Almost 26.5 million passengers passed through Irish airports in 2014, an increase of 6.9% on 2013. Dublin airport alone accounted for 8 out of 10 of all passengers.
In 2014, the Dublin - Heathrow route carried the most air passengers (1,651,790).
There was a 6.1% increase in the number of passengers travelling by air for the months of June to August 2014 when compared with the same period in 2013.
Passenger numbers | |
2009 | 27.2 |
2010 | 23.7 |
2011 | 23.7 |
2012 | 23.8 |
2013 | 24.8 |
2014 | 26.5 |
Table 7.1 Total passenger numbers1 handled by all airports, 2009 - 2014 | ||||||
Number | ||||||
Airport | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Connemara | 18,869 | 19,612 | 17,966 | 19,490 | 20,354 | 19,236 |
Cork | 2,767,776 | 2,422,872 | 2,356,629 | 2,333,643 | 2,252,636 | 2,138,057 |
Donegal | 50,761 | 46,825 | 38,309 | 29,226 | 33,768 | 35,415 |
Dublin | 20,507,446 | 18,426,823 | 18,749,078 | 19,090,781 | 20,148,574 | 21,694,893 |
Galway2 | 195,804 | 154,814 | 67,002 | - | - | - |
Inishmore | 9,872 | 11,650 | 10,629 | 12,126 | 12,393 | 11,491 |
Kerry | 356,738 | 383,866 | 310,937 | 286,442 | 306,042 | 294,955 |
Knock | 606,464 | 586,393 | 653,637 | 677,368 | 665,558 | 703,670 |
Shannon | 2,579,676 | 1,531,309 | 1,364,831 | 1,286,139 | 1,308,242 | 1,555,225 |
Sligo2 | 26,706 | 21,077 | 7,111 | - | - | - |
Waterford | 110,826 | 103,986 | 81,575 | 77,875 | 28,168 | 33,189 |
Total | 27,230,938 | 23,709,227 | 23,657,704 | 23,813,090 | 24,775,735 | 26,486,131 |
1 Passenger numbers refer to commercial passengers only. Transit passengers are counted twice (i.e. both as | ||||||
arriving and departing passengers). | ||||||
2 Galway and Sligo ceased commercial flights during 2011 | ||||||
Source: CSO |
Table 7.2 Passenger numbers by month handled by main airports, 2014 | ||||||
Number | ||||||
Month | Cork | Dublin | Kerry | Knock | Shannon | Total |
January | 129,485 | 1,275,199 | 13,733 | 28,643 | 60,394 | 1,507,454 |
February | 126,359 | 1,258,173 | 14,588 | 34,158 | 63,483 | 1,496,761 |
March | 144,941 | 1,529,326 | 17,635 | 37,315 | 71,009 | 1,800,226 |
April | 182,921 | 1,824,887 | 26,166 | 60,811 | 129,494 | 2,224,279 |
May | 195,737 | 1,978,052 | 29,113 | 64,953 | 150,525 | 2,418,380 |
June | 232,338 | 2,111,887 | 29,115 | 74,569 | 188,167 | 2,636,076 |
July | 248,924 | 2,303,837 | 33,194 | 92,977 | 200,739 | 2,879,671 |
August | 243,286 | 2,286,662 | 34,565 | 102,621 | 201,108 | 2,868,242 |
September | 193,328 | 2,026,739 | 29,204 | 63,818 | 158,082 | 2,471,171 |
October | 182,510 | 1,960,194 | 28,806 | 63,183 | 136,674 | 2,371,367 |
November | 131,956 | 1,576,470 | 18,990 | 40,790 | 100,429 | 1,868,635 |
December | 126,272 | 1,563,467 | 19,846 | 39,832 | 95,121 | 1,844,538 |
Total | 2,138,057 | 21,694,893 | 294,955 | 703,670 | 1,555,225 | 26,386,800 |
Source: CSO |
Table 7.3 Passenger numbers classified by national and international traffic by month handled by main airports, 2014 | ||||||
Number | ||||||
Month | Cork | Dublin | Kerry | Knock | Shannon | Total |
All passengers | ||||||
January | 129,485 | 1,275,199 | 13,733 | 28,643 | 60,394 | 1,507,454 |
February | 126,359 | 1,258,173 | 14,588 | 34,158 | 63,483 | 1,496,761 |
March | 144,941 | 1,529,326 | 17,635 | 37,315 | 71,009 | 1,800,226 |
April | 182,921 | 1,824,887 | 26,166 | 60,811 | 129,494 | 2,224,279 |
May | 195,737 | 1,978,052 | 29,113 | 64,953 | 150,525 | 2,418,380 |
June | 232,338 | 2,111,887 | 29,115 | 74,569 | 188,167 | 2,636,076 |
July | 248,924 | 2,303,837 | 33,194 | 92,977 | 200,739 | 2,879,671 |
August | 243,286 | 2,286,662 | 34,565 | 102,621 | 201,108 | 2,868,242 |
September | 193,328 | 2,026,739 | 29,204 | 63,818 | 158,082 | 2,471,171 |
October | 182,510 | 1,960,194 | 28,806 | 63,183 | 136,674 | 2,371,367 |
November | 131,956 | 1,576,470 | 18,990 | 40,790 | 100,429 | 1,868,635 |
