Airport Statistics Updated November 2026

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235 Doha Hamad Airport Statistics for 2026

Hamad International Airport in Doha served 54.3 million passengers in 2025, 3% more than in 2024, on the count of its operator. It is the home hub of Qatar Airways, and most of its passengers are changing planes: the airport says 13.5 million travelled to or from Doha itself in 2025. ACI World ranked it 8th in the world for cargo in 2025.

This page brings together the main figures on Hamad International Airport (DOH): passengers each year, what Qatar's official statistics show, what is known about 2026, the busiest months and quarters, transfer and local traffic, flights, cargo, destinations and airlines, routes to Europe, the UK, the US and Australia, rankings and service, and the size of the airport, its charges and its expansion. Every number links to the body that published it, with the date.

Doha figures depend on who counts. The airport counts passengers served, transfers included; Qatar's Civil Aviation Authority publishes yearly workbooks whose totals differ slightly; the national statistics office counted arrivals and departures at all of Qatar's airports; and other countries count passengers on their own routes to Doha. Neither the airport nor the aviation authority had published 2026 totals when this page was reviewed, so the 2026 figures here are route data and airline schedules, each with its scope.

Headline figures

How many passengers use Hamad International Airport each year?

Hamad International has served more passengers every year since 2021, on its operator's count, and it passed its 2019 level in 2023. Growth has slowed since then, from double digits in 2023 and 2024 to low single digits in 2025.

38.8m 2019 17.7m 2021 35.7m 2022 45.9m 2023 52.7m 2024 54.3m 2025
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Passengers served at Hamad International each year, in millions, on the airport's count of arriving, departing and transfer passengers. The airport published no 2020 total. Each year comes from the release for that year; the link is to the latest one.
PeriodValue
201938.8m
202117.7m
202235.7m
202345.9m
202452.7m
202554.3m
Passengers served at Hamad International each year, in millions, on the airport's count of arriving, departing and transfer passengers. The airport published no 2020 total. Each year comes from the release for that year; the link is to the latest one. (Hamad International Airport (2025 year-end release), Jan 2026)

The airport counts passengers served: arriving, departing and transferring passengers, as its October 2019 release defines them. Its 2024 and 2025 totals are rounded. Qatar's Civil Aviation Authority publishes its own yearly counts, which differ slightly from the airport's for some years; they appear in the next section with their own label and are not mixed with this series.

What do Qatar's official statistics show?

Qatar's Civil Aviation Authority publishes yearly workbooks for the airport whose totals are close to, but not always the same as, the airport's own. The national statistics office counted passengers at all of Qatar's airports up to 2022, and it is the only official source found for 2020.

13.34m 2014 15.59m 2015 18.72m 2016 17.63m 2017 17.26m 2018 19.38m 2019 6.19m 2020 8.93m 2021 17.96m 2022
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Passengers arriving at Qatar's airports each year, in millions, transit passengers included, on the national statistics office's count. Departures are counted separately and are not shown. Each year comes from the edition for that year; the link is to the latest one.
PeriodValue
201413.34m
201515.59m
201618.72m
201717.63m
201817.26m
201919.38m
20206.19m
20218.93m
202217.96m
Passengers arriving at Qatar's airports each year, in millions, transit passengers included, on the national statistics office's count. Departures are counted separately and are not shown. Each year comes from the edition for that year; the link is to the latest one. (NPC (Qatar in Figures 2023), 2023)
  • QCAA's 2025 workbook counts 54,363,599 passengers at Hamad International, from QCAA and airport data. (QCAA (2025 traffic workbook), Apr 2026)
  • It counts 4,642,606 passengers in October 2025, 4,574,707 in November and 4,963,317 in December, months the airport did not publish, and 25,524 aircraft movements in December. (QCAA (2025 traffic workbook), Apr 2026)
  • QCAA's 2024 workbook counts 52,729,236 passengers and 279,705 aircraft movements. (QCAA (2024 traffic workbook), Apr 2026)
  • QCAA's 2023 workbook counts 45,918,391 passengers. (QCAA (2023 traffic workbook), Apr 2026)
  • QCAA's 2022 workbook has 2,164,389 passengers in January 2022, 3,462,641 in July, 3,235,943 in November and 3,621,815 in December, with 22,854 aircraft movements in December. (QCAA (2022 traffic workbook), Apr 2026)
  • QCAA's 2019 workbook counts 38.80419 million passengers in 2019, with 2,173,371.4 tonnes of air cargo and 42,433.7 tonnes of air mail. (QCAA (2019 traffic workbook), Apr 2026)
  • For 2018 the same workbook gives 34.5 million passengers, 2,163,544.73 tonnes of cargo and 34,764.49 tonnes of mail. (QCAA (2019 traffic workbook, 2018 sheet), Apr 2026)
  • Qatar's statistics office counted 13,339,793 arriving and 13,143,366 departing passengers at Qatar's airports in 2014, and 18,722,474 arriving and 18,600,369 departing in 2016, transit passengers included. (NPC (Qatar in Figures 2017), Dec 2017)
  • It counted 17,634,110 arrivals and 17,644,492 departures in 2017, and 17,262,301 and 17,233,727 in 2018. (NPC (Qatar in Figures 2019), Dec 2019)
  • It counted 19,376,391 arrivals and 19,427,655 departures in 2019, and 6,188,879 and 6,370,288 in 2020. (NPC (Qatar in Figures 2021), 2021)
  • It counted 8,928,867 arrivals and 8,774,407 departures in 2021, and 17,961,145 and 17,773,112 in 2022. (NPC (Qatar in Figures 2023), 2023)

