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  • A total of 34.5 million passengers passed through Irish airports in 2017, an increase of 5.1% on 2016. Dublin airport accounted for 85.3% of air passengers in Ireland.

  • In 2017, the Dublin - Heathrow route carried the most air passengers (1,804,020).

Passenger numbers
201223.8
201324.8
201426.5
201529.8
201632.8
201734.5
Table 7.1 Total passenger numbers1 handled by all airports, 2012 - 2017
       
Airport201220132014201520162017
Connemara19,49020,35419,23619,75321,34516,437
Cork2,333,6432,252,6362,138,0572,065,6782,226,2332,301,450
Donegal29,22633,76835,41536,55244,15646,514
Dublin19,090,78120,148,57421,694,89324,962,51827,778,88829,454,474
Inishmore12,12612,39311,49112,07112,6679,335
Kerry286,442306,042294,955303,039325,670335,480
Knock677,368665,558703,670684,671735,869748,505
Shannon1,286,1391,308,2421,555,2251,642,8881,674,5671,599,390
Waterford77,87528,16833,18934,24913,5112-
Total23,813,09024,775,73526,486,13129,761,41932,832,90634,511,585
Source: CSO
1 Passenger numbers refer to commercial passengers only. Transit passengers are counted twice (i.e. both as arriving and departing passengers).
2 No commercial flights since June 2016 from Waterford airport
Table 7.2 Passenger numbers by month handled by the main airports, 2017
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
January132,1621,844,91718,14638,96888,4102,122,603
February132,1331,781,44017,77142,11782,2252,055,686
March154,1632,168,92123,11753,136101,1182,500,455
April182,0702,479,28231,18669,555123,1922,885,285
May206,1112,594,07132,51465,881149,5093,048,086
June249,3102,886,70534,83673,219182,2703,426,340
July273,2473,109,83136,47588,007193,4383,700,998
August268,9883,059,47435,31488,807181,8783,634,461
September209,9032,724,63630,37768,035155,9563,188,907
October197,0272,580,33729,02463,682137,0183,007,088
November151,1302,124,51123,54548,810105,6372,453,633
December145,2062,100,34923,17548,28898,7392,415,757
Total2,301,45029,454,474335,480748,5051,599,39034,439,299
Source: CSO

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Table 7.3 Passenger numbers classified by national and international traffic by month handled by main airports, 2017
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
All passengers      
January132,1621,844,91718,14638,96888,4102,122,603
February132,1331,781,44017,77142,11782,2252,055,686
March154,1632,168,92123,11753,136101,1182,500,455
April182,0702,479,28231,18669,555123,1922,885,285
May206,1112,594,07132,51465,881149,5093,048,086
June249,3102,886,70534,83673,219182,2703,426,340
July273,2473,109,83136,47588,007193,4383,700,998
August268,9883,059,47435,31488,807181,8783,634,461
September209,9032,724,63630,37768,035155,9563,188,907
October197,0272,580,33729,02463,682137,0183,007,088
November151,1302,124,51123,54548,810105,6372,453,633
December145,2062,100,34923,17548,28898,7392,415,757
Total passengers2,301,45029,454,474335,480748,5051,599,39034,439,299
      
National traffic      
January05,1413,08501828,408
February125,8313,18705189,548
March156,5773,89503410,521
April07,4114,3530011,764
May07,6584,43612818012,402
June08,0094,9220012,931
July010,1615,72101,01416,896
August08,8735,137016314,173
September07,4914,4790011,970
October2547,3624,110046512,191
November236,3583,9540010,335
December07,0444,005025811,307
Total national traffic30487,91651,2841282,814142,446
      
International traffic      
January132,1621,839,77615,06138,96888,2282,114,195
February132,1211,775,60914,58442,11781,7072,046,138
March154,1482,162,34419,22253,136101,0842,489,934
April182,0702,471,87126,83369,555123,1922,873,521
May206,1112,586,41328,07865,753149,3293,035,684
June249,3102,878,69629,91473,219182,2703,413,409
July273,2473,099,67030,75488,007192,4243,684,102
August268,9883,050,60130,17788,807181,7153,620,288
September209,9032,717,14525,89868,035155,9563,176,937
October196,7732,572,97524,91463,682136,5532,994,897
November151,1072,118,15319,59148,810105,6372,443,298
December145,2062,093,30519,17048,28898,4812,404,450
Total international traffic2,301,14629,366,558284,196748,3771,596,57634,296,853
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.4 Passenger numbers classified by arrivals and departures by month handled by main airports, 2017
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
All passengers      
January132,1621,844,91718,14638,96888,4102,122,603
February132,1331,781,44017,77142,11782,2252,055,686
March154,1632,168,92123,11753,136101,1182,500,455
April182,0702,479,28231,18669,555123,1922,885,285
May206,1112,594,07132,51465,881149,5093,048,086
June249,3102,886,70534,83673,219182,2703,426,340
July273,2473,109,83136,47588,007193,4383,700,998
August268,9883,059,47435,31488,807181,8783,634,461
September209,9032,724,63630,37768,035155,9563,188,907
October197,0272,580,33729,02463,682137,0183,007,088
November151,1302,124,51123,54548,810105,6372,453,633
December145,2062,100,34923,17548,28898,7392,415,757
Total passengers2,301,45029,454,474335,480748,5051,599,39034,439,299
      
