List of the busiest airports in the Balkans


List of airports by number of passengers

The following list is for all of the countries to occupy Balkan territory with the exception of and, the information contained is for all airports on those territories.
RankCountryAirportCityPassengers
2014		Passengers
2015		Passengers
2016		Passengers
2017		Passengers
2018		Passengers
2019		Change
2018-2019
1GREAthens International AirportAthens15,196,36918,087,37720,016,99821,737,78724,135,73625,574,0306.0%
2GREHeraklion International AirportHeraklion6,024,9586,057,3556,742,7467,336,7838,098,4657,933,5582.0%
3BULSofia International AirportSofia3,815,1584,088,9434,979,7606,490,0966,962,0407,107,0962.1%
4GREThessaloniki International AirportThessaloniki4,950,7265,341,2935,735,5816,247,5146,689,1936,897,0573.1%
5SRBBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportBelgrade4,638,5774,776,1104,924,9925,343,4205,641,1056,159,0009.2%
6GRERhodes International AirportRhodes4,552,0564,579,0234,942,3865,301,5175,567,7485.542.5670.5%
7CROZagreb International AirportZagreb2,430,9712,587,7982,776,0873,092,0473,336,3103,435,5312.9%
8ALBTirana International Airport Nënë TerezaTirana1,810,3051,997,0442,195,1002,630,3382,947,1723,338,14713.0%
9CROSplit AirportSplit1,752,6571,955,4002,289,9872,818,1763,124,0673,301,9305.7%
10GRECorfu International AirportCorfu2,383,3532,437,8902,788,9232,918,4343,364,1153,275,8972.6%
11GREChania International AirportChania2,447,5662,702,2832,953,2783,042,9033,008,6872,983,5420.8%
12CRODubrovnik AirportDubrovnik1,584,4711,693,9341,993,2432,323,0652,539,4122,896,22714.1%
13BULBurgas International AirportBurgas2,522,3192,360,3202,878,8832,982,3393,277,2292,885,77612.0%
14GREKos International AirportKos2,214,4642,143,8601,901,4952,320,5902,666,3072,676,6440.4%
15KOSPristina AirportPristina1,404,7751,549,1981,744,2021,885,1362,165,7492,373,6989.6%
16MKDSkopje International AirportSkopje1,208,3591,452,4651,649,3741,868,2722,158,2582,358,5489.3%
17GRESantorini National AirportSantorini1,179,8081,495,8901,685,6951,928,2952,254,9262,300,4082.0%
18BULVarna International AirportVarna1,387,4941,398,6941,689,5951,970,7002,281,1342,084,3198.7%
19GREZakynthos International AirportZakynthos1,182,2951,268,4971,423,0441,659,6461,800,4571,810,4270.5%
20SLOLjubljana Joze Pucnik AirportLjubljana1,338,6191,438,3041,404,8311,683,0451,812,4111,721,3555.0%
21GREMykonos International AirportMykonos778,729876,057999,0261,207,0611,395,7871,520,1458.9%
22MNETivat AirportTivat910,264895,050979,4321,129,7201,245,9991,367,2829.7%
23MNEPodgorica AirportPodgorica699,141748,899873,2781,055,1421,208,5251,297,3657.4%
24BIHSarajevo AirportSarajevo709,901772,904838,968957,9711,046,6351,143,6809.3%
25CROZadar AirportZadar496,697487,652520,924589,841603,819801,34732.7%
26CROPula AirportPula382,992359,426436,121595,812717,187777,5688.4%
27GREKephalonia International AirportKephalonia479,195492,502542,359629,671761,647774,1701.6%
28GREPreveza-Aktion AirportPreveza358,245388,295472,870569,249583,666625,7907.2%
29BIHTuzla AirportTuzla151,353259,074311,398535,834584,589593.0831.4%
30GREMytilene International AirportMytilene459,295481,422408,572436,105477,056496,5774.1%
31GRESamos International AirportSamos396,308403,150346,780410,331462,749467,3953.9%
32GRESkiathos International AirportSkiathos311,075353,083397,646425,287437,916446,2191.9%
33SRBNiš Constantine the Great AirportNis1,33536,258124,917331,582351,477422,25520.0%
34GREKavala International AirportKavala221,087243,745260,740337,963406,949323,31020.6%
