France
France has 49 airports with published traffic data. Charles de Gaulle, the busiest airport in France, handled 5,582,818 passengers in March 2026, according to Eurostat.
Domestic aviation emitted 4,270 thousand tonnes of CO₂ in 2024, according to the national inventory submitted to the UNFCCC.
all traffic at the airport- Passengers 14,607,113 sum of 36 reporting airports · March 2026 ▲ 1.5% vs March 2025
- Flights (arrivals + departures) 153,118 sum of 44 reporting airports · August 2026 ▼ 0.2% vs August 2025
- Tonnes of cargo 191,532 sum of 20 reporting airports · March 2026 ▼ 2.6% vs March 2025
- Top 5 share 75% March 2026
- Environment 4,270 thousand tonnes CO₂, domestic aviation · 2024 ▼ 3.9% vs 2023
Passengers at reporting airports, by month
Sum over the same 36 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, March 2026
Source: Eurostat · all traffic at the airport
Airports ranked
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 · March 2026 — the most recent period with enough of the country's airports reporting (36). — all traffic at the airport. Source: Eurostat.
- Flights (arrivals + departures) · August 2026 — the most recent period with enough of the country's airports reporting (44). — all traffic at the airport. Source: EUROCONTROL.
- Tonnes of cargo · March 2026 — the most recent period with enough of the country's airports reporting (20). — all traffic at the airport. Source: Eurostat.
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 France emitted 4,270 thousand tonnes of CO₂, and fuel sold for international flights another 18,256 thousand tonnes, according to the national inventory submitted to the UNFCCC.
| Year | Domestic aviation (kt CO₂) | International aviation (kt CO₂) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4,270 | 18,256 |
| 2023 | 4,444 | 16,875 |
| 2022 | 4,646 | 14,525 |
| 2021 | 3,821 | 9,110 |
| 2020 | 3,101 | 8,325 |
| 2019 | 5,043 | 19,368 |
| 2018 | 4,959 | 18,467 |
| 2017 | 4,716 | 17,827 |
Every reported pollutant and fuel use, 2024
| Pollutant | Unit | Domestic aviation | International aviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ (Carbon dioxide) | thousand tonnes | 4,270 | 18,256 |
| NOₓ (Nitrogen oxides) | thousand tonnes | 21.1 | 91.7 |
| SOₓ (Sulphur oxides) | thousand tonnes | 1.4 | 5.8 |
| CO (Carbon monoxide) | thousand tonnes | 17.1 | 13.0 |
| NMVOC (Non-methane volatile organic compounds) | thousand tonnes | 0.69 | 1.3 |
| CH₄ (Methane) | thousand tonnes | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| N₂O (Nitrous oxide) | thousand tonnes | 0.12 | 0.50 |
| Fuel burned | TJ | 58,565 | 250,082 |
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 · Excludes French overseas territories.In July 2026, flights departing France emitted 2,161,530 tonnes of CO₂ over their whole journey (91,197 departures, about 23.7 tonnes per departure), according to EUROCONTROL.
The most recent periods19 periods
| Period | Tonnes of CO₂ 2025 | Tonnes of CO₂ 2026 | Change vs last year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1,619,035 | 1,685,191 | ▲ 4.1% |
| February | 1,497,043 | 1,531,632 | ▲ 2.3% |
| March | 1,713,150 | 1,716,208 | ▲ 0.2% |
| April | 1,841,620 | 1,801,059 | ▼ 2.2% |
| May | 1,938,571 | 1,892,480 | ▼ 2.4% |
| June | 1,979,331 | 1,964,356 | ▼ 0.8% |
| July | 2,146,387 | 2,161,530 | ▲ 0.7% |
| August | 2,150,312 | – | – |
| September | 1,933,251 | – | – |
| October | 1,937,511 | – | in progress |
| November | 1,650,802 | – | – |
| December | 1,804,441 | – | – |
| Year to date (Jan–Jul) | 12,735,136 | 12,752,455 | ▲ 0.1% |
Self-computed: CO₂ ÷ departures, both from EUROCONTROL.
EUROCONTROL — Small Emitters Tool
NOₓ emitted in the national airspace
Emitted inside this country's airspace, overflights includedIn December 2024, aircraft emitted 15,297 tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) inside the airspace of France, including flights that only crossed it; 131 tonnes of that came from taxiing on the ground, according to EUROCONTROL's Advanced Emissions Model.
The most recent periods24 periods
| Period | Tonnes of NOₓ 2023 | Tonnes of NOₓ 2024 | Change vs last year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12,406 | 13,058 | ▲ 5.3% |
| February | 11,960 | 12,870 | ▲ 7.6% |
| March | 13,112 | 14,657 | ▲ 11.8% |
| April | 15,203 | 16,631 | ▲ 9.4% |
| May | 16,847 | 18,124 | ▲ 7.6% |
| June | 17,454 | 19,057 | ▲ 9.2% |
| July | 19,266 | 20,278 | ▲ 5.3% |
| August | 18,935 | 20,263 | ▲ 7.0% |
| September | 17,988 | 18,746 | ▲ 4.2% |
| October | 17,535 | 18,342 | ▲ 4.6% |
| November | 13,670 | 14,234 | ▲ 4.1% |
| December | 14,556 | 15,297 | ▲ 5.1% |
| Year to date (Jan–Dec) | 188,932 | 201,555 | ▲ 6.7% |
Converted from kilograms as published. The model series currently ends in December 2024.
EUROCONTROL — Advanced Emissions Model
People exposed to aircraft noise
547,200 people in France were exposed to aircraft noise of 55 dB Lden or more, and 208,000 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 areas | 517,000 | 201,600 |
| Around major airports, outside urban areas | 30,200 | 6,400 |
| Total | 547,200 | 208,000 |
EEA — Environmental Noise Directive data (CC BY 4.0)
Airports
49- Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airport AJA
- Annecy Meythet airport NCY
- Aurillac airport AUR
- Avignon Caumont airport AVN
- Bastia-Poretta International airport BIA
- Beauvais-Tillé airport BVA
- Bergerac Dordogne-Périgord airport EGC
- Béziers Vias airport BZR
- Biarritz Pays Basque airport BIQ
- Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport BOD
- Brest Bretagne airport BES
- Brive Souillac airport BVE
- Caen Carpiquet airport CFR
- Calvi Sainte Catherine Airport CLY
- Carcassonne Salvaza Airport CCF
- Castres Mazamet Airport DCM
- Chalons Vatry airport XCR
- Chambéry Aix les Bains airport CMF
- Charles de Gaulle International Airport CDG
- Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport CFE
- Deauville Normandie airport DOL
- Dole Tavaux Airport DLE
- EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg BSL
- Figari Sud-Corse Airport FSC
- Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport GNB
- La Môle Airport LTT
- La Rochelle Île de Ré Airport LRH
- Le Puy-Loudes Airfield LPY
- Lille Airport LIL
- Limoges Airport LIG
- Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport LYS
- Marseille Provence Airport MRS
- Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport ETZ
- Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport MPL
- Nantes Atlantique Airport NTE
- Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport NCE
- Nîmes-Arles-Camargue Airport FNI
- Ouessant Airport OUI
- Paris-Orly Airport ORY
- Pau Pyrénées Airport PUF
- Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport PGF
- Poitiers-Biard Airport PIS
- Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport RNS
- Rodez–Aveyron Airport RDZ
- Strasbourg Airport SXB
- Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport LDE
- Toulon-Hyères Airport TLN
- Toulouse-Blagnac Airport TLS
- Tours Val de Loire Airport TUF