QCAA's workbooks name their source as the QCAA and airport database. Its totals for 2019 and 2023 and several months differ slightly from the airport's releases, so each statement names its producer and the two are never charted together. QCAA's cargo columns are left out because their unit headers are wrong or missing, except the 2019 workbook, which gives cargo and mail separately in tonnes. The statistics office counts all of Qatar's airports, and it prints arrivals and departures separately, and this page does not add them up.

How busy is Hamad International in 2026?

There is no official count for 2026: neither the airport nor Qatar's Civil Aviation Authority had published 2026 traffic totals by mid-November. Airline schedules and route data from other countries are the only published guide, and every route source shows far fewer passengers on Doha routes in March 2026 than a year earlier.

775.3k Jan 2025 701.1k Feb 2025 701.4k Mar 2025 716.2k Apr 2025 654.9k May 2025 663.2k Jun 2025 778.9k Jul 2025 837.1k Aug 2025 760.9k Sep 2025 786.9k Oct 2025 730.2k Nov 2025 750.3k Dec 2025 770.9k Jan 2026 678.1k Feb 2026 38.3k Mar 2026
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Passengers carried between the EU and Qatar each month, in thousands, on Eurostat's count, January 2025 to March 2026, the latest month published. This is route traffic reported by EU airports, not a count of the airport's own traffic.
PeriodValue
Jan 2025775.3k
Feb 2025701.1k
Mar 2025701.4k
Apr 2025716.2k
May 2025654.9k
Jun 2025663.2k
Jul 2025778.9k
Aug 2025837.1k
Sep 2025760.9k
Oct 2025786.9k
Nov 2025730.2k
Dec 2025750.3k
Jan 2026770.9k
Feb 2026678.1k
Mar 202638.3k
Passengers carried between the EU and Qatar each month, in thousands, on Eurostat's count, January 2025 to March 2026, the latest month published. This is route traffic reported by EU airports, not a count of the airport's own traffic. (Eurostat (EU-Qatar passengers, monthly), Nov 2026)
  • In March 2026 the airport withdrew from all external exhibitions, conferences, events and awards programmes, including the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2026, citing the ongoing conflict in the region. (Hamad International Airport (industry statement, Mar 2026), Mar 2026)
  • OAG counted 2.53 million scheduled seats at Doha in November 2026, 7.4% fewer than in November 2025, placing it third in the Middle East behind Dubai with 4.47 million and Jeddah with 2.56 million. (OAG (Middle East data, Nov 2026), Nov 2026)
  • OAG says its 2026 hub rankings are affected by the ongoing disruption in the Middle East, where scheduled capacity in August 2026 was 5.7% below August 2025. (OAG (Megahubs 2026), 2026)
  • Eurostat counted 770,869 passengers between the EU and Qatar in January 2026 and 678,084 in February 2026. (Eurostat (EU-Qatar passengers, monthly), Nov 2026)
  • In March 2026 Spain had 12,402 passengers to and from Qatar, Germany 8,305, France 5,703 and Italy 5,663; in March 2025 Germany had 151,849, Spain 100,236, Italy 80,734 and France 80,459. (Eurostat (EU-Qatar passengers by country, monthly), Nov 2026)
  • Air freight and mail between the EU and Qatar was 52,589.1 tonnes in January 2026, 50,005.5 in February and 6,996 in March, against 63,719 in March 2025. (Eurostat (EU-Qatar freight and mail, monthly), Nov 2026)

