Airport Statistics Updated November 2026

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159 Frankfurt Airport Statistics for 2026

Frankfurt Airport handled 63,186,114 passengers in 2025 on the count of its operator, Fraport, the most of any German airport but still around 10% below its 2019 record of 70,556,072. It is Lufthansa's home hub, almost half of its passengers change planes there, and it handled the most cargo of any European airport in ACI World's 2025 top 20.

This page brings together the main figures on Frankfurt Airport (FRA): passengers each year and in 2026, regions and routes, transfer traffic, Lufthansa and other airlines, flights, cargo, Germany's airports, world and European rankings, Terminal 3, punctuality, Fraport's finances, the night-flight ban, noise and jobs. Every number links to the body that published it, with the date.

Frankfurt figures depend on who counts. Fraport counts arriving, departing and transit passengers; Eurostat counts passengers carried; Germany's statistics office Destatis uses its own rule for domestic passengers. Fraport's headline cargo includes transit freight, while ACI World and Eurostat leave it out. Fraport's company figures often cover its airports abroad as well, so each figure here says whose it is and what it covers.

Headline figures

  • Frankfurt Airport handled 63,186,114 passengers in 2025, up 2.6% on 2024, on Fraport's count of arriving, departing and transit passengers. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, Frankfurt traffic), Mar 2026)
  • About 47.5 million passengers used Frankfurt from January to September 2026, 0.2% fewer than a year earlier, on Fraport's figures. (Fraport (Sep 2026 traffic), Oct 2026)
  • In August 2026 Fraport forecast about 63.2 million Frankfurt passengers for 2026, roughly the 2025 level, cutting the approximately 65-66 million it had forecast in March 2026. (Fraport (H1 2026 results), Aug 2026)
  • 48.7% of Frankfurt passengers change planes there, Fraport says, in figures given alongside its 2025 data. (Fraport (facts and figures), 2026)
  • The Lufthansa Group had 65% of all seat capacity at Frankfurt in 2025 and is the airport's most important customer, Fraport says. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, competitive position), Mar 2026)
  • Frankfurt had 460,272 aircraft movements in 2025, 20th in the world on ACI World's confirmed ranking. (ACI World (2025 rankings), Jul 2026)
  • ACI World ranked Frankfurt 17th in the world for cargo in 2025, with 2,026,789 tonnes of freight and mail, the most of any European airport in its top 20. (ACI World (2025 rankings), Jul 2026)
  • Scheduled flights are banned at Frankfurt from 23:00 to 05:00, and the whole night from 22:00 to 06:00 is limited to an average of 133 scheduled flights, after a 2012 ruling by Germany's Federal Administrative Court. (BVerwG (night flights ruling), Apr 2012)
  • Fraport opened Terminal 3 on 22 April 2026, with room for up to 19 million passengers a year at first, after investing about €4 billion. (Fraport (Terminal 3 opening), Apr 2026)
  • Fraport's punctuality rate for Frankfurt was 71.8% in 2025. (Fraport (FRA monthly traffic figures), Oct 2026)
  • Fraport Group revenue, adjusted for IFRIC 12 and including its airports abroad, rose 8.2% to €4.21 billion in 2025. (Fraport (2025 results), Mar 2026)
  • About 373,000 people around Frankfurt Airport were exposed in 2022 to daytime aircraft noise above 55 dB(A), according to the Hessian noise action plan of 2024. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, sustainability), Mar 2026)
  • Around 80,000 people work at Frankfurt Airport, which Fraport calls Germany's largest place of employment. (Fraport (facts and figures), 2026)

How many passengers use Frankfurt Airport each year?

Frankfurt is Germany's busiest airport, and its passenger numbers grew in most years from 2004 to a record in 2019. The pandemic cut traffic by almost three quarters, and in 2025 Frankfurt was still below its 2019 level while several rival hubs in Europe set records.

