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.

2024

Data taken from the official websites of the airports

Rank Airport Total
passengers		 Annual
change		 Rank
change
1 Athens 31,854,761 13.1%
2 Heraklion 9.376.958 7.5%
3 Thessaloniki 7.381.064 5.0%
4 Rhodes 6.921.748 12.7%
5 Corfu 4.343.748 6.8%
6 Chania 3.952.126 8.3%
7 Kos 3.069.659 3.9%
8 Santorini 2.877.122 3.7%
9 Zakynthos 2.223.011 6.8%
10 Mykonos 1.613.638 2.7%

2023

Data taken from the official websites of the airports

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

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

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)

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) and from the official websites of the airports

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) and from the official websites of the airports

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) and from the official websites of the airports

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 6,865,681 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 18,086,894 19.0%
2 Heraklion 6,057,355 0.5%
3 Thessaloniki 5,341,293 7.9%
4 Rhodes 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 15,134,529 21.5%
2 Heraklion 6,024,958 4.3%
3 Thessaloniki 4,950,726 22.6% 1
4 Rhodes 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 12,459,801 3.1%
2 Heraklion 5,778,764 14.4%
3 Rhodes 4,200,059 10.1% 1
4 Thessaloniki 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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