None of these figures is a count of Hamad International's traffic, and none is used to estimate it. Eurostat counts passengers carried between EU airports and Qatar as a country, from EU reporting. OAG counts scheduled seats, which are capacity, not passengers. Route data from the UK, the US and Australia are in their own sections below. The figures show what happened on those routes; this page does not give a cause where the producers do not.

Which are the busiest months at Hamad International?

July and August were the busiest months at Hamad International in 2025 on QCAA's figures, with December next. August 2025 set a monthly record for the airport, its operator says.

4.74m Jan 4.19m Feb 4.06m Mar 4.50m Apr 4.21m May 4.18m Jun 4.81m Jul 5.02m Aug 4.48m Sep 4.64m Oct 4.57m Nov 4.96m Dec
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Passengers at Hamad International each month in 2025, in millions, from QCAA's 2025 workbook, the only official source with all twelve months.
PeriodValue
Jan4.74m
Feb4.19m
Mar4.06m
Apr4.50m
May4.21m
Jun4.18m
Jul4.81m
Aug5.02m
Sep4.48m
Oct4.64m
Nov4.57m
Dec4.96m
Passengers at Hamad International each month in 2025, in millions, from QCAA's 2025 workbook, the only official source with all twelve months. (QCAA (2025 traffic workbook, monthly), Apr 2026)

The chart and the January to April 2025 figures are QCAA's. The airport's own monthly table for January to September 2025 gives slightly different passenger counts for some months, so the two producers are not mixed. The airport's January 2020 figure mixes a weekly average with a single-day record and is given as the airport printed it.

How has Hamad International's traffic grown quarter by quarter?

Quarterly traffic grew very fast as travel recovered from the pandemic, by more than 40% a year in early 2023, then slowed. The first half of 2025 was a little below the first half of 2024 on the airport's count, before its busiest quarter yet.

3.56m Jan 3.24m Feb 3.52m Mar 3.28m Apr 3.44m May 3.74m Jun 4.31m Jul 4.40m Aug 4.00m Sep
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Passengers served at Hamad International each month from January to September 2023, in millions, on the airport's count. Each month comes from the release for its quarter; the link is to the latest one.
PeriodValue
Jan3.56m
Feb3.24m
Mar3.52m
Apr3.28m
May3.44m
Jun3.74m
Jul4.31m
Aug4.40m
Sep4.00m
Passengers served at Hamad International each month from January to September 2023, in millions, on the airport's count. Each month comes from the release for its quarter; the link is to the latest one. (Hamad International Airport (Q3 2023 release), Oct 2023)

Quarterly and half-year figures are the airport's own, from its traffic releases, and growth rates compare with the same period a year earlier. The airport did not publish fourth-quarter months for 2023 or 2024, or the second quarter of 2024; those months come from QCAA's workbooks and are labelled as QCAA's.

How many Hamad International passengers start or end their trip in Doha?

Most passengers at Hamad International are changing planes, on both the airport's and OAG's figures, though the two measure it in different ways. In 2024 local traffic grew faster than transfer traffic for the first time, the airport says.

  • Air 61%
  • Land 32%
  • Sea 7%
How international visitors entered Qatar in 2025, by share of arrivals, from Qatar Tourism's annual report. Visitors are a tourism measure, not airport passengers. (Qatar Tourism (2025 performance report), Jan 2026)

The airport counts point-to-point passengers as those travelling to or from Doha, as opposed to transferring. OAG's connecting shares are its own estimates from traffic data: one for all Doha passengers, one for Qatar Airways passengers only. Qatar Tourism counts international visitor arrivals to Qatar by land, sea and air. These are different measures from different producers, and none is combined with another.

