List of the busiest airports in the Republic of Ireland

The following tables show 2008 to 2022 passenger traffic statistics for all airports in the Republic of Ireland, ranked by total passenger traffic each year. The data also shows available total aircraft movements at each airport based on statistics published by the Irish Aviation Authority.

Dublin Airport is the largest airport in Ireland, and in 2018 was the 13th busiest airport in Europe. Ireland has four main airports: Cork, Dublin, Shannon and Knock. There are also smaller regional airports at Donegal, Kerry, Galway, Sligo and Waterford. The latter three, as of July 2019, do not have any scheduled flights.

Many airlines serve Ireland with Aer Lingus, Aer Lingus Regional and Ryanair having a significant presence at Irish airports. North American airlines serving Ireland include Air Canada, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines.

Ireland is well connected with Europe mainly through Dublin, Shannon and Cork Airports. The United Kingdom is the most flown to country from Ireland.^[1] Transatlantic flights are available at Dublin Airport and Shannon Airports. US preclearance is available at both Dublin and Shannon Airports, two of fifteen US preclearance airports in the world.^[2]

At a glance

The graph shows the yearly total passenger numbers handled by Irish airports.

Annual passenger traffic at DUB ORK SNN NOC CFN NNR IOR airports. See Wikidata query.

Table per year

2022 data

Rank 2022	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total Passengers 2021	Total Passengers 2022	Passengers Change 2021/22
1	Dublin Airport	Dublin	DUB/EIDW	8,266,271	27,793,346^[3]	236%
2	Cork Airport	Cork	ORK/EICK	0255,014	02,238,455^[3]	777%
3	Shannon Airport	Clare	SNN/EINN	0322,162	01,421,986^[3]	341%
4	Ireland West Airport	Mayo	NOC/EIKN	0174,027	00709,540^[3]	307%
5	Kerry Airport	Kerry	KIR/EIKY	0115,398	00355,043^[3]	208%
6	Donegal Airport	Donegal	CFN/EIDL	0014,603	00036,934^[3]	153%
TOTAL				9,147,475	32,555,204	256%

2021 data

Rank 2021	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total Passengers 2020	Total Passengers 2021	Passengers Change 2020/21
1	Dublin Airport	Dublin	DUB/EIDW	7,267,240	8,266,271^[4]	14%
2	Shannon Airport	Clare	SNN/EINN	0273,585	0322,162^[4]	18%
3	Cork Airport	Cork	ORK/EICK	0527,014	0255,014^[4]	52%
4	Ireland West Airport	Mayo	NOC/EIKN	00142,532	0174,027^[4]	22%
5	Kerry Airport	Kerry	KIR/EIKY	0082,959	00115,398^[4]	39%
6	Donegal Airport	Donegal	CFN/EIDL	00018,067	0014,603^[4]	19%
7	Connemara Airport	Galway	NNR/EICA	0008,890	000
8	Inishmore Aerodrome	Galway	IOR/EIIM	00008,831	000
TOTAL				8,325,307	9,147,475	10%

2020 data

Rank 2018	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total Passengers 2019	Total Passengers 2020	Passengers Change 2018/19
1	Dublin Airport	Dublin	DUB/EIDW	32,676,251	7,267,240^[5]	77.8%
2	Cork Airport	Cork	ORK/EICK	02,585,466	0527,014^[5]	79.6%
3	Shannon Airport	Clare	SNN/EINN	01,616,422	0273,585^[5]	83.1%
4	Ireland West Airport	Mayo	NOC/EIKN	00805,443	0142,532^[5]	82.3%
5	Kerry Airport	Kerry	KIR/EIKY	00369,836	0082,959^[5]	77.6%
6	Donegal Airport	Donegal	CFN/EIDL	00048,542	0018,067^[5]	62.8%
7	Connemara Airport	Galway	NNR/EICA	00015,382	0008,890^[5]	42.2%
8	Inishmore Aerodrome	Galway	IOR/EIIM	00008,831	0005,020^[5]	43.2%
TOTAL				38,126,173	8,325,307	78.2%

