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A total of 29.8 million passengers passed through Irish airports in 2015, an increase of 12.5% on 2014. Dublin airport accounted for 5 out of every 6 air passengers in Ireland.

In 2015, the Dublin - Heathrow route carried the most air passengers (1,683,092).
There was a 12.5% increase in the number of passengers handled by the main airports for the months of June to August 2015 when compared with the same period in 2014.

	Passenger numbers
2010	23.7
2011	23.7
2012	23.8
2013	24.8
2014	26.5
2015	29.8

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Table 7.1 Total passenger numbers¹ handled by all airports, 2010 - 2015
						Number
Airport	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Connemara	19,612	17,966	19,490	20,354	19,236	19,753
Cork	2,422,872	2,356,629	2,333,643	2,252,636	2,138,057	2,065,678
Donegal	46,825	38,309	29,226	33,768	35,415	36,552
Dublin	18,426,823	18,749,078	19,090,781	20,148,574	21,694,893	24,962,518
Galway²	154,814	67,002	-	-	-	-
Inishmore	11,650	10,629	12,126	12,393	11,491	12,071
Kerry	383,866	310,937	286,442	306,042	294,955	303,039
Knock	586,393	653,637	677,368	665,558	703,670	684,671
Shannon	1,531,309	1,364,831	1,286,139	1,308,242	1,555,225	1,680,272
Sligo²	21,077	7,111	-	-	-	-
Waterford	103,986	81,575	77,875	28,168	33,189	34,249

Total	23,709,227	23,657,704	23,813,090	24,775,735	26,486,131	29,798,803

¹Passenger 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

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Table 7.2 Passenger numbers by month handled by the main airports, 2015
						Number
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total

January	117,183	1,455,605	14,834	32,321	85,280	1,705,223
February	120,810	1,469,359	15,644	36,967	78,529	1,721,309
March	141,560	1,815,960	16,328	44,125	105,002	2,122,975
April	166,974	2,016,470	27,717	62,544	127,644	2,401,349
May	189,334	2,231,604	29,133	66,766	158,794	2,675,631
June	223,822	2,484,982	31,459	70,732	192,983	3,003,978
July	242,763	2,683,313	34,880	82,459	212,229	3,255,644
August	223,066	2,630,978	35,819	79,895	198,997	3,168,755
September	187,972	2,307,048	28,984	63,952	163,556	2,751,512
October	189,530	2,273,499	29,881	62,951	146,896	2,702,757
November	132,678	1,827,692	20,209	42,319	105,085	2,127,983
December	129,986	1,766,008	18,151	39,640	105,277	2,059,062

Total	2,065,678	24,962,518	303,039	684,671	1,680,272	29,696,178

Source: CSO

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Table 7.3 Passenger numbers classified by national and international traffic by month handled by main airports, 2015
						Number
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total

All passengers
January	117,183	1,455,605	14,834	32,321	85,280	1,705,223
February	120,810	1,469,359	15,644	36,967	78,529	1,721,309
March	141,560	1,815,960	16,328	44,125	105,002	2,122,975
April	166,974	2,016,470	27,717	62,544	127,644	2,401,349
May	189,334	2,231,604	29,133	66,766	158,794	2,675,631
June	223,822	2,484,982	31,459	70,732	192,983	3,003,978
July	242,763	2,683,313	34,880	82,459	212,229	3,255,644
August	223,066	2,630,978	35,819	79,895	198,997	3,168,755
September	187,972	2,307,048	28,984	63,952	163,556	2,751,512
October	189,530	2,273,499	29,881	62,951	146,896	2,702,757
November	132,678	1,827,692	20,209	42,319	105,085	2,127,983
December	129,986	1,766,008	18,151	39,640	105,277	2,059,062

Total passengers	2,065,678	24,962,518	303,039	684,671	1,680,272	29,696,178

National traffic
January	127	4,360	2,595	-	505	7,587
February	146	4,835	2,870	-	232	8,083
March	2	5,542	3,689	-	892	10,125
April	49	5,696	3,540	-	0	9,285
May	0	6,196	3,826	-	305	10,327
June	176	6,796	4,081	-	322	11,375
July	0	7,728	4,434	-	523	12,685
August	374	8,355	4,698	-	838	14,265
September	215	6,467	4,206	-	184	11,072
October	581	7,595	4,073	-	1,051	13,300
November	174	4,911	3,188	-	842	9,115
December	502	5,320	3,289	-	1,012	10,123