Arrivals      
January63,621925,9958,29417,21543,2641,058,389
February66,081892,4638,80420,96241,1971,029,507
March77,1931,096,42911,74827,96451,0081,264,342
April91,0931,236,44015,65434,34061,0181,438,545
May100,8861,285,50516,03732,99073,6591,509,077
June119,4751,396,23716,77033,03088,4141,653,926
July140,1871,558,44618,58545,24796,2191,858,684
August137,8661,553,53217,90544,53090,4591,844,292
September103,4811,369,10814,72032,94575,9021,596,156
October98,7681,281,32714,21431,64766,1391,492,095
November76,5141,076,52911,54024,14853,5541,242,285
December73,5441,038,83211,93625,67750,6681,200,657
Total arrivals1,148,70914,710,843166,207370,695791,50117,187,955
      
Departures  
January68,541918,9229,85221,75345,1461,064,214
February66,052888,9778,96721,15541,0281,026,179
March76,9701,072,49211,36925,17250,1101,236,113
April90,9771,242,84215,53235,21562,1741,446,740
May105,2251,308,56616,47732,89175,8501,539,009
June129,8351,490,46818,06640,18993,8561,772,414
July133,0601,551,38517,89042,76097,2191,842,314
August131,1221,505,94217,40944,27791,4191,790,169
September106,4221,355,52815,65735,09080,0541,592,751
October98,2591,299,01014,81032,03570,8791,514,993
November74,6161,047,98212,00524,66252,0831,211,348
December71,6621,061,51711,23922,61148,0711,215,100
Total departures1,152,74114,743,631169,273377,810807,88917,251,344
Source: CSO

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Table 7.5 Passenger numbers classified by scheduled and non-scheduled flights by month handled by main airports, 2017
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
All passengers      
January132,1621,844,91718,14638,96888,4102,122,603
February132,1331,781,44017,77142,11782,2252,055,686
March154,1632,168,92123,11753,136101,1182,500,455
April182,0702,479,28231,18669,555123,1922,885,285
May206,1112,594,07132,51465,881149,5093,048,086
June249,3102,886,70534,83673,219182,2703,426,340
July273,2473,109,83136,47588,007193,4383,700,998
August268,9883,059,47435,31488,807181,8783,634,461
September209,9032,724,63630,37768,035155,9563,188,907
October197,0272,580,33729,02463,682137,0183,007,088
November151,1302,124,51123,54548,810105,6372,453,633
December145,2062,100,34923,17548,28898,7392,415,757
Total passengers2,301,45029,454,474335,480748,5051,599,39034,439,299
      
Scheduled passengers      
January131,7451,826,44718,14637,61185,8962,099,845
February131,1391,748,33917,77142,11780,2812,019,647
March153,6522,152,45523,11753,13699,5062,481,866
April181,3972,466,21430,68069,517121,7702,869,578
May201,6702,568,49930,83364,828144,9403,010,770
June241,4132,833,33133,75272,657169,1753,350,328
July268,8573,045,23736,28286,012181,0703,617,458
August264,0393,002,49435,31486,254175,6493,563,750
September205,9912,674,88629,84966,933151,0123,128,671
October195,8972,561,88128,81063,044132,4932,982,125
November150,9372,119,39423,54548,810104,1522,446,838
December144,0622,083,62322,98148,09296,4952,395,253
Total scheduled2,270,79929,082,800331,080739,0111,542,43933,966,129
      
