Photo: Athens International Airport Passenger traffic at Athens International Airport continues to grow. In September 2026, approximately 3.6 million passengers passed through it, up 3.5% from the same month in 2025.
According to official data from Athens published this week, from the beginning of the year to the end of September, 27.3 million passengers were registered, up 4.3% from the same period in 2025.
In September, 1.04 million passengers passed through the airport on domestic flights, up 3.1% from September last year. International traffic totaled 2.56 million passengers, up 3.6%.
The data continues the trend recorded in the busy summer months: in July, 3.93 million passengers were recorded, and in August the airport broke a record with 4 million passengers in one month.
Between January and September 2026, more than 19.5 million passengers passed through the airport on international flights, up 4.3%, alongside 7.78 million on domestic flights, up 4.2%.
Since the beginning of the year, 227,000 aircraft movements have been recorded, an increase of 3.6%. Domestic flights increased by 4.6% to 19,000, while international aircraft movements increased by 2.9% to 136,000. In September alone, 28,603 aircraft movements were recorded, up 1.7% from September 2025.