749,07819,090,78120,148,57421,694,893
Galway2195,804154,81467,002---
Inishmore9,87211,65010,62912,12612,39311,491
Kerry356,738383,866310,937286,442306,042294,955
Knock606,464586,393653,637677,368665,558703,670
Shannon2,579,6761,531,3091,364,8311,286,1391,308,2421,555,225
Sligo226,70621,0777,111---
Waterford110,826103,98681,57577,87528,16833,189
      
Total27,230,93823,709,22723,657,70423,813,09024,775,73526,486,131
       
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 by month handled by main airports, 2014
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
 
January129,4851,275,19913,73328,64360,3941,507,454
February126,3591,258,17314,58834,15863,4831,496,761
March144,9411,529,32617,63537,31571,0091,800,226
April182,9211,824,88726,16660,811129,4942,224,279
May195,7371,978,05229,11364,953150,5252,418,380
June232,3382,111,88729,11574,569188,1672,636,076
July248,9242,303,83733,19492,977200,7392,879,671
August243,2862,286,66234,565102,621201,1082,868,242
September193,3282,026,73929,20463,818158,0822,471,171
October182,5101,960,19428,80663,183136,6742,371,367
November131,9561,576,47018,99040,790100,4291,868,635
December126,2721,563,46719,84639,83295,1211,844,538
      
Total2,138,05721,694,893294,955703,6701,555,22526,386,800
       
Source: CSO

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Table 7.3 Passenger numbers classified by national and international traffic by month handled by main airports, 2014
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
       
All passengers      
January129,4851,275,19913,73328,64360,3941,507,454
February126,3591,258,17314,58834,15863,4831,496,761
March144,9411,529,32617,63537,31571,0091,800,226
April182,9211,824,88726,16660,811129,4942,224,279
May195,7371,978,05229,11364,953150,5252,418,380
June232,3382,111,88729,11574,569188,1672,636,076
July248,9242,303,83733,19492,977200,7392,879,671
August243,2862,286,66234,565102,621201,1082,868,242
September193,3282,026,73929,20463,818158,0822,471,171
October182,5101,960,19428,80663,183136,6742,371,367
November131,9561,576,47018,99040,790100,4291,868,635
December126,2721,563,46719,84639,83295,1211,844,538
      
Total passengers2,138,05721,694,893294,955703,6701,555,22526,386,800
      
National traffic 
January03,0381,772004,810
February203,0461,79502425,103
March14,1192,504006,624
April15,0573,13001518,339
May3406,3863,424053510,685
June666,1592,958009,183
July687,9383,561030511,872
August427,8674,0190011,928
September07,3433,920039311,656
October05,6223,54501659,332
November05,3673,03308509,250
December05,4593,655089,122
    
Total national traffic53867,40137,31602,649107,904
      
International traffic 
January129,4851,272,16111,96128,64360,3941,502,644
February126,3391,255,12712,79334,15863,2411,491,658
March144,9401,525,20715,13137,31571,0091,793,602
April182,9201,819,83023,03660,811129,3432,215,940
May195,3971,971,66625,68964,953149,9902,407,695
June232,2722,105,72826,15774,569188,1672,626,893
July248,8562,295,89929,63392,977200,4342,867,799
August243,2442,278,79530,546102,621201,1082,856,314
September193,3282,019,39625,28463,818157,6892,459,515
October182,5101,954,57225,26163,183136,5092,362,035
November131,9561,571,10315,95740,79099,5791,859,385
December126,2721,558,00816,19139,83295,1131,835,416
     
Total international traffic2,137,51921,627,492257,639703,6701,552,57626,278,896
       
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.4 Passenger numbers classified by arrivals and departures by month handled by main airports, 2014
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
       
All passengers      
January129,4851,275,19913,73328,64360,3941,507,454
February126,3591,258,17314,58834,15863,4831,496,761
March144,9411,529,32617,63537,31571,0091,800,226
April182,9211,824,88726,16660,811129,4942,224,279
May195,7371,978,05229,11364,953150,5252,418,380
June232,3382,111,88729,11574,569188,1672,636,076
July248,9242,303,83733,19492,977200,7392,879,671
August243,2862,286,66234,565102,621201,1082,868,242
September193,3282,026,73929,20463,818158,0822,471,171
October182,5101,960,19428,80663,183136,6742,371,367
November131,9561,576,47018,99040,790100,4291,868,635
December126,2721,563,46719,84639,83295,1211,844,538
      
