List of the busiest airports in the Balkans
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List of airports by number of passengers[]
The following list is for all of the countries to occupy Balkan territory with the exception of Turkey and Romania, the information contained is for all airports on those territories.
Rank | Country | Airport | City | Passengers | Change
2020–2021 | |||||||
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2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||||
1 | Greece | Athens International Airport | Athens | 15,196,369 | 18,087,377 | 20,016,998 | 21,737,787 | 24,135,736 | 25,574,030 | 8,078,383 | 12,346,078 | 52.8% |
2 | Greece | Thessaloniki International Airport | Thessaloniki | 4,950,726 | 5,341,293 | 5,735,581 | 6,247,514 | 6,689,193 | 6,897,057 | 2,317,336 | 3,449,658 | 48,9% |
3 | Greece | Rhodes International Airport | Rhodes | 4,552,056 | 4,579,023 | 4,942,386 | 5,301,517 | 5,567,748 | 5,542,567 | 1,551,123 | 3,366,614 | 117.0% |
4 | Bulgaria | Sofia International Airport | Sofia | 3,815,158 | 4,088,943 | 4,979,760 | 6,490,096 | 6,962,040 | 7,107,096 | 2,937,846 | 3,364,151 | 14.5% |
5 | Greece | Heraklion International Airport | Heraklion | 6,024,958 | 6,057,355 | 6,742,746 | 7,336,783 | 8,098,465 | 7,933,558 | 2,378,145 | 70.0% | |
6 | Serbia | Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport | Belgrade | 4,638,577 | 4,776,110 | 4,924,992 | 5,343,420 | 5,641,105 | 6,159,000 | 1,904,025 | 3,286,000 | 72.6% |
7 | Albania | Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza | Tirana | 1,810,305 | 1,997,044 | 2,195,100 | 2,630,338 | 2,947,172 | 3,338,147 | 1,310,614 | 2,928,275 | 123.4% |
8 | Kosovo[a] | Pristina International AirportAdem Jashari | Pristina | 1,404,775 | 1,549,198 | 1,744,202 | 1,885,136 | 2,165,749 | 2,373,698 | 1,102,091 | 2,176,036 | 97.4% |
9 | Greece | Corfu International Airport | Corfu | 2,383,353 | 2,437,890 | 2,788,923 | 2,918,434 | 3,364,115 | 3,275,897 | 961,037 | 2,044,704 | 112.8% |
10 | Greece | Chania International Airport | Chania | 2,447,566 | 2,702,283 | 2,953,278 | 3,042,903 | 3,008,687 | 2,983,542 | 703,482 | 1,795,236 | 155.2% |
11 | Croatia | Split Airport | Split | 1,752,657 | 1,955,400 | 2,289,987 | 2,818,176 | 3,124,067 | 3,301,930 | 674,366 | 1,577,584 | 133.9% |
12 | Greece | Kos International Airport | Kos | 2,214,464 | 2,143,860 | 1,901,495 | 2,320,590 | 2,666,307 | 2,676,644 | 800,655 | 1,574,518 | 96.7% |
13 | Greece | Santorini (Thira) National Airport | Santorini | 1,179,808 | 1,495,890 | 1,685,695 | 1,928,295 | 2,254,926 | 2,300,408 | 572,963 | 1,546,584 | 169.9.1% |
14 | Croatia | Zagreb International Airport | Zagreb | 2,430,971 | 2,587,798 | 2,776,087 | 3,092,047 | 3,336,310 | 3,435,531 | 924,823 | 1,404,478 | 51.9% |
15 | North Macedonia | Skopje International Airport | Skopje | 1,208,359 | 1,452,465 | 1,649,374 | 1,868,272 | 2,158,258 | 2,358,548 | 710,711 | 1,269,224 | 78.6% |
16 | Greece | Mykonos International Airport | Mykonos | 778,729 | 876,057 | 999,026 | 1,207,061 | 1,395,787 | 1,520,145 | 409,060 | 1,052,080 | 157.2% |
17 | Greece | Zakynthos International Airport | Zakynthos | 1,182,295 | 1,268,497 | 1,423,044 | 1,659,646 | 1,800,457 | 1,810,427 | 430,255 | 1,012,913 | 135.4% |
18 | Bulgaria | Varna International Airport | Varna | 1,387,494 | 1,398,694 | 1,689,595 | 1,970,700 | 2,281,134 | 2,084,319 | 622,215 | 1,010,494 | 62.4% |
