France

5,928,296

France has 49 airports with published traffic data. The busiest, Charles de Gaulle International Airport, handled 5,928,296 passengers in December 2025, according to DGAC — Direction générale de l'Aviation civile (France).

all traffic at the airport

Busiest by aircraft movements

July 2026

July 2026 — the most recent period with enough of the country's airports reporting (44). — all traffic at the airport.

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#Airport Aircraft movements
01 Charles de Gaulle International Airport 43,531
02 Paris-Orly Airport 20,704
03 Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport 18,796
04 Marseille Provence Airport 9,926
05 Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport 8,176
06 EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg 7,613
07 Toulouse-Blagnac Airport 5,537
08 Nantes Atlantique Airport 5,191
09 Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport 5,163
10 Beauvais-Tillé airport 3,686
11 Figari Sud-Corse Airport 2,333
12 Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airport 2,214
13 Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport 2,135
14 Bastia-Poretta International airport 1,996
15 Toulon-Hyères Airport 1,795
16 Biarritz Pays Basque airport 1,664
17 Lille Airport 1,547
18 Brest Bretagne airport 1,163
19 Calvi Sainte Catherine Airport 1,069
20 Strasbourg Airport 1,003
21 Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport 957
22 Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport 923
23 Avignon Caumont airport 897
24 Limoges Airport 776
25 La Rochelle Île de Ré Airport 744
26 Béziers Vias airport 726
27 Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport 710
28 Nîmes-Arles-Camargue Airport 700
29 Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport 678
30 Pau Pyrénées Airport 644
31 Tours Val de Loire Airport 540
32 Carcassonne Salvaza Airport 510
33 Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport 494
34 Bergerac Dordogne-Périgord airport 470
35 Caen Carpiquet airport 453
36 Rodez–Aveyron Airport 371
37 Deauville Normandie airport 365
38 Poitiers-Biard Airport 355
39 Dole Tavaux Airport 330
40 Annecy Meythet airport 311
41 Brive Souillac airport 282
42 Chambéry Aix les Bains airport 247
43 Chalons Vatry airport 233
44 Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport 173

Source: EUROCONTROL PRU

Busiest by tonnes of cargo

December 2025

December 2025 — the most recent period with enough of the country's airports reporting (22). — all traffic at the airport.

Source: DGAC

Busiest by passengers

December 2025

December 2025 — the most recent period with enough of the country's airports reporting (44). — all traffic at the airport.

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#Airport Passengers
01 Charles de Gaulle International Airport 5,928,296
02 Paris-Orly Airport 2,640,289
03 Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport 920,919
04 Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport 817,449
05 EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg 788,608
06 Marseille Provence Airport 769,103
07 Toulouse-Blagnac Airport 623,546
08 Nantes Atlantique Airport 480,903
09 Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport 470,117
10 Beauvais-Tillé airport 427,962
11 Strasbourg Airport 155,745
12 Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport 127,843
13 Lille Airport 115,072
14 Bastia-Poretta International airport 84,656
15 Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airport 76,770
16 Brest Bretagne airport 62,202
17 Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport 46,501
18 Biarritz Pays Basque airport 45,430
19 Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport 41,153
20 Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport 26,675
21 Chambéry Aix les Bains airport 25,219
22 Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport 25,043
23 Figari Sud-Corse Airport 21,064
24 Pau Pyrénées Airport 20,448
25 Caen Carpiquet airport 19,258
26 Nîmes-Arles-Camargue Airport 15,893
27 Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport 15,133
28 Limoges Airport 14,143
29 Calvi Sainte Catherine Airport 12,290
30 Rodez–Aveyron Airport 10,414
31 La Rochelle Île de Ré Airport 10,117
32 Toulon-Hyères Airport 9,426
33 Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport 8,350
34 Carcassonne Salvaza Airport 7,240
35 Dole Tavaux Airport 6,520
36 Tours Val de Loire Airport 5,864
37 Chalons Vatry airport 3,895
38 Béziers Vias airport 3,337
39 Castres Mazamet Airport 2,709
40 Poitiers-Biard Airport 2,664
41 Bergerac Dordogne-Périgord airport 2,603
42 Deauville Normandie airport 2,176
43 Brive Souillac airport 2,020
44 Aurillac airport 1,810

Source: DGAC

Airports

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