Non-scheduled passengers 
January41718,47001,3572,51422,758
February99433,101001,94436,039
March51116,466001,61218,589
April67313,068506381,42215,707
May4,44125,5721,6811,0534,56937,316
June7,89753,3741,08456213,09576,012
July4,39064,5941931,99512,36883,540
August4,94956,98002,5536,22970,711
September3,91249,7505281,1024,94460,236
October1,13018,4562146384,52524,963
November1935,117001,4856,795
December1,14416,7261941962,24420,504
Total non-scheduled30,651371,6744,4009,49456,951473,170
Source: CSO

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Table 7.6 Number of flights classified by national and international traffic by month handled by main airports, 2017
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
All flights      
January1,29514,91722836686217,668
February1,22313,77520433677016,308
March1,42216,29324344790419,309
April1,51117,50628354597520,820
May1,77219,1643045531,23523,028
June2,02519,8153026141,38224,138
July2,14620,6343046471,42825,159
August2,12220,4272986191,38024,846
September1,77919,4282785431,25623,284
October1,68118,6232745051,20222,285
November1,37515,98424239896118,960
December1,35415,68224041687418,566
Total flights19,705212,2483,2005,98913,229254,371
      
National traffic      
January0284122048454
February1261112047421
March2295122049468
April0281120040441
May0296124150471
June0285120045450
July0302124052478
August0297124048469
September0283120046449
October2287120048457
November2290120042454
December0275118036429
Total national flights73,4361,44615515,441
      
International traffic      
January1,29514,63310636681417,214
February1,22213,5149233672315,887
March1,42015,99812144785518,841
April1,51117,22516354593520,379
May1,77218,8681805521,18522,557
June2,02519,5301826141,33723,688
July2,14620,3321806471,37624,681
August2,12220,1301746191,33224,377
September1,77919,1451585431,21022,835
October1,67918,3361545051,15421,828
November1,37315,69412239891918,506
December1,35415,40712241683818,137
Total international flights19,698208,8121,7545,98812,678248,930
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.7 Number of flights classified by arrivals and departures by month handled by main airports, 2017
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
All flights      
January1,29514,91722836686217,668
February1,22313,77520433677016,308
March1,42216,29324344790419,309
April1,51117,50628354597520,820
May1,77219,1643045531,23523,028
June2,02519,8153026141,38224,138
July2,14620,6343046471,42825,159
August2,12220,4272986191,38024,846
September1,77919,4282785431,25623,284
October1,68118,6232745051,20222,285
November1,37515,98424239896118,960
December1,35415,68224041687418,566
Total flights19,705212,2483,2005,98913,229254,371
      
Arrivals      
January6477,4751141824348,852
February6126,8981021683878,167
March7108,1551222334569,676
April7568,76614227248710,423
May8839,58215227561911,511
June1,0149,92815130869312,094
July1,07110,33715232371712,600
August1,06110,22614930969112,436
September8929,71813927162911,649
October8429,33213725459511,160
November6878,0131211994739,493
December6757,8521202084369,291
Total arrivals9,850106,2821,6013,0026,617127,352
      
Departures      
January6487,4421141844288,816
February6116,8771021683838,141
March7128,1381212144489,633
April7558,74014127348810,397
May8899,58215227861611,517
June1,0119,88715130668912,044
July1,07510,29715232471112,559
August1,06110,20114931068912,410
September8879,71013927262711,635
October8399,29113725160711,125
November6887,9711211994889,467
December6797,8301202084389,275
Total departures9,855105,9661,5992,9876,612127,019
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, 2017
MonthCorkDublinKerryKnockShannonTotal
All flights      
January1,29514,91722836686217,668
February1,22313,77520433677016,308
March1,42216,29324344790419,309
April1,51117,50628354597520,820
May1,77219,1643045531,23523,028
June2,02519,8153026141,38224,138
July2,14620,6343046471,42825,159
August2,12220,4272986191,38024,846
September1,77919,4282785431,25623,284
October1,68118,6232745051,20222,285
November1,37515,98424239896118,960
December1,35415,68224041687418,566
Total flights19,705212,2483,2005,98913,229254,371
      
Scheduled flights      
January1,29314,76122835884217,482
February1,21413,54020433675216,046
March1,41616,15924344789019,155
April1,50517,41328054496420,706
May1,74118,9922945451,19522,767
June1,97319,4502926091,26923,593
July2,11820,1903026321,33224,574
August2,08920,0372986001,32624,350
September1,74919,0782745331,21122,845
October1,67118,4802724981,08722,008
November1,37215,94224239892018,874
December1,34615,58123841484918,428
Total scheduled19,487209,6233,1675,91412,637250,828
      
