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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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