December | 126,272 | 1,563,467 | 19,846 | 39,832 | 95,121 | 1,844,538 |
Total passengers | 2,138,057 | 21,694,893 | 294,955 | 703,670 | 1,555,225 | 26,386,800 |
National traffic | ||||||
January | 0 | 3,038 | 1,772 | 0 | 0 | 4,810 |
February | 20 | 3,046 | 1,795 | 0 | 242 | 5,103 |
March | 1 | 4,119 | 2,504 | 0 | 0 | 6,624 |
April | 1 | 5,057 | 3,130 | 0 | 151 | 8,339 |
May | 340 | 6,386 | 3,424 | 0 | 535 | 10,685 |
June | 66 | 6,159 | 2,958 | 0 | 0 | 9,183 |
July | 68 | 7,938 | 3,561 | 0 | 305 | 11,872 |
August | 42 | 7,867 | 4,019 | 0 | 0 | 11,928 |
September | 0 | 7,343 | 3,920 | 0 | 393 | 11,656 |
October | 0 | 5,622 | 3,545 | 0 | 165 | 9,332 |
November | 0 | 5,367 | 3,033 | 0 | 850 | 9,250 |
December | 0 | 5,459 | 3,655 | 0 | 8 | 9,122 |
Total national traffic | 538 | 67,401 | 37,316 | 0 | 2,649 | 107,904 |
International traffic | ||||||
January | 129,485 | 1,272,161 | 11,961 | 28,643 | 60,394 | 1,502,644 |
February | 126,339 | 1,255,127 | 12,793 | 34,158 | 63,241 | 1,491,658 |
March | 144,940 | 1,525,207 | 15,131 | 37,315 | 71,009 | 1,793,602 |
April | 182,920 | 1,819,830 | 23,036 | 60,811 | 129,343 | 2,215,940 |
May | 195,397 | 1,971,666 | 25,689 | 64,953 | 149,990 | 2,407,695 |
June | 232,272 | 2,105,728 | 26,157 | 74,569 | 188,167 | 2,626,893 |
July | 248,856 | 2,295,899 | 29,633 | 92,977 | 200,434 | 2,867,799 |
August | 243,244 | 2,278,795 | 30,546 | 102,621 | 201,108 | 2,856,314 |
September | 193,328 | 2,019,396 | 25,284 | 63,818 | 157,689 | 2,459,515 |
October | 182,510 | 1,954,572 | 25,261 | 63,183 | 136,509 | 2,362,035 |
November | 131,956 | 1,571,103 | 15,957 | 40,790 | 99,579 | 1,859,385 |
December | 126,272 | 1,558,008 | 16,191 | 39,832 | 95,113 | 1,835,416 |
Total international traffic | 2,137,519 | 21,627,492 | 257,639 | 703,670 | 1,552,576 | 26,278,896 |
Source: CSO |
Table 7.4 Passenger numbers classified by arrivals and departures by month handled by main airports, 2014 | ||||||
Number | ||||||
Month | Cork | Dublin | Kerry | Knock | Shannon | Total |
All passengers | ||||||
January | 129,485 | 1,275,199 | 13,733 | 28,643 | 60,394 | 1,507,454 |
February | 126,359 | 1,258,173 | 14,588 | 34,158 | 63,483 | 1,496,761 |
March | 144,941 | 1,529,326 | 17,635 | 37,315 | 71,009 | 1,800,226 |
April | 182,921 | 1,824,887 | 26,166 | 60,811 | 129,494 | 2,224,279 |
May | 195,737 | 1,978,052 | 29,113 | 64,953 | 150,525 | 2,418,380 |
June | 232,338 | 2,111,887 | 29,115 | 74,569 | 188,167 | 2,636,076 |
July | 248,924 | 2,303,837 | 33,194 | 92,977 | 200,739 | 2,879,671 |
August | 243,286 | 2,286,662 | 34,565 | 102,621 | 201,108 | 2,868,242 |
September | 193,328 | 2,026,739 | 29,204 | 63,818 | 158,082 | 2,471,171 |
October | 182,510 | 1,960,194 | 28,806 | 63,183 | 136,674 | 2,371,367 |
November | 131,956 | 1,576,470 | 18,990 | 40,790 | 100,429 | 1,868,635 |
December | 126,272 | 1,563,467 | 19,846 | 39,832 | 95,121 | 1,844,538 |
Total passengers | 2,138,057 | 21,694,893 | 294,955 | 703,670 | 1,555,225 | 26,386,800 |
Arrivals | ||||||
January | 61,552 | 632,723 | 5,846 | 12,686 | 27,950 | 740,757 |
February | 62,798 | 632,380 | 7,207 | 16,910 | 32,388 | 751,683 |
March | 72,391 | 771,138 | 8,706 | 18,341 | 36,162 | 906,738 |
April | 90,748 | 910,522 | 12,989 | 29,993 | 64,473 | 1,108,725 |
May | 95,364 | 974,706 | 14,487 | 32,124 | 74,874 | 1,191,555 |
June | 110,954 | 1,019,765 | 13,913 | 35,627 | 91,659 | 1,271,918 |
July | 128,204 | 1,161,218 | 17,047 | 46,802 | 101,404 | 1,454,675 |
August | 123,756 | 1,167,418 | 17,408 | 52,424 | 101,663 | 1,462,669 |
September | 95,492 | 1,016,779 | 13,521 | 30,780 | 77,754 | 1,234,326 |
October | 92,186 | 982,547 | 14,282 | 32,135 | 67,536 | 1,188,686 |
November | 66,201 | 794,018 | 9,231 | 19,862 | 50,151 | 939,463 |
December | 65,922 | 780,417 | 10,805 | 21,497 | 49,736 | 928,377 |