19 | Bulgaria | Burgas International Airport | Burgas | 2,522,319 | 2,360,320 | 2,878,883 | 2,982,339 | 3,277,229 | 2,885,776 | 424,252 | 954,402 | 124.3% |
20 | Croatia | Dubrovnik Airport | Dubrovnik | 1,584,471 | 1,693,934 | 1,993,243 | 2,323,065 | 2,539,412 | 2,896,227 | 330,147 | 927,934 | 181.1% |
21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo Airport | Sarajevo | 709,901 | 772,904 | 838,968 | 957,971 | 1,046,635 | 1,143,680 | 249,642 | 767.133 | 207.2% |
22 | Montenegro | Tivat Airport | Tivat | 910,264 | 895,050 | 979,432 | 1,129,720 | 1,245,999 | 1,367,282 | 189,815 | 671,333 | 253.7% |
23 | Montenegro | Podgorica Airport | Podgorica | 699,141 | 748,899 | 873,278 | 1,055,142 | 1,208,525 | 1,297,365 | 343,187 | 652,683 | 90.2% |
24 | Croatia | Zadar Airport | Zadar | 496,697 | 487,652 | 520,924 | 589,841 | 603,819 | 801,347 | 120,747 | 513,093 | 324.9% |
25 | Slovenia | Ljubljana Joze Pucnik Airport | Ljubljana | 1,338,619 | 1,438,304 | 1,404,831 | 1,683,045 | 1,812,411 | 1,721,355 | 288,235 | 421,934 | 46.4% |
26 | Greece | Preveza-Aktion Airport | Preveza | 358,245 | 388,295 | 472,870 | 569,249 | 583,666 | 625,790 | 161,408 | 372,096 | 130.5% |
27 | Greece | Kephalonia International Airport | Kephalonia | 479,195 | 492,502 | 542,359 | 629,671 | 761,647 | 774,170 | 192,477 | 303,338 | 57.6% |
28 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Tuzla Airport | Tuzla | 151,353 | 259,074 | 311,398 | 535,834 | 584,589 | 593,083 | 228,512 | 299,009 | 30.9% |
29 | Greece | Mytilene International Airport | Mytilene | 459,295 | 481,422 | 408,572 | 436,105 | 477,056 | 496,577 | 206,095 | 285,344 | 38.5% |
30 | Croatia | Pula Airport | Pula | 382,992 | 359,426 | 436,121 | 595,812 | 717,187 | 777,568 | 83,507 | 270,524 | 223.9% |
31 | Greece | Samos International Airport | Samos | 396,308 | 403,150 | 346,780 | 410,331 | 462,749 | 467,395 | 144,299 | 270,298 | 87.3% |
32 | Serbia | Niš Constantine the Great Airport | Nis | 1,335 | 36,258 | 124,917 | 331,582 | 351,477 | 422,255 | 154,233 | 146,296 | 5% |
31 | Greece | Alexandroupolis International Airport | Alexandroupolis | 158,737 | 168,631 | 161,636 | 169,806 | 211,954 | 237,542 | 128,949 | 47.5% | |
33 | Greece | Chios Island National Airport | Chios | 185,082 | 195,183 | 193,427 | 216,903 | 229,749 | 245,193 | 119,660 | 51.2% | |
34 | Greece | New Paros Airport | Paros | 40,171 | 43,182 | 74,344 | 163,368 | 204,924 | 226,179 | 97,584 | 56.9% | |
35 | Greece | Skiathos International Airport | Skiathos | 311,075 | 353,083 | 397,646 | 425,287 | 437,916 | 446,219 | 88,916 | 206,007 | 131.7% |
36 | Greece | Kalamata International Airport | Kalamata | 226,602 | 188,209 | 230,100 | 278,063 | 278,961 | 341,281 | 88,050 | 74.2% | |
38 | Greece | Kavala International Airport | Kavala | 221,087 | 243,745 | 260,740 | 337,963 | 406,949 | 323,310 | 72,674 | 149,146 | 105.2% |
39 | North Macedonia | Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport | Ohrid | 69,984 | 107,916 | 145,002 | 159,072 | 184,283 | 317,397 | 72,125 | 122,154 | 69.4% |
40 | Greece | Lemnos International Airport | Lemnos | 92,964 | 99,491 | 88,416 | 86,153 | 94,227 | 110,855 | 61,723 | 44.3% | |
41 | Greece | Naxos Island National Airport | Naxos | 31,685 | 43,951 | 35,300 | 56,430 | 86,210 | 91,944 | 55,857 | 39.2% | |
