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  • A total of 32.8 million passengers passed through Irish airports in 2016, an increase of 10.3% on 2015. Dublin airport accounted for 84.6% of air passengers in Ireland.

  • In 2016,  the Dublin - Heathrow route carried the most air passengers (1,751,689).

Passenger numbers
201123.7
201223.8
201324.8
201426.5
201529.8
201632.8
Table 7.1 Total passenger numbers1 handled by all airports, 2011 - 2016
Airport201120122013201420152016
Connemara17,96619,49020,35419,23619,75321,345
Cork2,356,6292,333,6432,252,6362,138,0572,065,6782,226,233
Donegal38,30929,22633,76835,41536,55244,156
Dublin18,749,07819,090,78120,148,57421,694,89324,962,51827,778,888
Galway267,002-----
Inishmore10,62912,12612,39311,49112,07112,667
Kerry310,937286,442306,042294,955303,039325,670
Knock653,637677,368665,558703,670684,671735,869
Shannon1,364,8311,286,1391,308,2421,555,2251,642,88831,674,567
Sligo27,111-----
Waterford81,57577,87528,16833,18934,24913,5114
Total23,657,70423,813,09024,775,73526,486,13129,761,419332,832,906
Source: CSO
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
3 Revised
4 No commercial flights since June 2016 from Waterford airport
Table 7.2 Passenger numbers by month handled by the main airports, 2016
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
January125,2441,694,40317,17534,40985,4721,956,703
February132,3531,715,29718,19340,26984,0991,990,211
March161,7372,125,27923,40348,356113,3582,472,133
April171,1642,213,42427,69959,383123,4092,595,079
May207,5852,481,48230,17064,167160,5682,943,972
June246,8502,720,65333,20376,852197,6803,275,238
July257,6242,935,08635,65192,971202,3353,523,667
August251,3962,867,47038,94092,807197,9033,448,516
September197,6702,559,04630,36568,092162,4893,017,662
October188,9922,485,90329,83266,756142,1822,913,665
November146,0381,995,12420,38845,440103,7762,310,766
December139,5801,985,72120,65146,367101,2962,293,615
Total2,226,23327,778,888325,670735,8691,674,56732,741,227
Source: CSO

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Table 7.3 Passenger numbers classified by national and international traffic by month handled by main airports, 2016
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
All passengers      
January125,2441,694,40317,17534,40985,4721,956,703
February132,3531,715,29718,19340,26984,0991,990,211
March161,7372,125,27923,40348,356113,3582,472,133
April171,1642,213,42427,69959,383123,4092,595,079
May207,5852,481,48230,17064,167160,5682,943,972
June246,8502,720,65333,20376,852197,6803,275,238
July257,6242,935,08635,65192,971202,3353,523,667
August251,3962,867,47038,94092,807197,9033,448,516
September197,6702,559,04630,36568,092162,4893,017,662
October188,9922,485,90329,83266,756142,1822,913,665
November146,0381,995,12420,38845,440103,7762,310,766
December139,5801,985,72120,65146,367101,2962,293,615
Total passengers2,226,23327,778,888325,670735,8691,674,56732,741,227
      
National traffic      
January144,5012,83302577,605
February1785,1362,96404778,755
March06,2733,673009,946
April07,0794,136035911,574
May07,7044,4100512,119
June6299,3074,56402,88017,380
July08,1554,6110312,769
August458,3934,8320513,275
September157,2154,75301211,995
October1657,3534,234034512,097
November16,1273,591009,719
December456,7744,111034811,278
Total national traffic1,09284,01748,71204,691138,512
      
International traffic      
January125,2301,689,90214,34234,40985,2151,949,098
February132,1751,710,16115,22940,26983,6221,981,456
March161,7372,119,00619,73048,356113,3582,462,187
April171,1642,206,34523,56359,383123,0502,583,505
May207,5852,473,77825,76064,167160,5632,931,853
June246,2212,711,34628,63976,852194,8003,257,858
July257,6242,926,93131,04092,971202,3323,510,898
August251,3512,859,07734,10892,807197,8983,435,241
September197,6552,551,83125,61268,092162,4773,005,667
October188,8272,478,55025,59866,756141,8372,901,568
November146,0371,988,99716,79745,440103,7762,301,047
December139,5351,978,94716,54046,367100,9482,282,337
Total international traffic2,225,14127,694,871276,958735,8691,669,87632,602,715
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.4 Passenger numbers classified by arrivals and departures by month handled by main airports, 2016
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
All passengers      
January125,2441,694,40317,17534,40985,4721,956,703
February132,3531,715,29718,19340,26984,0991,990,211
March161,7372,125,27923,40348,356113,3582,472,133
April171,1642,213,42427,69959,383123,4092,595,079
May207,5852,481,48230,17064,167160,5682,943,972
June246,8502,720,65333,20376,852197,6803,275,238
July257,6242,935,08635,65192,971202,3353,523,667
August251,3962,867,47038,94092,807197,9033,448,516
September197,6702,559,04630,36568,092162,4893,017,662
October188,9922,485,90329,83266,756142,1822,913,665
November146,0381,995,12420,38845,440103,7762,310,766
December139,5801,985,72120,65146,367101,2962,293,615
Total passengers2,226,23327,778,888325,670735,8691,674,56732,741,227
      