Total passengers2,138,05721,694,893294,955703,6701,555,22526,386,800
      
Arrivals 
January61,552632,7235,84612,68627,950740,757
February62,798632,3807,20716,91032,388751,683
March72,391771,1388,70618,34136,162906,738
April90,748910,52212,98929,99364,4731,108,725
May95,364974,70614,48732,12474,8741,191,555
June110,9541,019,76513,91335,62791,6591,271,918
July128,2041,161,21817,04746,802101,4041,454,675
August123,7561,167,41817,40852,424101,6631,462,669
September95,4921,016,77913,52130,78077,7541,234,326
October92,186982,54714,28232,13567,5361,188,686
November66,201794,0189,23119,86250,151939,463
December65,922780,41710,80521,49749,736928,377
    
Total arrivals1,065,56810,843,631145,442349,181775,75013,179,572
      
Departures  
January67,933642,4767,88715,95732,444766,697
February63,561625,7937,38117,24831,095745,078
March72,550758,1888,92918,97434,847893,488
April92,173914,36513,17730,81865,0211,115,554
May100,3731,003,34614,62632,82975,6511,226,825
June121,3841,092,12215,20238,94296,5081,364,158
July120,7201,142,61916,14746,17599,3351,424,996
August119,5301,119,24417,15750,19799,4451,405,573
September97,8361,009,96015,68333,03880,3281,236,845
October90,324977,64714,52431,04869,1381,182,681
November65,755782,4529,75920,92850,278929,172
December60,350783,0509,04118,33545,385916,161
     
Total departures1,072,48910,851,262149,513354,489779,47513,207,228
       
Source: CSO  

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Table 7.5 Passenger numbers classified by scheduled and non-scheduled flights by month handled by main airports, 2014
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
       
All passengers      
January129,4851,275,19913,73328,64360,3941,507,454
February126,3591,258,17314,58834,15863,4831,496,761
March144,9411,529,32617,63537,31571,0091,800,226
April182,9211,824,88726,16660,811129,4942,224,279
May195,7371,978,05229,11364,953150,5252,418,380
June232,3382,111,88729,11574,569188,1672,636,076
July248,9242,303,83733,19492,977200,7392,879,671
August243,2862,286,66234,565102,621201,1082,868,242
September193,3282,026,73929,20463,818158,0822,471,171
October182,5101,960,19428,80663,183136,6742,371,367
November131,9561,576,47018,99040,790100,4291,868,635
December126,2721,563,46719,84639,83295,1211,844,538
      
Total passengers2,138,05721,694,893294,955703,6701,555,22526,386,800
      
Scheduled passengers 
January127,8811,258,00813,73327,01658,1241,484,762
February124,8551,239,54214,58834,15857,8071,470,950
March143,9991,511,37817,63535,97170,0111,778,994
April181,5261,809,07325,99545,355125,1362,187,085
May189,5131,952,45128,98963,938145,2222,380,113
June218,3492,065,12329,11573,468172,0572,558,112
July236,0712,246,61033,07891,742188,7782,796,279
August230,3532,230,84534,565100,609192,0282,788,400
September182,9031,977,74928,36662,524148,5582,400,100
October180,4641,941,10128,50659,453133,8482,343,372
November131,9551,565,92218,99040,77696,8121,854,455
December125,5541,552,05319,84638,90492,5271,828,884
    
Total scheduled2,073,42321,349,855293,406673,9141,480,90825,871,506
      
Non-scheduled passengers 
January1,60417,19101,6272,27022,692
February1,50418,631005,67625,811
March94217,94801,34499821,232
April1,39515,81417115,4564,35837,194
May6,22425,6011241,0155,30338,267
June13,98946,76401,10116,11077,964
July12,85357,2271161,23511,96183,392
August12,93355,81702,0129,08079,842
September10,42548,9908381,2949,52471,071
October2,04619,0933003,7302,82627,995
November110,5480143,61714,180
December71811,41409282,59415,654
     
Total non-scheduled64,634345,0381,54929,75674,317515,294
       
Source: CSO

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Table 7.6 Number of flights classified by national and international traffic by month handled by main airports, 2014
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
       