How many flights does Hamad International handle?

Take-offs and landings at Hamad International have grown every year since 2021 on the airport's count, but more slowly than passengers. In the first half of 2025 movements fell slightly, before rising again in the third quarter.

232.9k 2019 169.9k 2021 217.9k 2022 252.1k 2023 279.0k 2024 283.0k 2025
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Aircraft movements at Hamad International each year, in thousands, on the airport's count of take-offs and landings. The airport published no 2020 total. Each year comes from the release for that year; the link is to the latest one.
PeriodValue
2019232.9k
2021169.9k
2022217.9k
2023252.1k
2024279.0k
2025283.0k
Aircraft movements at Hamad International each year, in thousands, on the airport's count of take-offs and landings. The airport published no 2020 total. Each year comes from the release for that year; the link is to the latest one. (Hamad International Airport (2025 year-end release), Jan 2026)

The airport counts aircraft movements as take-offs and landings; its 2024 total is rounded, and QCAA's exact 2024 total is in the official statistics section. Qatar's statistics office counts aircraft arrivals and departures at all of Qatar's airports and prints them separately; it is the only source here for 2020. The two are not compared.

How much cargo goes through Hamad International?

Hamad International is one of the world's ten busiest cargo airports on ACI World's rankings. Cargo dipped slightly in 2025 on both ACI World's and the airport's figures, after growing in 2024.

188.7k t Jan 186.1k t Feb 229.5k t Mar 199.0k t Apr 218.9k t May 206.1k t Jun 222.9k t Jul 221.7k t Aug 220.3k t Sep
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Cargo at Hamad International each month from January to September 2025, in thousands of tonnes, from the airport's own table. The airport has not published October to December.
PeriodValue
Jan188.7k t
Feb186.1k t
Mar229.5k t
Apr199.0k t
May218.9k t
Jun206.1k t
Jul222.9k t
Aug221.7k t
Sep220.3k t
Cargo at Hamad International each month from January to September 2025, in thousands of tonnes, from the airport's own table. The airport has not published October to December. (Hamad International Airport (Q3 2025 release, cargo), Nov 2025)

ACI World counts loaded and unloaded freight and mail in metric tonnes, and its figure is used for the ranking. The airport does not say whether its cargo includes mail, and its yearly figures do not line up (2021 is above 2023, yet 2024 was 12% up on 2023); the airport does not explain this. The cargo terminal figures are the design figures on the airport's cargo page. Eurostat counts freight and mail on flights between EU airports and Qatar, reported by EU airports. QCAA's cargo columns are left out because their unit headers are wrong or missing. None of these is compared with another.

Where do Hamad International passengers fly, and on which airlines?

Qatar Airways runs most of the flights at Hamad International, and London headed the airport's published lists of top destinations in 2022 and 2024. The number of airlines has grown each year since 2022.

  • Far East 30.93%
  • Europe 25.20%
  • Middle East 16.71%
  • Africa 12.66%
  • North America 11.02%
  • Australia 2.23%
  • South America 1.22%
  • Oceania and New Zealand 0.01%
Share of Hamad International passengers by world region in the first quarter of 2022, as published by the airport. The airport does not define the basis, and the quarter was affected by the pandemic. (Hamad International Airport (Q1 2022 release, regions), May 2022)

The airport's destination counts have different scopes: the 2023 figure includes cargo and charter destinations. Its destination lists are rankings without passenger counts. OAG's seat figures are scheduled capacity, not passengers, and its 78% counts operating flights only. The fleet and network figures are Qatar Airways' at the end of March each year, as published by Qatar's statistics office, not the airport's.

How many passengers fly between the EU and Qatar?

Passenger traffic between the EU and Qatar has grown every year since 2021 on Eurostat's count, and it was well above its 2019 level by 2023. Germany, Spain and Italy each had more than a million passengers to and from Qatar in 2025.