Total national traffic	2,346	73,801	44,489		6,706	127,342

International traffic
January	117,056	1,451,245	12,239	32,321	84,775	1,697,636
February	120,664	1,464,524	12,774	36,967	78,297	1,713,226
March	141,558	1,810,418	12,639	44,125	104,110	2,112,850
April	166,925	2,010,774	24,177	62,544	127,644	2,392,064
May	189,334	2,225,408	25,307	66,766	158,489	2,665,304
June	223,646	2,478,186	27,378	70,732	192,661	2,992,603
July	242,763	2,675,585	30,446	82,459	211,706	3,242,959
August	222,692	2,622,623	31,121	79,895	198,159	3,154,490
September	187,757	2,300,581	24,778	63,952	163,372	2,740,440
October	188,949	2,265,904	25,808	62,951	145,845	2,689,457
November	132,504	1,822,781	17,021	42,319	104,243	2,118,868
December	129,484	1,760,688	14,862	39,640	104,265	2,048,939

Total international traffic	2,063,332	24,888,717	258,550	684,671	1,673,566	29,568,836

Source: CSO

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Table 7.4 Passenger numbers classified by arrivals and departures by month handled by main airports, 2015
						Number
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total

All passengers
January	117,183	1,455,605	14,834	32,321	85,280	1,705,223
February	120,810	1,469,359	15,644	36,967	78,529	1,721,309
March	141,560	1,815,960	16,328	44,125	105,002	2,122,975
April	166,974	2,016,470	27,717	62,544	127,644	2,401,349
May	189,334	2,231,604	29,133	66,766	158,794	2,675,631
June	223,822	2,484,982	31,459	70,732	192,983	3,003,978
July	242,763	2,683,313	34,880	82,459	212,229	3,255,644
August	223,066	2,630,978	35,819	79,895	198,997	3,168,755
September	187,972	2,307,048	28,984	63,952	163,556	2,751,512
October	189,530	2,273,499	29,881	62,951	146,896	2,702,757
November	132,678	1,827,692	20,209	42,319	105,085	2,127,983
December	129,986	1,766,008	18,151	39,640	105,277	2,059,062

Total passengers	2,065,678	24,962,518	303,039	684,671	1,680,272	29,696,178

Arrivals
January	54,569	722,277	6,536	14,078	41,468	838,928
February	60,571	740,183	7,812	18,443	40,042	867,051
March	70,288	900,856	10,417	22,242	52,817	1,056,620
April	83,729	1,023,500	13,591	30,111	64,634	1,215,565
May	92,095	1,094,135	14,654	32,992	78,386	1,312,262
June	107,674	1,205,593	15,210	33,905	94,132	1,456,514
July	125,245	1,353,204	17,943	42,576	107,594	1,646,562
August	112,713	1,337,318	18,004	40,228	99,627	1,607,890
September	92,535	1,157,630	13,999	30,655	80,811	1,375,630
October	96,069	1,138,177	15,021	31,961	73,492	1,354,711
November	66,071	917,861	9,646	20,613	52,575	1,066,766
December	66,835	876,072	9,765	21,348	56,094	1,030,114

Total arrivals	1,028,394	12,466,806	152,589	339,152	841,672	14,828,613

Departures
January	62,614	733,328	8,298	18,243	43,812	866,295
February	60,239	729,176	7,832	18,524	38,487	854,258
March	71,272	915,104	5,911	21,883	52,185	1,066,355
April	83,245	992,970	14,126	32,433	63,010	1,185,784
May	97,239	1,137,469	14,479	33,774	80,408	1,363,369
June	116,148	1,279,389	16,249	36,827	98,851	1,547,464
July	117,518	1,330,109	16,937	39,883	104,635	1,609,082
August	110,353	1,293,660	17,815	39,667	99,370	1,560,865
September	95,437	1,149,418	14,985	33,297	82,745	1,375,882
October	93,461	1,135,322	14,869	30,990	73,404	1,348,046
November	66,607	909,831	10,563	21,706	52,510	1,061,217
December	63,151	889,936	8,386	18,292	49,183	1,028,948