Total arrivals | 1,065,568 | 10,843,631 | 145,442 | 349,181 | 775,750 | 13,179,572 |
Departures | ||||||
January | 67,933 | 642,476 | 7,887 | 15,957 | 32,444 | 766,697 |
February | 63,561 | 625,793 | 7,381 | 17,248 | 31,095 | 745,078 |
March | 72,550 | 758,188 | 8,929 | 18,974 | 34,847 | 893,488 |
April | 92,173 | 914,365 | 13,177 | 30,818 | 65,021 | 1,115,554 |
May | 100,373 | 1,003,346 | 14,626 | 32,829 | 75,651 | 1,226,825 |
June | 121,384 | 1,092,122 | 15,202 | 38,942 | 96,508 | 1,364,158 |
July | 120,720 | 1,142,619 | 16,147 | 46,175 | 99,335 | 1,424,996 |
August | 119,530 | 1,119,244 | 17,157 | 50,197 | 99,445 | 1,405,573 |
September | 97,836 | 1,009,960 | 15,683 | 33,038 | 80,328 | 1,236,845 |
October | 90,324 | 977,647 | 14,524 | 31,048 | 69,138 | 1,182,681 |
November | 65,755 | 782,452 | 9,759 | 20,928 | 50,278 | 929,172 |
December | 60,350 | 783,050 | 9,041 | 18,335 | 45,385 | 916,161 |
Total departures | 1,072,489 | 10,851,262 | 149,513 | 354,489 | 779,475 | 13,207,228 |
Source: CSO |
Table 7.5 Passenger numbers classified by scheduled and non-scheduled flights by month handled by main airports, 2014 | ||||||
Number | ||||||
Month | Cork | Dublin | Kerry | Knock | Shannon | Total |
All passengers | ||||||
January | 129,485 | 1,275,199 | 13,733 | 28,643 | 60,394 | 1,507,454 |
February | 126,359 | 1,258,173 | 14,588 | 34,158 | 63,483 | 1,496,761 |
March | 144,941 | 1,529,326 | 17,635 | 37,315 | 71,009 | 1,800,226 |
April | 182,921 | 1,824,887 | 26,166 | 60,811 | 129,494 | 2,224,279 |
May | 195,737 | 1,978,052 | 29,113 | 64,953 | 150,525 | 2,418,380 |
June | 232,338 | 2,111,887 | 29,115 | 74,569 | 188,167 | 2,636,076 |
July | 248,924 | 2,303,837 | 33,194 | 92,977 | 200,739 | 2,879,671 |
August | 243,286 | 2,286,662 | 34,565 | 102,621 | 201,108 | 2,868,242 |
September | 193,328 | 2,026,739 | 29,204 | 63,818 | 158,082 | 2,471,171 |
October | 182,510 | 1,960,194 | 28,806 | 63,183 | 136,674 | 2,371,367 |
November | 131,956 | 1,576,470 | 18,990 | 40,790 | 100,429 | 1,868,635 |
December | 126,272 | 1,563,467 | 19,846 | 39,832 | 95,121 | 1,844,538 |
Total passengers | 2,138,057 | 21,694,893 | 294,955 | 703,670 | 1,555,225 | 26,386,800 |
Scheduled passengers | ||||||
January | 127,881 | 1,258,008 | 13,733 | 27,016 | 58,124 | 1,484,762 |
February | 124,855 | 1,239,542 | 14,588 | 34,158 | 57,807 | 1,470,950 |
March | 143,999 | 1,511,378 | 17,635 | 35,971 | 70,011 | 1,778,994 |
April | 181,526 | 1,809,073 | 25,995 | 45,355 | 125,136 | 2,187,085 |
May | 189,513 | 1,952,451 | 28,989 | 63,938 | 145,222 | 2,380,113 |
June | 218,349 | 2,065,123 | 29,115 | 73,468 | 172,057 | 2,558,112 |
July | 236,071 | 2,246,610 | 33,078 | 91,742 | 188,778 | 2,796,279 |
August | 230,353 | 2,230,845 | 34,565 | 100,609 | 192,028 | 2,788,400 |
September | 182,903 | 1,977,749 | 28,366 | 62,524 | 148,558 | 2,400,100 |
October | 180,464 | 1,941,101 | 28,506 | 59,453 | 133,848 | 2,343,372 |
November | 131,955 | 1,565,922 | 18,990 | 40,776 | 96,812 | 1,854,455 |
December | 125,554 | 1,552,053 | 19,846 | 38,904 | 92,527 | 1,828,884 |
Total scheduled | 2,073,423 | 21,349,855 | 293,406 | 673,914 | 1,480,908 | 25,871,506 |
Non-scheduled passengers | ||||||
January | 1,604 | 17,191 | 0 | 1,627 | 2,270 | 22,692 |
February | 1,504 | 18,631 | 0 | 0 | 5,676 | 25,811 |
March | 942 | 17,948 | 0 | 1,344 | 998 | 21,232 |
April | 1,395 | 15,814 | 171 | 15,456 | 4,358 | 37,194 |
May | 6,224 | 25,601 | 124 | 1,015 | 5,303 | 38,267 |
June | 13,989 | 46,764 | 0 | 1,101 | 16,110 | 77,964 |
July | 12,853 | 57,227 | 116 | 1,235 | 11,961 | 83,392 |
August | 12,933 | 55,817 | 0 | 2,012 | 9,080 | 79,842 |
September | 10,425 | 48,990 | 838 | 1,294 | 9,524 | 71,071 |
October | 2,046 | 19,093 | 300 | 3,730 | 2,826 | 27,995 |
November | 1 | 10,548 | 0 | 14 | 3,617 | 14,180 |
December | 718 | 11,414 | 0 | 928 | 2,594 | 15,654 |