51.1m 2004 54.2m 2007 53.0m 2010 58.0m 2013 60.8m 2016 64.5m 2017 69.5m 2018 70.6m 2019 18.8m 2020 24.8m 2021 48.9m 2022 59.4m 2023 61.6m 2024 63.2m 2025
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Passengers at Frankfurt Airport in selected years, in millions, on Fraport's count. Each year comes from the release for that year; the link is to the latest one.
PeriodValue
200451.1m
200754.2m
201053.0m
201358.0m
201660.8m
201764.5m
201869.5m
201970.6m
202018.8m
202124.8m
202248.9m
202359.4m
202461.6m
202563.2m
Passengers at Frankfurt Airport in selected years, in millions, on Fraport's count. Each year comes from the release for that year; the link is to the latest one. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, ten-year overview), Mar 2026)

Fraport counts commercial passengers arriving, departing and in transit. Eurostat's passengers carried is a different measure and comes out a little lower each year, so the two series are not mixed and the chart uses Fraport's only. The 2025 figure is the annual report's; Fraport's later monthly files may revise a year slightly. Fraport's English annual reports start with 2004, so earlier years are rounded.

How busy is Frankfurt Airport in 2026?

Frankfurt's traffic in 2026 is close to its 2025 level. It grew in January and March, fell sharply in April, mainly because of strikes at Lufthansa, Fraport says, and was roughly flat over the summer, so Fraport cut its forecast for the year in August.

4.13m Jan 3.85m Feb 4.72m Mar 4.75m Apr 5.74m May 5.69m Jun 6.22m Jul 6.31m Aug 6.06m Sep
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Passengers at Frankfurt Airport each month in 2026, in millions, from Fraport's monthly traffic figures.
PeriodValue
Jan4.13m
Feb3.85m
Mar4.72m
Apr4.75m
May5.74m
Jun5.69m
Jul6.22m
Aug6.31m
Sep6.06m
Passengers at Frankfurt Airport each month in 2026, in millions, from Fraport's monthly traffic figures. (Fraport (FRA monthly traffic figures), Oct 2026)
  • 4.1 million passengers flew via Frankfurt in January 2026, up 4.9% on January 2025. (Fraport (Jan 2026 traffic), Feb 2026)
  • February 2026 passengers were flat at about 3.9 million; strike and weather cancellations affected around 70,000 travellers, Fraport says. (Fraport (Feb 2026 traffic), Mar 2026)
  • Frankfurt handled 12.7 million passengers in the first quarter of 2026, up 2.3%. (Fraport (Mar 2026 traffic), Apr 2026)
  • April 2026 passengers fell 11.0% to some 4.8 million, which Fraport put down mainly to strikes at Lufthansa. (Fraport (Apr 2026 traffic), May 2026)
  • May 2026 passengers rose 2.7% to 5.7 million, helped by the timing of holidays and school breaks. (Fraport (May 2026 traffic), Jun 2026)
  • About 28.9 million passengers used Frankfurt in the first half of 2026, 0.8% fewer than a year earlier. (Fraport (Jun and H1 2026 traffic), Jul 2026)
  • July 2026 passengers rose 1.4% to about 6.2 million. (Fraport (Jul 2026 traffic), Aug 2026)
  • August 2026 was Frankfurt's busiest month of the year so far, with around 6.3 million passengers, 0.3% fewer than in August 2025; its two busiest days of 2026 to that point each had more than 220,000 passengers. (Fraport (Aug 2026 traffic), Sep 2026)
  • September 2026 passengers rose 1.6% to 6.1 million. (Fraport (Sep 2026 traffic), Oct 2026)
  • Frankfurt passengers from January to September 2026 were 12.4% below the same months of 2019, and September alone was 9.6% below September 2019, on Fraport's group traffic tables. (Fraport (Group monthly traffic figures), Oct 2026)
  • Fraport's traffic units at Frankfurt totalled 83.9 million in 2025 and 63.0 million from January to September 2026, up 0.2%. (Fraport (FRA monthly traffic figures), Oct 2026)
  • Before Easter, Fraport expected around 3.1 million passengers between 27 March and 12 April 2026, with 721,000 travellers taking off on the first holiday weekend alone. (Fraport (Easter 2026 forecast), Mar 2026)

All figures in this section are Fraport's own preliminary counts; its monthly press releases round differently from its monthly figures file. The Easter figures are a forecast made before the holidays. October 2026 figures were not out when this page was reviewed.

Where do Frankfurt passengers fly to and from?

