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A total of 38.1 million passengers passed through Irish airports in 2019, an increase of 4.2% on 2018. Dublin airport accounted for 85.7% of air passengers in Ireland.
In 2019, the Dublin - Heathrow route carried the most air passengers (1,856,475) and accounted for almost one twentieth (4.9%) of all passenger movements in the year.

The most popular country of origin/destination was the UK with 34.9% of passengers, followed by Spain with 12.3% and the USA with 10.1% of all international travel.

One fifth (20.7%) of air freight was carried on a Boeing 767-300 aircraft while almost half (47.3%) of all passengers were carried on a Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

	Passenger numbers
2013	24.8
2014	26.5
2015	29.8
2016	32.8
2017	34.5
2018	36.6
2019	38.1

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Table 7.1 Total passenger numbers¹handled by all airports, 2014 - 2019
Airport	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Connemara	19,236	19,753	21,345	16,437	15,322	15,382
Cork	2,138,057	2,065,678	2,226,233	2,301,450	2,387,806	2,585,466
Donegal	35,415	36,552	44,156	46,514	46,537	48,542
Dublin	21,694,893	24,962,518	27,778,888	29,454,474	31,319,419	32,676,251
Inishmore	11,491	12,071	12,667	9,335	8,814	8,831
Kerry	294,955	303,039	325,670	335,480	365,339	369,836
Knock	703,670	684,671	735,869	748,505	770,908	805,443
Shannon	1,555,225	1,642,888	1,674,567	1,599,390	1,677,661	1,616,422
Waterford²	33,189	34,249	13,511	-	-	-
Total	26,486,131	29,761,419	32,832,906	34,511,585	36,591,806	38,126,173
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, 2019
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total
January	148,939	2,054,794	20,829	42,413	87,016	2,353,991
February	150,482	1,993,325	22,231	45,456	82,497	2,293,991
March	174,876	2,432,195	25,546	54,700	100,374	2,787,691
April	210,510	2,789,660	32,171	71,563	128,840	3,232,744
May	239,077	2,965,517	34,213	73,850	160,902	3,473,559
June	278,961	3,202,409	36,150	77,020	178,680	3,773,220
July	296,876	3,430,859	40,680	88,781	183,398	4,040,594
August	296,799	3,399,714	39,617	94,907	187,029	4,018,066
September	238,523	3,021,796	35,721	76,300	166,270	3,538,610
October	215,482	2,865,397	31,790	72,299	138,218	3,323,186
November	171,693	2,240,194	25,151	55,255	104,148	2,596,441
December	163,248	2,280,391	25,737	52,899	99,050	2,621,325
Total	2,585,466	32,676,251	369,836	805,443	1,616,422	38,053,418
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, 2019
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total
All passengers
January	148,939	2,054,794	20,829	42,413	87,016	2,353,991
February	150,482	1,993,325	22,231	45,456	82,497	2,293,991
March	174,876	2,432,195	25,546	54,700	100,374	2,787,691
April	210,510	2,789,660	32,171	71,563	128,840	3,232,744
May	239,077	2,965,517	34,213	73,850	160,902	3,473,559
June	278,961	3,202,409	36,150	77,020	178,680	3,773,220
July	296,876	3,430,859	40,680	88,781	183,398	4,040,594
August	296,799	3,399,714	39,617	94,907	187,029	4,018,066
September	238,523	3,021,796	35,721	76,300	166,270	3,538,610
October	215,482	2,865,397	31,790	72,299	138,218	3,323,186
November	171,693	2,240,194	25,151	55,255	104,148	2,596,441
December	163,248	2,280,391	25,737	52,899	99,050	2,621,325
Total passengers	2,585,466	32,676,251	369,836	805,443	1,616,422	38,053,418

National traffic
January	0	5,819	3,365	0	0	9,184
February	1	7,031	4,225	0	977	12,234
March	57	7,366	4,489	0	24	11,936
April	0	7,902	4,557	0	381	12,840
May	212	8,863	5,411	0	332	14,818
June	87	9,283	5,541	0	360	15,271
July	0	10,207	5,893	0	81	16,181
August	0	10,499	5,907	0	347	16,753
September	20	9,031	5,297	0	1,129	15,477
October	194	8,291	4,975	0	165	13,625
November	42	6,921	4,134	0	1,483	12,580
December	2	7,099	4,227	0	4	11,332
Total national traffic	615	98,312	58,021	0	5,283	162,231