Non-scheduled flights      
January21560820186
February92350018262
March61340014154
April6933111114
May3117210840261
June52365105113545
July2844421596585
August3339001954496
September3035041045439
October1014327115277
November342004186
December81012225138
Total non-scheduled2182,62533755923,543
Source: CSO

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Table 7.9 Air freight classified by national and international traffic by main airports and month, 2017
     Tonnes
MonthCorkDublinKnockShannonTotal
Air freight     
January110,356293611,295
February39,87511,02610,906
March212,15611,14913,308
April111,343293912,284
May112,03311,09213,127
June012,00021,16013,163
July511,92811,08213,016
August611,78511,12012,912
September312,61311,10813,724
October113,59514,94318,541
November113,84513,01316,860
December313,38511,43014,820
Total air freight28144,9131618,998163,956
     
National freight traffic     
January03450334678
February03430337680
March04120403815
April03420318659
May04560453909
June04250417842
July04070401809
August04380418856
September04330434868
October04550431887
November05240415939
December04100377787
Total national freight04,99104,7379,728
     
International freight traffic     
January110,011260310,617
February39,531168910,225
March211,744174612,493
April111,001262111,625
May111,577163812,218
June011,574274412,320
July511,521168112,207
August611,347170212,056
September312,179167412,857
October113,14014,51217,654
November113,32112,59815,921
December312,97611,05314,033
Total international freight28139,9221614,261154,227
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.10 Air freight classified by arrivals and departures by main airports and month, 2017
     Tonnes
MonthCorkDublinKnockShannonTotal
Air freight     
January110,356293611,295
February39,87511,02610,906
March212,15611,14913,308
April111,343293912,284
May112,03311,09213,127
June012,00021,16013,163
July511,92811,08213,016
August611,78511,12012,912
September312,61311,10813,724
October113,59514,94318,541
November113,84513,01316,860
December313,38511,43014,820
Total air freight28144,9131618,998163,956
     
Arrivals     
January15,58324496,035
February34,90714685,379
March26,12515976,725
April15,60524736,081
May16,01015786,591
June06,36026066,968
July56,23315946,833
August46,10515786,689
September16,34415936,939
October16,92411,3858,311
November06,88417807,666
December26,76015337,296
Total freight arrivals2173,839167,63681,513
     
Departures     
January04,77304875,260
February14,96805585,527
March06,03105526,583
April05,73704656,203
May06,02305136,536
June05,64005546,194
July05,69504886,183
August25,68005416,224
September26,26805156,785
October06,67203,55810,229
November06,96102,2339,194
December16,62608987,524
Total freight departures771,074011,36282,443
Source: CSO

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Table 7.11 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Dublin airport by number of passengers, 2017
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
London - Heathrow889,063914,9571,804,020
London - Gatwich697,419670,1741,367,593
Amsterdam - Schiphol543,994543,3301,087,324
Manchester487,363492,262979,625
Birmingham455,777456,272912,049
London - Stansted450,440440,789891,229
Paris - Charles De Gaulle 357,343356,596713,939
Edinburgh313,544304,883618,427
New York - John F. Kennedy295,869299,876595,745
Barcelona285,872285,459571,331
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.12 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Cork airport by number of passengers, 2017
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
London - Heathrow198,212203,103401,315
London - Stansted178,132174,869353,001
Amsterdam - Schiphol 83,23184,915168,146
Malaga68,47068,688137,158
London - Gatwick63,77061,815125,585
Faro57,19857,412114,610
Lanzarote 53,12852,758105,886
Manchester52,05853,484105,542
Paris - Charles De Gaulle 45,08945,53190,620
Birmingham37,90039,64577,545
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.13 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Shannon airport by number of passengers, 2017
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
London - Heathrow130,199141,004271,203
London - Stansted102,32396,494198,817
New York - John F Kennedy62,38868,274130,662
London - Gatwick58,62658,155116,781
Boston - Logan46,76047,38494,144
Newark39,08341,89680,979
Manchester36,70436,96373,667
Malaga33,03533,01466,049
Faro27,78927,06254,851
Lanzarote21,61721,78243,399
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.14 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Knock airport by number of passengers, 2017
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
London - Stansted76,90181,953158,854
London - Luton63,94566,173130,118
Liverpool - John Lennon41,88643,53085,416
London - Gatwick39,65738,67278,329
East Midlands37,76035,47573,235
Faro16,84517,46734,312
Manchester14,81014,77629,586
Birmingham14,53114,98029,511
Bristol13,89213,78827,680
Edinburgh12,50612,37824,884
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.15 Top 5 arrivals and departures for Kerry airport by number of passengers, 2017
RouteArrivalsDeparturesTotal
London - Luton56,03755,676111,713
London - Stansted38,64439,31977,963
Frankfurt - Hahn27,63327,11254,745
Dublin24,34126,94351,284
Alicante10,50610,86021,366
Source: CSO

