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A total of 36.6 million passengers passed through Irish airports in 2018, an increase of 6.0% on 2017. Dublin airport accounted for 85.6% of air passengers in Ireland.

In 2018, the Dublin - Heathrow route carried the most air passengers (1,810,126) and accounted for one twentieth (4.9%) of all passenger movements in the year.

	Passenger numbers
2013	24.8
2014	26.5
2015	29.8
2016	32.8
2017	34.5
2018	36.6

Aviation transport

Table 7.1 Total passenger numbers¹handled by all airports, 2013 - 2018
Airport	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Connemara	20,354	19,236	19,753	21,345	16,437	15,322
Cork	2,252,636	2,138,057	2,065,678	2,226,233	2,301,450	2,387,806
Donegal	33,768	35,415	36,552	44,156	46,514	46,537
Dublin	20,148,574	21,694,893	24,962,518	27,778,888	29,454,474	31,319,419
Inishmore	12,393	11,491	12,071	12,667	9,335	8,814
Kerry	306,042	294,955	303,039	325,670	335,480	365,339
Knock	665,558	703,670	684,671	735,869	748,505	770,908
Shannon	1,308,242	1,555,225	1,642,888	1,674,567	1,599,390	1,677,661
Waterford²	28,168	33,189	34,249	13,511	-	-
Total	24,775,735	26,486,131	29,761,419	32,832,906	34,511,585	36,591,806
Source: CSO
¹Passenger 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

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Table 7.2 Passenger numbers¹ by month handled by the main airports, 2018
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total
January	136,997	1,960,874	20,280	39,777	86,313	2,244,241
February	136,587	1,836,023	21,547	42,899	83,898	2,120,954
March	155,034	2,240,585	23,612	48,558	106,859	2,574,648
April	186,906	2,603,356	33,602	68,916	134,074	3,026,854
May	219,400	2,857,155	33,421	68,968	162,043	3,340,987
June	259,337	3,097,733	36,594	79,587	190,051	3,663,302
July	273,739	3,309,159	39,039	88,119	198,527	3,908,583
August	267,712	3,220,963	39,690	91,425	197,110	3,816,900
September	231,561	2,900,859	35,281	72,143	165,774	3,405,618
October	203,234	2,796,441	31,551	67,378	141,885	3,240,489
November	163,087	2,264,110	24,737	52,584	107,508	2,612,026
December	154,212	2,232,161	25,985	50,554	103,619	2,566,531
Total	2,387,806	31,319,419	365,339	770,908	1,677,661	36,521,133
Source: CSO
¹Passenger numbers refer to commercial passengers only. Transit passengers are counted twice (i.e. both as arriving and departing passengers).

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Table 7.3 Passenger numbers¹ classified by national and international traffic by month handled by main airports, 2018
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total
All passengers
January	136,997	1,960,874	20,280	39,777	86,313	2,244,241
February	136,587	1,836,023	21,547	42,899	83,898	2,120,954
March	155,034	2,240,585	23,612	48,558	106,859	2,574,648
April	186,906	2,603,356	33,602	68,916	134,074	3,026,854
May	219,400	2,857,155	33,421	68,968	162,043	3,340,987
June	259,337	3,097,733	36,594	79,587	190,051	3,663,302
July	273,739	3,309,159	39,039	88,119	198,527	3,908,583
August	267,712	3,220,963	39,690	91,425	197,110	3,816,900
September	231,561	2,900,859	35,281	72,143	165,774	3,405,618
October	203,234	2,796,441	31,551	67,378	141,885	3,240,489
November	163,087	2,264,110	24,737	52,584	107,508	2,612,026
December	154,212	2,232,161	25,985	50,554	103,619	2,566,531
Total passengers	2,387,806	31,319,419	365,339	770,908	1,677,661	36,521,133

National traffic
January	0	6,053	3,428	0	589	10,070
February	0	6,311	4,021	0	1,098	11,430
March	322	6,909	4,176	0	885	12,292
April	156	8,022	4,815	0	460	13,453
May	0	8,942	5,414	0	677	15,033
June	0	9,132	5,460	0	122	14,714
July	323	10,267	5,806	0	1,185	17,581
August	7	10,685	6,095	208	0	16,995
September	151	8,746	5,272	0	150	14,319
October	0	8,308	4,790	0	0	13,098
November	34	8,794	4,005	0	1,403	14,236
December	0	7,489	4,248	0	445	12,182
Total national traffic	993	99,658	57,530	208	7,014	165,403

