Airports in Europe – Europe Traveler Guide

The airports below all have scheduled public passenger services provided by airline carriers. Some are international airports providing services to and from the Untied States while others only have services to other European countries. Only international airports have boarder control and customs to accommodate the arrival and departure of passengers form other countries.

Europe’s Busiest Airports…

Some of Europe’s largest and busiest airports will offer you the best choices for non-stop flights from the US. These airports also serve as hubs for European airline carriers so your choices are better for getting connecting flights to other European destinations. This will help eliminate lost time laying over at certain airports or cities.

The COVID pandemic impacted all air travel for 2020 through 2021. For sometime London’s Heathrow Airport has been Europe’s busiest airport but, the United Kingdom’s strict travel procedures impacted the UK more than other countries. Other countries that had limited restrictions, like Russia and Turkey, saw a smaller decrease in passenger activity.

LHR – London Heathrow Airport

Hillingdon, London, England, United Kingdom

2019 – 80,884,310

2020 – 19,392,178

2021 – 22,109,726

AMS – Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

Haarlemmermeer,, Netherlands

2019 – 71,707,144

2020 – 20,887,174

2021 – 26,196,575

MAD – Adolfo Suárez Madrid – Barajas Airport

Barajas, Madrid, Spain

2019 – 61,734,037

2020 – 17,112,389

2021 – 24,135,220

IST – Istanbul Airport

Arnavutköy, Turkey

2019 ^[1] – 68,650,542

2020 – 23,409,132

2021 – 37,176,509

LGW – London Gatwick Airport

Crawley, England, UK

2019 – 46,574,786

2020 – 10,171,867

2021 – 6,260,072

FCO – Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport

Fiumicino, Italy

2019 – 43,532,573

2020 – 9,830,957

2021 – 11,662,842

DUB – Dublin Airport

Collinstown, Ireland

2019 – 32,907,673

2020 – 7,400,000

2021 – 8,460,000

CPH – Copenhagen Airport

Kastrup, Denmark

2019 – 30,256,703

2020 – 7,525,441

2021 – 9,179,654

OSL – Oslo Gardermoen Airport

Gardermoen, Norway

2019 – 28,592,619

2020 – 9,398,133

2021 – 9,021,729

VIE – Vienna International Airport

Schwechat, Austria

2019 – 31,662,189

2020 – 7,812,938

2021 – 10,405,523

BRU – Brussels Airport

Zaventem, Belgium

2019 – 26,360,003

2020 – 6,743,395

2021 – 9,357,221

ATH – Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos

Spata, Greece

2019 – 25,574,030

2020 – 8,078,383

2021 – 12,346,078

CDG – Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport

Roissy-en-France, France

2019 – 76,150,007

2020 – 22,257,469

2021 – 26,196,575

FRA – Frankfurt am Main Airport

Kelsterbach, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2019 – 70,556,071

2020 – 18,768,601

2021 – 24,812,849

BCN – Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport

El Prat de Llobregat, Spain

2019 – 52,686,314

2020 – 12,739,259

2021 – 18,874,896

MCO – Munich-Franz Josef Strauß Airport

Erding & Freising, Germany

2019 – 47,941,348

2020 – 11,120,224

2021 – 12,496,432

SVO – Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport

Lobnya, Russia

2019 – 49,348,135

2020 – 19,566,402

2021 – 30,623,796

ORY – Paris Orly Airport

Essonne, France

2019- 31,853,049

2020 – 10,797,105

2021 – 15,724,580

ZRH – Zürich Airport

Kloten, Switzerland

2019 – 31,507,692

2020 – 8,341,047

2021 – 10,234,428

LIS – Lisbon Airport

Olivais, Portugal

2019 – 31,173,000

2020 – 9,268,000

2021 – 2,149,000

MAN – Manchester Airport

Ringway, England, United Kingdom

2019 – 29,413,116

2020 – 7,037,036

2021 – 6,098,891

ARN – Stockholm Arlanda Airport

Sigtuna, Sweden

2019 – 25,642,623

2020 – 6,535,776

2021 – 7,494,765

MXP – Milan Malpensa Airport

Ferno, Italy

2019 – 24,725,490

2020 – 7,241,766

2021 – 9,622,464

BER – Berlin Brandenburg Airport

Schöenfeld, Germany

2019 ^[2] – 35,645,005

2020 ^[2] – 9,097,788

2021 – 9,947,006

1 – Istanbul Airport open in October 2018 with all passenger service transferred from the old Atatürk airport in April 2019. Passenger totals include both airports for 2018 and 2019.

2 – Berlin Brandenburg open in October 2020 replacing Tempelhof (closed in 2009), Schöenfeld and Tegel airports. Remaining passenger services were transferred in 2020 to Brandenburg. 2019 and 2020 totals include both Schöenfeld and Tegel.

Airport Directory…

Only those airports providing commercial passenger services are listed below. Some may not offer international flights but, will offer regional or services within a country only. Private airports and those that only accommodate general Aviation and charter services, are not listed.

ALBANIA

Tirana Intl. Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)

AUSTRIA

Graz Airport (GRZ)
Innsbruck Airport (INN)
Klagenfurt Airport (KLU)
Linz Airport (LNZ)
Salzburg Airport (SLZ)
Vienna Intl. Airport (VIE)

BELARUS

Grodno-Hrodna Airport (GNA)
Homel-Gomel Airport (GME)
Minsk Natl. Airport (MSQ)

BELGIUM

Antwerp Airport (ANR)
Brussels Airport (BRU)
Charleroi – Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)
Liège Airport (LGG)
Ostend-Bruges Intl. Airport (OST)

BOSNIA And HERZEGOVINA

Banja Luka Intl. Airport (BNX)
Mostar Intl. Airport (OMO)
Sarajevo Intl. Airport (SJJ)
Tuzla Intl. Airport (TZL)

BULGARIA

Burgas Airport (BOJ)
Plovdiv Airport (PDV)
Sofia Airport (SOF)
Varna Airport (VAR)