Total departures	1,037,284	12,495,712	150,450	345,519	838,600	14,867,565

Source: CSO

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Table 7.5 Passenger numbers classified by scheduled and non-scheduled flights by month handled by main airports, 2015
						Number
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total

All passengers
January	117,183	1,455,605	14,834	32,321	85,280	1,705,223
February	120,810	1,469,359	15,644	36,967	78,529	1,721,309
March	141,560	1,815,960	16,328	44,125	105,002	2,122,975
April	166,974	2,016,470	27,717	62,544	127,644	2,401,349
May	189,334	2,231,604	29,133	66,766	158,794	2,675,631
June	223,822	2,484,982	31,459	70,732	192,983	3,003,978
July	242,763	2,683,313	34,880	82,459	212,229	3,255,644
August	223,066	2,630,978	35,819	79,895	198,997	3,168,755
September	187,972	2,307,048	28,984	63,952	163,556	2,751,512
October	189,530	2,273,499	29,881	62,951	146,896	2,702,757
November	132,678	1,827,692	20,209	42,319	105,085	2,127,983
December	129,986	1,766,008	18,151	39,640	105,277	2,059,062

Total passengers	2,065,678	24,962,518	303,039	684,671	1,680,272	29,696,178

Scheduled passengers
January	115,539	1,436,483	14,834	30,863	78,341	1,676,060
February	118,802	1,440,624	15,644	36,967	74,750	1,686,787
March	141,413	1,797,299	16,328	44,125	96,340	2,095,505
April	166,549	2,000,525	27,717	44,840	120,599	2,360,230
May	184,198	2,211,002	29,133	66,766	150,719	2,641,818
June	213,134	2,435,968	31,459	70,732	172,074	2,923,367
July	234,102	2,626,539	34,880	81,683	193,947	3,171,151
August	215,345	2,577,851	35,819	77,987	182,058	3,089,060
September	181,083	2,258,230	28,246	63,952	152,350	2,683,861
October	187,122	2,245,291	29,449	62,808	138,110	2,662,780
November	132,293	1,820,576	20,209	42,319	99,224	2,114,621
December	127,885	1,754,948	18,115	39,626	92,014	2,032,588

Total scheduled	2,017,465	24,605,336	301,833	662,668	1,550,526	29,137,828

Non-scheduled passengers
January	1,644	19,122	-	1,458	6,939	29,163
February	2,008	28,735	-	0	3,779	34,522
March	147	18,661	-	0	8,662	27,470
April	425	15,945	-	17,704	7,045	41,119
May	5,136	20,602	-	0	8,075	33,813
June	10,688	49,014	-	0	20,909	80,611
July	8,661	56,774	-	776	18,282	84,493
August	7,721	53,127	-	1,908	16,939	79,695
September	6,889	48,818	738	0	11,206	67,651
October	2,408	28,208	432	143	8,786	39,977
November	385	7,116	-	0	5,861	13,362
December	2,101	11,060	36	14	13,263	26,474

Total non-scheduled	48,213	357,182	1,206	22,003	129,746	558,350

Source: CSO

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Table 7.6 Number of flights classified by national and international traffic by month handled by main airports, 2015
						Number
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total

All flights
January	1,227	13,000	225	364	1,136	15,952
February	1,184	12,403	204	332	911	15,034
March	1,322	14,301	210	377	1,131	17,341
April	1,457	15,442	279	478	1,283	18,939
May	1,606	16,847	284	494	1,559	20,790
June	1,778	17,928	292	508	1,797	22,303
July	1,819	18,465	302	538	1,879	23,003
August	1,664	17,931	302	504	1,619	22,020
September	1,548	16,997	278	467	1,616	20,906
October	1,651	16,737	291	457	1,469	20,605
November	1,304	14,499	234	328	1,150	17,515
December	1,350	14,221	212	315	1,142	17,240