1.17m 2009 1.69m 2010 2.29m 2011 2.85m 2012 3.20m 2013 3.24m 2014 3.69m 2015 4.41m 2016 4.80m 2017 6.16m 2018 6.29m 2019 2.05m 2020 1.99m 2021 4.88m 2022 7.01m 2023 8.65m 2024 8.86m 2025
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Passengers carried between the EU and Qatar each year, in millions, on Eurostat's count. This is route traffic reported by EU airports, both directions, not the airport's total.
PeriodValue
20091.17m
20101.69m
20112.29m
20122.85m
20133.20m
20143.24m
20153.69m
20164.41m
20174.80m
20186.16m
20196.29m
20202.05m
20211.99m
20224.88m
20237.01m
20248.65m
20258.86m
Passengers carried between the EU and Qatar each year, in millions, on Eurostat's count. This is route traffic reported by EU airports, both directions, not the airport's total. (Eurostat (EU-Qatar passengers, annual), Nov 2026)

Eurostat counts passengers carried on flights between EU-27 airports and Qatar as a country, arriving and departing, as reported by the EU airports. Eurostat's scope is the country, not the airport, and a passenger flying on from Doha is counted only on the EU leg. Spain's series has reporting gaps before 2020, so only its 2025 figure is used.

Which European airports have the most passengers to Doha?

On Eurostat's figures, the Doha routes from Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Madrid, Barcelona and Frankfurt each carried hundreds of thousands of passengers in 2024. The Madrid and Barcelona routes have grown fast since 2022.

493.6k 2013 578.2k 2014 721.6k 2015 737.5k 2016 709.3k 2017 686.8k 2018 749.7k 2019 256.1k 2020 238.8k 2021 643.3k 2022 681.7k 2023 795.7k 2024
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Passengers carried on the Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Doha route each year, in thousands, both directions, on Eurostat's count. France reported the route under the old Doha airport code until 2014 and under Hamad International's code from 2015.
PeriodValue
2013493.6k
2014578.2k
2015721.6k
2016737.5k
2017709.3k
2018686.8k
2019749.7k
2020256.1k
2021238.8k
2022643.3k
2023681.7k
2024795.7k
Passengers carried on the Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Doha route each year, in thousands, both directions, on Eurostat's count. France reported the route under the old Doha airport code until 2014 and under Hamad International's code from 2015. (Eurostat (French airport routes, series), Sep 2026)

Route figures are passengers carried between two airports in both directions, from Eurostat's datasets for each reporting country; 2024 is the latest year published for most countries. Germany reports the Doha airport under the old Doha International code (OTBD) for all years, although the flights use Hamad International. Switzerland and Norway report to Eurostat as EFTA members. The Copenhagen figure for 2023 is split across two airport codes and is not used.

How many passengers fly between the UK and Doha?

Heathrow is the main UK airport for Doha, and its route grew again in 2025 on UK CAA figures. In 2026 the Heathrow and Manchester routes to Doha carried fewer passengers in every month from March to August than a year earlier.