International traffic
January	136,997	1,954,821	16,852	39,777	85,724	2,234,171
February	136,587	1,829,712	17,526	42,899	82,800	2,109,524
March	154,712	2,233,676	19,436	48,558	105,974	2,562,356
April	186,750	2,595,334	28,787	68,916	133,614	3,013,401
May	219,400	2,848,213	28,007	68,968	161,366	3,325,954
June	259,337	3,088,601	31,134	79,587	189,929	3,648,588
July	273,416	3,298,892	33,233	88,119	197,342	3,891,002
August	267,705	3,210,278	33,595	91,217	197,110	3,799,905
September	231,410	2,892,113	30,009	72,143	165,624	3,391,299
October	203,234	2,788,133	26,761	67,378	141,885	3,227,391
November	163,053	2,255,316	20,732	52,584	106,105	2,597,790
December	154,212	2,224,672	21,737	50,554	103,174	2,554,349
Total international traffic	2,386,813	31,219,761	307,809	770,700	1,670,647	36,355,730
Source: CSO
¹Passenger numbers refer to commercial passengers only. Transit passengers are counted twice (i.e. both as arriving and departing passengers).

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Table 7.4 Passenger numbers¹ classified by arrivals and departures by month handled by main airports, 2018
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total
All passengers
January	136,997	1,960,874	20,280	39,777	86,313	2,244,241
February	136,587	1,836,023	21,547	42,899	83,898	2,120,954
March	155,034	2,240,585	23,612	48,558	106,859	2,574,648
April	186,906	2,603,356	33,602	68,916	134,074	3,026,854
May	219,400	2,857,155	33,421	68,968	162,043	3,340,987
June	259,337	3,097,733	36,594	79,587	190,051	3,663,302
July	273,739	3,309,159	39,039	88,119	198,527	3,908,583
August	267,712	3,220,963	39,690	91,425	197,110	3,816,900
September	231,561	2,900,859	35,281	72,143	165,774	3,405,618
October	203,234	2,796,441	31,551	67,378	141,885	3,240,489
November	163,087	2,264,110	24,737	52,584	107,508	2,612,026
December	154,212	2,232,161	25,985	50,554	103,619	2,566,531
Total passengers	2,387,806	31,319,419	365,339	770,908	1,677,661	36,521,133

Arrivals
January	66,112	983,697	9,369	17,935	42,658	1,119,771
February	68,416	922,412	10,925	21,128	42,925	1,065,806
March	76,043	1,105,153	12,111	24,518	53,109	1,270,934
April	94,285	1,331,071	16,511	33,248	67,173	1,542,288
May	106,928	1,404,483	16,782	34,656	79,931	1,642,780
June	124,611	1,499,970	17,594	37,783	93,083	1,773,041
July	140,290	1,660,193	19,743	45,272	98,957	1,964,455
August	136,808	1,638,402	20,012	45,824	98,437	1,939,483
September	114,729	1,457,338	17,490	36,193	80,786	1,706,536
October	102,087	1,386,615	15,469	33,934	68,979	1,607,084
November	82,006	1,143,317	12,122	25,837	54,101	1,317,383
December	78,060	1,101,600	13,528	26,599	53,136	1,272,923
Total arrivals	1,190,375	15,634,251	181,656	382,927	833,275	18,222,484

Departures
January	70,885	977,177	10,911	21,842	43,655	1,124,470
February	68,171	913,611	10,622	21,771	40,973	1,055,148
March	78,991	1,135,432	11,501	24,040	53,750	1,303,714
April	92,621	1,272,285	17,091	35,668	66,901	1,484,566
May	112,472	1,452,672	16,639	34,312	82,112	1,698,207
June	134,726	1,597,763	19,000	41,804	96,968	1,890,261
July	133,449	1,648,966	19,296	42,847	99,570	1,944,128
August	130,904	1,582,561	19,678	45,601	98,673	1,877,417
September	116,832	1,443,521	17,791	35,950	84,988	1,699,082
October	101,147	1,409,826	16,082	33,444	72,906	1,633,405
November	81,081	1,120,793	12,615	26,747	53,407	1,294,643
December	76,152	1,130,561	12,457	23,955	50,483	1,293,608
Total departures	1,197,431	15,685,168	183,683	387,981	844,386	18,298,649
Source: CSO
¹Passenger numbers refer to commercial passengers only. Transit passengers are counted twice (i.e. both as arriving and departing passengers).