Europe is Frankfurt's biggest market, and nine in ten passengers fly internationally. In 2026 Middle East traffic fell sharply, which Fraport links to the Iran war, while Africa and the Far East grew.

  1. 1 Far East 3.3m
  2. 2 Africa 1.6m
  3. 3 Middle East 0.88m
Frankfurt passengers to and from three regions in the first half of 2026, in millions, from Fraport's half-year traffic release. Fraport did not give figures for other regions. (Fraport (Jun and H1 2026 traffic), Jul 2026)
  • In 2025 domestic traffic at Frankfurt rose 5.3% on more feeder flights, European traffic 3.7%, intercontinental traffic 0.6% and Far East traffic 3.3%. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, Frankfurt traffic), Mar 2026)
  • Traffic to Southern and Southeastern Europe rose 6.4% in 2025; Thailand grew 35.4%, Israel 40.4% and Lebanon 34.6%. (Fraport (traffic figures 2025), Jan 2026)
  • Of Frankfurt's 61.6 million passengers in 2024, 91.4% were on international flights and 8.6% on domestic flights. (Fraport (facts and figures), 2026)
  • Traffic to the Middle East fell 68.6% in March 2026, which Fraport put down to the consequences of the Iran war. (Fraport (Mar 2026 traffic), Apr 2026)
  • In the same month Africa traffic rose 22.3%, Thailand 32.4%, India 22.2% and China 22.2%. (Fraport (Mar 2026 traffic), Apr 2026)
  • Only about 880,000 passengers travelled between Frankfurt and the Middle East in the first half of 2026, a 35% drop, and the region was still down 27.0% in June. (Fraport (Jun and H1 2026 traffic), Jul 2026)
  • Africa rose 8.0% to 1.6 million passengers in the first half of 2026, and the Far East 6.4% to 3.3 million. (Fraport (Jun and H1 2026 traffic), Jul 2026)
  • Flights to and from destinations in Germany fell 25.2% in September 2026, mainly because services to Bremen and Stuttgart were suspended, Fraport says. (Fraport (Sep 2026 traffic), Oct 2026)

Fraport gives most regional figures as growth rates only; passenger counts by region are from its half-year 2026 release. The war wording is Fraport's. Fraport groups traffic by where the flight goes, not by passenger nationality.

How many Frankfurt passengers are changing planes?

Frankfurt is a hub: close to half of its passengers arrive on one flight and leave on another. Holiday and family travel has grown as a share since 2019, and business travel has not recovered.

64.6% 2019 76% 2025
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Share of Frankfurt passengers travelling for private reasons, from Fraport's figures.
PeriodValue
201964.6%
202576%
Share of Frankfurt passengers travelling for private reasons, from Fraport's figures. (Fraport (facts and figures), 2026)
  • 76% of Frankfurt passengers travelled for private reasons in 2025, against 64.6% in 2019, Fraport says. (Fraport (facts and figures), 2026)
  • Private travel stayed above its 2019 level in 2025, while business travel ended the year below both its 2019 and 2024 levels. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, Frankfurt traffic), Mar 2026)
  • 94 airlines flew from Frankfurt to 301 destinations in 96 countries in 2025, and Fraport says it was the leading European airport for hub connectivity. (Fraport (traffic figures 2025), Jan 2026)

Transfer passengers change planes at Frankfurt and are counted on arrival and again on departure. Fraport does not publish how it measures travel purpose, and its hub connectivity claim does not name the index used.

How much does Frankfurt depend on Lufthansa?

Lufthansa and its group airlines offer most of the seats at Frankfurt, so their schedules and their strikes drive the airport's traffic. Strikes by Lufthansa pilots and cabin crew were the main reason Frankfurt's passenger numbers fell in 2026, Fraport says.

