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Airports in Europe

Dense intra-continental and long-haul networks · 45 countries · 60 top-ranked airports

European traffic concentrates at Heathrow, Paris CDG, Frankfurt, Amsterdam Schiphol, Madrid Barajas, Istanbul and Munich, joined by a wide ring of secondary hubs that serve low-cost and regional networks.

Air travel across Europe

AeroGuide Hub covers Europe through 45 countries and around 60 of the most-connected airports in the OpenFlights schedule for the region. The biggest gateways include London Heathrow Airport (LHR), Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), Frankfurt am Main Airport (FRA), Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), Barcelona International Airport (BCN), Munich Airport (MUC). Each one has its own terminal, lounge, layover and ground-transport pages on this site.

How traffic flows across the region

Air traffic across Europe is built on a small number of mega-hubs and a much longer tail of regional fields. Mega-hubs concentrate long-haul intercontinental flights, premium lounges and the broadest connection banks for partner alliances. Mid-size and regional fields run shorter point-to-point services that feed those hubs. Anyone building a multi-stop itinerary through the region almost always touches one of the largest gateways for at least one leg.

When to travel

The best time to fly through Europe depends on local seasons, holiday peaks and weather. Avoid the major local public holidays for the lowest fares and lightest crowds, and check whether your routing crosses a region with a particular weather window (monsoon, hurricane, harmattan, polar darkness) that affects schedule reliability.

Regional travel tips

A few practical regional tips. Confirm visa and transit rules for every country your itinerary passes through, not only the final destination. Check whether your bag is tagged through on a single ticket or has to be collected and re-checked at any connection point. And budget extra time at the largest hubs, where security, customs and pier walks can each take longer than they look on a printed itinerary.

Top airports in Europe

Sorted by scheduled connectivity in the OpenFlights route database. Each card opens a full terminal, lounge, layover and ground-transport guide.

LHR

London Heathrow Airport

London, United Kingdom

↗ 527 routes
CDG

Charles de Gaulle International Airport

Paris, France

↗ 524 routes
FRA

Frankfurt am Main Airport

Frankfurt, Germany

↗ 497 routes
AMS

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Amsterdam, Netherlands

↗ 453 routes
BCN

Barcelona International Airport

Barcelona, Spain

↗ 391 routes
MUC

Munich Airport

Munich, Germany

↗ 368 routes
IST

Istanbul Airport

Istanbul, Turkey

↗ 356 routes
LGW

London Gatwick Airport

London, United Kingdom

↗ 356 routes
FCO

Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport

Rome, Italy

↗ 331 routes
MAD

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport

Madrid, Spain

↗ 330 routes
BRU

Brussels Airport

Brussels, Belgium

↗ 316 routes
MAN

Manchester Airport

Manchester, United Kingdom

↗ 316 routes
VIE

Vienna International Airport

Vienna, Austria

↗ 308 routes
DUS

Düsseldorf Airport

Duesseldorf, Germany

↗ 285 routes
PMI

Palma De Mallorca Airport

Palma de Mallorca, Spain

↗ 271 routes
ZRH

Zürich Airport

Zurich, Switzerland

↗ 247 routes
CPH

Copenhagen Kastrup Airport

Copenhagen, Denmark

↗ 229 routes
ARN

Stockholm-Arlanda Airport

Stockholm, Sweden

↗ 219 routes
LIS

Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport)