Total non-scheduled | 64,634 | 345,038 | 1,549 | 29,756 | 74,317 | 515,294 |
Source: CSO |
Table 7.6 Number of flights classified by national and international traffic by month handled by main airports, 2014 | ||||||
Number | ||||||
Month | Cork | Dublin | Kerry | Knock | Shannon | Total |
All flights | ||||||
January | 1,436 | 12,164 | 238 | 342 | 834 | 15,014 |
February | 1,224 | 11,163 | 202 | 323 | 769 | 13,681 |
March | 1,423 | 12,809 | 241 | 376 | 860 | 15,709 |
April | 1,714 | 14,574 | 283 | 545 | 1,404 | 18,520 |
May | 1,826 | 15,747 | 301 | 601 | 1,533 | 20,008 |
June | 2,015 | 15,605 | 292 | 664 | 1,707 | 20,283 |
July | 2,015 | 16,623 | 302 | 699 | 1,754 | 21,393 |
August | 1,954 | 16,241 | 299 | 706 | 1,682 | 20,882 |
September | 1,748 | 15,719 | 291 | 599 | 1,559 | 19,916 |
October | 1,641 | 15,470 | 293 | 569 | 1,423 | 19,396 |
November | 1,311 | 13,307 | 238 | 386 | 1,052 | 16,294 |
December | 1,272 | 13,134 | 233 | 362 | 1,028 | 16,029 |
Total flights | 19,579 | 172,556 | 3,213 | 6,172 | 15,605 | 217,125 |
National traffic | ||||||
January | 16 | 285 | 118 | 0 | 82 | 501 |
February | 2 | 258 | 102 | 0 | 74 | 436 |
March | 1 | 295 | 123 | 0 | 77 | 496 |
April | 17 | 285 | 119 | 0 | 80 | 501 |
May | 20 | 301 | 123 | 0 | 82 | 526 |
June | 17 | 290 | 118 | 0 | 77 | 502 |
July | 20 | 307 | 124 | 0 | 90 | 541 |
August | 16 | 298 | 123 | 0 | 76 | 513 |
September | 18 | 300 | 120 | 0 | 87 | 525 |
October | 16 | 300 | 121 | 0 | 87 | 524 |
November | 14 | 286 | 120 | 0 | 79 | 499 |
December | 13 | 277 | 117 | 0 | 79 | 486 |
Total national flights | 170 | 3,482 | 1,428 | 0 | 970 | 6,050 |
International traffic | ||||||
January | 1,420 | 11,879 | 120 | 342 | 752 | 14,513 |
February | 1,222 | 10,905 | 100 | 323 | 695 | 13,245 |
March | 1,422 | 12,514 | 118 | 376 | 783 | 15,213 |
April | 1,697 | 14,289 | 164 | 545 | 1,324 | 18,019 |
May | 1,806 | 15,446 | 178 | 601 | 1,451 | 19,482 |
June | 1,998 | 15,315 | 174 | 664 | 1,630 | 19,781 |
July | 1,995 | 16,316 | 178 | 699 | 1,664 | 20,852 |
August | 1,938 | 15,943 | 176 | 706 | 1,606 | 20,369 |
September | 1,730 | 15,419 | 171 | 599 | 1,472 | 19,391 |
October | 1,625 | 15,170 | 172 | 569 | 1,336 | 18,872 |
November | 1,297 | 13,021 | 118 | 386 | 973 | 15,795 |
December | 1,259 | 12,857 | 116 | 362 | 949 | 15,543 |
Total international flights | 19,409 | 169,074 | 1,785 | 6,172 | 14,635 | 211,075 |
Source: CSO |
Table 7.7 Number of flights classified by arrivals and departures by month handled by main airports, 2014 | ||||||
Number | ||||||
Month | Cork | Dublin | Kerry | Knock | Shannon | Total |
All flights | ||||||
January | 1,436 | 12,164 | 238 | 342 | 834 | 15,014 |
February | 1,224 | 11,163 | 202 | 323 | 769 | 13,681 |
March | 1,423 | 12,809 | 241 | 376 | 860 | 15,709 |
April | 1,714 | 14,574 | 283 | 545 | 1,404 | 18,520 |
May | 1,826 | 15,747 | 301 | 601 | 1,533 | 20,008 |
June | 2,015 | 15,605 | 292 | 664 | 1,707 | 20,283 |
July | 2,015 | 16,623 | 302 | 699 | 1,754 | 21,393 |
August | 1,954 | 16,241 | 299 | 706 | 1,682 | 20,882 |
September | 1,748 | 15,719 | 291 | 599 | 1,559 | 19,916 |
October | 1,641 | 15,470 | 293 | 569 | 1,423 | 19,396 |
November | 1,311 | 13,307 | 238 | 386 | 1,052 | 16,294 |
December | 1,272 | 13,134 | 233 | 362 | 1,028 | 16,029 |
Total flights | 19,579 | 172,556 | 3,213 | 6,172 | 15,605 | 217,125 |
Arrivals | ||||||
January | 726 | 6,091 | 119 | 171 | 420 | 7,527 |
February | 609 | 5,588 | 101 | 161 | 391 | 6,850 |
March | 711 | 6,417 | 120 | 188 | 430 | 7,866 |
April | 865 | 7,292 | 142 | 273 | 704 | 9,276 |
May | 921 | 7,873 | 150 | 299 | 766 | 10,009 |
June | 1,015 | 7,813 | 146 | 334 | 852 | 10,160 |
July | 1,019 | 8,324 | 151 | 349 | 879 | 10,722 |
August | 984 | 8,133 | 149 | 360 | 840 | 10,466 |
September | 884 | 7,870 | 142 | 300 | 781 | 9,977 |
October | 832 | 7,754 | 146 | 285 | 710 | 9,727 |
