Top 10 Busiest European Airports in 2025

25-12-2025   |   Posted By: Aditya Singh   |   120 View(s)

OAG has just come out with its annual analysis of the Aviation Trends across the World and here are the stats related to the Busiest Airports of Euroe in terms of Seats.,This throws up interesting trends in which London’s Heathrow Airport has emerged the Number 1 Airport of Europe.Here goes the complete List.Enjoy!

Top 10 Busiest European Airports by Seats – 2025

Calculated using total frequency (domestic + international)

1 LHR London Heathrow Airport 4,345,154
2 IST Istanbul Airport 4,224,881
3 CDG Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport 3,604,402
4 MAD Madrid Adolfo Suárez–Barajas Airport 3,330,026
5 AMS Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 3,261,123
6 FRA Frankfurt International Airport 3,064,809
7 BCN Barcelona Airport (El Prat) 2,576,720
8 SAW Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport 2,499,885
9 FCO Rome Fiumicino Airport 2,281,592
10 MUC Munich International Airport 2,054,524

Which is Europe’s Busiest Airport?

London Heathrow (LHR) continues to be Europe’s busiest airport in December 2025 with 4.35 million seats, a 2% increase compared to December 2024.
Istanbul Airport (IST) rises to second place with 4.22 million seats, showing strong year-on-year growth of 6%, while Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) ranks third with 3.60 million seats, up 3% on last December.
Madrid Adolfo Suarez-Barajas (MAD) is in fourth place with 3.33 million seats, a 2% increase in capacity compared to last year, while Amsterdam (AMS) holds fifth with 3.26 million seats, up 2% year-on-year.
Frankfurt (FRA) shows capacity growth of 4%, handling 3.06 million seats, and Barcelona (BCN) also grew 4% to 2.58 million seats, ranking seventh.
Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) recorded the fastest growth among the Top 10, up 13% to 2.50 million seats, moving into eighth place. Rome Fiumicino (FCO) remained stable with 2.28 million seats, and Munich (MUC) rounded out the Top 10 with 2.05 million seats, up 3% year-on-year.