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Table 7.5 Passenger numbers¹ classified by scheduled and non-scheduled flights by month handled by main airports, 2018
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total
All passengers
January	136,997	1,960,874	20,280	39,777	86,313	2,244,241
February	136,587	1,836,023	21,547	42,899	83,898	2,120,954
March	155,034	2,240,585	23,612	48,558	106,859	2,574,648
April	186,906	2,603,356	33,602	68,916	134,074	3,026,854
May	219,400	2,857,155	33,421	68,968	162,043	3,340,987
June	259,337	3,097,733	36,594	79,587	190,051	3,663,302
July	273,739	3,309,159	39,039	88,119	198,527	3,908,583
August	267,712	3,220,963	39,690	91,425	197,110	3,816,900
September	231,561	2,900,859	35,281	72,143	165,774	3,405,618
October	203,234	2,796,441	31,551	67,378	141,885	3,240,489
November	163,087	2,264,110	24,737	52,584	107,508	2,612,026
December	154,212	2,232,161	25,985	50,554	103,619	2,566,531
Total passengers	2,387,806	31,319,419	365,339	770,908	1,677,661	36,521,133

Scheduled passengers
January	135,483	1,943,776	20,280	38,215	82,870	2,220,624
February	135,059	1,816,313	21,347	42,899	78,273	2,093,891
March	153,701	2,223,068	23,612	48,558	102,613	2,551,552
April	184,910	2,594,215	33,602	68,916	129,719	3,011,362
May	215,046	2,829,598	33,421	68,365	156,668	3,303,098
June	252,355	3,046,396	36,594	77,803	179,614	3,592,762
July	270,010	3,250,965	39,039	84,779	188,098	3,832,891
August	264,125	3,167,711	39,690	89,010	189,445	3,749,981
September	227,817	2,853,634	34,836	70,765	160,706	3,347,758
October	202,517	2,782,129	31,551	66,810	139,764	3,222,771
November	162,803	2,259,462	24,737	52,584	101,623	2,601,209
December	153,233	2,215,163	25,615	50,071	98,909	2,542,991
Total scheduled	2,357,059	30,982,430	364,324	758,775	1,608,302	36,070,890

Non-scheduled passengers
January	1,514	17,098	0	1,562	3,443	23,617
February	1,528	19,710	200	0	5,625	27,063
March	1,333	17,517	0	0	4,246	23,096
April	1,996	9,141	0	0	4,355	15,492
May	4,354	27,557	0	603	5,375	37,889
June	6,982	51,337	0	1,784	10,437	70,540
July	3,729	58,194	0	3,340	10,429	75,692
August	3,587	53,252	0	2,415	7,665	66,919
September	3,744	47,225	445	1,378	5,068	57,860
October	717	14,312	0	568	2,121	17,718
November	284	4,648	0	0	5,885	10,817
December	979	16,998	370	483	4,710	23,540
Total non-scheduled	30,747	336,989	1,015	12,133	69,359	450,243
Source: CSO
¹Passenger numbers refer to commercial passengers only. Transit passengers are counted twice (i.e. both as arriving and departing passengers).

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Table 7.6 Number of flights classified by national and international traffic by month handled by main airports, 2018
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total
All flights
January	1,349	15,794	248	374	854	18,619
February	1,275	14,205	225	362	768	16,835
March	1,360	16,268	240	412	898	19,178
April	1,576	18,711	296	560	1,122	22,265
May	1,849	20,407	298	589	1,309	24,452
June	2,073	20,797	307	624	1,435	25,236
July	2,145	21,600	317	647	1,468	26,177
August	2,139	21,172	318	647	1,431	25,707
September	1,990	20,260	307	603	1,358	24,518
October	1,741	19,964	290	552	1,198	23,745
November	1,475	16,818	245	424	915	19,877
December	1,469	16,696	252	441	943	19,801
Total flights	20,441	222,692	3,343	6,235	13,699	266,410