All flights      
January1,43612,16423834283415,014
February1,22411,16320232376913,681
March1,42312,80924137686015,709
April1,71414,5742835451,40418,520
May1,82615,7473016011,53320,008
June2,01515,6052926641,70720,283
July2,01516,6233026991,75421,393
August1,95416,2412997061,68220,882
September1,74815,7192915991,55919,916
October1,64115,4702935691,42319,396
November1,31113,3072383861,05216,294
December1,27213,1342333621,02816,029
      
Total flights19,579172,5563,2136,17215,605217,125
      
National traffic 
January16285118082501
February2258102074436
March1295123077496
April17285119080501
May20301123082526
June17290118077502
July20307124090541
August16298123076513
September18300120087525
October16300121087524
November14286120079499
December13277117079486
     
Total national flights1703,4821,42809706,050
      
International traffic 
January1,42011,87912034275214,513
February1,22210,90510032369513,245
March1,42212,51411837678315,213
April1,69714,2891645451,32418,019
May1,80615,4461786011,45119,482
June1,99815,3151746641,63019,781
July1,99516,3161786991,66420,852
August1,93815,9431767061,60620,369
September1,73015,4191715991,47219,391
October1,62515,1701725691,33618,872
November1,29713,02111838697315,795
December1,25912,85711636294915,543
     
Total international flights19,409169,0741,7856,17214,635211,075
       
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.7 Number of flights classified by arrivals and departures by month handled by main airports, 2014
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
       
All flights      
January1,43612,16423834283415,014
February1,22411,16320232376913,681
March1,42312,80924137686015,709
April1,71414,5742835451,40418,520
May1,82615,7473016011,53320,008
June2,01515,6052926641,70720,283
July2,01516,6233026991,75421,393
August1,95416,2412997061,68220,882
September1,74815,7192915991,55919,916
October1,64115,4702935691,42319,396
November1,31113,3072383861,05216,294
December1,27213,1342333621,02816,029
      
Total flights19,579172,5563,2136,17215,605217,125
      
Arrivals 
January7266,0911191714207,527
February6095,5881011613916,850
March7116,4171201884307,866
April8657,2921422737049,276
May9217,87315029976610,009
June1,0157,81314633485210,160
July1,0198,32415134987910,722
August9848,13314936084010,466
September8847,8701423007819,977
October8327,7541462857109,727
November6626,6671191935268,167
December6436,5691171815128,022
    
Total arrivals9,87186,3911,6023,0947,811108,769
      
Departures 
January7106,0731191714147,487
February6155,5751011623786,831
March7126,3921211884307,843
April8497,2821412727009,244
May9057,8741513027679,999
June1,0007,79214633085510,123
July9968,29915135087510,671
August9708,10815034684210,416
September8647,8491492997789,939
October8097,7161472847139,669
November6496,6401191935268,127
December6296,5651161815168,007
     
Total departures9,70886,1651,6113,0787,794108,356
       
Source: CSO

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Table 7.8 Number of flights classified by scheduled and non-scheduled travel by month handled by main airports, 2014
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
       
All flights      
January1,43612,16423834283415,014
February1,22411,16320232376913,681
March1,42312,80924137686015,709
April1,71414,5742835451,40418,520
May1,82615,7473016011,53320,008
June2,01515,6052926641,70720,283
July2,01516,6233026991,75421,393
August1,95416,2412997061,68220,882
September1,74815,7192915991,55919,916
October1,64115,4702935691,42319,396
November1,31113,3072383861,05216,294
December1,27213,1342333621,02816,029
      
Total flights19,579172,5563,2136,17215,605217,125
      
Scheduled flights 
January1,41912,02323833281614,828
February1,20710,99520232373013,457
March1,40912,63724136885115,506
April1,70114,4312794151,37618,202
May1,77515,5162995951,48919,674
June1,92215,2692926521,59219,727
July1,93016,2023006841,65220,768
August1,86915,8402996911,61020,309
September1,68015,3482845901,48719,389
October1,62515,2782915441,38719,125
November1,31013,1732383851,02916,135
December1,26213,0032333541,00315,855
    
Total scheduled19,109169,7153,1965,93315,022212,975
      
Non-scheduled flights 
January1714101018186
February171680039224
March14172089203
April13143413028318
May512312644334
June93336012115556
July85421215102625
August8540101572573
September683717972527
October1619222536271
November11340123159
December101310825174
     