  • Lufthansa Group 65%
  • Other airlines 35%
Share of seat capacity at Frankfurt in 2025, from Fraport's annual report. The other airlines' share is the remainder. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, competitive position), Mar 2026)
  • Lufthansa strikes on six days in April 2026, called by the pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit and the cabin crew union UFO, affected about 500,000 passengers, Fraport says. (Fraport (Apr 2026 traffic), May 2026)
  • Around 100,000 Frankfurt passengers were affected by Lufthansa strikes in mid-March 2026. (Fraport (Mar 2026 traffic), Apr 2026)
  • Fraport says Lufthansa strikes affected almost 700,000 Frankfurt passengers from January to September 2026, and that without them nine-month passenger numbers would have grown by about 1.3%. (Fraport (Sep 2026 traffic), Oct 2026)
  • Condor, the second-largest airline at Frankfurt, plans to move to Terminal 3 in summer 2027. (Fraport (Condor to T3), Feb 2026)
  • 88 airlines were scheduled to fly from Frankfurt to 283 destinations in 92 countries in summer 2026, from 29 March to 24 October. (Fraport (summer 2026 schedule), Mar 2026)

The Lufthansa Group share is of seats offered, not passengers carried, and includes Lufthansa's group airlines. The strike figures are Fraport's estimates of passengers affected, and the 1.3% growth without strikes is Fraport's own estimate. The summer schedule is a plan and flights may change.

How many flights does Frankfurt handle?

Frankfurt has fewer flights than in 2019, but its aircraft are larger and fuller. In 2026 flights have fallen faster than passengers, as airlines cut capacity and fly bigger planes.

477.5k 2004 492.6k 2007 464.4k 2010 472.7k 2013 462.9k 2016 512.1k 2018 513.9k 2019 212.2k 2020 261.9k 2021 382.2k 2022 430.4k 2023 440.9k 2024 460.3k 2025
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Aircraft movements at Frankfurt in selected years, in thousands, on Fraport's count. Each year comes from the release for that year; the link is to the latest one.
PeriodValue
2004477.5k
2007492.6k
2010464.4k
2013472.7k
2016462.9k
2018512.1k
2019513.9k
2020212.2k
2021261.9k
2022382.2k
2023430.4k
2024440.9k
2025460.3k
Aircraft movements at Frankfurt in selected years, in thousands, on Fraport's count. Each year comes from the release for that year; the link is to the latest one. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, Frankfurt traffic), Mar 2026)

Fraport's aircraft movements are civil take-offs and landings of all kinds; passenger flights are a part of that total. Eurostat's commercial passenger flights are a different measure. The seat load factor covers scheduled and charter traffic. The summer schedule is a plan, not flown traffic.

How much cargo goes through Frankfurt?

Frankfurt is Europe's biggest cargo airport on ACI's figures and on Fraport's own, though the tonnage depends on whether transit freight is counted. Volumes are about where they were before the pandemic and grew a little in 2026.

1,703k t 2000 1,951k t 2005 2,270k t 2010 2,076k t 2015 2,089k t 2019 1,911k t 2020 2,271k t 2021 1,967k t 2022 1,868k t 2023 1,991k t 2024 2,027k t 2025
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Freight and mail loaded and unloaded at Frankfurt, in thousand tonnes, on Eurostat's count, which leaves out transit freight.
PeriodValue
20001,703k t
20051,951k t
20102,270k t
20152,076k t
20192,089k t
20201,911k t
20212,271k t
20221,967k t
20231,868k t
20241,991k t
20252,027k t
Freight and mail loaded and unloaded at Frankfurt, in thousand tonnes, on Eurostat's count, which leaves out transit freight. (Eurostat (avia_gooa freight and mail), Nov 2026)

Two cargo measures are in use. Fraport's headline figure and its monthly releases count airfreight and airmail including transit, about 2.1 million tonnes in 2025. ACI World, Eurostat and Fraport's annual report count freight and mail loaded and unloaded, without transit, about 2.03 million tonnes. Older annual reports do not say which basis they use, so the chart uses Eurostat's single series only.

How does Frankfurt compare with other German airports?

Frankfurt is Germany's largest airport by a wide margin, well ahead of Munich. German air traffic as a whole is still below its 2019 record, and domestic passenger numbers are about half their 2019 level.