National traffic
January	0	295	124	0	52	471
February	0	261	110	0	49	420
March	2	270	114	0	48	434
April	1	286	120	0	46	453
May	0	294	124	0	51	469
June	0	283	119	0	44	446
July	3	299	123	0	57	482
August	1	298	124	2	46	471
September	2	284	118	0	29	433
October	0	293	122	0	24	439
November	1	295	117	0	54	467
December	0	262	114	0	45	421
Total national flights	10	3,420	1,429	2	545	5,406

International traffic
January	1,349	15,499	124	374	802	18,148
February	1,275	13,944	115	362	719	16,415
March	1,358	15,998	126	412	850	18,744
April	1,575	18,425	176	560	1,076	21,812
May	1,849	20,113	174	589	1,258	23,983
June	2,073	20,514	188	624	1,391	24,790
July	2,142	21,301	194	647	1,411	25,695
August	2,138	20,874	194	645	1,385	25,236
September	1,988	19,976	189	603	1,329	24,085
October	1,741	19,671	168	552	1,174	23,306
November	1,474	16,523	128	424	861	19,410
December	1,469	16,434	138	441	898	19,380
Total international flights	20,431	219,272	1,914	6,233	13,154	261,004
Source: CSO

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Table 7.7 Number of flights classified by arrivals and departures by month handled by main airports, 2018
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total
All flights
January	1,349	15,794	248	374	854	18,619
February	1,275	14,205	225	362	768	16,835
March	1,360	16,268	240	412	898	19,178
April	1,576	18,711	296	560	1,122	22,265
May	1,849	20,407	298	589	1,309	24,452
June	2,073	20,797	307	624	1,435	25,236
July	2,145	21,600	317	647	1,468	26,177
August	2,139	21,172	318	647	1,431	25,707
September	1,990	20,260	307	603	1,358	24,518
October	1,741	19,964	290	552	1,198	23,745
November	1,475	16,818	245	424	915	19,877
December	1,469	16,696	252	441	943	19,801
Total flights	20,441	222,692	3,343	6,235	13,699	266,410

Arrivals
January	671	7,914	124	187	432	9,328
February	635	7,109	113	180	393	8,430
March	678	8,138	120	206	448	9,590
April	788	9,367	148	280	561	11,144
May	922	10,206	149	294	654	12,225
June	1,037	10,410	153	313	717	12,630
July	1,070	10,823	158	323	735	13,109
August	1,069	10,608	159	322	715	12,873
September	998	10,145	154	310	677	12,284
October	871	10,004	145	277	595	11,892
November	736	8,417	123	212	461	9,949
December	734	8,351	126	221	476	9,908
Total arrivals	10,209	111,492	1,672	3,125	6,864	133,362

Departures
January	678	7,880	124	187	422	9,291
February	640	7,096	112	182	375	8,405
March	682	8,130	120	206	450	9,588
April	788	9,344	148	280	561	11,121
May	927	10,201	149	295	655	12,227
June	1,036	10,387	154	311	718	12,606
July	1,075	10,777	159	324	733	13,068
August	1,070	10,564	159	325	716	12,834
September	992	10,115	153	293	681	12,234
October	870	9,960	145	275	603	11,853
November	739	8,401	122	212	454	9,928
December	735	8,345	126	220	467	9,893
Total departures	10,232	111,200	1,671	3,110	6,835	133,048
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, 2018
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total
All flights
January	1,349	15,794	248	374	854	18,619
February	1,275	14,205	225	362	768	16,835
March	1,360	16,268	240	412	898	19,178
April	1,576	18,711	296	560	1,122	22,265
May	1,849	20,407	298	589	1,309	24,452
June	2,073	20,797	307	624	1,435	25,236
July	2,145	21,600	317	647	1,468	26,177
August	2,139	21,172	318	647	1,431	25,707
September	1,990	20,260	307	603	1,358	24,518
October	1,741	19,964	290	552	1,198	23,745
November	1,475	16,818	245	424	915	19,877
December	1,469	16,696	252	441	943	19,801
Total flights	20,441	222,692	3,343	6,235	13,699	266,410