Arrivals      
January59,804845,2157,69915,44341,552969,713
February66,082859,4539,05319,64442,420996,652
March80,5151,055,72211,96724,82556,1981,229,227
April85,5361,116,30813,61728,62662,2261,306,313
May102,0391,232,62115,19531,80679,3261,460,987
June118,4461,311,70816,09036,36995,9851,578,598
July131,6361,474,76318,23448,328101,4521,774,413
August128,3001,458,20119,60847,51098,6351,752,254
September97,4101,284,82514,79433,20880,5141,510,751
October94,9411,231,82714,59932,62168,5891,442,577
November73,4371,011,3749,95522,54052,3271,169,633
December70,921980,16010,97124,66552,2571,138,974
Total arrivals1,109,06713,862,177161,782365,585831,48116,330,092
      
Departures  
January65,440849,1889,47618,96643,920986,990
February66,271855,8449,14020,62541,679993,559
March81,2221,069,55711,43623,53157,1601,242,906
April85,6281,097,11614,08230,75761,1831,288,766
May105,5461,248,86114,97532,36181,2421,482,985
June128,4041,408,94517,11340,483101,6951,696,640
July125,9881,460,32317,41744,643100,8831,749,254
August123,0961,409,26919,33245,29799,2681,696,262
September100,2601,274,22115,57134,88481,9751,506,911
October94,0511,254,07615,23334,13573,5931,471,088
November72,601983,75010,43322,90051,4491,141,133
December68,6591,005,5619,68021,70249,0391,154,641
Total departures1,117,16613,916,711163,888370,284843,08616,411,135
Source: CSO

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Table 7.5 Passenger numbers classified by scheduled and non-scheduled flights by month handled by main airports, 2016
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
All passengers      
January125,2441,694,40317,17534,40985,4721,956,703
February132,3531,715,29718,19340,26984,0991,990,211
March161,7372,125,27923,40348,356113,3582,472,133
April171,1642,213,42427,69959,383123,4092,595,079
May207,5852,481,48230,17064,167160,5682,943,972
June246,8502,720,65333,20376,852197,6803,275,238
July257,6242,935,08635,65192,971202,3353,523,667
August251,3962,867,47038,94092,807197,9033,448,516
September197,6702,559,04630,36568,092162,4893,017,662
October188,9922,485,90329,83266,756142,1822,913,665
November146,0381,995,12420,38845,440103,7762,310,766
December139,5801,985,72120,65146,367101,2962,293,615
Total passengers2,226,23327,778,888325,670735,8691,674,56732,741,227
      
Scheduled passengers      
January124,6911,675,79717,17533,00982,5261,933,198
February131,5431,696,91418,19340,26981,7491,968,668
March161,5412,106,97823,40348,356109,4342,449,712
April170,9732,203,28927,69959,238120,0762,581,275
May202,4822,458,22730,17063,283155,0272,909,189
June236,4152,668,08032,36276,276177,8243,190,957
July251,4752,878,33535,13392,124191,0893,448,156
August245,6332,817,38238,58890,042188,3163,379,961
September193,2452,514,11729,84666,597156,2952,960,100
October187,8832,468,49829,83266,175138,0092,890,397
November145,6751,990,25720,38845,440102,6632,304,423
December138,2451,973,05120,65146,36797,7812,276,095
Total scheduled2,189,80127,450,925323,440727,1761,600,78932,292,131
      
