Updated 8th April 2025.  What is Europe’s busiest airport? Based on seat capacity data for the year of 2024, we’ve listed the top 10 airports in Europe.

London Heathrow is Europe's Busiest Airport 

In 2024, Europe's busiest airport (by total domestic and international seats) was London Heathrow, with 51.5 million seats.

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Second and third places on the list go to Istanbul (48.5m seats) and Paris Charles De Gaulle (42m seats) respectively. 

In 2024, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport sat in fourth place on the list of Europe's busiest airports,  and Frankfurt was fifth (39.6m).

Spanish airports Madrid Adolfo Suarez-Barajas and Barcelona-El Prat sit together in sixth and seventh places, with 38.1m and 31.8m seats respectively.

Rome Fiumicino Airport takes eighth place on the list (30.5m seats), while Munich (26.7m seats) is the second German airport to make the top 10, in ninth position.  London Gatwick rounds out the list with 25.5m seats.

Europe's Top Ten Busiest Airports Listed

Using data sourced from OAG's Schedules Analyser, the complete list of the Top Ten Busiest Airports in Europe based on scheduled one-way airline capacity (international + domestic) for the year 2024 is as follows:

1. London Heathrow: 51,553,190 seats

2. Istanbul Airport: 48,517,967 seats

3. Paris Charles de Gaulle: 42,080,518 seats

4. Amsterdam:  40,004,242 seats

5. Frankfurt International: 39,631,163 seats

6. Madrid Adolfo Suarez-Barajas: 38,146,041 seats

7. Barcelona: 31,824,302 seats

8. Rome Fiumicino: 30,486,201 seats

9. Munich International: 26,738,742 seats

10. London Gatwick: 25,500,205 seats

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