0.90m 2014 1.07m 2015 1.21m 2016 1.29m 2017 1.18m 2018 1.26m 2019 0.49m 2020 0.39m 2021 1.49m 2022 1.71m 2023 2.01m 2024 2.15m 2025
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Passengers on the Heathrow-Doha route each year, in millions, both directions, on UK CAA figures. Each year comes from the CAA's annual data for that year; the link is to the latest one.
PeriodValue
20140.90m
20151.07m
20161.21m
20171.29m
20181.18m
20191.26m
20200.49m
20210.39m
20221.49m
20231.71m
20242.01m
20252.15m
Passengers on the Heathrow-Doha route each year, in millions, both directions, on UK CAA figures. Each year comes from the CAA's annual data for that year; the link is to the latest one. (UK CAA (2025 annual airport data), Feb 2026)
  • In 2025 Manchester-Doha had 722,508 passengers, up 4.9%; Edinburgh-Doha 367,789, down 1.6%; Gatwick-Doha 326,099, down 7.6%; and Birmingham-Doha 172,565, up 0.3%. (UK CAA (2025 annual airport data), Feb 2026)
  • In 2024 Heathrow-Doha had 2,006,096 passengers, Manchester-Doha 688,835, Edinburgh-Doha 373,727, Gatwick-Doha 352,817 and Birmingham-Doha 171,996. (UK CAA (2024 annual airport data), 2025)
  • In 2023 Heathrow-Doha had 1,712,158 passengers, Manchester-Doha 581,864, Gatwick-Doha 416,602, Edinburgh-Doha 292,141 and Birmingham-Doha 85,393; Cardiff-Doha had none. (UK CAA (2023 annual airport data), 2024)
  • In 2022 Heathrow-Doha had 1,491,364 passengers, Manchester-Doha 573,229, Gatwick-Doha 194,709 and Edinburgh-Doha 144,895. (UK CAA (2023 annual airport data, 2022 column), 2024)
  • In 2019 Heathrow-Doha had 1,264,687 passengers, Manchester-Doha 417,991, Gatwick-Doha 372,378 (up 118.6% on 2018's 170,314), Edinburgh-Doha 167,974, Birmingham-Doha 132,159 and Cardiff-Doha 90,679. (UK CAA (2019 annual airport data), Mar 2020)
  • In 2018 Heathrow-Doha had 1,181,541 passengers, Manchester-Doha 327,951, Edinburgh-Doha 140,727, Birmingham-Doha 121,002 and Cardiff-Doha 55,568. (UK CAA (2019 annual airport data, 2018 column), Mar 2020)
  • Heathrow-Doha had 208,713 passengers in January 2026, up 12.9%, and 156,458 in February, down 3.8%. (UK CAA (2026 monthly airport data), Oct 2026)
  • It had 24,644 in March 2026, down 82.9%; 64,697 in April, down 65.3%; 99,051 in May, down 35.1%; and 108,344 in June, down 28.3%. (UK CAA (2026 monthly airport data), Oct 2026)
  • It had 143,189 in July 2026, down 28.9%, and 153,283 in August, down 29.0%. (UK CAA (2026 monthly airport data), Oct 2026)
  • Manchester-Doha had 68,234 passengers in January 2026, 5,883 in March against 56,552 a year earlier, 31,172 in April and 52,901 in June. (UK CAA (2026 monthly airport data, Manchester), Oct 2026)
  • In August 2026 Manchester-Doha had 65,596 passengers, down 0.8%; Edinburgh-Doha 30,363, down 12.6%; Birmingham-Doha 14,816, down 3.3%; and Gatwick-Doha 17,811, against 37,607 in August 2025. (UK CAA (August 2026 airport data), Oct 2026)
  • Gatwick-Doha and Edinburgh-Doha had no passengers in March 2026, against 20,260 and 26,815 a year earlier, and Gatwick had none in April; Birmingham-Doha had 178 in March, against 13,739. (UK CAA (March and April 2026 airport data), May 2026)

The UK CAA counts terminal and transfer passengers on each route at UK airports, in both directions, from airport returns. These are route figures, not Hamad International totals, and they are not used to estimate the airport's traffic. Monthly changes compare with the same month a year earlier. A zero means no passengers were reported on the route that month; the CAA does not give a reason.

How many passengers fly between the US and Doha?

Doha had nonstop passenger flights to 12 US airports in 2025, all on Qatar Airways except American Airlines from Philadelphia. US route data show very few passengers in March 2026, and New York numbers were close to 2025 levels again by June.

49.0k Jan 40.0k Feb 2.3k Mar 15.8k Apr 32.3k May 43.1k Jun
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Qatar Airways passengers on the New York JFK-Doha route each month in 2026, in thousands, both directions, from US DOT data. June 2026 is the latest month published.
PeriodValue
Jan49.0k
Feb40.0k
Mar2.3k
Apr15.8k
May32.3k
Jun43.1k
Qatar Airways passengers on the New York JFK-Doha route each month in 2026, in thousands, both directions, from US DOT data. June 2026 is the latest month published. (US DOT (international passengers data, JFK 2026), Oct 2026)

US DOT figures count passengers on nonstop flights between a US airport and Doha, both directions, as reported by the airlines. They are route figures, not Hamad International totals. A missing row means no traffic was reported for that route and month; US DOT does not give a reason. Departures count flights performed on the route.

How many passengers fly between Australia and Doha?

Traffic between Australia and Qatar grew strongly in 2025 on the Australian government's figures. Doha city-pair traffic in July 2026 was well below July 2025, and in March 2026 only small numbers of Doha passengers were reported.