Non-scheduled passengers 
January55318,60601,4002,94623,505
February81018,383002,35021,543
March19618,301003,92422,421
April19110,13501453,33313,804
May5,10323,25508845,54134,783
June10,43552,57384157619,85684,281
July6,14956,75151884711,24675,511
August5,76350,0883522,7659,58768,555
September4,42544,9295191,4956,19457,562
October1,10917,40505814,17323,268
November3634,867001,1136,343
December1,33512,670003,51517,520
Total non-scheduled36,432327,9632,2308,69373,778449,096
Source: CSO

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Table 7.6 Number of flights classified by national and international traffic by month handled by main airports, 2016
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
All flights      
January1,35614,31423330984617,058
February1,31413,90121832078416,537
March1,52315,86124838294018,954
April1,64216,8022745391,06220,319
May1,92118,4732875741,31022,565
June2,10619,0703036371,48823,604
July2,06019,8363066981,48024,380
August2,02319,6043246711,42724,049
September1,72418,4572805781,29022,329
October1,62218,0822845551,16021,703
November1,30715,06522238090717,881
December1,31015,09822441691017,958
Total flights19,908204,5633,2036,05913,604247,337
      
National traffic      
January1279119050449
February3275116050444
March0296124045465
April0286120047453
May0297123047467
June4299122066491
July0293124046463
August2296124050472
September1289120051461
October1295124046466
November1285118047451
December1277118047443
Total national flights143,4671,45205925,525
      
International traffic      
January1,35514,03511430979616,609
February1,31113,62610232073416,093
March1,52315,56512438289518,489
April1,64216,5161545391,01519,866
May1,92118,1761645741,26322,098
June2,10218,7711816371,42223,113
July2,06019,5431826981,43423,917
August2,02119,3082006711,37723,577
September1,72318,1681605781,23921,868
October1,62117,7871605551,11421,237
November1,30614,78010438086017,430
December1,30914,82110641686317,515
Total international flights19,894201,0961,7516,05913,012241,812
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.7 Number of flights classified by arrivals and departures by month handled by main airports, 2016
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
All flights      
January1,35614,31423330984617,058
February1,31413,90121832078416,537
March1,52315,86124838294018,954
April1,64216,8022745391,06220,319
May1,92118,4732875741,31022,565
June2,10619,0703036371,48823,604
July2,06019,8363066981,48024,380
August2,02319,6043246711,42724,049
September1,72418,4572805781,29022,329
October1,62218,0822845551,16021,703
November1,30715,06522238090717,881
December1,31015,09822441691017,958
Total flights19,908204,5633,2036,05913,604247,337
      
Arrivals      
January6797,1641161544298,542
February6586,9621091593938,281
March7627,9331241914719,481
April8218,42013726953510,182
May9599,23914428765811,287
June1,0539,53415232074511,804
July1,0289,93215335174112,205
August1,0129,81416234371312,044
September8639,24214028864711,180
October8139,06014227758110,873
November6537,5381111904568,948
December6557,5561122084648,995
Total arrivals9,956102,3941,6023,0376,833123,822
      
Departures 
January6777,1501171554178,516
February6566,9391091613918,256
March7617,9281241914699,473
April8218,38213727052710,137
May9629,23414328765211,278
June1,0539,53615131774311,800
July1,0329,90415334773912,175
August1,0119,79016232871412,005
September8619,21514029064311,149
October8099,02214227857910,830
November6547,5271111904518,933
December6557,5421122084468,963
Total departures9,952102,1691,6013,0226,771123,515
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, 2016
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
All flights      
January1,35614,31423330984617,058
February1,31413,90121832078416,537
March1,52315,86124838294018,954
April1,64216,8022745391,06220,319
May1,92118,4732875741,31022,565
June2,10619,0703036371,48823,604
July2,06019,8363066981,48024,380
August2,02319,6043246711,42724,049
September1,72418,4572805781,29022,329
October1,62218,0822845551,16021,703
November1,30715,06522238090717,881
December1,31015,09822441691017,958
Total flights19,908204,5633,2036,05913,604247,337
      
Scheduled flights      
January1,34714,16323330080916,852
February1,30413,72921832076516,336
March1,51515,71424838292118,780
April1,64016,6982745381,03320,183
May1,87718,2872875681,25822,277
June2,02818,6792926331,32122,953
July2,00719,4373026901,36023,796
August1,97619,2503206401,33123,517
September1,68018,1062765641,22621,852
October1,61217,9092845511,10821,464
November1,30214,99022238089317,787
December1,30014,96922441686617,775
Total scheduled19,588201,9313,1805,98212,891243,572
      
