List of the busiest airports in Greece

This is a list of Greece's busiest airports per year by passenger traffic.


Annual passenger traffic at ATH HEW HER SKG RHO CFU CHQ KGS JTR ZTH airports. See Wikidata query.

2023 edit

Data taken from the official websites of the airports[1][2][3]

Rank Airport Total
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens 28,174,150  24.0%  
2 Heraklion 8,723,031  7.7%  
3 Thessaloniki 7,029,957  18.7%  
4 Rhodes 6,142,813  4.9%  
5 Corfu 4,068,053  8.5%  
6 Chania 3,648,416  10.9%  
7 Kos 2,954,719  5.8%  
8 Santorini 2,775,805  1.1%  
9 Zakynthos 2,081,931  9.4%  
10 Mykonos 1,659,187  1.7%  

2022 edit

Data taken from the official websites of the airports[1][2][3]

Rank Airport Total
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens 22,728,750  84.1%  
2 Heraklion 8,087,146  60.2%  
3 Thessaloniki 5,923,175  71.7%  
4 Rhodes 5,857,036  74.0%  
5 Corfu 3,749,106  83.4%  
6 Chania 3,290,802  83.3%  
7 Kos 2,791,590  77.3%  
8 Santorini 2,744,650  77.5%  
9 Zakynthos 1.903,404  87.9%  
10 Mykonos 1,688,037  60.4%  

2021 edit

Data taken from the official websites of the airports[1][2]

Rank Airport Total
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens 12,345,786  52.8%  
2 Heraklion 5,046,236  112.2%  
3 Thessaloniki 3,449,658  48.9%  
4 Rhodes 3,366,614  117.0%  
5 Corfu 2,044,704  112.8%  
6 Chania 1,795,236  155.2%  1
7 Kos 1,574,518  101.9%  1
8 Santorini 1,546,584  170.0%  
9 Zakynthos 1,012,913  135.4%  
10 Mykonos 1,052,080  157.2%  

2020 edit

Data taken from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[4]

Rank Airport Total
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens 8,026,940  68.6%  
2 Heraklion 2,398,264  69.8%  
3 Thessaloniki 2,302,616  66.6%  
4 Rhodes 1,521,327  72.6%  
5 Corfu 949.853  71.0%  
6 Kos 779,770  70.9%  1
7 Chania 696,548  76.7%  1
8 Santorini 563.383  75.5%  
9 Zakynthos 421,565  76.7%  
10 Mykonos 396,066  73.9%  
11 Mytilene 200,014  59.7%  2
12 Cephalonia 184,489  76.2%  1
13 Aktion / Preveza 154,325  75.3%  1
14 Samos 136,442  70.8%  
15 Alexandroupolis 128,949  45.8%  5
16 Chios 122,742  49.5%  3
17 Paros 98,991  56.2%  4
18 Kalamata 87,283  73.7%  2
19 Skiathos 85,729  80.8%  4
20 Kavala 70,665  78.1%  3
21 Lemnos 56,906
22 Naxos 52,594
23 Karpathos 51,315
24 Ioannina 36.856
25 Milos 36,534
26 Araxos/Patras 28,348
27 Ikaria 23,763
28 Kithira 13,618
29 Leros 11,994
30 Sitia 11,134
31 Nea Anchialos / Volos 10,372
32 Astypalaia 9,811
33 Skyros 8,768
34 Syros 7,395
35 Kalymnos 5,556
36 Kastellorizo 2,696
37 Kastoria 1,588
38 Kozani 1,561
39 Kasos 1,110

2019 edit

Data taken from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[4] and from the official websites of the airports[1][2]