Lisbon, Portugal

↗ 214 routes
TXL

Berlin-Tegel Airport

Berlin, Germany

↗ 208 routes
DUB

Dublin Airport

Dublin, Ireland

↗ 207 routes
AGP

Málaga Airport

Malaga, Spain

↗ 206 routes
ATH

Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport

Athens, Greece

↗ 197 routes
ORY

Paris-Orly Airport

Paris, France

↗ 200 routes
MXP

Malpensa International Airport

Milano, Italy

↗ 192 routes
OSL

Oslo Lufthavn

Oslo, Norway

↗ 179 routes
PRG

Václav Havel Airport Prague

Prague, Czech Republic

↗ 180 routes
STN

London Stansted Airport

London, United Kingdom

↗ 173 routes
GVA

Geneva Cointrin International Airport

Geneva, Switzerland

↗ 166 routes
HAM

Hamburg Airport

Hamburg, Germany

↗ 161 routes
HEL

Helsinki Vantaa Airport

Helsinki, Finland

↗ 159 routes
TFS

Tenerife South Airport

Tenerife, Spain

↗ 159 routes
ALC

Alicante International Airport

Alicante, Spain

↗ 157 routes
LPA

Gran Canaria Airport

Gran Canaria, Spain

↗ 153 routes
SAW

Sabiha Gökçen International Airport

Istanbul, Turkey

↗ 145 routes
STR

Stuttgart Airport

Stuttgart, Germany

↗ 137 routes
LYS

Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport

Lyon, France

↗ 134 routes
NCE

Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport

Nice, France

↗ 134 routes
CGN

Cologne Bonn Airport

Cologne, Germany

↗ 134 routes
BHX

Birmingham International Airport

Birmingham, United Kingdom

↗ 133 routes
MRS

Marseille Provence Airport

Marseille, France

↗ 135 routes
AYT

Antalya International Airport

Antalya, Turkey

↗ 127 routes
VCE

Venice Marco Polo Airport

Venice, Italy

↗ 122 routes
WAW

Warsaw Chopin Airport

Warsaw, Poland

↗ 120 routes
EDI

Edinburgh Airport

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

↗ 119 routes
ACE

Lanzarote Airport

Arrecife, Spain

↗ 116 routes
CTA

Catania-Fontanarossa Airport

Catania, Italy

↗ 115 routes
OTP

Henri Coandă International Airport

Bucharest, Romania

↗ 112 routes
MLA

Malta International Airport

Malta

↗ 113 routes
HER

Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport

Heraklion, Greece

↗ 110 routes
LTN

London Luton Airport

London, United Kingdom

↗ 108 routes
FAO

Faro Airport

Faro, Portugal

↗ 106 routes
IBZ

Ibiza Airport

Ibiza, Spain

↗ 99 routes
OPO

Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport

Porto, Portugal

↗ 100 routes
KBP

Boryspil International Airport

Kiev, Ukraine

↗ 102 routes
RIX

Riga International Airport

Riga, Latvia

↗ 101 routes
BRS

Bristol Airport

Bristol, United Kingdom

↗ 100 routes
GLA

Glasgow International Airport

Glasgow, United Kingdom

↗ 100 routes
BUD

Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport

Budapest, Hungary

↗ 98 routes
EMA

East Midlands Airport

East Midlands, United Kingdom

↗ 95 routes

Countries in Europe

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United Kingdom

23 airports · 18 cities

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Spain

23 airports · 22 cities

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Germany

19 airports · 18 cities

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France

20 airports · 19 cities

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Italy

23 airports · 22 cities

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Turkey

8 airports · 7 cities

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Greece

10 airports · 10 cities

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Netherlands

3 airports · 3 cities

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Portugal

5 airports · 5 cities

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Norway

9 airports · 9 cities

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Switzerland

2 airports · 2 cities

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Belgium

2 airports · 2 cities

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Sweden

6 airports · 3 cities

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Austria

3 airports · 3 cities

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Poland

7 airports · 6 cities

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Denmark

3 airports · 3 cities

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Ireland

4 airports · 4 cities

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Croatia

5 airports · 5 cities

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Ukraine

6 airports · 5 cities

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Czech Republic

1 airports · 1 cities

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Finland

1 airports · 1 cities

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Cyprus

3 airports · 3 cities

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Romania

3 airports · 3 cities

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Malta

1 airports · 1 cities

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Serbia

2 airports · 2 cities

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Latvia

1 airports · 1 cities

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Hungary

1 airports · 1 cities

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Lithuania

2 airports · 2 cities

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Luxembourg

1 airports · 1 cities

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Bulgaria

1 airports · 1 cities

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Azerbaijan

1 airports · 1 cities

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Belarus

1 airports · 1 cities

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Iceland

1 airports · 1 cities

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Armenia

1 airports · 1 cities

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Estonia

1 airports · 1 cities

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Jersey

1 airports · 1 cities

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Albania

1 airports · 1 cities

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Georgia

1 airports · 1 cities

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Moldova

1 airports · 1 cities

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Slovenia

1 airports · 1 cities

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Macedonia

1 airports · 1 cities

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Slovakia

1 airports · 1 cities

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Guernsey

1 airports · 1 cities

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

1 airports · 1 cities

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Montenegro

1 airports · 1 cities