International traffic
January	148,939	2,048,975	17,464	42,413	87,016	2,344,807
February	150,481	1,986,294	18,006	45,456	81,520	2,281,757
March	174,819	2,424,829	21,057	54,700	100,350	2,775,755
April	210,510	2,781,758	27,614	71,563	128,459	3,219,904
May	238,865	2,956,654	28,802	73,850	160,570	3,458,741
June	278,874	3,193,126	30,609	77,020	178,320	3,757,949
July	296,876	3,420,652	34,787	88,781	183,317	4,024,413
August	296,799	3,389,215	33,710	94,907	186,682	4,001,313
September	238,503	3,012,765	30,424	76,300	165,141	3,523,133
October	215,288	2,857,106	26,815	72,299	138,053	3,309,561
November	171,651	2,233,273	21,017	55,255	102,665	2,583,861
December	163,246	2,273,292	21,510	52,899	99,046	2,609,993
Total international traffic	2,584,851	32,577,939	311,815	805,443	1,611,139	37,891,187
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, 2019
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total
All passengers
January	148,939	2,054,794	20,829	42,413	87,016	2,353,991
February	150,482	1,993,325	22,231	45,456	82,497	2,293,991
March	174,876	2,432,195	25,546	54,700	100,374	2,787,691
April	210,510	2,789,660	32,171	71,563	128,840	3,232,744
May	239,077	2,965,517	34,213	73,850	160,902	3,473,559
June	278,961	3,202,409	36,150	77,020	178,680	3,773,220
July	296,876	3,430,859	40,680	88,781	183,398	4,040,594
August	296,799	3,399,714	39,617	94,907	187,029	4,018,066
September	238,523	3,021,796	35,721	76,300	166,270	3,538,610
October	215,482	2,865,397	31,790	72,299	138,218	3,323,186
November	171,693	2,240,194	25,151	55,255	104,148	2,596,441
December	163,248	2,280,391	25,737	52,899	99,050	2,621,325
Total passengers	2,585,466	32,676,251	369,836	805,443	1,616,422	38,053,418

Arrivals
January	73,056	1,035,792	9,524	19,024	42,403	1,179,799
February	75,080	998,816	11,153	22,651	41,349	1,149,049
March	87,914	1,227,395	12,874	27,263	51,110	1,406,556
April	103,755	1,385,862	16,093	34,987	62,990	1,603,687
May	116,739	1,469,737	17,283	36,935	80,318	1,721,012
June	134,406	1,555,718	17,199	36,559	87,833	1,831,715
July	151,804	1,716,237	20,575	45,351	91,764	2,025,731
August	152,061	1,729,713	19,664	47,255	93,375	2,042,068
September	118,943	1,517,894	17,650	37,914	81,921	1,774,322
October	108,161	1,427,010	15,617	36,406	67,830	1,655,024
November	86,792	1,132,265	12,399	27,404	52,494	1,311,354
December	81,990	1,121,895	13,453	27,735	50,491	1,295,564
Total arrivals	1,290,701	16,318,334	183,484	399,484	803,878	18,995,881

