More than 440,000 passengers travelled through Kerry Airport in 2025, making it the airport’s busiest year on record and surpassing the previous high of 423,000 set in 2008. Total passenger numbers reached 440,367, up 22,958 passengers (+5.5%) year on year compared with 2024.
Kerry Airport Chief Financial Officer Basil Sheerin, said, “We are proud to announce record passenger figures after our busiest ever year at Kerry Airport. All routes performed well, the UK and Dublin in particular. It’s an ideal springboard as we look forward to another year of growth in 2026.”
The Kerry–Dublin domestic route remained a key growth driver, handling 122,506 passengers on the twice-daily service, a 7% increase on 2024. The Frankfurt-Hahn route continued to perform strongly, carrying more than 30,000 passengers during the year.
The three routes between Kerry and the UK also saw solid growth, with 221,814 passengers travelling to and from Manchester, London Luton and London Stansted, representing a 7.4% year-on-year increase.
Leisure routes to Spain and Portugal operated by Ryanair recorded marginal growth, while new seasonal services to France launched by Chalair from June to September attracted strong demand.
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