2019 data

Rank 2018	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total Passengers 2018	Total Passengers 2019	Passengers Change 2018/19	Aircraft movements 2019
1	Dublin Airport	Dublin	DUB/EIDW	31,319,419	32,676,251^[6]	4.3%	232,138^[7]
2	Cork Airport	Cork	ORK/EICK	02,387,806	02,585,466^[6]	8.3%	021,556
3	Shannon Airport	Clare	SNN/EINN	01,677,611	01,616,422^[6]	3.7%	018,833
4	Ireland West Airport	Mayo	NOC/EIKN	00775,063	00805,443^[6]	3.9%
5	Kerry Airport	Kerry	KIR/EIKY	00365,339	00369,836^[6]	1.2%
6	Donegal Airport	Donegal	CFN/EIDL	00046,537	00048,542^[6]	4.3%
7	Connemara Airport	Galway	NNR/EICA	00015,322	00015,382^[6]	0.4%
8	Inishmore Aerodrome	Galway	IOR/EIIM	00008,814	00008,831^[6]	0.2%
TOTAL				36,595,961	38,126,173	4.2%

2018 data

Rank 2018	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total Passengers 2017	Total Passengers 2018	Passengers Change 2017/18
1	Dublin Airport	Dublin	DUB/EIDW	29,454,474	31,319,419^[8]	6.3%
2	Cork Airport	Cork	ORK/EICK	02,301,450	02,387,806^[8]	3.8%
3	Shannon Airport	Clare	SNN/EINN	01,599,390	01,677,611^[8]	4.9%
4	Ireland West Airport	Mayo	NOC/EIKN	00748,505	00775,063^[8]	3.5%
5	Kerry Airport	Kerry	KIR/EIKY	00335,480	00365,339^[8]	8.9%
6	Donegal Airport	Donegal	CFN/EIDL	00046,514	00046,537^[8]	0.0%
7	Connemara Airport	Galway	NNR/EICA	00016,437	00015,322^[8]	6.8%
8	Inishmore Aerodrome	Galway	IOR/EIIM	00009,335	00008,814^[8]	5.6%
TOTAL				34,511,585	36,595,961	6.0%

2017 data

Rank 2017	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total Passengers 2016	Total Passengers 2017	Passengers Change 2016/17	Aircraft movements 2017
1	Dublin Airport	Dublin	DUB/EIDW	27,778,888	29,454,474^[8]	006.0%	215,829
2	Cork Airport	Cork	ORK/EICK	02,226,233	02,301,450^[8]	003.4%
3	Shannon Airport	Clare	SNN/EINN	01,674,567	01,599,390^[8]	004.5%
4	Ireland West Airport	Mayo	NOC/EIKN	00735,869	00748,505^[8]	001.7%
5	Kerry Airport	Kerry	KIR/EIKY	00325,670	00335,480^[8]	003.0%
6	Donegal Airport	Donegal	CFN/EIDL	00044,156	00046,514^[8]	005.3%
7	Connemara Airport	Galway	NNR/EICA	00021,345	00016,437^[8]	023.0%
8	Inishmore Aerodrome	Galway	IOR/EIIM	00012,667	00009,335^[8]	026.3%
9	Waterford Airport	Waterford	WAT/EIWF	00013,511	00000000^[8]	100.0%
TOTAL				32,832,906	34,511,585	005.1%

2016 data

Rank 2016	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total Passengers 2015	Total Passengers 2016	Passengers Change 2015/16
1	Dublin Airport	Dublin	DUB/EIDW	24,962,518	27,778,888^[8]	11.3%
2	Cork Airport	Cork	ORK/EICK	02,065,678	02,226,233^[8]	07.8%
3	Shannon Airport	Clare	SNN/EINN	01,680,272	01,674,567^[8]	00.3%
4	Ireland West Airport	Mayo	NOC/EIKN	00684,671	00735,869^[8]	07.5%
5	Kerry Airport	Kerry	KIR/EIKY	00303,039	00325,670^[8]	07.5%
6	Donegal Airport	Donegal	CFN/EIDL	00036,552	00044,156^[8]	20.8%
7	Connemara Airport	Galway	NNR/EICA	00019,753	00021,345^[8]	08.1%
8	Waterford Airport	Waterford	WAT/EIWF	00034,249	00013,511^[8]	60.6%
9	Inishmore Aerodrome	Galway	IOR/EIIM	00012,071	00012,667^[8]	04.9%
TOTAL				29,761,419	32,832,906	10.3%