1.01m 2022 1.49m 2023 1.49m 2024 1.78m 2025
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Passengers on scheduled flights between Australia and Qatar each year, in millions, both directions, on BITRE's count by uplift and discharge country.
PeriodValue
20221.01m
20231.49m
20241.49m
20251.78m
Passengers on scheduled flights between Australia and Qatar each year, in millions, both directions, on BITRE's count by uplift and discharge country. (BITRE (December 2025 airline activity, annual), 2026)
  • BITRE counted 1,780,808 passengers between Australia and Qatar in 2025, up 19.3%, against 1,492,364 in 2024 and 1,014,375 in 2022. (BITRE (December 2025 airline activity), 2026)
  • The Doha city pair had 200,137 passengers in December 2025, 95,099 inbound and 105,038 outbound, against 133,120 in December 2024; freight rose from 2,576.0 to 3,209.6 tonnes. (BITRE (December 2025 airline activity, city pairs), 2026)
  • Qatar Airways flew 183 flights each way between Australia and Qatar in December 2025, carrying 58,392 passengers inbound, 86.4% of seats, and 64,682 outbound, 95.7% of seats. (BITRE (December 2025 airline activity, airlines), 2026)
  • Qatar Airways' share of passengers on scheduled international flights to and from Australia was 3.3% in December 2024 and 2.8% in December 2025. (BITRE (December 2025 airline activity, shares), 2026)
  • The Doha city pair had 128,366 passengers in July 2026 against 181,839 in July 2025, and Qatar was no longer among Australia's top 10 countries for the year to July 2026. (BITRE (July 2026 airline activity), 2026)
  • In July 2026 Qatar Airways flew 169 inbound flights with 50,931 passengers, 92.8% of seats, and 162 outbound with 46,892, 85.5%; its share of Australia's international passengers was 2.4%. (BITRE (July 2026 airline activity, airlines), 2026)
  • In August 2025 Sydney-Doha had 50,647 passengers, Melbourne-Doha 40,319, Brisbane-Doha 38,026, Perth-Doha 35,794 and Adelaide-Doha 16,575. (BITRE (city pairs time series), Jul 2026)
  • In August 2019 Sydney-Doha had 49,491 passengers, Melbourne-Doha 30,074, Perth-Doha 26,853, Adelaide-Doha 14,953 and Canberra-Doha 1,996. (BITRE (city pairs time series, 2019), Jul 2026)
  • In March 2026 Melbourne-Doha had 1,252 passengers, Perth-Doha 942 and Canberra-Doha 41; in March 2025 Melbourne had 32,735, Sydney 26,575 and Perth 21,724. (BITRE (city pairs time series, March), Jul 2026)

BITRE, the Australian government's transport statistician, counts passengers on scheduled international flights by the country or city where they board or leave the plane, in both directions. These are route figures, not Hamad International totals. Airline figures are BITRE's, not the airline's own.

How does Hamad International rank for connections and service?

Skytrax voters named Hamad International the world's best airport in 2021, 2022 and 2024, and ACI's Asia-Pacific and Middle East index puts it among the five best-connected airports in the region. On OAG's hub ranking it has slipped since 2025.

How punctual is Hamad International and what do passengers say?

The airport does not define its on-time measure, and its satisfaction figures come from its own surveys. Skytrax rankings come from a passenger survey run by a commercial company and are not official statistics. ACI's connectivity index weights seats by destination and connection quality; it is not a passenger count.

How big is Hamad International and what is being built?

Hamad International has two long parallel runways, five concourses and a terminal that grew by 14% when Concourses D and E opened in 2025. The next works are smaller: the airport plans to bring its eastern runway up to ICAO safety standards in 2026.

  1. 1 16L/34R 4,850 m
  2. 2 16R/34L 4,250 m
Length of the two runways at Hamad International, in metres, from Qatar's Aeronautical Information Publication. Both are 60 metres wide. (QCAA (AIP Qatar, runways), Oct 2026)

Capacity figures are the airport's own design statements, made at different times: over 53 million planned in 2019, 58 million after Phase A and over 65 million after Concourses D and E. The 2019 figures are plans, and the airport has not said whether the new cargo terminal will be built. The About Us page's own capacity and traffic lines conflict with each other and with the airport's releases, so they are not used.