Departures
January	75,883	1,019,002	11,305	23,389	44,613	1,174,192
February	75,402	994,509	11,078	22,805	41,148	1,144,942
March	86,962	1,204,800	12,672	27,437	49,264	1,381,135
April	106,755	1,403,798	16,078	36,576	65,850	1,629,057
May	122,338	1,495,780	16,930	36,915	80,584	1,752,547
June	144,555	1,646,691	18,951	40,461	90,847	1,941,505
July	145,072	1,714,622	20,105	43,430	91,634	2,014,863
August	144,738	1,670,001	19,953	47,652	93,654	1,975,998
September	119,580	1,503,902	18,071	38,386	84,349	1,764,288
October	107,321	1,438,387	16,173	35,893	70,388	1,668,162
November	84,901	1,107,929	12,752	27,851	51,654	1,285,087
December	81,258	1,158,496	12,284	25,164	48,559	1,325,761
Total departures	1,294,765	16,357,917	186,352	405,959	812,544	19,057,537
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, 2019
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total
All passengers
January	148,939	2,054,794	20,829	42,413	87,016	2,353,991
February	150,482	1,993,325	22,231	45,456	82,497	2,293,991
March	174,876	2,432,195	25,546	54,700	100,374	2,787,691
April	210,510	2,789,660	32,171	71,563	128,840	3,232,744
May	239,077	2,965,517	34,213	73,850	160,902	3,473,559
June	278,961	3,202,409	36,150	77,020	178,680	3,773,220
July	296,876	3,430,859	40,680	88,781	183,398	4,040,594
August	296,799	3,399,714	39,617	94,907	187,029	4,018,066
September	238,523	3,021,796	35,721	76,300	166,270	3,538,610
October	215,482	2,865,397	31,790	72,299	138,218	3,323,186
November	171,693	2,240,194	25,151	55,255	104,148	2,596,441
December	163,248	2,280,391	25,737	52,899	99,050	2,621,325
Total passengers	2,585,466	32,676,251	369,836	805,443	1,616,422	38,053,418

Scheduled passengers
January	147,906	2,038,450	20,829	40,747	84,031	2,331,963
February	148,937	1,971,621	22,231	45,456	78,690	2,266,935
March	173,059	2,404,004	25,546	54,700	96,984	2,754,293
April	210,156	2,781,673	32,171	71,563	125,132	3,220,695
May	234,885	2,937,058	34,083	73,323	153,924	3,433,273
June	271,349	3,151,314	35,803	75,940	168,962	3,703,368
July	291,847	3,378,654	39,973	86,958	176,408	3,973,840
August	291,947	3,347,287	39,099	89,946	179,474	3,947,753
September	235,547	2,976,368	35,328	74,773	159,944	3,481,960
October	214,733	2,850,854	31,624	72,022	134,583	3,303,816
November	171,565	2,236,322	25,151	55,255	98,689	2,586,982
December	162,344	2,262,405	25,737	51,651	97,339	2,599,476
Total scheduled	2,554,275	32,336,010	367,575	792,334	1,554,160	37,604,354

Non-scheduled passengers
January	1,033	16,344	0	1,666	2,985	22,028
February	1,545	21,704	0	0	3,807	27,056
March	1,817	28,191	0	0	3,390	33,398
April	354	7,987	0	0	3,708	12,049
May	4,192	28,459	130	527	6,978	40,286
June	7,612	51,095	347	1,080	9,718	69,852
July	5,029	52,205	707	1,823	6,990	66,754
August	4,852	52,427	518	4,961	7,555	70,313
September	2,976	45,428	393	1,527	6,326	56,650
October	749	14,543	166	277	3,635	19,370
November	128	3,872	0	0	5,459	9,459
December	904	17,986	0	1,248	1,711	21,849
Total non-scheduled	31,191	340,241	2,261	13,109	62,262	449,064
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, 2019
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total
All flights
January	1,447	16,450	257	406	831	19,391
February	1,367	15,288	231	374	736	17,996
March	1,546	17,513	259	440	850	20,608
April	1,733	19,535	288	569	1,028	23,153
May	2,039	21,032	316	594	1,306	25,287
June	2,174	21,091	332	609	1,320	25,526
July	2,261	22,110	363	633	1,410	26,777
August	2,283	22,125	331	656	1,398	26,793
September	1,991	20,943	318	608	1,366	25,226
October	1,755	20,190	292	555	1,151	23,943
November	1,432	16,201	254	440	889	19,216
December	1,414	16,665	251	446	866	19,642
Total flights	21,442	229,143	3,492	6,330	13,151	273,558

National traffic
January	0	291	123	0	48	462
February	1	264	111	0	51	427
March	2	280	123	0	44	449
April	0	274	118	0	34	426
May	3	294	124	0	27	448
June	1	282	120	0	23	426
July	0	302	124	0	53	479
August	0	293	124	0	51	468
September	1	286	120	0	48	455
October	2	294	122	0	24	442
November	2	281	120	0	20	423
December	3	262	113	0	5	383
Total national flights	15	3,403	1,442	0	428	5,288