2015 data

Rank 2015	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total Passengers 2014	Total Passengers 2015	Passengers Change 2014/15
1	Dublin Airport	Dublin	DUB/EIDW	21,694,893	24,962,518^[8]	15.1%
2	Cork Airport	Cork	ORK/EICK	02,138,057	02,065,678^[8]	03.4%
3	Shannon Airport	Clare	SNN/EINN	01,555,225	01,680,272^[8]	08.0%
4	Ireland West Airport	Mayo	NOC/EIKN	00703,670	00684,671^[8]	02.7%
5	Kerry Airport	Kerry	KIR/EIKY	00294,955	00303,039^[8]	02.7%
6	Donegal Airport	Donegal	CFN/EIDL	00035,415	00036,552^[8]	03.2%
7	Waterford Airport	Waterford	WAT/EIWF	00033,189	00034,249^[8]	03.2%
8	Connemara Airport	Galway	NNR/EICA	00019,236	00019,753^[8]	02.7%
9	Inishmore Aerodrome	Galway	IOR/EIIM	00011,491	00012,071^[8]	05.0%
TOTAL				26,486,131	29,761,419	12.4%

2014 data

Rank 2014	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total Passengers 2013	Total Passengers 2014	Passengers Change 2013/14	Aircraft movements 2014
1	Dublin Airport	Dublin	DUB/EIDW	20,148,574	21,694,893^[9]	07.7%	174,383^[10]
2	Cork Airport	Cork	ORK/EICK	02,252,636	02,138,057^[9]	05.1%	021,395^[10]
3	Shannon Airport	Clare	SNN/EINN	01,308,242	01,555,225^[9]	18.9%	020,005^[10]
4	Ireland West Airport	Mayo	NOC/EIKN	00665,558	00703,670^[9]	05.7%
5	Kerry Airport	Kerry	KIR/EIKY	00306,042	00294,955^[9]	03.6%
6	Donegal Airport	Donegal	CFN/EIDL	00033,768	00035,415^[9]	04.9%
7	Waterford Airport	Waterford	WAT/EIWF	00028,168	00033,189^[9]	17.8%
8	Connemara Airport	Galway	NNR/EICA	00020,354	00019,236^[9]	05.5%
9	Inishmore Aerodrome	Galway	IOR/EIIM	00012,393	00011,491^[9]	07.3%
TOTAL				24,775,735	26,486,131	06.9%	215,783

2013 data

Rank 2013	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total Passengers 2012	Total Passengers 2013	Passengers Change 2012/13	Aircraft movements 2013
1	Dublin Airport	Dublin	DUB/EIDW	19,090,781	20,148,574^[9]	05.5%	163,703^[10]
2	Cork Airport	Cork	ORK/EICK	02,333,643	02,252,636^[9]	03.5%	018,030^[10]
3	Shannon Airport	Clare	SNN/EINN	01,286,139	01,308,242^[9]	01.7%	020,800^[10]
4	Ireland West Airport	Mayo	NOC/EIKN	00677,368	00665,558^[9]	01.7%
5	Kerry Airport	Kerry	KIR/EIKY	00286,442	00306,042^[9]	06.8%
6	Donegal Airport	Donegal	CFN/EIDL	00029,226	00033,768^[9]	15.5%
7	Waterford Airport	Waterford	WAT/EIWF	00077,875	00028,168^[9]	63.8%
8	Connemara Airport	Galway	NNR/EICA	00019,490	00020,354^[9]	04.4%
9	Inishmore Aerodrome	Galway	IOR/EIIM	00012,126	00012,393^[9]	02.2%
TOTAL				23,813,090	24,775,735	04.0%	202,533

2012 data

Rank 2012	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total Passengers 2011	Total Passengers 2012	Passengers Change 2011/12	Aircraft movements 2012
1	Dublin Airport	Dublin	DUB/EIDW	18,740,078	19,090,781^[11]	001.9%	156,582^[10]
2	Cork Airport	Cork	ORK/EICK	02,356,629	02,333,643^[11]	001.0%	018,200^[10]
3	Shannon Airport	Clare	SNN/EINN	01,364,831	01,286,139^[11]	005.8%	021,784^[10]
4	Ireland West Airport	Mayo	NOC/EIKN	00653,637	00677,368^[11]	003.6%
5	Kerry Airport	Kerry	KIR/EIKY	00310,937	00286,442^[11]	007.9%
6	Waterford Airport	Waterford	WAT/EIWF	00081,575	00077,875^[11]	004.5%
7 0	Donegal Airport	Donegal	CFN/EIDL	00038,309	00029,226^[11]	023.7%
8 0	Connemara Airport	Galway	NNR/EICA	00017,966	00019,490^[11]	008.5%
9 0	Inishmore Aerodrome	Galway	IOR/EIIM	00010,629	00012,126^[11]	014.1%
10	Galway Airport	Galway	GWY/EICM	00067,002	00000000^[11]	100.0%
11	Sligo Airport	Sligo	SXL/EISG	00007,111	00000000^[11]	100.0%
TOTAL				23,657,704	23,813,090	000.7%	196,566