November | 662 | 6,667 | 119 | 193 | 526 | 8,167 |
December | 643 | 6,569 | 117 | 181 | 512 | 8,022 |
Total arrivals | 9,871 | 86,391 | 1,602 | 3,094 | 7,811 | 108,769 |
Departures | ||||||
January | 710 | 6,073 | 119 | 171 | 414 | 7,487 |
February | 615 | 5,575 | 101 | 162 | 378 | 6,831 |
March | 712 | 6,392 | 121 | 188 | 430 | 7,843 |
April | 849 | 7,282 | 141 | 272 | 700 | 9,244 |
May | 905 | 7,874 | 151 | 302 | 767 | 9,999 |
June | 1,000 | 7,792 | 146 | 330 | 855 | 10,123 |
July | 996 | 8,299 | 151 | 350 | 875 | 10,671 |
August | 970 | 8,108 | 150 | 346 | 842 | 10,416 |
September | 864 | 7,849 | 149 | 299 | 778 | 9,939 |
October | 809 | 7,716 | 147 | 284 | 713 | 9,669 |
November | 649 | 6,640 | 119 | 193 | 526 | 8,127 |
December | 629 | 6,565 | 116 | 181 | 516 | 8,007 |
Total departures | 9,708 | 86,165 | 1,611 | 3,078 | 7,794 | 108,356 |
Source: CSO |
Table 7.8 Number of flights classified by scheduled and non-scheduled travel by month handled by main airports, 2014 | ||||||
Number | ||||||
Month | Cork | Dublin | Kerry | Knock | Shannon | Total |
All flights | ||||||
January | 1,436 | 12,164 | 238 | 342 | 834 | 15,014 |
February | 1,224 | 11,163 | 202 | 323 | 769 | 13,681 |
March | 1,423 | 12,809 | 241 | 376 | 860 | 15,709 |
April | 1,714 | 14,574 | 283 | 545 | 1,404 | 18,520 |
May | 1,826 | 15,747 | 301 | 601 | 1,533 | 20,008 |
June | 2,015 | 15,605 | 292 | 664 | 1,707 | 20,283 |
July | 2,015 | 16,623 | 302 | 699 | 1,754 | 21,393 |
August | 1,954 | 16,241 | 299 | 706 | 1,682 | 20,882 |
September | 1,748 | 15,719 | 291 | 599 | 1,559 | 19,916 |
October | 1,641 | 15,470 | 293 | 569 | 1,423 | 19,396 |
November | 1,311 | 13,307 | 238 | 386 | 1,052 | 16,294 |
December | 1,272 | 13,134 | 233 | 362 | 1,028 | 16,029 |
Total flights | 19,579 | 172,556 | 3,213 | 6,172 | 15,605 | 217,125 |
Scheduled flights | ||||||
January | 1,419 | 12,023 | 238 | 332 | 816 | 14,828 |
February | 1,207 | 10,995 | 202 | 323 | 730 | 13,457 |
March | 1,409 | 12,637 | 241 | 368 | 851 | 15,506 |
April | 1,701 | 14,431 | 279 | 415 | 1,376 | 18,202 |
May | 1,775 | 15,516 | 299 | 595 | 1,489 | 19,674 |
June | 1,922 | 15,269 | 292 | 652 | 1,592 | 19,727 |
July | 1,930 | 16,202 | 300 | 684 | 1,652 | 20,768 |
August | 1,869 | 15,840 | 299 | 691 | 1,610 | 20,309 |
September | 1,680 | 15,348 | 284 | 590 | 1,487 | 19,389 |
October | 1,625 | 15,278 | 291 | 544 | 1,387 | 19,125 |
November | 1,310 | 13,173 | 238 | 385 | 1,029 | 16,135 |
December | 1,262 | 13,003 | 233 | 354 | 1,003 | 15,855 |
Total scheduled | 19,109 | 169,715 | 3,196 | 5,933 | 15,022 | 212,975 |
Non-scheduled flights | ||||||
January | 17 | 141 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 186 |
February | 17 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 224 |
March | 14 | 172 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 203 |
April | 13 | 143 | 4 | 130 | 28 | 318 |
May | 51 | 231 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 334 |
June | 93 | 336 | 0 | 12 | 115 | 556 |
July | 85 | 421 | 2 | 15 | 102 | 625 |
August | 85 | 401 | 0 | 15 | 72 | 573 |
September | 68 | 371 | 7 | 9 | 72 | 527 |
October | 16 | 192 | 2 | 25 | 36 | 271 |
November | 1 | 134 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 159 |
December | 10 | 131 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 174 |
Total non-scheduled | 470 | 2,841 | 17 | 239 | 583 | 4,150 |
Source: CSO |
Table 7.9 Air freight classified by national and international traffic by main airports and month, 2014 | ||||||
Number | ||||||
Month | Cork | Dublin | Kerry | Knock | Shannon | Total |
Air freight | ||||||
January | 56 | 8,828 | 0 | 1 | 945 | 9,830 |
February | 38 | 8,398 | 0 | 1 | 870 | 9,307 |
March | 51 | 9,871 | 0 | 2 | 874 | 10,797 |
April | 66 | 10,400 | 0 | 1 | 919 | 11,386 |
May | 67 | 10,318 | 0 | 1 | 863 | 11,249 |
June | 63 | 10,467 | 0 | 1 | 879 | 11,410 |