International traffic
January	1,447	16,159	134	406	783	18,929
February	1,366	15,024	120	374	685	17,569
March	1,544	17,233	136	440	806	20,159
April	1,733	19,261	170	569	994	22,727
May	2,036	20,738	192	594	1,279	24,839
June	2,173	20,809	212	609	1,297	25,100
July	2,261	21,808	239	633	1,357	26,298
August	2,283	21,832	207	656	1,347	26,325
September	1,990	20,657	198	608	1,318	24,771
October	1,753	19,896	170	555	1,127	23,501
November	1,430	15,920	134	440	869	18,793
December	1,411	16,403	138	446	861	19,259
Total international flights	21,427	225,740	2,050	6,330	12,723	268,270
Source: CSO

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Table 7.7 Number of flights classified by arrivals and departures by month handled by main airports, 2019
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total
All flights
January	1,447	16,450	257	406	831	19,391
February	1,367	15,288	231	374	736	17,996
March	1,546	17,513	259	440	850	20,608
April	1,733	19,535	288	569	1,028	23,153
May	2,039	21,032	316	594	1,306	25,287
June	2,174	21,091	332	609	1,320	25,526
July	2,261	22,110	363	633	1,410	26,777
August	2,283	22,125	331	656	1,398	26,793
September	1,991	20,943	318	608	1,366	25,226
October	1,755	20,190	292	555	1,151	23,943
November	1,432	16,201	254	440	889	19,216
December	1,414	16,665	251	446	866	19,642
Total flights	21,442	229,143	3,492	6,330	13,151	273,558

Arrivals
January	725	8,245	128	203	416	9,717
February	683	7,646	116	187	369	9,001
March	772	8,763	129	220	429	10,313
April	867	9,771	144	285	514	11,581
May	1,015	10,507	158	296	653	12,629
June	1,090	10,549	166	305	661	12,771
July	1,129	11,055	181	316	705	13,386
August	1,143	11,058	164	326	693	13,384
September	999	10,481	160	314	682	12,636
October	880	10,115	146	279	568	11,988
November	718	8,098	127	220	443	9,606
December	708	8,338	124	223	435	9,828
Total arrivals	10,729	114,626	1,743	3,174	6,568	136,840

Departures
January	722	8,205	129	203	415	9,674
February	684	7,642	115	187	367	8,995
March	774	8,750	130	220	421	10,295
April	866	9,764	144	284	514	11,572
May	1,024	10,525	158	298	653	12,658
June	1,084	10,542	166	304	659	12,755
July	1,132	11,055	182	317	705	13,391
August	1,140	11,067	167	330	705	13,409
September	992	10,462	158	294	684	12,590
October	875	10,075	146	276	583	11,955
November	714	8,103	127	220	446	9,610
December	706	8,327	127	223	431	9,814
Total departures	10,713	114,517	1,749	3,156	6,583	136,718
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, 2019
Month	Cork	Dublin	Kerry	Knock	Shannon	Total
All flights
January	1,447	16,450	257	406	831	19,391
February	1,367	15,288	231	374	736	17,996
March	1,546	17,513	259	440	850	20,608
April	1,733	19,535	288	569	1,028	23,153
May	2,039	21,032	316	594	1,306	25,287
June	2,174	21,091	332	609	1,320	25,526
July	2,261	22,110	363	633	1,410	26,777
August	2,283	22,125	331	656	1,398	26,793
September	1,991	20,943	318	608	1,366	25,226
October	1,755	20,190	292	555	1,151	23,943
November	1,432	16,201	254	440	889	19,216
December	1,414	16,665	251	446	866	19,642
Total flights	21,442	229,143	3,492	6,330	13,151	273,558

Scheduled flights
January	1,438	16,321	257	396	813	19,225
February	1,354	15,128	231	374	711	17,798
March	1,534	17,306	259	440	819	20,358
April	1,727	19,463	288	569	1,003	23,050
May	2,006	20,820	304	591	1,252	24,973
June	2,125	20,748	308	602	1,240	25,023
July	2,223	21,788	320	622	1,277	26,230
August	2,254	21,792	316	625	1,283	26,270
September	1,967	20,627	315	597	1,259	24,765
October	1,746	20,065	290	553	1,084	23,738
November	1,426	16,142	254	440	827	19,089
December	1,400	16,531	251	438	827	19,447
Total scheduled	21,200	226,731	3,393	6,247	12,395	269,966

