- Passenger numbers reached 3,825,140 in August 2026, a 1.1pc year-on-year increase.
- Daily passenger volume exceeded 100,000 throughout the month.
- The summer period has brought 11.3m passengers, the highest total since opening
- Every day during summer has seen more than 100,000 travellers
- The busiest day was Sunday 16 August with 134,700 passengers
- Through eight months the airport has handled 25.6m passengers, up 5pc
Dublin airport passengers numbers were 3,825,140 in August, the airport’s busiest month ever, up 2.3pc on August 2025 and 11.9pc on pre-pandemic. Rolling annual was 37,544,822, up 5.8pc on the twelve months to the end of August 2025.
Sunday 16th was the busiest day of the month with 134,698 passengers. The figure extends the airport’s passenger growth streak to 17 consecutive months.
Numbers travelling in August have been boosted by a string of big events in Ireland during the month including visitors to Dublin for the Manchester United versus Leeds United and Arsenal versus Real Betis matches in Croke Park and Aviva Stadium respectively. The number of inbound visitors has also been swelled by people flying in for concerts including The Weeknd and for the College Football Classic match in Croke Park which attracted upwards of 10,000 fans from overseas. Through the first eight months of the year a total of 25.6m passengers have travelled through Dublin Airport, which has been 5pc higher than in the same period last year.
The number of inbound visitors was also swelled by people flying in for concerts, including The Weeknd, and for the College Football Classic match in Croke Park, which attracted upwards of 10,000 fans from overseas. Four of the airport’s ten busiest days ever were recorded during August. The airport has continued to work on changes and enhancements in the terminals to make travel easier for passengers.
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