July | 66 | 11,060 | 0 | 2 | 962 | 12,089 |
August | 49 | 10,375 | 0 | 2 | 741 | 11,168 |
September | 54 | 11,594 | 0 | 1 | 877 | 12,526 |
October | 55 | 12,007 | 0 | 2 | 1,053 | 13,117 |
November | 49 | 11,751 | 0 | 1 | 899 | 12,701 |
December | 48 | 12,379 | 0 | 1 | 1,005 | 13,432 |
Total air freight | 661 | 127,448 | 0 | 17 | 10,886 | 139,013 |
National freight traffic | ||||||
January | 8 | 476 | 0 | 0 | 527 | 1,010 |
February | 1 | 392 | 0 | 0 | 468 | 861 |
March | 0 | 384 | 0 | 0 | 429 | 813 |
April | 5 | 441 | 0 | 0 | 509 | 954 |
May | 2 | 466 | 0 | 0 | 406 | 875 |
June | 5 | 374 | 0 | 0 | 424 | 803 |
July | 5 | 489 | 0 | 0 | 474 | 968 |
August | 5 | 331 | 0 | 0 | 376 | 712 |
September | 3 | 409 | 0 | 0 | 443 | 855 |
October | 6 | 428 | 0 | 0 | 444 | 877 |
November | 6 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 395 | 801 |
December | 2 | 467 | 0 | 0 | 475 | 944 |
Total national freight | 46 | 5,055 | 0 | 0 | 5,371 | 10,472 |
International freight traffic | ||||||
January | 48 | 8,352 | 0 | 1 | 418 | 8,820 |
February | 37 | 8,007 | 0 | 1 | 402 | 8,446 |
March | 51 | 9,487 | 0 | 2 | 445 | 9,985 |
April | 61 | 9,959 | 0 | 1 | 410 | 10,431 |
May | 65 | 9,852 | 0 | 1 | 457 | 10,374 |
June | 58 | 10,094 | 0 | 1 | 455 | 10,607 |
July | 61 | 10,571 | 0 | 2 | 487 | 11,121 |
August | 45 | 10,044 | 0 | 2 | 365 | 10,456 |
September | 51 | 11,185 | 0 | 1 | 434 | 11,671 |
October | 50 | 11,580 | 0 | 2 | 609 | 12,240 |
November | 44 | 11,351 | 0 | 1 | 504 | 11,900 |
December | 46 | 11,912 | 0 | 1 | 529 | 12,489 |
Total international freight | 615 | 122,393 | 0 | 17 | 5,515 | 128,541 |
Source: CSO |
Table 7.10 Air freight classified by arrivals and departures by main airports and month, 2014 | ||||||
Number | ||||||
Month | Cork | Dublin | Kerry | Knock | Shannon | Total |
Air freight | ||||||
January | 56 | 8,828 | 0 | 1 | 945 | 9,830 |
February | 38 | 8,398 | 0 | 1 | 870 | 9,307 |
March | 51 | 9,871 | 0 | 2 | 874 | 10,797 |
April | 66 | 10,400 | 0 | 1 | 919 | 11,386 |
May | 67 | 10,318 | 0 | 1 | 863 | 11,249 |
June | 63 | 10,467 | 0 | 1 | 879 | 11,410 |
July | 66 | 11,060 | 0 | 2 | 962 | 12,089 |
August | 49 | 10,375 | 0 | 2 | 741 | 11,168 |
September | 54 | 11,594 | 0 | 1 | 877 | 12,526 |
October | 55 | 12,007 | 0 | 2 | 1,053 | 13,117 |
November | 49 | 11,751 | 0 | 1 | 899 | 12,701 |
December | 48 | 12,379 | 0 | 1 | 1,005 | 13,432 |
Total air freight | 661 | 127,448 | 0 | 17 | 10,886 | 139,013 |
Arrivals | ||||||
January | 35 | 4,951 | 0 | 1 | 463 | 5,451 |
February | 23 | 4,543 | 0 | 1 | 441 | 5,008 |
March | 28 | 5,273 | 0 | 2 | 457 | 5,759 |
April | 38 | 5,387 | 0 | 1 | 458 | 5,884 |
May | 37 | 5,467 | 0 | 1 | 445 | 5,950 |
June | 37 | 5,602 | 0 | 1 | 433 | 6,073 |
July | 37 | 5,928 | 0 | 2 | 495 | 6,462 |
August | 29 | 5,623 | 0 | 2 | 395 | 6,050 |
September | 29 | 6,108 | 0 | 1 | 442 | 6,581 |
October | 35 | 6,374 | 0 | 2 | 490 | 6,901 |
November | 26 | 6,272 | 0 | 1 | 449 | 6,750 |
December | 26 | 6,721 | 0 | 1 | 488 | 7,235 |
Total freight arrivals | 381 | 68,250 | 0 | 17 | 5,456 | 74,104 |
Departures | ||||||
January | 21 | 3,877 | 0 | 0 | 482 | 4,380 |
February | 15 | 3,856 | 0 | 0 | 429 | 4,299 |
March | 23 | 4,598 | 0 | 0 | 417 | 5,038 |
April | 28 | 5,013 | 0 | 0 | 461 | 5,501 |
May | 29 | 4,851 | 0 | 0 | 419 | 5,299 |
June | 26 | 4,865 | 0 | 0 | 446 | 5,337 |
July | 29 | 5,132 | 0 | 0 | 467 | 5,627 |
August | 20 | 4,751 | 0 | 0 | 346 | 5,118 |
September | 25 | 5,485 | 0 | 0 | 434 | 5,944 |
October | 20 | 5,634 | 0 | 0 | 562 | 6,216 |
November | 23 | 5,479 | 0 | 0 | 450 | 5,952 |
December | 22 | 5,658 | 0 | 0 | 517 | 6,197 |
Total freight departures | 280 | 59,198 | 0 | 0 | 5,430 | 64,908 |
Source: CSO |
Table 7.11 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Dublin airport by number of passengers, 2014 | |||
Number | |||