Non-scheduled flights
January	9	129	0	10	18	166
February	13	160	0	0	25	198
March	12	207	0	0	31	250
April	6	72	0	0	25	103
May	33	212	12	3	54	314
June	49	343	24	7	80	503
July	38	322	43	11	133	547
August	29	333	15	31	115	523
September	24	316	3	11	107	461
October	9	125	2	2	67	205
November	6	59	0	0	62	127
December	14	134	0	8	39	195
Total non-scheduled	242	2,412	99	83	756	3,592
Source: CSO

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Table 7.9 Air freight classified by national and international traffic by main airports and month, 2019
					Tonnes
Month	Cork	Dublin	Knock	Shannon	Total
Air freight
January	3	9,789	1	1,062	10,856
February	2	9,124	1	960	10,087
March	2	10,606	1	980	11,589
April	6	10,037	1	988	11,031
May	2	10,922	1	1,100	12,025
June	5	9,848	1	956	10,810
July	5	11,339	2	1,071	12,417
August	5	10,577	1	946	11,528
September	5	12,733	1	994	13,732
October	6	13,140	1	1,310	14,457
November	5	12,790	1	1,166	13,961
December	4	12,324	1	1,127	13,456
Total air freight	50	133,229	12	12,658	145,950

National freight traffic
January	0	449	0	447	896
February	0	398	0	381	778
March	0	394	0	370	764
April	0	411	0	296	708
May	0	407	0	209	616
June	0	354	0	185	539
July	0	487	0	236	723
August	0	350	0	193	543
September	0	409	0	227	635
October	0	397	0	195	592
November	0	426	0	80	506
December	0	407	0	71	478
Total national freight	0	4,889	0	2,890	7,779

International freight traffic
January	3	9,339	1	616	9,959
February	2	8,727	1	579	9,309
March	2	10,212	1	610	10,825
April	6	9,625	1	692	10,323
May	2	10,516	1	891	11,409
June	5	9,494	1	770	10,271
July	5	10,852	2	835	11,694
August	5	10,227	1	753	10,985
September	5	12,324	1	767	13,097
October	6	12,743	1	1,115	13,865
November	5	12,363	1	1,086	13,455
December	4	11,917	1	1,056	12,978
Total international freight	50	128,340	12	9,769	138,171
Source: CSO

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Table 7.10 Air freight classified by arrivals and departures by main airports and month, 2019
					Tonnes
Month	Cork	Dublin	Knock	Shannon	Total
Air freight
January	3	9,789	1	1,062	10,856
February	2	9,124	1	960	10,087
March	2	10,606	1	980	11,589
April	6	10,037	1	988	11,031
May	2	10,922	1	1,100	12,025
June	5	9,848	1	956	10,810
July	5	11,339	2	1,071	12,417
August	5	10,577	1	946	11,528
September	5	12,733	1	994	13,732
October	6	13,140	1	1,310	14,457
November	5	12,790	1	1,166	13,961
December	4	12,324	1	1,127	13,456
Total air freight	50	133,229	12	12,658	145,950

Arrivals
January	0	5,532	1	517	6,051
February	1	4,979	1	461	5,442
March	1	5,899	1	509	6,409
April	2	5,535	1	516	6,054
May	0	5,971	1	602	6,574
June	1	5,346	1	492	5,840
July	1	5,985	2	548	6,536
August	2	5,638	1	479	6,119
September	1	6,526	1	509	7,037
October	2	6,964	1	659	7,626
November	2	6,804	1	575	7,382
December	0	6,179	1	525	6,706
Total freight arrivals	13	71,358	12	6,393	77,776

Departures
January	3	4,257	0	546	4,805
February	2	4,145	0	498	4,645
March	1	4,708	0	471	5,180
April	3	4,502	0	472	4,977
May	2	4,951	0	498	5,451
June	4	4,502	0	464	4,970
July	4	5,353	0	523	5,880
August	3	4,939	0	467	5,410
September	4	6,207	0	485	6,695
October	4	6,176	0	650	6,831
November	3	5,985	0	591	6,579
December	4	6,145	0	602	6,750
Total freight departures	37	61,871	0	6,266	68,174
Source: CSO

