In August 2025, some 6.3 million passengers traveled via Frankfurt Airport (FRA), 4.1 percent more than a year before. Summer holidays ensured consistently high demand during the month. Especially on weekends and the days before and after them (Fridays and Mondays), more than 200,000 travelers a day took advantage of Germany’s gateway to the world. The year’s largest daily volume to date was achieved on August 3 with 221,360 passengers. The classic European holiday regions experienced strong … [Read more...] about Fraport reports passenger and cargo growth in August 2025

Some 5.6 million passengers travelled via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in May 2025, representing an increase of 1.8 percent compared to the same month last year. Cargo volumes (comprising airfreight and airmail) at FRA grew by 4.4 percent year-on-year to 178,977 metric tons in the reporting month. Aircraft movements climbed by 5.7 percent to 42,255 takeoffs and landings, while accumulated maximum takeoff weights (or MTOWs) rose by 4.4 percent, reaching around 2.6 million metric tons in … [Read more...] about Fraport traffic figures – May 2025: FRA and Group airports worldwide continue to grow

Some 3.9 million passengers traveled via Frankfurt Airport in February 2025. As a result, passenger numbers remained almost unchanged from the same month last year (down 0.1 percent). In February 2024, the extra leap day additionally boosted traffic volumes. At the same time, however, strikes on several days during that month negatively impacted passenger figures, offsetting the positive leap-year effect. Cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) in Frankfurt declined marginally by 0.9 percent … [Read more...] about Traffic volumes hold steady in Frankfurt Airport

In October 2024, approximately 5.7 million passengers traveled via Frankfurt Airport (FRA), up slightly (by 0.3 percent) from the corresponding month of 2023. During the fall school holidays in the German state of Hesse flights to warm-weather locations were in especially great demand. They included destinations in Greece, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands. However, passenger volumes were still about 11.6 percent below the corresponding month of 2019.1 During the month under review, … [Read more...] about Passenger volumes hold steady at Frankfurt Airport for October 2024