Route | Arrivals | Departures | Total |
London - Heathrow | 805,317 | 846,473 | 1,651,790 |
London - Gatwich | 506,320 | 487,448 | 993,768 |
London - Stansted | 412,089 | 397,040 | 809,129 |
Manchester | 379,077 | 380,256 | 759,333 |
Paris - Charles De Gaulle | 333,287 | 332,921 | 666,208 |
Birmingham | 333,522 | 331,509 | 665,031 |
New York - John F. Kennedy | 299,501 | 301,935 | 601,436 |
Amsterdam - Schipol | 256,677 | 259,063 | 515,740 |
Frankfurt | 252,158 | 254,772 | 506,930 |
Edinburgh | 241,518 | 237,122 | 478,640 |
Source: CSO |
Table 7.12 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Cork airport by number of passengers, 2014 | |||
Number | |||
Route | Arrivals | Departures | Total |
London - Heathrow | 194,709 | 202,841 | 397,550 |
London - Stansted | 130,710 | 125,217 | 255,927 |
Amsterdam Schiphol | 83,456 | 85,697 | 169,153 |
London - Gatwick | 59,948 | 59,556 | 119,504 |
Malaga | 50,996 | 50,630 | 101,626 |
Lanzarote | 47,015 | 46,883 | 93,898 |
Paris - Charles De Gaulle | 45,089 | 45,054 | 90,143 |
Faro | 43,594 | 43,627 | 87,221 |
Manchester | 42,376 | 43,542 | 85,918 |
Liverpool | 40,292 | 39,550 | 79,842 |
Source: CSO |
Table 7.13 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Shannon airport by number of passengers, 2014 | |||
Number | |||
Route | Arrivals | Departures | Total |
London - Heathrow | 113,109 | 123,062 | 236,171 |
London - Stansted | 104,339 | 97,887 | 202,226 |
New York - John F Kennedy | 60,465 | 59,778 | 120,243 |
London - Gatwick | 52,270 | 51,386 | 103,656 |
Newark | 49,451 | 51,803 | 101,254 |
Boston - Logan | 46,654 | 45,851 | 92,505 |
Manchester | 33,863 | 34,336 | 68,199 |
Faro | 24,183 | 23,873 | 48,056 |
Malaga | 22,056 | 21,931 | 43,987 |
Birmingham | 21,345 | 21,263 | 42,608 |
Source: CSO |
Table 7.14 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Knock airport by number of passengers, 2014 | |||
Number | |||
Route | Arrivals | Departures | Total |
London - Stansted | 69,090 | 74,461 | 143,551 |
London - Luton | 61,357 | 60,971 | 122,328 |
Liverpool - John Lennon | 42,322 | 43,516 | 85,838 |
London - Gatwick | 34,980 | 36,093 | 71,073 |
East Midlands | 27,261 | 28,044 | 55,305 |
Faro | 14,997 | 15,550 | 30,547 |
Birmingham | 14,218 | 13,327 | 27,545 |
Manchester | 13,625 | 13,625 | 27,250 |
Bristol | 10,646 | 10,622 | 21,268 |
Lanzarote | 9,732 | 10,116 | 19,848 |
Source: CSO |
Table 7.15 Top 5 arrivals and departures for Kerry airport by number of passengers, 2014 | |||
Number | |||
Route | Arrivals | Departures | Total |
London - Luton | 49,945 | 52,598 | 102,543 |
London - Stansted | 34,714 | 33,984 | 68,698 |
Frankfurt - Hahn | 25,094 | 24,991 | 50,085 |
Dublin | 18,094 | 19,222 | 37,316 |
Faro | 9,261 | 9,427 | 18,688 |
Source: CSO |
Table 7.16 Number of passengers classified by country of flight stage origin and destination handled by main airports, 2014 | |||||||||
Number | |||||||||
Continent | Country | Arrivals | Departures | Total | |||||
Europe | Austria | 59,526 | 59,579 | 119,105 | |||||
Belgium | 209,873 | 207,925 | 417,798 | ||||||
Czech Republic | 75,270 | 76,760 | 152,030 | ||||||
Denmark | 137,691 | 133,178 | 270,869 | ||||||
France | 863,416 | 861,138 | 1,724,554 | ||||||
Germany | 825,327 | 824,900 | 1,650,227 | ||||||
Hungary | 91,495 | 88,167 | 179,662 | ||||||
Italy | 517,429 | 509,661 | 1,027,090 | ||||||
Latvia | 57,075 | 58,330 | 115,405 | ||||||
Lithuania | 88,753 | 89,688 | 178,441 | ||||||
Netherlands | 411,224 | 416,545 | 827,769 | ||||||
Norway | 69,658 | 71,732 | 141,390 | ||||||
Poland | 443,583 | 440,583 | 884,166 | ||||||
Portugal | 380,159 | 378,045 | 758,204 | ||||||
Spain | 1,122,030 | 1,112,050 | 2,234,080 | ||||||
Canary Islands | 419,935 | 420,232 | 840,167 | ||||||
Sweden | 52,330 | 53,700 | 106,030 | ||||||
Switzerland | 152,565 | 153,050 | 305,615 | ||||||