                                      

Table 7.16 Number of passengers classified by country of flight stage origin and destination handled by main airports, 2017
ContinentCountryArrivalsDeparturesTotal
EuropeAustria68,75668,286137,042
 Belgium253,119250,994504,113
 Czech Republic98,849101,731200,580
 Denmark146,309144,968291,277
 France962,510961,1281,923,638
 Germany1,062,6361,070,5422,133,178
 Hungary118,797116,456235,253
 Italy681,296682,1121,363,408
 Latvia57,31958,451115,770
 Lithuania86,60188,544175,145
 Netherlands687,521687,5461,375,067
 Norway74,52774,554149,081
 Poland508,056506,7941,014,850
 Portugal544,840547,9741,092,814
 Spain 2,077,3612,077,1024,154,463
 Sweden75,94275,754151,696
 Switzerland192,621197,479390,100
 Turkey96,328100,962197,290
 UK - England5,670,8665,694,73711,365,603
 UK - Northern Ireland518371889
 UK - Scotland655,540648,0321,303,572
 UK - Wales57,76058,210115,970
 UK - Other29,76429,55459,318
 Total UK6,414,4486,430,90412,845,352
 Other605,244598,9171,204,161
 Total Europe14,813,08014,841,19829,654,278
   
North AmericaCanada202,301212,994415,295
USA1,650,9601,677,4413,328,401
Other2,9342,6565,590
Total North America1,856,1951,893,0913,749,286
   
AfricaTotal Africa46,13543,51889,653
   
AsiaUnited Arab Emirates363,392363,758727,150
Other31,83431,17163,005
Total Asia395,226394,929790,155
   
Other1Total other6,4087,07313,481
   
All continents2 17,117,04417,179,80934,296,853
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, 2017
AircraftArrival Departure Total
FlightsPassengersFreight FlightsPassengersFreight FlightsPassengersFreight
 NumberNumberTonnes NumberNumberTonnes NumberNumberTonnes
ATR 42-200/42-3002,57776,6175192,56277,4574155,139154,074934
ATR 7212,649647,2251,05412,409656,0238325,0581,303,2481,137
Airbus A300B4-600/ C4-600479014,964473013,109952028,074
Airbus A310/CC-1506112,274266012,8984512125,17272
Airbus A3192,188241,0461752,183240,233414,371481,279216
Airbus A32031,7064,238,0264,64231,7354,268,0402,50463,4418,506,0667,146
Airbus A3213,635643,3791,0013,633636,4724487,2681,279,8511,448
Airbus A330-2002,314482,8708,3862,293499,1699,8854,607982,03918,271
Airbus A330-3002,656721,3957,2062,659726,81412,4855,3151,448,20919,691
BAE RJ-853,688276,0603383,712281,72287,400557,782346
Boeing 737-30034540,8848947562,127132820103,011221
Boeing 737-4001,05438,86810,1551,04537,2858,7672,09976,15318,922
Boeing 737-60019519,4281019619,561939138,98919
Boeing 737-80047,9358,027,80734747,8187,995,50317295,75316,023,310519
Boeing 737-90019727,15113419729,0857139456,236205
Boeing 767-2006292089,8386262107,5591,25541817,397
Boeing 767-300679136,4251,769686141,9423,3261,365278,3675,095
Boeing 767-40033971,5941,41033975,0651,752678146,6593,162
Boeing 777-20040176,3082,32140277,0082,711803153,3165,032
Boeing 777-300730227,0558,225730223,7057,4651,460450,76015,689
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner649121,4473,154648119,7492,6321,297241,1965,787
Boeing C-322,990414,6433732,988422,1244635,978836,767836
Boeing C-4079394,0845378994,839121,582188,92364
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-4002,778162,151212,771163,56645,549325,71725
Embraer 1701,15877,698261,16078,60912,318156,30727
Embraer 195/ ERJ 190-2002,810215,6641532,800215,838185,610431,502171
Sukhoi Superjet 100-9512010,104011610,021023620,1250
Other1,59787,5445,1231,51486,2798,3273,111173,82313,449
Total127,35217,187,95581,513127,01917,251,34482,443254,37134,439,299163,956
Source: CSO

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