42 | Greece | Karpathos Island National Airport | Karpathos | 204,621 | 222,805 | 220,930 | 223,847 | 206,758 | 267,828 | 50,309 | 81.2% | |
43 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Banja Luka Airport | Banja Luka | 27,636 | 22,800 | 21,694 | 20,867 | 36,180 | 149,693 | 43,775 | 139,886 | 219.6% |
44 | Bulgaria | Plovdiv International Airport | Plovdiv | 103,535 | 103,300 | 77,649 | 91,600 | 133,397 | 77,359 | 42,120 | 45.5% | |
45 | Greece | Milos Island National Airport | Milos | 39,239 | 50,589 | 45,268 | 45,209 | 75,556 | 77,627 | 37,032 | 52.3% | |
46 | Greece | Ioannina National Airport | Ioannina | 79,395 | 86,523 | 97,745 | 96,350 | 109,830 | 134,011 | 36,105 | 73.1% | |
47 | Greece | Araxos Airport | Araxos | 146,403 | 147,560 | 129,738 | 153,496 | 182,129 | 170,272 | 28,348 | 83.4% | |
48 | Croatia | Rijeka Airport | Rijeka | 106,235 | 139,718 | 145,297 | 142,111 | 183,606 | 200,841 | 27,680 | 56,388 | 103.7% |
49 | Greece | Syros Island National Airport | Syros | 15,399 | 14,684 | 17,878 | 21,252 | 18,047 | 12,811 | 27,486 | 114.5% | |
50 | Greece | Ikaria Island National Airport | Ikaria | 39,679 | 42,892 | 41,238 | 41,553 | 44,303 | 48,564 | 23,783 | 51.0% | |
51 | Greece | Skyros Island National Airport | Skyros | 12,831 | 21,593 | 29,397 | 17,092 | 18,103 | 17,451 | 20,624 | 18.2% | |
52 | Greece | Sitia Public Airport | Sitia | 34,870 | 27,015 | 20,904 | 31,856 | 61,877 | 16,425 | 19,670 | 19.8% | |
53 | Greece | Kithira Island National Airport | Kithira | 38,856 | 37,870 | 31,880 | 31,905 | 37,031 | 39,584 | 13,862 | 65.0% | |
54 | Greece | Nea Anchialos National Airport | Nea Anchialos | 65,485 | 24,697 | 22,145 | 30,565 | 41,357 | 51,839 | 13,325 | 74.3% | |
55 | Greece | Leros Municipal Airport | Leros | 29,221 | 28,516 | 25,551 | 27,583 | 24,033 | 23,487 | 12,895 | 45.1% | |
56 | Greece | Astypalaia Island National Airport | Astypalaia | 13,772 | 13,787 | 12,020 | 12,252 | 14,029 | 15,261 | 9,811 | 35.7% | |
57 | Greece | Kastellorizo Airport | Kastellorizo | 8,196 | 8,019 | 6,958 | 5,494 | 5,434 | 6,097 | 7,376 | 20.1% | |
58 | Croatia | Osijek Airport | Osijek | 26,768 | 28,651 | 30,605 | 43,373 | 67,235 | 46,361 | 6,626 | 11,515 | 73.8% |
59 | Greece | Kalymnos Island National Airport | Kalymnos | 24,511 | 23,164 | 18,621 | 11,989 | 10,234 | 10,976 | 5,372 | 51.1% | |
60 | Croatia | Brač Airport | Brač | 9,616 | 8,809 | 12,354 | 21,596 | 30,170 | 25,342 | 4,271 | 10,004 | 134.2% |
61 | Greece | Kozani National Airport | Kozani | 2,707 | 3,242 | 4,287 | 3,815 | 4,345 | 4,137 | 3,318 | 19.8% | |
62 | Croatia | Lošinj Airport | Mali Lošinj | NA | 12,287 | 6,402 | 6,042 | 6,939 | 6,495 | 3,214 | 5,835 | 81.5% |
63 | Greece | Kastoria National Airport | Kastoria | 4,098 | 4,605 | 6,317 | 5,091 | 4,301 | 3,875 | 2,393 | 38.2% | |
64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mostar Airport | Mostar | 67,980 | 75,024 | 53,618 | 43,118 | 28,463 | 32,866 | 1,374 | 1,940 | 81.5% |
65 | Greece | Kasos Island Public Airport | Kasos | 3,478 | 4,456 | 3,888 | 3,066 | 2,840 | 2,435 | 1,204 | 50.1% | |
66 | Slovenia | Portorož Airport | Portorož | NA | 22,975 | 23,783 | 25,450 | 24,840 | 28,881 | N/A | 27,517 | |
67 | Serbia | Kraljevo-Morava Airport | Kraljevo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ~200 | N/A | ||