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Table 7.11 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Dublin airport by number of passengers, 2019
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total
London - Heathrow	915,063	941,412	1,856,475
London - Gatwick	685,264	663,078	1,348,342
Amsterdam - Schiphol	607,338	608,988	1,216,326
Manchester	500,586	503,626	1,004,212
Birmingham	472,403	475,104	947,507
London - Stansted	458,403	448,817	907,220
Frankfurt - Main	375,276	386,543	761,819
Paris - Charles De Gaulle	379,822	380,511	760,333
Edinburgh	336,896	329,880	666,776
Malaga	327,936	329,564	657,500
Source: CSO

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Table 7.12 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Cork airport by number of passengers, 2019
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total
London - Heathrow	186,889	192,257	379,146
London - Stansted	174,007	172,006	346,013
Amsterdam - Schiphol	78,025	79,300	157,325
Malaga	78,011	77,543	155,554
Paris - Charles De Gaulle	67,907	67,736	135,643
London - Gatwick	63,373	62,271	125,644
Faro	62,683	62,695	125,378
Manchester	53,131	55,394	108,525
Lanzarote	52,780	52,758	105,538
London - Luton	50,436	46,682	97,118
Source: CSO

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Table 7.13 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Shannon airport by number of passengers, 2019
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total
London - Heathrow	131,597	138,359	269,956
London - Stansted	104,056	97,230	201,286
New York - John F Kennedy	66,629	69,103	135,732
London - Gatwick	58,797	59,140	117,937
Manchester	43,076	42,554	85,630
Boston - Logan	39,682	41,687	81,369
Newark	33,262	36,774	70,036
Malaga	34,046	33,941	67,987
Faro	28,720	27,783	56,503
Lanzarote	22,573	22,793	45,366
Source: CSO

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Table 7.14 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Knock airport by numberof passengers, 2019
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total
London - Stansted	76,432	82,660	159,092
London - Luton	66,899	66,253	133,152
Liverpool - John Lennon	43,347	44,267	87,614
London - Gatwick	41,502	40,497	81,999
East Midlands	34,937	35,711	70,648
Bristol	22,253	22,365	44,618
Manchester	18,831	19,139	37,970
Faro	15,641	16,329	31,970
Birmingham	14,865	14,805	29,670
Edinburgh	13,170	13,388	26,558
Source: CSO

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Table 7.15 Top 5 arrivals and departures for Kerry airport by numberof passengers, 2019
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total
London - Luton	55,239	55,189	110,428
London - Stansted	41,285	40,999	82,284
Dublin	27,704	30,317	58,021
Frankfurt - Hahn	25,369	25,429	50,798
Berlin	16,913	16,664	33,577
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, 2019
Continent	Country	Arrivals	Departures	Total
Europe	Austria	128,864	129,590	258,454
	Belgium	253,799	253,243	507,042
	Bulgaria	55,031	55,435	110,466
	Croatia	119,103	116,254	235,357
	Czech Republic	104,426	107,133	211,559
	Denmark	135,745	137,051	272,796
	Finland	57,500	62,391	119,891
	France	1,064,387	1,067,584	2,131,971
	Germany	1,256,375	1,262,784	2,519,159
	Greece	105,165	105,005	210,170
	Hungary	143,482	142,439	285,921
	Iceland	72,922	73,781	146,703
	Italy	807,358	803,559	1,610,917
	Latvia	73,748	77,443	151,191
	Lithuania	86,603	88,042	174,645
	Netherlands	741,535	744,018	1,485,553
	Norway	68,939	69,756	138,695
	Poland	511,945	515,897	1,027,842
	Portugal	682,265	686,913	1,369,178
	Romania	120,266	117,608	237,874
	Slovakia	63,748	63,311	127,059
	Spain	2,341,120	2,335,317	4,676,437
	Sweden	85,213	87,731	172,944
	Switzerland	224,967	226,910	451,877
	Turkey	138,379	139,068	277,447
	UK - England	5,828,782	5,860,274	11,689,056
	UK - Northern Ireland	1,021	235	1,256
	UK - Scotland	689,164	683,712	1,372,876
	UK - Wales	57,741	57,559	115,300
	UK - Other	28,137	28,437	56,574
	Total UK	6,604,845	6,630,217	13,235,062
	Other	214,023	211,463	425,486
	Total Europe	16,261,753	16,309,943	32,571,696