What does it cost airlines to use Hamad International?

  • From 1 July 2026 each departing and transfer passenger pays an Airport Development Fee of QAR 60, a Passenger Facility Charge of QAR 60 and a Passenger Safety and Security Fee of QAR 10; departing passengers starting in Qatar also pay a QAR 5.5 check-in equipment charge. (MATAR (schedule of charges, Jul 2026), Jul 2026)
  • Landing costs QAR 85 flat up to 7,000 kg, QAR 150 plus QAR 13 per 1,000 kg up to 136,000 kg, and QAR 300 plus QAR 14 per 1,000 kg above that; a loading bridge costs QAR 530 for a narrowbody and QAR 610 for a widebody per two hours, and cargo pays QAR 10 per inbound or transit shipment. (MATAR (schedule of charges, Jul 2026, aircraft), Jul 2026)

Charges are as set in MATAR's schedule effective 1 July 2026. Parking is charged at 10% of the landing charge per 24 hours after the first two hours.

What are Hamad International's environmental targets?

Environmental figures are the operator's own; targets and the expected cooling savings are aims, not results. The waste figures cover April to March.

Glossary

DOH
The IATA code for Hamad International Airport in Doha. Its ICAO code is OTHH.
OTBD
The ICAO code of the old Doha International Airport. Some Eurostat countries still use it for Doha routes.
MATAR
The Qatar Company for Airports Operation and Management, which runs Hamad International.
QCAA
The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority, which publishes yearly air transport workbooks and Qatar's aeronautical information.
NPC
Qatar's National Planning Council, the national statistics body, formerly the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA). It publishes Qatar in Figures.
Passengers served
The airport's count of passengers arriving, departing and transferring at Hamad International.
Point-to-point passenger
A passenger starting or ending the journey in Doha, as opposed to changing planes there.
Aircraft movements
Take-offs and landings.
Passengers carried
Eurostat's measure of passengers on commercial flights between two airports or countries.
Scheduled seats
OAG's count of seats on scheduled flights: airline capacity, not passengers.
ACI
Airports Council International, the airport trade body. ACI World publishes global rankings and ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East a regional connectivity index.
OAG
A company that compiles airline schedule data and publishes airport and route rankings from it.
Skytrax
A company that runs the World Airport Awards from a survey of passengers.
UK CAA
The UK Civil Aviation Authority, which publishes passenger figures for each UK airport and route.
US DOT
The US Department of Transportation, which publishes airline-reported passengers and flights on international routes.
BITRE
The Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics, the Australian government's transport statistician.
HHI
The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, a measure of how concentrated a route is among airlines; higher means less competition.
AIP
Aeronautical Information Publication, the official document with a country's airport and runway data.
ICAO
The International Civil Aviation Organization, the UN agency that sets aviation standards.
QAR
The Qatari riyal.
Airport Carbon Accreditation
ACI's programme that certifies how airports manage and cut carbon emissions.
LEED
A green building certification scheme, of which Gold is one level.
Load factor
The share of seats on flights that are filled with passengers.

Methodology and sources

Figures come from Hamad International Airport's year-end, quarterly and monthly traffic releases from 2019 to 2026 and its website, MATAR's schedule of charges, Qatar's Civil Aviation Authority (yearly workbooks and the AIP), Qatar's National Planning Council, Qatar Tourism, ACI World, ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East, Airport Carbon Accreditation, Skytrax, OAG, Eurostat, the UK CAA, the US Department of Transportation and Australia's BITRE. Each figure links to the body that produced it, with the date. The airport's passengers served is the main series; QCAA's and the statistics office's counts are given only with their own labels, one producer per chart and per statement. ACI World's freight and mail figure is used for the cargo ranking and the airport's own cargo figure only as the airport's. Point-to-point, connecting and visitor shares come from different producers and are never combined. Neither the airport nor QCAA had published 2026 totals, so 2026 figures are route data and airline schedules, each with its scope, and no change in the airport's own traffic is inferred from them. Forecasts and plans are labelled with who made them and when. The page is reviewed monthly and the date is shown at the top.