Total flights	17,910	188,771	3,113	5,162	16,692	231,648

National traffic
January	15	269	117	-	85	486
February	14	259	110	-	80	463
March	3	286	124	-	87	500
April	14	279	117	-	77	487
May	13	293	124	-	80	510
June	1	286	120	-	50	457
July	-	301	124	-	56	481
August	4	296	124	-	54	478
September	3	289	120	-	60	472
October	3	300	124	-	56	483
November	1	283	120	-	54	458
December	4	260	109	-	56	429

Total national flights	75	3,401	1,433	-	795	5,704

International traffic
January	1,212	12,731	108	364	1,051	15,466
February	1,170	12,144	94	332	831	14,571
March	1,319	14,015	86	377	1,044	16,841
April	1,443	15,163	162	478	1,206	18,452
May	1,593	16,554	160	494	1,479	20,280
June	1,777	17,642	172	508	1,747	21,846
July	1,819	18,164	178	538	1,823	22,522
August	1,660	17,635	178	504	1,565	21,542
September	1,545	16,708	158	467	1,556	20,434
October	1,648	16,437	167	457	1,413	20,122
November	1,303	14,216	114	328	1,096	17,057
December	1,346	13,961	103	315	1,086	16,811

Total international flights	17,835	185,370	1,680	5,162	15,897	225,944

Source: CSO

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Table 7.7 Number of flights classified by arrivals and departures by month handled by main airports, 2015
						Number
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total

All flights
January	1,227	13,000	225	364	1,136	15,952
February	1,184	12,403	204	332	911	15,034
March	1,322	14,301	210	377	1,131	17,341
April	1,457	15,442	279	478	1,283	18,939
May	1,606	16,847	284	494	1,559	20,790
June	1,778	17,928	292	508	1,797	22,303
July	1,819	18,465	302	538	1,879	23,003
August	1,664	17,931	302	504	1,619	22,020
September	1,548	16,997	278	467	1,616	20,906
October	1,651	16,737	291	457	1,469	20,605
November	1,304	14,499	234	328	1,150	17,515
December	1,350	14,221	212	315	1,142	17,240

Total flights	17,910	188,771	3,113	5,162	16,692	231,648

Arrivals
January	620	6,503	112	182	577	7,994
February	601	6,213	102	166	457	7,539
March	661	7,159	119	187	570	8,696
April	735	7,734	140	239	645	9,493
May	808	8,420	142	247	783	10,400
June	891	8,971	146	255	905	11,168
July	908	9,240	151	268	938	11,505
August	831	8,974	151	257	812	11,025
September	777	8,509	139	233	810	10,468
October	827	8,388	146	229	735	10,325
November	651	7,252	117	165	582	8,767
December	675	7,129	106	159	582	8,651

Total arrivals	8,985	94,492	1,571	2,587	8,396	116,031

Departures
January	607	6,497	113	182	559	7,958
February	583	6,190	102	166	454	7,495
March	661	7,142	91	190	561	8,645
April	722	7,708	139	239	638	9,446
May	798	8,427	142	247	776	10,390
June	887	8,957	146	253	892	11,135
July	911	9,225	151	270	941	11,498
August	833	8,957	151	247	807	10,995
September	771	8,488	139	234	806	10,438
October	824	8,349	145	228	734	10,280
November	653	7,247	117	163	568	8,748
December	675	7,092	106	156	560	8,589

Total departures	8,925	94,279	1,542	2,575	8,296	115,617

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, 2015
						Number
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total

All flights
January	1,227	13,000	225	364	1,136	15,952
February	1,184	12,403	204	332	911	15,034
March	1,322	14,301	210	377	1,131	17,341
April	1,457	15,442	279	478	1,283	18,939
May	1,606	16,847	284	494	1,559	20,790
June	1,778	17,928	292	508	1,797	22,303
July	1,819	18,465	302	538	1,879	23,003
August	1,664	17,931	302	504	1,619	22,020
September	1,548	16,997	278	467	1,616	20,906
October	1,651	16,737	291	457	1,469	20,605
November	1,304	14,499	234	328	1,150	17,515
December	1,350	14,221	212	315	1,142	17,240