North America	Canada	259,491	266,636	526,127
	USA	1,895,622	1,914,645	3,810,267
	Other	2,663	3,249	5,912
	Total North America	2,157,776	2,184,530	4,342,306

Africa	Total Africa	23,873	24,013	47,886

Asia	United Arab Emirates	409,036	396,382	805,418
	Other	59,708	59,134	118,842
	Total Asia	468,744	455,516	924,260

Other¹	Total other	2,559	2,480	5,039

All continents²		18,914,705	18,976,482	37,891,187
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, 2019
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	1,331	36,266	442	1,322	35,381	303	2,653	71,647	745
ATR 72	13,208	667,710	1,253	13,147	683,241	215	26,355	1,350,951	1,468
Airbus A220-300	588	65,817	145	586	70,266	29	1,174	136,083	174
Airbus A300B4-600/ C4-600	417	0	12,792	415	0	10,907	832	0	23,698
Airbus A310/CC-150	107	23,452	5	107	24,606	23	214	48,058	28
Airbus A319	2,272	263,383	157	2,272	268,351	27	4,544	531,734	184
Airbus A320	35,209	4,675,803	3,725	35,221	4,724,644	1,214	70,430	9,400,447	4,939
Airbus A321	3,703	639,175	779	3,706	633,173	229	7,409	1,272,348	1,007
Airbus A330-200	2,074	461,861	2,861	2,073	473,069	3,643	4,147	934,930	6,503
Airbus A330-300	3,385	939,081	4,124	3,384	942,268	5,241	6,769	1,881,349	9,365
Airbus A350-900	183	42,276	1,685	182	40,744	1,125	365	83,020	2,811
BAE RJ-85	2,500	166,396	0	2,520	178,922	0	5,020	345,318	0
Boeing 737-300	78	9,154	15	86	8,675	50	164	17,829	66
Boeing 737-400	897	13,242	9,738	908	13,537	8,396	1,805	26,779	18,135
Boeing 737-600	36	3,781	5	36	3,542	1	72	7,323	6
Boeing 737-800	53,652	9,027,771	251	53,627	8,982,263	86	107,279	18,010,034	336
Boeing 737-900	274	37,099	260	275	38,013	76	549	75,112	336
Boeing 767-200	55	375	862	56	375	724	111	750	1,586
Boeing 767-300	1,174	69,007	15,842	1,169	68,726	14,431	2,343	137,733	30,273
Boeing 767-400	567	129,810	1,496	565	129,352	1,781	1,132	259,162	3,278
Boeing 777-200	170	32,197	1,684	175	31,437	1,415	345	63,634	3,099
Boeing 777-300	979	293,137	10,243	979	292,913	9,505	1,958	586,050	19,748
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner	764	132,477	4,325	764	124,475	3,941	1,528	256,952	8,267
Boeing 787-9 BBJ	480	99,223	2,364	478	103,831	1,771	958	203,054	4,135
Boeing C-32	2,710	396,050	1,197	2,703	402,642	864	5,413	798,692	2,062
Boeing C-40	655	75,195	40	659	76,997	10	1,314	152,192	50
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400	2,478	145,743	4	2,473	145,886	2	4,951	291,629	6
Embraer 145	253	7,915	0	251	6,955	0	504	14,870	0
Embraer 170	1,771	110,576	6	1,770	112,067	5	3,541	222,643	11
Embraer 195/ ERJ 190-200	3,027	250,367	120	3,019	256,263	13	6,046	506,630	132
Saab 340	188	2,657	99	156	2,535	5	344	5,192	104
Other	1,655	178,885	1,257	1,634	182,388	2,143	3,289	361,273	3,400
Total	136,840	18,995,881	77,776	136,718	19,057,537	68,174	273,558	38,053,418	145,950
Source: CSO

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