Turkey | 111,284 | 113,296 | 224,580 | ||||||
UK - England | 4,656,866 | 4,690,058 | 9,346,924 | ||||||
UK - Northern Ireland | 1,379 | 116 | 1,495 | ||||||
UK - Scotland | 473,382 | 475,279 | 948,661 | ||||||
UK - Wales | 35,114 | 35,769 | 70,883 | ||||||
UK - Other | 25,862 | 25,807 | 51,669 | ||||||
Total UK | 5,192,603 | 5,227,029 | 10,419,632 | ||||||
Other | 278,579 | 273,059 | 551,638 | ||||||
Total Europe | 11,559,805 | 11,568,647 | 23,128,452 | ||||||
North America | Canada | 121,342 | 124,064 | 245,406 | |||||
USA | 1,124,089 | 1,135,946 | 2,260,035 | ||||||
Other | 863 | 319 | 1,182 | ||||||
Total North America | 1,246,294 | 1,260,329 | 2,506,623 | ||||||
Africa | Total Africa | 19,293 | 19,560 | 38,853 | |||||
Asia | United Arab Emirates | 295,640 | 294,839 | 590,479 | |||||
Other | 10 | 189 | 199 | ||||||
Total Asia | 295,650 | 295,028 | 590,678 | ||||||
Other | Total other | 6,628 | 7,662 | 14,290 | |||||
All continents1 | 13,127,670 | 13,151,226 | 26,278,896 | ||||||
1 Due to residual coding errors some passengers cannot be assigned a country of flight origin/destination | |||||||||
Source: CSO |
Table 7.17 Number of flights, passengers and tonnage of freight handled by main Irish airports and aircraft make, 2014 | |||||||||||
Aircraft | Arrival | Departure | Total | ||||||||
Flights | Passengers | Freight | Flights | Passengers | Freight | Flights | Passengers | Freight | |||
Number | Number | Tonnes | Number | Number | Tonnes | Number | Number | Tonnes | |||
ATR 42-200/42-300 | 3,891 | 102,340 | 508 | 3,772 | 104,308 | 403 | 7,663 | 206,648 | 911 | ||
ATR 72 | 11,946 | 569,521 | 185 | 11,947 | 584,401 | 93 | 23,893 | 1,153,922 | 278 | ||
Airbus A300B2/B4/C4 | 30 | 0 | 687 | 30 | 0 | 638 | 60 | 0 | 1,325 | ||
Airbus A300B4-600/C4-600 | 499 | 0 | 14,759 | 501 | 0 | 12,878 | 1,000 | 0 | 27,637 | ||
Airbus A310/CC-150 | 97 | 20,721 | 27 | 98 | 21,494 | 21 | 195 | 42,215 | 48 | ||
Airbus A319 | 5,237 | 554,082 | 436 | 5,238 | 567,152 | 481 | 10,475 | 1,121,234 | 917 | ||
Airbus A320 | 26,869 | 3,469,480 | 6,217 | 26,902 | 3,489,504 | 4,061 | 53,771 | 6,958,984 | 10,278 | ||
Airbus A321 | 3,095 | 536,549 | 1,226 | 3,097 | 536,471 | 892 | 6,192 | 1,073,020 | 2,117 | ||
Airbus A330-200 | 1,331 | 296,027 | 6,036 | 1,327 | 298,805 | 5,942 | 2,658 | 594,832 | 11,978 | ||
Airbus A330-300 | 1,566 | 428,611 | 5,417 | 1,567 | 430,534 | 9,453 | 3,133 | 859,145 | 14,870 | ||
BAE RJ-85 | 3,629 | 231,873 | 20 | 3,636 | 240,737 | 23 | 7,265 | 472,610 | 43 | ||
Boeing 737-300 | 502 | 49,627 | 1,019 | 538 | 54,044 | 810 | 1,040 | 103,671 | 1,829 | ||
Boeing 737-400 | 1,773 | 187,143 | 6,626 | 1,783 | 183,377 | 5,605 | 3,556 | 370,520 | 12,232 | ||
Boeing 737-600 | 69 | 6,624 | 3 | 69 | 7,584 | 2 | 138 | 14,208 | 5 | ||
Boeing 737-800 | 37,106 | 5,593,297 | 334 | 37,067 | 5,549,100 | 101 | 74,173 | 11,142,397 | 435 | ||
Boeing 767-200 | 879 | 27,701 | 11,307 | 877 | 29,073 | 9,143 | 1,756 | 56,774 | 20,450 | ||
Boeing 767-300 | 795 | 166,494 | 2,973 | 791 | 169,401 | 2,574 | 1,586 | 335,895 | 5,548 | ||
Boeing 767-400 | 61 | 13,774 | 379 | 61 | 13,917 | 274 | 122 | 27,691 | 652 | ||
Boeing C-32 | 2,834 | 419,380 | 661 | 2,831 | 427,727 | 675 | 5,665 | 847,107 | 1,336 | ||
Boeing C-40 | 469 | 48,973 | 35 | 470 | 49,669 | 15 | 939 | 98,642 | 50 | ||
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 | 1,930 | 102,870 | 3 | 1,930 | 98,642 | 1 | 3,860 | 201,512 | 4 | ||
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 1 | 123 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 0 | 2 | 215 | 0 | ||
Other | 4,160 | 354,362 | 15,247 | 3,823 | 351,196 | 10,824 | 7,983 | 705,558 | 26,071 | ||
Total | 108,769 | 13,179,572 | 74,104 | 108,356 | 13,207,228 | 64,908 | 217,125 | 26,386,800 | 139,013 | ||
Source: CSO |
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