Scheduled flights
January	1,340	15,684	248	362	821	18,455
February	1,264	14,078	222	362	730	16,656
March	1,350	16,152	240	412	858	19,012
April	1,563	18,648	296	560	1,091	22,158
May	1,820	20,221	298	584	1,263	24,186
June	2,030	20,472	307	613	1,338	24,760
July	2,115	21,234	317	628	1,375	25,669
August	2,112	20,836	318	628	1,368	25,262
September	1,963	19,945	304	591	1,300	24,103
October	1,736	19,860	290	548	1,158	23,592
November	1,473	16,785	245	424	874	19,801
December	1,463	16,591	250	438	880	19,622
Total scheduled	20,229	220,506	3,335	6,150	13,056	263,276

Non-scheduled flights
January	9	110	0	12	33	164
February	11	127	3	0	38	179
March	10	116	0	0	40	166
April	13	63	0	0	31	107
May	29	186	0	5	46	266
June	43	325	0	11	97	476
July	30	366	0	19	93	508
August	27	336	0	19	63	445
September	27	315	3	12	58	415
October	5	104	0	4	40	153
November	2	33	0	0	41	76
December	6	105	2	3	63	179
Total non-scheduled	212	2,186	8	85	643	3,134
Source: CSO

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Table 7.9 Air freight classified by national and international traffic by main airports and month, 2018
					Tonnes
Month	Cork	Dublin	Knock	Shannon	Total
Air freight
January	4	11,733	2	1,047	12,786
February	4	10,678	1	959	11,642
March	2	12,479	1	1,054	13,536
April	9	12,497	2	1,080	13,588
May	4	13,041	0	1,154	14,199
June	6	12,917	2	1,124	14,049
July	6	12,336	1	1,117	13,461
August	6	12,022	1	1,065	13,094
September	2	12,693	1	1,255	13,951
October	3	11,928	1	1,328	13,259
November	2	11,349	1	1,238	12,591
December	2	10,035	1	1,171	11,209
Total air freight	51	143,708	14	13,592	157,364

National freight traffic
January	0	428	0	418	845
February	0	368	0	392	759
March	0	414	0	434	848
April	0	408	0	397	805
May	0	470	0	451	921
June	0	448	0	443	892
July	0	475	0	464	939
August	0	419	0	399	818
September	0	412	0	270	682
October	0	451	0	229	680
November	0	508	0	455	964
December	0	442	0	457	899
Total national freight	0	5,245	0	4,809	10,054

International freight traffic
January	4	11,305	2	630	11,940
February	4	10,310	1	567	10,882
March	2	12,064	1	620	12,687
April	9	12,089	2	683	12,783
May	4	12,570	0	703	13,278
June	6	12,469	2	681	13,157
July	6	11,861	1	653	12,521
August	6	11,603	1	666	12,276
September	2	12,281	1	985	13,269
October	3	11,476	1	1,099	12,578
November	2	10,841	1	783	11,627
December	2	9,593	1	714	10,310
Total international freight	51	138,463	14	8,783	147,310
Source: CSO

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Table 7.10 Air freight classified by arrivals and departures by main airports and month, 2018
					Tonnes
Month	Cork	Dublin	Knock	Shannon	Total
Air freight
January	4	11,733	2	1,047	12,786
February	4	10,678	1	959	11,642
March	2	12,479	1	1,054	13,536
April	9	12,497	2	1,080	13,588
May	4	13,041	0	1,154	14,199
June	6	12,917	2	1,124	14,049
July	6	12,336	1	1,117	13,461
August	6	12,022	1	1,065	13,094
September	2	12,693	1	1,255	13,951
October	3	11,928	1	1,328	13,259
November	2	11,349	1	1,238	12,591
December	2	10,035	1	1,171	11,209
Total air freight	51	143,708	14	13,592	157,364

Arrivals
January	2	6,186	2	520	6,710
February	2	5,529	1	530	6,063
March	1	6,339	1	546	6,888
April	6	6,162	2	520	6,690
May	1	6,709	0	576	7,287
June	4	6,839	2	553	7,398
July	3	6,403	1	558	6,964
August	2	5,887	1	539	6,429
September	1	6,471	1	536	7,009
October	1	6,627	1	692	7,321
November	1	6,397	1	666	7,065
December	1	5,783	1	565	6,351
Total freight arrivals	25	75,333	14	6,803	82,174