Rank Airport Total
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens 25,574,030  6.0%  
2 Heraklion 7,933,558  2.0%  
3 Thessaloniki 6,897,057  3.1%  
4 Rhodes 5,542,567  0.5%  
5 Corfu 3,275,897  2.6%  
6 Chania 2,983,542  0.8%  
7 Kos 2,676,644  0.4%  
8 Santorini 2,300,408  2.0%  
9 Zakynthos 1,810,427  0.5%  
10 Mykonos 1,520,145  8.9%  
11 Cephalonia 774,170  1.6%  
12 Aktion / Preveza 625,790  7.2%  
13 Mytilene 496,577  4.1%  
14 Samos 467,395  3.9%  
15 Skiathos 446,219  1.9%  
16 Kalamata 331,961  15.2%  1
17 Kavala 323,310  20.6%  1
18 Karpathos 259,517  2.2%  2
19 Chios 242,815  5.0%  1
20 Alexandroupolis 237,939  13.1%  1
21 Paros 226,124  10.5%  
22 Araxos/Patras 165,424  9.0%  
23 Ioannina 133,568  22.6%  

2018 edit

Data taken from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[4] and from the official websites of the airports[1][2]

Rank Airport Total
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens 24,135,736  11.0%  
2 Heraklion 8,098,465  10.4%  
3 Thessaloniki 6,689,193  7.1%  
4 Rhodes 5,567,748  5.0%  
5 Corfu 3,364,115  15.1%  1
6 Chania 3,008,687  1.1%  1
7 Kos 2,666,307  14.9%  
8 Santorini 2,254,926  16.8%  
9 Zakynthos 1,800,457  8.5%  
10 Mykonos 1,395,787  15.6%  
11 Cephalonia 761,647  21%  
12 Aktion / Preveza 583,666  2.6%  
13 Mytilene 465,057  6.6%  
14 Samos 462,749  12.8%  1
15 Skiathos 437,916  3.3%  1
16 Kavala 406,949  20.4%  
17 Kalamata 278,961  0.9%  
18 Karpathos 253,987  10.4%  
19 Chios 231,340  5.7%  
20 Alexandroupolis 210,383  24.6%  
21 Paros 204,924  25.3%  
22 Araxos/Patras 180,129  17.9%  
23 Ioannina 109,830  14.9%  
24 Lemnos 94,227  8.7%  
25 Naxos 86,210  52.2%  
26 Milos 77,501  66.4%  
27 Sitia 61,877  93.3%  2
28 Ikaria 44,203  6.4%  1
29 Nea Anchialos / Volos 41,357  35.3%  1
30 Kithira 37,031  18.3%  1
31 Leros 24,048  12.8%  
32 Skyros 18,103  15.0%  
33 Syros 18,047  3.8%  
34 Astypalaia 14,029  15.2%  
35 Kalymnos 10,234  14.5%  
36 Kastellorizo 5,485  0.2%  
37 Kozani 4,310  13.0%  1
38 Kastoria 4,279  15.9%  1
39 Kasos 2,840  7.0%  
Total  63,728,596  10.1%

2017 edit

Data taken from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[4] and from the official websites of the airports[1][2]

Rank Airport Total
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens 21,737,787  8.6%  
2 Heraklion 7,480,408  9.0%  
3 Thessaloniki 6,395,523  11.5%  
4 Rhodes 5,301,517  6.6%  
5 Chania 3,042,903  2.6%  
6 Corfu 2,918,434  5.1%  
7 Kos 2,320,590  20.7%  
8 Santorini 1,928,295  13.0%  
9 Zakynthos 1,659,646  16.9%  
10 Mykonos 1,207,061  18.6%  
11 Cephalonia 629,671  15.1%  
12 Aktion / Preveza 569,241  17.9%  
13 Mytilene 436,105  3.8%  
14 Skiathos 425,287  5.2%  
15 Samos 410,331  12.9%  
16 Kavala 337,963  22.8%  
17 Kalamata 278,063  20.8%  
18 Karpathos 223,847  1.3%  
19 Chios 216,903  12.1%  
20 Alexandroupolis 169,806  5,1%  
21 Paros 163,368  119.9%  3
22 Araxos/Patras 153,496  18.3%  1
23 Ioannina 96,350  0.8%  1
24 Lemnos 86,153  2.6%  1
25 Naxos 56,430  59.9%  2
26 Milos 45,209  0.1%  1
27 Ikaria 41,553  0.8%  1
28 Kithira 31,905  0.1%  
29 Sitia 31,856  52.4%  3
30 Nea Anchialos / Volos 30,565  38.0%  1
31 Leros 27,583  8.0%  1
32 Syros 21,252  18.9%  2
33 Skyros 17,092  41.9%  4
34 Astypalaia 12,252  0.6%  1
35 Kalymnos 11,985  35.6%  2
36 Kastellorizo 5,494  21.0%  
37 Kastoria 5,091  19.4%  
38 Kozani 3,815  11.0%  
39 Kasos 3,066  21.1%  
Total 58,533,896  9.0%

