Airport traffic in Greece climbs 6.5% with Crete recording the strongest passenger growth
Passenger numbers are on the rise in Greece, as new knowledge reveals a 4.7 per cent improve in site visitors on the nation’s 39 business airports from January to July this yr. The figures replicate a continued urge for food for Greek getaways, from quiet island airstrips to bustling vacationer hubs.
Visitors on the 24 Greek airports managed by the Civil Aviation Authority – together with Heraklion, Kalamata, Alexandroupoli, Limnos, Astypalaia, Ioannina, Chios, Kozani, Kastoria, Karpathos, Kythira, Milos, Skyros, Nea Anchialos, Paros, Syros, Araxos, Naxos, Kalymnos, Ikaria, Kastelorizo, Kasos, Leros, and Sitia – elevated by 6.5 per cent within the first seven months of 2025, in comparison with the identical interval in 2024.
Based on official statistics, the entire variety of passengers (together with each home and worldwide arrivals and departures) reached 6,633,785 between January and July 2025, up from 6,230,363 throughout the identical interval in 2024.
Which Greek airports noticed the largest progress?
Heraklion Crete State Airport served 1,693,791 passengers in July 2025, marking a 4.7 per cent improve in comparison with the identical month in 2024.
On the identical time, the biggest proportion will increase in passenger site visitors amongst Civil Aviation Authority-managed airports in July 2025 had been recorded at Syros Airport, which noticed a rise of 125.5 per cent (3,781 passengers in 2025, in comparison with 1,677 in 2024), Nea Anchialos Airport, with a 12.4 per cent rise (7,379 passengers in 2025, in comparison with 6,566 in 2024), and Astypalaia Airport, which skilled a ten.9 per cent improve (5,455 passengers in 2025, in comparison with 4,919 in 2024).
Passenger site visitors up by 4.7 per cent at 39 Greek airports
Passenger site visitors throughout all 39 airports in Greece with business flights (together with 24 managed by the Civil Aviation Authority, 14 by Fraport Greece, and Athens Worldwide Airport) elevated by 4.7 per cent within the seven months from January to July 2025, in comparison with the identical interval in 2024. Particularly, passenger numbers reached 44,729,111, up from 42,713,766 throughout January–July 2024.
As for plane actions, protecting each home and worldwide arrivals and departures, at these 39 airports, the place the Civil Aviation Authority primarily oversees air site visitors management, there was a 3.6 per cent improve in comparison with the earlier yr. In complete, 342,828 flights had been recorded between January and July 2025, in comparison with 330,932 flights throughout the identical interval in 2024.