Non-scheduled flights 
January91510937206
February101720019201
March81470019174
April21040129136
May441860652288
June78391114167651
July5339948120584
August4735443196532
September4435141464477
October101730452239
November575001494
December101290044183
Total non-scheduled3202,63223777133,765
Source: CSO

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Table 7.9 Air freight classified by national and international traffic by main airports and month, 2016
     Tonnes
MonthCorkDublinKnockShannonTotal
Air freight     
January210,324288411,212
February110,183288911,074
March211,013198612,002
April211,103199412,099
May111,12811,00812,138
June211,18621,13212,321
July111,20321,09012,295
August110,75221,05511,810
September011,89421,11013,006
October111,66711,36313,031
November111,797199412,794
December211,95611,08713,047
Total air freight15134,2071612,591146,829
     
National freight traffic     
January03540345699
February03570345702
March03830362745
April03600383743
May03560366722
June03740355729
July03470349696
August03400339678
September04110394805
October03510330681
November03650356722
December04170413830
Total national freight04,41604,3378,753
     
International freight traffic 
January29,970253910,513
February19,826254410,372
March210,630162411,257
April210,743161011,356
May110,772164211,416
June210,812277711,592
July110,856274111,599
August110,412271611,131
September011,483271712,202
October111,31611,03312,350
November111,432163812,072
December211,540167412,217
Total international freight15129,791168,254138,076
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.10 Air freight classified by arrivals and departures by main airports and month, 2016
     Tonnes
MonthCorkDublinKnockShannonTotal
Air freight     
January210,324288411,212
February110,183288911,074
March211,013198612,002
April211,103199412,099
May111,12811,00812,138
June211,18621,13212,321
July111,20321,09012,295
August110,75221,05511,810
September011,89421,11013,006
October111,66711,36313,031
November111,797199412,794
December211,95611,08713,047
Total air freight15134,2071612,591146,829
     
Arrivals     
January25,52724405,971
February15,50824605,970
March25,77115126,286
April25,64215266,171
May15,74415106,256
June25,81625636,382
July15,75625596,317
August15,52425316,057
September06,22425206,746
October16,16217176,880
November16,22315116,737
December16,27615376,815
Total freight arrivals1470,172166,38576,588
     
Departures 
January04,79704445,241
February04,67504295,104
March05,24204745,716
April05,46104675,929
May05,38404985,882
June05,37005695,939
July05,44705315,978
August05,22805245,752
September05,67005906,260
October05,50506466,151
November05,57404836,057
December05,68105506,231
Total freight departures164,03506,20670,242
Source: CSO

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Table 7.11 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Dublin airport by number of passengers, 2016
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
London - Heathrow854,842896,8471,751,689
London - Gatwich664,204645,3201,309,524
Manchester487,979493,649981,628
Amsterdam - Schiphol469,960467,302937,262
Birmingham463,683463,901927,584
London - Stansted463,575451,464915,039
Paris - Charles De Gaulle 345,174345,731690,905
New York - John F. Kennedy317,794320,860638,654
Edinburgh300,455296,887597,342
Barcelona279,735278,953558,688
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.12 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Cork airport by number of passengers, 2016
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
London - Heathrow191,474198,794390,268
London - Stansted172,211167,101339,312
Amsterdam - Schiphol 88,18289,984178,166
London - Gatwick61,32659,365120,691
Malaga58,28858,576116,864
Faro57,30057,139114,439
Lanzarote 48,98249,03398,015
Manchester45,14147,02992,170
Paris - Charles De Gaulle 45,38745,45590,842
Liverpool - John Lennon40,22940,10780,336
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.13 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Shannon airport by number of passengers, 2016
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
London - Heathrow126,773141,022267,795
London - Stansted123,274115,804239,078
New York - John F Kennedy67,02569,591136,616
London - Gatwick55,94156,366112,307
Boston - Logan49,48749,87699,363
Newark47,16449,00096,164
Manchester42,23942,52384,762
Faro29,87429,02258,896
Malaga28,07327,93056,003
Philadelphia19,41619,99739,413
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.14 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Knock airport by number of passengers, 2016
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
London - Stansted78,46982,335160,804
London - Luton65,78965,423131,212
Liverpool - John Lennon40,59542,15982,754
London - Gatwick37,84137,83775,678
East Midlands33,43134,13467,565
Faro16,61817,79934,417
Manchester15,04815,25730,305
Bristol14,25514,58028,835
Birmingham11,65911,69923,358
Lanzarote9,97810,32520,303
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.15 Top 5 arrivals and departures for Kerry airport by number of passengers, 2016
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
London - Luton56,05255,849111,901
London - Stansted36,89237,37174,263
Frankfurt - Hahn28,66328,45357,116
Dublin23,31125,40148,712
Alicante11,43511,60423,039
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.16 Number of passengers classified by country of flight stage origin and destination handled by main airports, 2016
ContinentCountryArrivalsDeparturesTotal
EuropeAustria65,44166,076131,517
 Belgium252,754253,152505,906
 Czech Republic96,03997,089193,128
 Denmark141,496141,177282,673
 France972,013969,4131,941,426
 Germany993,354997,2911,990,645
 Hungary116,802114,340231,142
 Italy654,208646,5751,300,783
 Latvia58,38760,033118,420
 Lithuania87,61489,961177,575
 Netherlands615,578613,7431,229,321
 Norway72,35974,014146,373
 Poland526,705529,3591,056,064
 Portugal483,422485,196968,618
 Spain 1,970,8941,970,8393,941,733
 Sweden54,18555,216109,401
 Switzerland185,489191,456376,945
 Turkey96,65297,947194,599
 UK - England5,651,0205,703,02211,354,042
 UK - Northern Ireland4577401,197
 UK - Scotland623,694623,3051,246,999
 UK - Wales60,53761,974122,511
 UK - Other30,24030,43360,673
 Total UK6,365,9486,419,47412,785,422
 Other479,704475,883955,587
 Total Europe14,289,04414,348,23428,637,278
   