68 | Slovenia | Maribor Airport | Maribor | 17,568 | 24,886 | 8,890 | 6,000 | 2,435 | 0 | 0 | 4,962 | |
69 | Bulgaria | Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport | Gorna OryahovitsaVeliko Tarnovo | 286 | 495 | 235 | 361 | 388 | N/A | 95 | ||
70 | Albania | Kukës International Airport | Kukës | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 |
Sometimes the European part of Turkey is considered part of the Balkan Peninsula. The Istanbul Atatürk Airport is located there. It had 67,981,446 passengers in 2018, placing it on the top spot in the list. The Romanian airports that are considered to be on the Balkan Peninsula are Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport in Constanța and Tulcea Airport in Tulcea. They have respectively 129,235 and 158 passenger traffic.
List of countries by number of air passengers[]
Rank | Country | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Change
2020-2021 |
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1 | Greece | 48,851,903 | 53,568,111 | 58,533,896 | 63,728,596 | 64,169,005 | 19,697,877 | 69.3%
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2 | Bulgaria | 7,951,752 | 9,626,749 | 11,535,096 | 12,654,188 | 12,154,550 | 4,026,433 | 5,329,047 | 66.9%
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3 | Croatia | 7,273,675 | 8,211,237 | 9,632,063 | 10,638,745 | 11,491,689 | 2,175,381 | 4,771,510 | 119.3%
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4 | Serbia | 4,812,368 | 5,049,909 | 5,675,002 | 5,992,582 | 6,581,455 | 2,058,258 | 3,432,296 | 66.8%
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5 | Albania | 1,997,044 | 2,200,449 | 2,630,338 | 2,947,172 | 3,338,147 | 1,310,614 | 60.7%
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6 | Kosovo[a] | 1,549,198 | 1,744,202 | 1,885,136 | 2,165,749 | 2,373,698 | 1,102,091 | 2,176,036 | 97.4%
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7 | North Macedonia | 1,560,381 | 1,794,376 | 2,027,344 | 2,342,541 | 2,677,618 | 782,836 | 1,391,378 | 77.7%
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8 | Montenegro | 1,643,949 | 1,852,710 | 2,184,862 | 2,454,524 | 2,664,647 | 533,002 | 1,324,016 | 148.4%
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9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,129,802 | 1,225,678 | 1,557,790 | 1,695,867 | 1,919,342 | 523,303 | 1,207,968 | 130.8%
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10 | Slovenia | 1,486,165 | 1,437,504 | 1,714,495 | 1,839,686 | 1,750,236 | 288,235 | 454,413 | 57.7%
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Annotations[]
- ^ a b Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognised as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states have recognised Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.
See also[]
- List of airports in Albania
- List of airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- List of airports in Bulgaria
- List of airports in Croatia
- List of airports in Greece
- List of airports in Kosovo
- List of airports in the Republic of Macedonia
- List of airports in Montenegro
- List of airports and airstrips in Serbia
- List of airports in Slovenia
- List of airports in Turkey
- List of busiest airports in the Former Yugoslav Republics
References[]
Categories:
- Lists of busiest airports
- Airports in Europe
- Balkans-related lists
- Europe transport-related lists