Total flights	17,910	188,771	3,113	5,162	16,692	231,648

Scheduled flights
January	1,217	12,835	225	354	806	15,437
February	1,164	12,166	204	332	690	14,556
March	1,317	14,118	210	377	815	16,837
April	1,453	15,282	279	354	987	18,355
May	1,572	16,635	284	494	1,182	20,167
June	1,703	17,552	292	508	1,277	21,332
July	1,749	18,017	302	531	1,381	21,980
August	1,605	17,546	302	488	1,284	21,225
September	1,495	16,627	272	467	1,218	20,079
October	1,630	16,493	286	454	1,075	19,938
November	1,300	14,401	234	328	876	17,139
December	1,332	14,103	211	314	845	16,805

Total scheduled	17,537	185,775	3,101	5,001	12,436	223,850

Non-scheduled flights
January	10	165	0	10	330	515
February	20	237	0	0	221	478
March	5	183	0	0	316	504
April	4	160	0	124	296	584
May	34	212	0	0	377	623
June	75	376	0	0	520	971
July	70	448	0	7	498	1,023
August	59	385	0	16	335	795
September	53	370	6	0	398	827
October	21	244	5	3	394	667
November	4	98	0	0	274	376
December	18	118	1	1	297	435

Total non-scheduled	373	2,996	12	161	4,256	7,798

Source: CSO

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Table 7.9 Air freight classified by national and international traffic by main airports and month, 2015
						Tonnes
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total

Air freight
January	46	10,721	-	1	880	11,648
February	43	10,112	-	1	848	11,004
March	47	11,767	-	2	954	12,770
April	41	11,209	-	1	906	12,156
May	48	10,943	-	2	873	11,866
June	9	11,456	-	1	1,108	12,574
July	5	11,740	-	2	1,273	13,019
August	2	11,373	-	1	921	12,297
September	1	11,503	-	1	1,367	12,872
October	2	12,034	-	1	1,001	13,039
November	2	12,184	-	1	971	13,159
December	2	12,224	-	1	1,167	13,394

Total air freight	247	137,267	-	17	12,270	149,800

National freight traffic
January	4	440	-	-	431	875
February	4	392	-	-	423	820
March	1	437	-	-	458	896
April	2	382	-	-	430	814
May	3	383	-	-	407	793
June	-	417	-	-	410	827
July	-	461	-	-	448	909
August	-	397	-	-	359	755
September	-	433	-	-	416	849
October	-	447	-	-	423	870
November	-	409	-	-	385	794
December	-	497	-	-	429	926

Total national freight	14	5,094	-	-	5,020	10,128

International freight traffic
January	42	10,281	-	1	449	10,773
February	39	9,720	-	1	425	10,184
March	46	11,330	-	2	496	11,875
April	39	10,827	-	1	475	11,342
May	45	10,561	-	2	466	11,073
June	9	11,039	-	1	698	11,747
July	5	11,279	-	2	825	12,111
August	2	10,976	-	1	563	11,541
September	1	11,070	-	1	950	12,023
October	2	11,588	-	1	578	12,169
November	2	11,776	-	1	586	12,365
December	2	11,728	-	1	738	12,468

Total international freight	232	132,173	-	17	7,250	139,672

Source: CSO

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Table 7.10 Air freight classified by arrivals and departures by main airports and month, 2015
						Tonnes
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total

Air freight
January	46	10,721	-	1	880	11,648
February	43	10,112	-	1	848	11,004
March	47	11,767	-	2	954	12,770
April	41	11,209	-	1	906	12,156
May	48	10,943	-	2	873	11,866
June	9	11,456	-	1	1,108	12,574
July	5	11,740	-	2	1,273	13,019
August	2	11,373	-	1	921	12,297
September	1	11,503	-	1	1,367	12,872
October	2	12,034	-	1	1,001	13,039
November	2	12,184	-	1	971	13,159
December	2	12,224	-	1	1,167	13,394

Total air freight	247	137,267	-	17	12,270	149,800

Arrivals
January	27	6,061	-	1	444	6,533
February	26	5,391	-	1	451	5,869
March	23	6,267	-	2	480	6,772
April	23	5,843	-	1	464	6,331
May	29	5,645	-	2	459	6,135
June	3	5,963	-	1	596	6,563
July	2	5,994	-	2	560	6,557
August	2	6,034	-	1	461	6,498
September	1	5,900	-	1	643	6,546
October	2	6,409	-	1	535	6,947
November	1	6,588	-	1	489	7,080
December	1	6,625	-	1	551	7,178