North AmericaCanada167,615172,399340,014
USA1,399,4011,419,9712,819,372
Other4,0663,8567,922
Total North America1,571,0821,596,2263,167,308
AfricaTotal Africa47,06343,80090,863
 
AsiaUnited Arab Emirates350,538349,032699,570
Other391164555
Total Asia350,929349,196700,125
Other1Total other3,4903,6517,141
     
All continents2 16,261,60816,341,10732,602,715
Source: CSO
1 Due to residual coding errors some passengers cannot be assigned a country of flight origin/destination
2 This figure refers to international passengers only and excludes domestic passenger numbers.

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Table 7.17 Number of flights, passengers and tonnage of freight handled by main Irish airports and aircraft make, 2016
AircraftArrival Departure Total
FlightsPassengersFreight FlightsPassengersFreight FlightsPassengersFreight
 NumberNumberTonnes NumberNumberTonnes NumberNumberTonnes
ATR 42-200/42-3002,16457,6524842,15458,8974124,318116,549896
ATR 7213,949673,94773313,832692,1098427,7811,366,056817
Airbus A300B4-600/ C4-600371011,26637009,750741021,016
Airbus A310/CC-150419,1453419,111138218,25616
Airbus A3192,149231,3891732,142239,577654,291470,966238
Airbus A32030,4284,070,9735,98430,4444,108,7082,93060,8728,179,6818,914
Airbus A3213,397608,8271,1073,399606,2825896,7961,215,1091,695
Airbus A330-2002,003443,1085,8341,989444,2277,0223,992887,33512,856
Airbus A330-3002,135578,2826,2392,136584,76210,1184,2711,163,04416,357
BAE RJ-854,090285,4282234,110284,90708,200570,335223
Boeing 737-30037343,86722141651,00117678994,868397
Boeing 737-4001,08838,91011,3281,08137,0049,4292,16975,91420,758
Boeing 737-60013613,0491213413,443727026,49219
Boeing 737-80047,9397,834,53127447,8967,820,84914795,83515,655,380421
Boeing 737-90032343,42625432344,67314664688,099400
Boeing 767-20077715,30110,47277615,3698,5091,55330,67018,981
Boeing 767-300563127,2961,092563126,4711,6811,126253,7672,773
Boeing 767-40011324,74536811024,37555522349,120923
Boeing 777-3001,010303,74111,2031,008303,55010,6152,018607,29121,818
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner32354,8061,18832156,806776644111,6121,964
Boeing C-323,036435,8489633,033446,0061,0196,069881,8541,982
Boeing C-4060671,7372260773,034151,213144,77137
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-4002,478137,224112,474139,77874,952277,00219
Embraer 17080748,538080949,08001,61697,6180
Embraer 195/ ERJ 190-2001,512104,951601,507107,23123,019212,18263
Other2,01173,3717,0711,84073,8856,1743,851147,25613,245
Total123,82216,330,09276,588123,51516,411,13570,242247,33732,741,227146,829
Source: CSO

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