35MKDOhrid St. Paul the Apostle AirportOhrid69,984107,916145,002159,072184,283317,39772.2%
36GREKalamata International AirportKalamata226,602188,209230,100278,063278,961--
37GREChios Island National AirportChios185,082195,183193,427216,903229,749--
38GREAlexandroupolis International AirportAlexandroupolis158,737168,631161,636169,806211,954--
39GREKarpathos Island National AirportKarpathos204,621222,805220,930223,847206,758--
40GRENew Paros AirportParos40,17143,18274,344163,368204,924--
41CRORijeka AirportRijeka106,235139,718145,297142,111183,606200,8419.4%
42GREAraxos AirportAraxos146,403147,560129,738153,496182,129--
43BIHBanja Luka AirportBanja Luka27,63622,80021,69420,86736,180149,693313.7%
44BULPlovdiv International AirportPlovdiv103,535103,30077,64991,600133,397--
45GREIoannina National AirportIoannina79,39586,52397,74596,350109,830134,01122.01%
46GRELemnos International AirportLemnos92,96499,49188,41686,15394,227--
47GRENaxos Island National AirportNaxos31,68543,95135,30056,43086,210--
48GREMilos Island National AirportMilos39,23950,58945,26845,20975,556--
49CROOsijek AirportOsijek26,76828,65130,60543,37367,23546,36131.0%
50GRESitia Public AirportSitia34,87027,01520,90431,85661,87716,42573.5%
51GREIkaria Island National AirportIkaria39,67942,89241,23841,55344,303--
52GRENea Anchialos National AirportNea Anchialos65,48524,69722,14530,56541,357--
53GREKithira Island National AirportKithira38,85637,87031,88031,90537,031--
54BIHMostar AirportMostar67,98075,02453,61843,11828,46332.86615.4%
55SLOPortorož AirportPortorožNA22,97523,78325,45024,84028,88116.3%
56CROBrač AirportBrač9,6168,80912,35421,59630,17025,34216.0%
57GRELeros Municipal AirportLeros29,22128,51625,55127,58324,033--
58GRESkyros Island National AirportSkyros12,83121,59329,39717,09218,103--
59GRESyros Island National AirportSyros15,39914,68417,87821,25218,047--
60GREAstypalaia Island National AirportAstypalaia13,77213,78712,02012,25214,029--
61GREKalymnos Island National AirportKalymnos24,51123,16418,62111,98910,23410,9762.9%
62CROLošinj AirportMali LošinjNA12,2876,4026,0426,9396,4956.4%
63GREKastellorizo AirportKastellorizo8,1968,0196,9585,4945,434--
64GREKozani National AirportKozani2,7073,2424,2873,8154,345--
65GREKastoria National AirportKastoria4,0984,6056,3175,0914,301--
66GREKasos Island Public AirportKasos3,4784,4563,8883,0662,840--
67SLOMaribor AirportMaribor17,56824,8868,8906,0002,435--
68BULGorna Oryahovitsa AirportGorna Oryahovitsa/Veliko Tarnovo286495235361388--
69SRBKraljevo-Morava AirportKraljevo00000~600-

Sometimes the European part of is considered part of the Balkan Peninsula. The Istanbul Atatürk Airport is located there. It had 67,981,446 passengers in 2018, placing it on the top spot in the list. The Romanian airports that are considered to be on the Balkan Peninsula are Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport in Constanța and Tulcea Airport in Tulcea. They have respectively 129,235 and 158 passenger traffic.

List of countries by number of air passengers

RankCountry20152016201720182019Change
2018-2019
1GRE48,851,90353,568,11158,533,89663,728,596%
2BUL7,951,7529,626,74911,535,09612,654,188%
3CRO7,273,6758,211,2379,632,06310,638,74511,491,6898.0%
4SRB4,812,3685,049,9095,675,0025,992,5826,581,8559.9%
5ALB1,997,0442,200,4492,630,3382,947,1723,338,14713.0%
6MKD1,560,3811,794,3762,027,3442,342,5412,677,61814.3%
7MNE1,643,9491,852,7102,184,8622,454,5242,664,6478.6%
8KOS1,549,1981,744,2021,885,1362,165,7492,373,6989.6%
9BIH1,129,8021,225,6781,557,7901,695,8671,919,34213.2%
10SLO1,486,1651,437,5041,714,4951,839,686%

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