Departures
January	2	5,547	0	527	6,076
February	2	5,148	0	429	5,579
March	2	6,139	0	507	6,648
April	3	6,335	0	560	6,898
May	3	6,331	0	578	6,912
June	2	6,078	0	572	6,651
July	4	5,934	0	559	6,497
August	4	6,135	0	526	6,665
September	1	6,222	0	719	6,942
October	2	5,301	0	635	5,938
November	1	4,953	0	572	5,526
December	1	4,252	0	606	4,859
Total freight departures	26	68,375	0	6,789	75,190
Source: CSO

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Table 7.11 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Dublin airport by number of passengers, 2018
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total
London - Heathrow	893,526	916,600	1,810,126
London - Gatwick	683,596	664,992	1,348,588
Amsterdam - Schiphol	601,969	598,294	1,200,263
Manchester	491,423	494,242	985,665
Birmingham	462,382	464,251	926,633
London - Stansted	452,682	444,295	896,977
Paris - Charles De Gaulle	360,592	361,597	722,189
Edinburgh	321,842	315,685	637,527
New York - John F. Kennedy	304,431	303,262	607,693
Frankfurt - Main	296,208	305,053	601,261
Source: CSO

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Table 7.12 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Cork airport by number of passengers, 2018
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total
London - Heathrow	199,912	203,357	403,269
London - Stansted	173,694	173,283	346,977
Amsterdam - Schiphol	77,051	78,901	155,952
Malaga	74,891	74,837	149,728
London - Gatwick	62,187	60,741	122,928
Paris - Charles De Gaulle	60,733	62,107	122,840
Faro	59,141	59,640	118,781
Lanzarote	55,997	56,424	112,421
Manchester	52,308	53,997	106,305
Birmingham	37,922	39,249	77,171
Source: CSO

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Table 7.13 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Shannon airport by number of passengers, 2018
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total
London - Heathrow	133,487	142,749	276,236
London - Stansted	104,159	98,841	203,000
New York - John F Kennedy	58,109	60,712	118,821
London - Gatwick	58,983	58,343	117,326
Boston - Logan	46,215	47,906	94,121
Manchester	42,874	42,139	85,013
Newark	33,034	34,584	67,618
Malaga	29,653	29,130	58,783
Faro	28,837	28,019	56,856
Lanzarote	23,164	23,270	46,434
Source: CSO

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Table 7.14 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Knock airport by numberof passengers, 2018
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total
London - Stansted	74,877	81,059	155,936
London - Luton	66,739	66,000	132,739
Liverpool - John Lennon	41,615	43,255	84,870
London - Gatwick	41,563	40,635	82,198
East Midlands	34,521	35,217	69,738
Manchester	18,610	18,613	37,223
Bristol	17,697	17,521	35,218
Birmingham	16,400	16,764	33,164
Faro	15,723	16,308	32,031
Edinburgh	14,236	14,145	28,381
Source: CSO

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Table 7.15 Top 5 arrivals and departures for Kerry airport by numberof passengers, 2018
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total
London - Luton	55,454	55,295	110,749
London - Stansted	40,165	39,972	80,137
Dublin	27,340	30,190	57,530
Frankfurt - Hahn	26,069	25,796	51,865
Berlin	16,395	16,123	32,518
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, 2018
Continent	Country	Arrivals	Departures	Total
Europe	Austria	84,794	85,697	170,491
	Belgium	254,968	255,121	510,089
	Bulgaria	51,024	51,035	102,059
	Croatia	80,955	80,062	161,017
	Czech Republic	103,072	106,662	209,734
	Denmark	138,483	138,590	277,073
	Finland	60,906	67,094	128,000
	France	1,004,167	1,012,278	2,016,445
	Germany	1,259,598	1,270,292	2,529,890
	Greece	84,125	82,628	166,753
	Hungary	119,139	119,044	238,183
	Iceland	110,459	111,817	222,276
	Italy	738,072	736,316	1,474,388
	Latvia	55,678	56,980	112,658
	Lithuania	86,637	87,870	174,507
	Netherlands	738,024	734,997	1,473,021
	Norway	73,201	73,873	147,074
	Poland	487,642	492,120	979,762
	Portugal	561,709	564,891	1,126,600
	Romania	116,494	112,970	229,464
	Slovakia	65,602	65,901	131,503
	Spain	2,163,173	2,163,497	4,326,670
	Sweden	78,652	80,686	159,338
	Switzerland	214,774	215,761	430,535
	Turkey	107,758	110,470	218,228
	UK - England	5,742,501	5,769,059	11,511,560
	UK - Northern Ireland	521	557	1,078
	UK - Scotland	667,102	662,579	1,329,681
	UK - Wales	61,883	61,247	123,130
	UK - Other	28,820	29,266	58,086
	Total UK	6,500,827	6,522,708	13,023,535
	Other	143,047	139,914	282,961
	Total Europe	15,482,980	15,539,274	31,022,254

