Which are the busiest airports in the EU for commercial flights?
More than 6.9 million commercial flights were recorded in the EU in 2025, with the highest number of arrivals and departures at Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Frankfurt.
Published on 28/08/2026 - 17:00 GMT+2•Updated 17:03
Commercial flights in the EU reached 6.9 million in 2025, an increase of 3.8% compared to the year before, new data has revealed.
A report published by Eurostat found that the number of flights in the EU has “risen continuously since 2021”, and by the end of 2025 had “returned to a level similar” to the pre-pandemic figure of seven million recorded in 2019.
In 2025, 91.5% were scheduled flights, defined by Eurostat as a “commercial air service operated according to a published timetable or with a regular frequency open to direct booking by the public”. Meanwhile, non-scheduled commercial flights, which include charter flights and other special services, made up the remaining 8.5%.
The summer months recorded the highest numbers of non-scheduled commercial flights in 2025. There were 648,707 commercial flights in June, of which 11.2% were non-scheduled, rising to 690,855 flights in July (12.3% non-scheduled) and 693,046 in August (11.4%).
Schiphol is the EU's top airport for commercial flights
With 488,000 departures and arrivals, Amsterdam Schiphol in the Netherlands was the EU’s busiest airport for scheduled and non-scheduled commercial flights in 2025. Paris Charles de Gaulle in France was second with 476,000 flights, followed by Frankfurt/Main in Germany with 457,000.
Two Spanish airports, Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas and Barcelona-El Prat, made up the top five with 423,000 and 356,000 flights respectively.
Completing the top 10 were Munich in Germany (329,000), Rome Fiumicino in Italy (320,000), Athens/Eleftherios Venizelos in Greece (271,000), Copenhagen/Kastrup in Denmark (254,000) and Dublin in Ireland (252,000).
Of the top 10 busiest EU airports for commercial flights, the highest shares of non-scheduled flights were recorded at Athens/Eleftherios Venizelos (5.2%), Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas (4.8%) and Copenhagen/Kastrup (4.1%).
Top 10 EU airports for commercial flights in 2025
- 1. Amsterdam Schiphol: 488,000
- 2. Paris Charles de Gaulle: 476,000
- 3. Frankfurt/Main: 457,000
- 4. Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport: 423,000
- 5. Barcelona-El Prat: 356,000
- 6. Munich: 329,000
- 7. Rome Fiumicino: 320,000
- 8. Athens/Eleftherios Venizelos: 271,000
- 9. Copenhagen/Kastrup: 254,000
- 10. Dublin: 252,000