Total non-scheduled4702,841172395834,150
       
Source: CSO

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Table 7.9 Air freight classified by national and international traffic by main airports and month, 2014
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
       
Air freight      
January568,828019459,830
February388,398018709,307
March519,8710287410,797
April6610,4000191911,386
May6710,3180186311,249
June6310,4670187911,410
July6611,0600296212,089
August4910,3750274111,168
September5411,5940187712,526
October5512,007021,05313,117
November4911,7510189912,701
December4812,379011,00513,432
      
Total air freight661127,44801710,886139,013
      
National freight traffic 
January8476005271,010
February139200468861
March038400429813
April544100509954
May246600406875
June537400424803
July548900474968
August533100376712
September340900443855
October642800444877
November640000395801
December246700475944
    
Total national freight465,055005,37110,472
      
International freight traffic 
January488,352014188,820
February378,007014028,446
March519,487024459,985
April619,9590141010,431
May659,8520145710,374
June5810,0940145510,607
July6110,5710248711,121
August4510,0440236510,456
September5111,1850143411,671
October5011,5800260912,240
November4411,3510150411,900
December4611,9120152912,489
     
Total international freight615122,3930175,515128,541
       
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.10 Air freight classified by arrivals and departures by main airports and month, 2014
      Number
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
       
Air freight      
January568,828019459,830
February388,398018709,307
March519,8710287410,797
April6610,4000191911,386
May6710,3180186311,249
June6310,4670187911,410
July6611,0600296212,089
August4910,3750274111,168
September5411,5940187712,526
October5512,007021,05313,117
November4911,7510189912,701
December4812,379011,00513,432
    
Total air freight661127,44801710,886139,013
      
Arrivals 
January354,951014635,451
February234,543014415,008
March285,273024575,759
April385,387014585,884
May375,467014455,950
June375,602014336,073
July375,928024956,462
August295,623023956,050
September296,108014426,581
October356,374024906,901
November266,272014496,750
December266,721014887,235
    
Total freight arrivals38168,2500175,45674,104
      
Departures 
January213,877004824,380
February153,856004294,299
March234,598004175,038
April285,013004615,501
May294,851004195,299
June264,865004465,337
July295,132004675,627
August204,751003465,118
September255,485004345,944
October205,634005626,216
November235,479004505,952
December225,658005176,197
     
Total freight departures28059,198005,43064,908
       
Source: CSO

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Table 7.11 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Dublin airport by number of passengers, 2014
   Number
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
   
London - Heathrow805,317846,4731,651,790
London - Gatwich506,320487,448993,768
London - Stansted412,089397,040809,129
Manchester379,077380,256759,333
Paris - Charles De Gaulle 333,287332,921666,208
Birmingham333,522331,509665,031
New York - John F. Kennedy299,501301,935601,436
Amsterdam - Schipol256,677259,063515,740
Frankfurt252,158254,772506,930
Edinburgh241,518237,122478,640
    
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.12 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Cork airport by number of passengers, 2014
   Number
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
    
London - Heathrow194,709202,841397,550
London - Stansted130,710125,217255,927
Amsterdam Schiphol 83,45685,697169,153
London - Gatwick59,94859,556119,504
Malaga50,99650,630101,626
Lanzarote 47,01546,88393,898
Paris - Charles De Gaulle 45,08945,05490,143
Faro43,59443,62787,221
Manchester42,37643,54285,918
Liverpool40,29239,55079,842
    
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.13 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Shannon airport by number of passengers, 2014
   Number
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
 
London - Heathrow113,109123,062236,171
London - Stansted104,33997,887202,226
New York - John F Kennedy60,46559,778120,243
London - Gatwick52,27051,386103,656
Newark 49,45151,803101,254
Boston - Logan46,65445,85192,505
Manchester33,86334,33668,199
Faro24,18323,87348,056
Malaga22,05621,93143,987
Birmingham 21,34521,26342,608
    
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.14 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Knock airport by number of passengers, 2014
   Number
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
 
London - Stansted69,09074,461143,551
London - Luton61,35760,971122,328
Liverpool - John Lennon42,32243,51685,838
London - Gatwick34,98036,09371,073
East Midlands27,26128,04455,305
Faro14,99715,55030,547
Birmingham14,21813,32727,545
Manchester13,62513,62527,250
Bristol10,64610,62221,268
Lanzarote9,73210,11619,848
    