Total freight arrivals	140	72,719	-	17	6,133	79,008

Departures
January	18	4,660	-	-	437	5,115
February	17	4,721	-	-	397	5,135
March	24	5,500	-	-	474	5,999
April	18	5,366	-	-	442	5,825
May	19	5,298	-	-	413	5,731
June	7	5,493	-	-	512	6,012
July	3	5,747	-	-	713	6,462
August	0	5,339	-	-	460	5,799
September	0	5,602	-	-	724	6,326
October	0	5,626	-	-	466	6,093
November	0	5,596	-	-	483	6,079
December	1	5,599	-	-	616	6,217

Total freight departures	107	64,548	-	-	6,137	70,792

Source: CSO

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Table 7.11 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Dublin airport by number of passengers, 2015
			Number
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total

London - Heathrow	814,565	868,527	1,683,092
London - Gatwich	554,406	532,295	1,086,701
London - Stansted	449,182	430,242	879,424
Manchester	430,940	432,692	863,632
Birmingham	394,236	390,938	785,174
Paris - Charles De Gaulle	351,319	352,621	703,940
New York - John F. Kennedy	310,881	316,051	626,932
Amsterdam - Schipol	305,001	307,287	612,288
Edinburgh	272,747	267,832	540,579
Frankfurt	257,764	257,488	515,252

Source: CSO

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Table 7.12 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Cork airport by number of passengers, 2015
			Number
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total

London - Heathrow	187,067	197,225	384,292
London - Stansted	163,736	156,449	320,185
Amsterdam Schiphol	85,726	87,468	173,194
London - Gatwick	59,944	58,132	118,076
Malaga	54,095	53,581	107,676
Lanzarote	45,097	45,256	90,353
Paris - Charles De Gaulle	45,090	44,821	89,911
Faro	42,395	42,207	84,602
Manchester	39,561	41,577	81,138
Liverpool	39,472	39,006	78,478

Source: CSO

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Table 7.13 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Shannon airport by number of passengers, 2015
			Number
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total

London - Heathrow	113,928	123,210	237,238
London - Stansted	121,245	112,733	233,978
New York - John F Kennedy	62,709	71,115	133,824
London - Gatwick	57,087	55,882	112,969
Manchester	53,091	52,834	105,925
Newark	48,010	49,523	97,533
Boston - Logan	47,917	47,263	95,180
Faro	25,338	24,632	49,970
Malaga	20,776	21,087	41,863
Birmingham	20,644	20,184	40,828

Source: CSO

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Table 7.14 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Knock airport by numberof passengers, 2015
			Number
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total

London - Stansted	75,353	79,092	154,445
London - Luton	63,348	62,638	125,986
Liverpool - John Lennon	40,422	41,764	82,186
London - Gatwick	36,494	37,550	74,044
East Midlands	34,793	35,416	70,209
Faro	16,355	17,033	33,388
Bristol	13,784	13,960	27,744
Manchester	12,993	13,157	26,150
Alicante	11,395	11,643	23,038
Lanzarote	9,764	10,188	19,952

Source: CSO

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Table 7.15 Top 5 arrivals and departures for Kerry airport by numberof passengers, 2015
			Number
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total

London - Luton	54,168	49,971	104,139
London - Stansted	35,515	35,926	71,441
Frankfurt - Hahn	26,082	26,105	52,187
Dublin	21,452	23,037	44,489
Alicante	10,570	10,559	21,129

Source: CSO

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Table 7.16 Number of passengers classified by country of flight stage origin and destination handled by main airports, 2015
					Number
Continent		Country	Arrivals	Departures	Total

