Busiest airports in Europe (2022)

This map, published by Landgeist, shows the airports with the most passengers in Europe, according to data from 2022.

The illustration shows the hundred airports with the highest passenger numbers in 2022, represented by orange dots of different sizes. Circles of four sizes are used, from smallest to largest: less than 4 million passengers, less than 16 million, less than 32 million and less than 64 million.

In 2022, airports began to recover flight numbers similar to those seen before the Covid pandemic of 2020. The ten busiest airports were as follows:

  1. Atatürk, Istanbul (Turkey).
  2. Heathrow, London (United Kingdom).
  3. Charles De Gaulle, Paris (France).
  4. Schiphol, Amsterdam (Netherlands).
  5. Barajas, Madrid (Spain).
  6. Frankfurt (Germany).
  7. El Prat, Barcelona (Spain).
  8. Lisbon (Portugal).
  9. Gatwick, London (United Kingdom).
  10. Munich (Germany).

Total passenger figures include both those who originate or terminate at that airport, as well as transit passengers who are only making a stopover. It excludes passengers who make a stop on the aircraft without leaving it.

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