North America	Canada	237,045	244,313	481,358
	USA	1,891,675	1,909,654	3,801,329
	Other	2,752	2,554	5,306
	Total North America	2,131,472	2,156,521	4,287,993

Africa	Total Africa	57,897	55,211	113,108

Asia	United Arab Emirates	364,096	361,371	725,467
	Other	95,193	91,719	186,912
	Total Asia	459,289	453,090	912,379

Other¹	Total other	9,562	10,434	19,996

All continents²		18,141,200	18,214,530	36,355,730
Source: CSO
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.

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Table 7.17 Number of flights, passengers and tonnage of freight handled by main Irish airports and aircraft make, 2018
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	1,801	51,771	512	1,499	40,010	390	3,300	91,781	901
ATR 72	12,805	658,655	1,003	12,876	680,513	159	25,681	1,339,168	1,162
Airbus A300B4-600/ C4-600	516	0	15,818	517	0	14,094	1,033	0	29,912
Airbus A310/CC-150	47	10,383	7	47	10,301	22	94	20,684	29
Airbus A319	2,102	235,865	186	2,094	238,298	31	4,196	474,163	217
Airbus A320	34,059	4,574,860	4,287	34,081	4,607,932	2,023	68,140	9,182,792	6,310
Airbus A321	3,520	619,177	757	3,525	625,275	290	7,045	1,244,452	1,047
Airbus A330-200	2,708	566,043	9,770	2,710	581,220	9,642	5,418	1,147,263	19,412
Airbus A330-300	3,243	870,952	6,503	3,244	875,778	10,337	6,487	1,746,730	16,840
BAE RJ-85	2,678	199,133	49	2,699	203,973	1	5,377	403,106	51
Boeing 737-300	338	41,228	66	344	41,418	110	682	82,646	176
Boeing 737-400	948	25,124	9,296	954	24,924	9,148	1,902	50,048	18,444
Boeing 737-600	93	8,993	11	93	9,470	6	186	18,463	17
Boeing 737-800	50,411	8,405,543	338	50,407	8,393,446	175	100,818	16,798,989	513
Boeing 737-900	290	40,782	224	290	43,798	78	580	84,580	302
Boeing 767-200	502	0	8,334	499	0	6,241	1,001	0	14,575
Boeing 767-300	325	38,101	3,449	323	38,022	2,837	648	76,123	6,286
Boeing 767-400	388	85,837	1,266	388	87,312	1,834	776	173,149	3,100
Boeing 777-200	392	103,447	1,793	395	103,147	2,553	787	206,594	4,346
Boeing 777-300	634	194,451	6,405	633	194,577	5,698	1,267	389,028	12,103
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner	931	166,135	5,494	929	161,753	4,598	1,860	327,888	10,092
Boeing C-32	2,905	412,959	916	2,903	420,075	879	5,808	833,034	1,795
Boeing C-40	989	115,129	149	987	115,704	21	1,976	230,833	170
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400	2,991	174,531	23	2,982	173,547	5	5,973	348,078	28
Embraer 170	1,781	113,794	15	1,777	114,663	2	3,558	228,457	18
Embraer 195/ ERJ 190-200	3,378	264,950	145	3,378	263,473	11	6,756	528,423	156
Sukhoi Superjet 100-95	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	2,587	244,641	5,359	2,474	250,020	4,004	5,061	494,661	9,363
Total	133,362	18,222,484	82,174	133,048	18,298,649	75,190	266,410	36,521,133	157,364
Source: CSO

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