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Germany

Germany has 38 airports with published traffic data. Frankfurt Main, the busiest airport in Germany, handled 5,734,462 passengers in May 2026, according to Eurostat.

Domestic aviation emitted 1,087 thousand tonnes of CO₂ in 2024, according to the national inventory submitted to the UNFCCC.

all traffic at the airport

Passengers at reporting airports, by month

Sum over the same 22 airports as the ranking below; periods where those airports report less than 98% of their traffic are left out. Domestic trips count at both ends.

Top 5 · passengers, May 2026

  1. Frankfurt Main AirportFRA 5,734,462
  2. Munich AirportMUC 3,585,075
  3. Berlin Brandenburg AirportBER 2,337,178
  4. Düsseldorf AirportDUS 1,951,873
  5. Hamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportHAM 1,366,404

Source: Eurostat · all traffic at the airport

Size against growth

Each dot is one airport: 12-month total to May 2026 on a log scale against the change on the 12 months before. Click a dot to open its page.

SMALL · GROWINGLARGE · GROWINGSMALL · SHRINKINGLARGE · SHRINKING−20%0%+20%+40%+60%1M10MNUEHAJSTRCGNHAMDUSBERMUCFRA

Change clipped at −60% / +100%. Left out: a gap in either 12-month window, or a change of source between them. Largest 150 shown.

Biggest movers

Absolute change in passengers, latest 12 months against the 12 months before.

  1. FRA+1.3M · +2%
  2. DUS+924K · +5%
  3. MUC+752.9K · +2%
  4. NUE+525.8K · +13%
  5. STR+417.7K · +5%
  6. FKB+383.7K · +20%
  7. FMM+368.2K · +11%
  8. NRN+248.4K · +12%
  9. DRS−46.1K · −5%
  10. FMO−52.2K · −4%
  11. PAD−91K · −12%
  12. LEJ−149.4K · −7%

Airports ranked

Period and source of each column

One row per airport, one column per measure. Each column is the most recent period with enough of the country's airports reporting; sort by any column.

  • Passengers · May 2026 — the most recent period with enough of the country's airports reporting (22). — all traffic at the airport. Source: Eurostat.
  • Flights (arrivals + departures) · May 2026 — the most recent period with enough of the country's airports reporting (22). — all traffic at the airport. Source: EUROCONTROL.
  • Tonnes of cargo · May 2026 — the most recent period with enough of the country's airports reporting (16). — all traffic at the airport. Source: Eurostat.

22 of 22
#Airport PassengersMay 2026Change vs last yearpassengersFlights (arrivals + departures)May 2026Tonnes of cargoMay 2026
1 Frankfurt Main Airport 5,734,462▲ 2.7%41,390172,169
2 Munich Airport 3,585,075▼ 8.8%26,98029,611
3 Berlin Brandenburg Airport 2,337,178▲ 0.9%17,1733,926
4 Düsseldorf Airport 1,951,873▼ 1.1%14,5071,014
5 Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport 1,366,404▲ 0.1%11,0381,462
6 Cologne Bonn Airport 922,995▼ 2.9%9,86567,117
7 Stuttgart Airport 922,588▲ 2.8%7,8972,875
8 Hannover Airport 506,734▲ 1.3%4,7541,661
9 Nuremberg Airport 444,519▲ 14.5%3,936288
10 Memmingen Allgau Airport 374,836▲ 15.1%2,085–
11 Dortmund Airport 333,197▲ 23.8%1,889–
12 Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport 252,654▲ 10.1%1,449–
13 Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport 237,265▲ 11.7%1,517157
14 Frankfurt-Hahn Airport 185,252▼ 4.8%1,1188,077
15 Leipzig/Halle Airport 183,894▼ 8.0%6,034132,194
16 Bremen Airport 175,373▼ 5.7%1,959106
17 Münster Osnabrück Airport 143,489▲ 0.1%1,8761
18 Dresden Airport 76,918▼ 7.9%1,1258
19 Paderborn Lippstadt Airport 68,806▼ 3.6%5852
20 Saarbrücken Airport 32,978▲ 21.7%487–
21 Erfurt-Weimar Airport 31,576▲ 7.4%411–
22 Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen 30,349▲ 33.5%739–

Environment

Aviation CO₂ in the national greenhouse gas inventory

Official inventory reported to the UN climate convention (UNFCCC), same IPCC rules for every country: domestic aviation (1.A.3.a) counts in the national total; international aviation (bunker fuel sold for outbound international flights) is a memo item outside it.