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.15 Top 5 arrivals and departures for Kerry airport by number of passengers, 2014
   Number
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
 
London - Luton49,94552,598102,543
London - Stansted34,71433,98468,698
Frankfurt - Hahn25,09424,99150,085
Dublin18,09419,22237,316
Faro9,2619,42718,688
    
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.16 Number of passengers classified by country of flight stage origin and destination handled by main airports, 2014
     Number
ContinentCountry ArrivalsDeparturesTotal
      
EuropeAustria 59,52659,579119,105
 Belgium 209,873207,925417,798
 Czech Republic 75,27076,760152,030
 Denmark 137,691133,178270,869
 France 863,416861,1381,724,554
 Germany 825,327824,9001,650,227
 Hungary 91,49588,167179,662
 Italy 517,429509,6611,027,090
 Latvia 57,07558,330115,405
 Lithuania 88,75389,688178,441
 Netherlands 411,224416,545827,769
 Norway 69,65871,732141,390
 Poland 443,583440,583884,166
 Portugal 380,159378,045758,204
 Spain  1,122,0301,112,0502,234,080
 Canary Islands 419,935420,232840,167
 Sweden 52,33053,700106,030
 Switzerland 152,565153,050305,615
 Turkey 111,284113,296224,580
 UK - England 4,656,8664,690,0589,346,924
 UK - Northern Ireland 1,3791161,495
 UK - Scotland 473,382475,279948,661
 UK - Wales 35,11435,76970,883
 UK - Other 25,86225,80751,669
 Total UK 5,192,6035,227,02910,419,632
 Other 278,579273,059551,638
 Total Europe11,559,80511,568,64723,128,452
      
North AmericaCanada121,342124,064245,406
USA 1,124,0891,135,9462,260,035
Other8633191,182
Total North America 1,246,2941,260,3292,506,623
AfricaTotal Africa 19,29319,56038,853
 
AsiaUnited Arab Emirates295,640294,839590,479
Other10189199
Total Asia 295,650295,028590,678
OtherTotal other 6,6287,66214,290
   
All continents113,127,67013,151,22626,278,896
      
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, 2014
            
AircraftArrival Departure Total
FlightsPassengersFreight FlightsPassengersFreight FlightsPassengersFreight
            
 NumberNumberTonnes NumberNumberTonnes NumberNumberTonnes
            
ATR 42-200/42-3003,891102,340508 3,772104,308403 7,663206,648911
ATR 7211,946569,521185 11,947584,40193 23,8931,153,922278
Airbus A300B2/B4/C4300687 300638 6001,325
Airbus A300B4-600/C4-600499014,759 501012,878 1,000027,637
Airbus A310/CC-1509720,72127 9821,49421 19542,21548
Airbus A3195,237554,082436 5,238567,152481 10,4751,121,234917
Airbus A32026,8693,469,4806,217 26,9023,489,5044,061 53,7716,958,98410,278
Airbus A3213,095536,5491,226 3,097536,471892 6,1921,073,0202,117
Airbus A330-2001,331296,0276,036 1,327298,8055,942 2,658594,83211,978
Airbus A330-3001,566428,6115,417 1,567430,5349,453 3,133859,14514,870
BAE RJ-853,629231,87320 3,636240,73723 7,265472,61043
Boeing 737-30050249,6271,019 53854,044810 1,040103,6711,829
Boeing 737-4001,773187,1436,626 1,783183,3775,605 3,556370,52012,232
Boeing 737-600696,6243 697,5842 13814,2085
Boeing 737-80037,1065,593,297334 37,0675,549,100101 74,17311,142,397435
Boeing 767-20087927,70111,307 87729,0739,143 1,75656,77420,450
Boeing 767-300795166,4942,973 791169,4012,574 1,586335,8955,548
Boeing 767-4006113,774379 6113,917274 12227,691652
Boeing C-322,834419,380661 2,831427,727675 5,665847,1071,336
Boeing C-4046948,97335 47049,66915 93998,64250
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-4001,930102,8703 1,93098,6421 3,860201,5124
McDonnell Douglas MD-8211230 1920 22150
Other4,160354,36215,247 3,823351,19610,824 7,983705,55826,071
           
Total108,76913,179,57274,104 108,35613,207,22864,908 217,12526,386,800139,013
            
Source: CSO

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