Europe	Austria		61,040	60,270	121,310
	Belgium		270,308	269,652	539,960
	Czech Republic		98,859	99,977	198,836
	Denmark		157,910	157,703	315,613
	France		956,072	950,724	1,906,796
	Germany		928,595	923,767	1,852,362
	Hungary		98,791	96,565	195,356
	Italy		620,334	614,537	1,234,871
	Latvia		62,938	64,679	127,617
	Lithuania		88,832	90,607	179,439
	Netherlands		451,902	455,444	907,346
	Norway		74,723	78,017	152,740
	Poland		488,420	488,480	976,900
	Portugal		419,504	416,573	836,077
	Spain		1,262,474	1,255,235	2,517,709
	Canary Islands		450,271	457,631	907,902
	Sweden		41,256	43,859	85,115
	Switzerland		169,648	172,518	342,166
	Turkey		121,306	121,860	243,166
		UK - England	5,125,185	5,140,327	10,265,512
		UK - Northern Ireland	1,399	477	1,876
		UK - Scotland	563,631	559,690	1,123,321
		UK - Wales	63,677	65,222	128,899
		UK - Other	26,759	26,733	53,492
	Total UK		5,780,651	5,792,449	11,573,100
	Other		363,368	356,897	720,265
	Total Europe		12,967,202	12,967,444	25,934,646

North America	Canada		151,005	162,426	313,431
	USA		1,237,538	1,264,261	2,501,799
	Other		1,206	405	1,611
	Total North America		1,389,749	1,427,092	2,816,841
Africa	Total Africa		45,945	45,138	91,083

Asia	United Arab Emirates		359,271	357,864	717,135
	Other		1,558	1,641	3,199
	Total Asia		360,829	359,505	720,334
Other¹	Total other		2,912	3,020	5,932

All continents²			14,766,637	14,802,199	29,568,836

¹Due to residual coding errors some passengers cannot be assigned a country of flight origin/destination
²This figure refers to international passengers only and excludes domestic passenger numbers.
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, 2015

Aircraft	Arrival			Departure			Total
Aircraft	Flights	Passengers	Freight	Flights	Passengers	Freight	Flights	Passengers	Freight

	Number	Number	Tonnes	Number	Number	Tonnes	Number	Number	Tonnes

ATR 42-200/42-300	2,717	68,713	513	2,647	69,332	402	5,364	138,045	915
ATR 72	11,012	558,355	62	11,031	576,013	77	22,043	1,134,368	138
Airbus A300B4-600/C4-600	509	0	15,441	509	0	13,249	1,018	0	28,690
Airbus A310/CC-150	66	15,081	13	66	14,938	13	132	30,019	27
Airbus A319	3,503	363,888	346	3,502	379,161	292	7,005	743,049	638
Airbus A320	29,037	3,834,764	6,895	29,048	3,869,163	3,520	58,085	7,703,927	10,415
Airbus A321	3,062	538,062	1,244	3,060	542,726	648	6,122	1,080,788	1,892
Airbus A330-200	2,119	473,240	9,439	2,118	477,778	9,533	4,237	951,018	18,972
Airbus A330-300	1,603	445,351	6,859	1,603	448,619	9,308	3,206	893,970	16,167
BAE RJ-85	4,063	274,517	1	4,089	284,761	0	8,152	559,278	2
Boeing 737-300	413	44,948	516	450	50,664	438	863	95,612	954
Boeing 737-400	1,014	60,796	8,405	996	55,990	6,985	2,010	116,786	15,390
Boeing 737-600	76	6,978	8	76	7,415	3	152	14,393	11
Boeing 737-800	42,631	6,867,236	230	42,561	6,798,009	153	85,192	13,665,245	383
Boeing 767-200	842	14,805	11,953	841	14,489	10,139	1,683	29,294	22,092
Boeing 767-300	871	185,039	2,557	868	186,644	2,915	1,739	371,683	5,471
Boeing 767-400	114	24,111	721	114	24,049	537	228	48,160	1,259
Boeing C-32	2,920	420,618	579	2,918	431,000	885	5,838	851,618	1,464
Boeing C-40	468	51,438	20	469	52,818	12	937	104,256	32
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400	2,451	135,582	3	2,447	134,991	8	4,898	270,573	11
Other	6,540	445,091	13,202	6,204	449,005	11,676	12,744	894,096	24,878

Total	116,031	14,828,613	79,008	115,617	14,867,565	70,792	231,648	29,696,178	149,800

Source: CSO