In 2024, domestic aviation in Germany emitted 1,087 thousand tonnes of CO₂, and fuel sold for international flights another 27,194 thousand tonnes, according to the national inventory submitted to the UNFCCC.

YearDomestic aviation (kt CO₂)International aviation (kt CO₂)
20241,08727,194
20231,08328,366
20221,03127,186
202170918,169
202092013,743
20192,05529,801
20181,99430,065
20172,00229,175

Every reported pollutant and fuel use, 2024

PollutantUnitDomestic aviationInternational aviation
CO₂ (Carbon dioxide)thousand tonnes1,08727,194
NOₓ (Nitrogen oxides)thousand tonnes11.1138
SOₓ (Sulphur oxides)thousand tonnes0.627.3
CO (Carbon monoxide)thousand tonnes7.118.5
NMVOC (Non-methane volatile organic compounds)thousand tonnes0.701.8
CH₄ (Methane)thousand tonnes0.050.12
N₂O (Nitrous oxide)thousand tonnes0.040.86
Fuel burnedTJ14,847371,217

Thousand tonnes as published (energy in terajoules). Inventories are revised every year back to 1990. NOₓ, CO, NMVOC and SOₓ are air pollutants reported alongside the greenhouse gases.

UNFCCC — National Inventory Submissions (Common Reporting Tables)

CO₂ from departing flights

CO₂ of flights departing this country, whole flight to destination

In July 2026, flights departing Germany emitted 2,681,778 tonnes of CO₂ over their whole journey (93,938 departures, about 28.5 tonnes per departure), according to EUROCONTROL.

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodTonnes of CO₂ 2025Tonnes of CO₂ 2026Change vs last year
January2,012,2132,025,309▲ 0.7%
February1,844,6231,905,966▲ 3.3%
March2,217,1352,353,224▲ 6.1%
April2,418,8102,358,844▼ 2.5%
May2,551,9902,532,074▼ 0.8%
June2,517,7132,477,690▼ 1.6%
July2,646,5162,681,778▲ 1.3%
August2,644,274––
September2,572,915––
October2,635,273–in progress
November2,229,333––
December2,195,072––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)16,209,00016,334,886▲ 0.8%

Self-computed: CO₂ ÷ departures, both from EUROCONTROL.

EUROCONTROL — Small Emitters Tool

NOₓ emitted in the national airspace

Emitted inside this country's airspace, overflights included

In December 2024, aircraft emitted 12,559 tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) inside the airspace of Germany, including flights that only crossed it; 173 tonnes of that came from taxiing on the ground, according to EUROCONTROL's Advanced Emissions Model.

The most recent periods24 periods
PeriodTonnes of NOₓ 2023Tonnes of NOₓ 2024Change vs last year
January10,70311,528▲ 7.7%
February10,06911,135▲ 10.6%
March11,74812,509▲ 6.5%
April12,69813,432▲ 5.8%
May13,97314,833▲ 6.2%
June14,27314,948▲ 4.7%
July15,09515,599▲ 3.3%
August14,90715,498▲ 4.0%
September14,81415,156▲ 2.3%
October15,07015,098▲ 0.2%
November12,37312,545▲ 1.4%
December12,16512,559▲ 3.2%
Year to date (Jan–Dec)157,888164,839▲ 4.4%

Converted from kilograms as published. The model series currently ends in December 2024.

EUROCONTROL — Advanced Emissions Model

People exposed to aircraft noise

852,500 people in Germany were exposed to aircraft noise of 55 dB Lden or more, and 273,600 to 50 dB or more at night, according to the European Environment Agency (2022 reporting round).

Day–evening–night (Lden)
≥ 55 dB		Night (Lnight)
≥ 50 dB
Inside large urban areas474,800132,400
Around major airports, outside urban areas377,700141,200
Total852,500273,600

EEA — Environmental Noise Directive data (CC BY 4.0)

Airports

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