- Rome Fiumicino handled more than 15m passengers between June and August 2026.
- The airport managed over 1,100 flights on a single day in August.
- It retained its ranking as Europe’s best large airport for ninth consecutive year.
- The airport handled over 185,000 passengers on 16 August 2026.
- Total traffic is expected to reach approximately 53m passengers by end of 2026.
Rome Fiumicino Airport handled more than 15m passengers between June and August 2026. The airport managed over 1,100 flights on a single day in August. It retained its ranking as Europe’s best large airport for passenger service quality for the ninth consecutive year and climbed to seventh place in the global Skytrax ranking.
Fiumicino recorded 4.8m passengers in June 2026 as part of the broader Rome airport system which recorded 5.1m passengers that month. Short and medium-haul reached 3.8m passengers in June marking a 1.3pc increase year-on-year. EU routes rose by 2.7pc led by Spain at 9.4pc, Greece at 12.3pc and Poland at 21.4pc.
On 16 August 2026 the airport crossed a major threshold by handling over 185,000 passengers in a single day for the first time in its history. Growth during the peak 2026 travel season was supported by new transatlantic flights including Alaska Airlines launching a new route from Seattle and ITA Airways introducing nonstop service to Houston. The airport’s total traffic is expected to reach approximately 53m passengers by the end of 2026.
