Airports in Ireland
Ireland has 10 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 4 of them large. The busiest are Dublin Airport (DUB, 36.4 million passengers, Eurostat, 2025), Cork International Airport (ORK, 3.5 million passengers, Eurostat, 2025) and Shannon Airport (SNN, 2.2 million passengers, Eurostat, 2025).
Busiest routes
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| DUB – LHR | 450 km | 1,903,141 |
| AMS – DUB | 752 km | 1,297,434 |
| DUB – MAN | 265 km | 1,063,307 |
| DUB – LGW | 486 km | 1,052,966 |
| DUB – STN | 472 km | 956,463 |
| AGP – DUB | 1,867 km | 831,629 |
| BHX – DUB | 322 km | 813,198 |
| DUB – EDI | 337 km | 739,476 |
| BCN – DUB | 1,486 km | 713,060 |
| CDG – DUB | 787 km | 691,892 |
| LHR – ORK | 557 km | 404,304 |
| ORK – STN | 601 km | 311,454 |
| LHR – SNN | 596 km | 283,467 |
| SNN – STN | 631 km | 241,283 |
| AMS – ORK | 909 km | 239,176 |
| AGP – ORK | 1,714 km | 179,773 |
| MAN – ORK | 453 km | 171,619 |
| FAO – ORK | 1,648 km | 168,244 |
| NOC – STN | 649 km | 146,249 |
| LTN – NOC | 612 km | 140,615 |
Air fares in Ireland
Consumer prices for flights in Ireland moved −1.0% over the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, and +14.4% in August 2026 alone on a year earlier.
The price index for flights bought by households (domestic and international together), not a fare on a route.
Eurostat, HICP (prc_hicp_minr, ECOICOP ver. 2: 07.3.3 passenger transport by air), moving 12-month average and annual rate of change. Eurostat has no responsibility for the results of any re-use. Sources