2016 edit

Rank Airport Total
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens 20,017,530  10,7%  
2 Heraklion 06,865,681  13,3%  
3 Thessaloniki 5,687,325  13,2%  
4 Rhodes 5,007,159  9,3%  
5 Chania 2,953,278  10,0%  
6 Corfu 2,788,923  14,4%  
7 Kos 1,930,235  10,0%  
8 Santorini 1,687,841  12,8%  
9 Zakynthos 1,423,044  12,2%  
10 Mykonos 999,026  14,1%  
11 Cephalonia 542,359  10,1%  
12 Aktion / Preveza 476,333  22,7%  2
13 Mytilene 408,572  15,1%  1
14 Skiathos 397,646  12,6%  1
15 Samos 349,539  13,3%  2
16 Kavala 260,740  7,0%  
17 Kalamata 230,100  22,3%  2
18 Karpathos 220,930  0,8%  1
19 Chios 193,427  0,9%  1
20 Alexandroupolis 161,636  4,1%  
21 Araxos/Patras 129,738  12,1%  
22 Ioannina 97,745  13,0%  1
23 Lemnos 88,416  11,4%  1
24 Paros 74,344  72,2%  2
25 Milos 45,268  10,1%  1
26 Ikaria 41,238  3,9%  1
27 Naxos 35,300  19,7%  2
28 Kithira 31,880  15,8%  
29 Skyros 29,397  36,1%  4
30 Leros 25,551  11,6%  1
31 Nea Anchialos / Volos 22,145  10,3%  
32 Sitia 20,904  22,6%  2
33 Kalymnos 18,621  24,2%  1
34 Syros 17,878  21,8%  
35 Astypalaia 12,020  14,7%  
36 Kastellorizo 6,958  13,2%  
37 Kastoria 6,317  27,1%  
38 Kozani 4,287  32,2%  1
39 Kasos 3,888  12,7%  1
Total 53,703,933  1,09%

2015 edit

Rank Airport Total
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens[5] 18,086,894  19.0%  
2 Heraklion[6] 6,057,355  0.5%  
3 Thessaloniki[7] 5,341,293  7.9%  
4 Rhodes[8] 4,579,023  0.6%  
5 Chania 2,702,283  10.4%  
6 Corfu 2,438,016  2.3%  
7 Kos 2,143,860  3.2%  
8 Santorini 1,495,890  26.8%  1
9 Zakynthos 1,268,497  6.8%  1
10 Mykonos 876,057  12.5%  
11 Cephalonia 492,502  2.7%  
12 Mytilene 481,422  4.6%  
13 Samos 403,150  1.7%  
14 Aktion / Preveza 388,295  8.4%  
15 Skiathos 353,083  11.9%  
16 Kavala 243,745  9.3%  1
17 Karpathos 222,805  9.5%  1
18 Chios 195,183  5.5%  1
19 Kalamata 188,209  20.4%  3
20 Alexandroupolis 168,631  6.2%  
21 Araxos/Patras 147,560  0.8%  
22 Lemnos 99,491  7.0%  
23 Ioannina 86,523  9.0%  
24 Milos 50,589  28.9%  3
25 Paros 43,182  8.3%  