2011 data

Rank 2011	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total Passengers 2010	Total Passengers 2011	Passengers Change 2010/11	Aircraft movements 2011
1	Dublin Airport	Dublin	DUB/EIDW	18,426,823	18,749,078^[11]	01.7%	154,457^[10]
2	Cork Airport	Cork	ORK/EICK	02,422,872	02,356,629^[11]	02.7%	019,275^[10]
3	Shannon Airport	Clare	SNN/EINN	01,531,309	01,364,831^[11]	10.9%	022,173^[10]
4	Ireland West Airport	Mayo	NOC/EIKN	00586,393	00653,637^[11]	11.5%
5	Kerry Airport	Kerry	KIR/EIKY	00383,866	00310,937^[11]	19.0%
6 0	Waterford Airport	Waterford	WAT/EIWF	00103,986	00081,575^[11]	21.6%
7 0	Galway Airport	Galway	GWY/EICM	00154,814	00067,002^[11]	56.7%
8	Donegal Airport	Donegal	CFN/EIDL	00046,825	00038,309^[11]	18.2%
9 0	Connemara Airport	Galway	NNR/EICA	00019,612	00017,966^[11]	08.4%
10	Inishmore Aerodrome	Galway	IOR/EIIM	00011,650	00010,629^[11]	08.8%
11	Sligo Airport	Sligo	SXL/EISG	00021,077	00007,111^[11]	66.3%
TOTAL				23,709,227	23,657,704	00.2%	195,905

2010 data

Rank 2010	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total Passengers 2009	Total Passengers 2010	Passengers Change 2009/10	Aircraft movements 2010
1	Dublin Airport	Dublin	DUB/EIDW	20,507,446	18,426,823^[11]	10.1%	153,101^[10]
2	Cork Airport	Cork	ORK/EICK	02,767,776	02,422,872^[11]	12.5%	018,771^[10]
3	Shannon Airport	Clare	SNN/EINN	02,579,676	01,531,309^[11]	40.6%	023,626^[10]
4	Ireland West Airport	Mayo	NOC/EIKN	00606,464	00586,393^[11]	03.3%
5	Kerry Airport	Kerry	KIR/EIKY	00356,738	00383,866^[11]	07.6%
6	Galway Airport	Galway	GWY/EICM	00195,804	00154,814^[11]	20.9%
7	Waterford Airport	Waterford	WAT/EIWF	00110,826	00103,986^[11]	06.2%
8	Donegal Airport	Donegal	CFN/EIDL	00050,761	00046,825^[11]	07.8%
9	Sligo Airport	Sligo	SXL/EISG	00026,706	00021,077^[11]	21.1%
10	Connemara Airport	Galway	NNR/EICA	00018,869	00019,612^[11]	03.9%
11	Inishmore Aerodrome	Galway	IOR/EIIM	00009,872	00011,650^[11]	18.0%
TOTAL				27,230,938	23,709,227	12.9%	195,498

2009 data

Rank 2009	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total Passengers 2008	Total Passengers 2009	Passengers Change 2008/09	Aircraft movements 2009
1	Dublin Airport	Dublin	DUB/EIDW	23,507,205	20,507,446^[11]	12.8%	169,087^[10]
2	Cork Airport	Cork	ORK/EICK	03,259,109	02,767,776^[11]	15.1%	027,691^[10]
3	Shannon Airport	Clare	SNN/EINN	02,956,327	02,579,676^[11]	12.7%	025,949^[10]
4	Ireland West Airport	Mayo	NOC/EIKN	00630,806	00606,464^[11]	03.9%
5	Kerry Airport	Kerry	KIR/EIKY	00426,115	00356,738^[11]	16.3%
6	Galway Airport	Galway	GWY/EICM	00266,473	00195,804^[11]	26.5%
7	Waterford Airport	Waterford	WAT/EIWF	00144,253	00110,826^[11]	23.2%
8	Donegal Airport	Donegal	CFN/EIDL	00065,539	00050,761^[11]	22.5%
9	Sligo Airport	Sligo	SXL/EISG	00042,493	00026,706^[11]	37.2%
10	Connemara Airport	Galway	NNR/EICA	00019,442	00018,869^[11]	02.9%
11	Inishmore Aerodrome	Galway	IOR/EIIM	000010,628	00009,872^[11]	07.1%
TOTAL				31,328,390	27,230,938	13.1%	222,727

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