2014 edit

Rank Airport Total
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens[9] 15,134,529  21.5%  
2 Heraklion[10] 6,024,958  4.3%  
3 Thessaloniki[11] 4,950,726  22.6%  1
4 Rhodes[12] 4,552,056  8.4%  1
5 Chania 2,458,130  18.2%  1
6 Corfu 2,383.353  13.1%  1
7 Kos 2,213,356  9.1%  
8 Zakynthos 1,188,112  18.2%  
9 Santorini 1,179,653  31.3  
10 Mykonos 778,619  33.2%  
11 Cephalonia 479,422  11.4%  
12 Mytilene 459,923  14.7%  
13 Samos 396,306  15.3%  
14 Aktion / Preveza 358,238  13.2%  
15 Skiathos 315,397  18.6%  
16 Kalamata 236,202  72.4%  4
17 Kavala 223,057  6.5%  1
18 Karpathos 204.621  21.6  1
19 Chios 185,082  6.6%  2
20 Alexandroupolis 158,737  5.9%  2
21 Araxos 146,403  4.8%  1
22 Lemnos 92,964  14.4%  
23 Ioannina 79,395  23.1%  1
24 Nea Anchialos / Volos 65,485  6.5%  1
25 Paros 40,171  10,2%  
26 Ikaria 39,679  9.7%  
27 Milos 39,239  27.5%  2
28 Sitia 34,870  3%  1
29 Kithira 33,183  0.0  1
30 Naxos 31,685  35.1%  2
31 Leros 29,250  13.9%  1
32 Kalymnos 24,511  18.5%  1
33 Syros 15,399  12.2%  1
34 Astypalaia 13,772  15.3%  1
35 Skyros 12,831  37%  2
36 Kastellorizo 8,196  3.1%  
37 Kastoria 4,098  19.8%  
38 Kasos 3,478  6.5%  1
39 Kozani 2,707  22.7%  1

2013 edit

Rank Airport Total
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens[9] 12,459,801  3.1%  
2 Heraklion[10] 5,778,764  14.4%  
3 Rhodes[12] 4,200,059  10.1%  1
4 Thessaloniki[11] 4,039,576  0.8%  1
5 Corfu 2,106,827  10.0%  
6 Chania 2,078,857  13.4%  
7 Kos 2,028,618  12.8%  
8 Zakynthos 1,004,486  15.3%  
9 Santorini 898,153  3.1%  
10 Mykonos 584,559  16.4%  
11 Cephalonia 430,362  13.7%  1
12 Mytilene 400,911  3%  1
13 Samos 343,717  5.7%  
14 Aktion / Preveza 316,435  9.5%  
15 Skiathos 265,773  4.1%  1
16 Kavala 209,400  3%  
17 Chios 173,540  7.2%  
18 Alexandroupolis 168,771  20.5%  2
19 Karpathos 168,190  0.6%  
20 Araxos 139,689  5.4%  
21 Kalamata 136,992  36%  
22 Lemnos 81,201  3.1%  
23 Nea Anchialos / Volos 70,079  9.7%  
24 Ioannina 64,489  9.4%  
25 Paros 36,429  3.2%   1
26 Ikaria 36,162  5.5%  1
27 Sitia 35,962  3%  1
28 Kithira 33,183  19.6%  
29 Milos 30,744  5%  1
30 Leros 25,680  11.8%  1
31 Kalymnos 20,677  4%  1
32 Naxos 23,442  2.3%  1
33 Skyros 20,368  77.1%  
34 Syros 13,715  19.2%  1
35 Astypalaia 11,940  4.9%  1
36 Kastellorizo 7,946  0.04%  1
37 Kastoria 5,115  10.7%  1
38 Kozani 3,504  9.2%  1
39 Kasos 3,265  15.1%  1

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