226.7m 2019 207.2m 2025
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Passengers at Germany's main airports, in millions, on Destatis figures.
PeriodValue
2019226.7m
2025207.2m
Passengers at Germany's main airports, in millions, on Destatis figures. (Destatis (air traffic 2025), Jan 2026)
  • Fraport says Frankfurt was Germany's largest passenger airport in 2025, ahead of Munich with 43.4 million passengers. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, competitive position), Mar 2026)
  • Germany's main airports counted about 207.2 million passengers in 2025, up 3.9% on 2024 but 8.6% below the 2019 record of 226.7 million, on Destatis figures. (Destatis (air traffic 2025), Jan 2026)
  • International passengers rose 4.1% to 195.3 million, and domestic passengers rose 0.3% to 11.9 million, still 48.4% below 2019. (Destatis (air traffic 2025), Jan 2026)
  • Germany's main airports handled 4.75 million tonnes of air freight in 2025, up 1.7% and 1.4% above 2019. (Destatis (air traffic 2025), Jan 2026)
  • Frankfurt to London Heathrow was the most frequent short-haul route at German main airports in 2025, with 11,000 passenger flights. (Destatis (short-haul flights 2025), May 2026)
  • Next came three domestic routes: Frankfurt to Berlin Brandenburg with almost 11,000 flights, Munich to Frankfurt with 10,700 and Frankfurt to Hamburg with 10,300. (Destatis (short-haul flights 2025), May 2026)
  • 652,000 of the 1.5 million passenger flights at German main airports in 2025, or 45%, were short-haul flights of up to 1,000 km, and 82% of those were international. (Destatis (short-haul flights 2025), May 2026)

Destatis counts international passengers boarding and leaving, but counts domestic passengers only on departure to avoid counting them twice, and leaves out transit. Its totals are national and are not comparable with Fraport's Frankfurt counts, so no Frankfurt share is worked out here. The Munich figure is quoted by Fraport.

Where does Frankfurt rank in Europe and the world?

Frankfurt is one of Europe's six busiest airports for passengers, but just outside the world's top 20. It ranks higher for cargo and flights than for passengers.

  1. 1 Paris-CDG 72.00m
  2. 2 Amsterdam 68.77m
  3. 3 Madrid 68.04m
  4. 4 Frankfurt 63.10m
  5. 5 Barcelona 57.38m
  6. 6 Munich 43.37m
Passengers carried at large EU airports in 2025, in millions, on Eurostat's count. Airports outside the EU, such as Heathrow and Istanbul, are not in this dataset. (Eurostat (avia_paoa, EU airports), Nov 2026)
  • Fraport says Frankfurt ranked sixth among Europe's busiest airports in 2025. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, competitive position), Mar 2026)
  • ACI EUROPE's five busiest airports in 2025 were Heathrow with 84.48 million passengers, Istanbul with 84.44 million, Paris-CDG with 72.02 million, Amsterdam with 68.77 million and Madrid with 68.12 million. (ACI EUROPE (2025 traffic report), Feb 2026)
  • Frankfurt is not in ACI World's top 20 airports by passengers for 2025; 20th place, Kuala Lumpur, had 63,409,501, slightly more than Fraport's own count for Frankfurt. (ACI World (2025 rankings), Jul 2026)
  • Airports worldwide handled 9.8 billion passengers in 2025, ACI World says. (ACI World (2025 rankings), Jul 2026)
  • On Eurostat's count, Frankfurt was fourth among the large EU airports in 2025, behind Paris-CDG with 72,002,540 passengers, Amsterdam with 68,770,805 and Madrid with 68,043,437, and ahead of Barcelona with 57,383,969 and Munich with 43,366,310. (Eurostat (avia_paoa, EU airports), Nov 2026)

ACI World and ACI EUROPE count total passengers at each airport; Eurostat counts passengers carried at EU airports only. ACI World's page does not print Frankfurt's total, so the Kuala Lumpur comparison uses Fraport's count. Rankings from different producers are not mixed.

What is Terminal 3, and what else is being built?

Terminal 3 opened in April 2026 and takes over airlines from Terminal 2, which Fraport then plans to close for modernisation. Fraport also resurfaced the Center runway in March 2026.

up to 19m First phase up to 25m With Pier K
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Terminal 3 capacity in million passengers a year, as given in Fraport's opening release: the first phase with Piers G, H and J, and a possible later phase with Pier K.
PeriodValue
First phaseup to 19m
With Pier Kup to 25m
Terminal 3 capacity in million passengers a year, as given in Fraport's opening release: the first phase with Piers G, H and J, and a possible later phase with Pier K. (Fraport (Terminal 3 opening), Apr 2026)
  • Terminal 3 started regular operation with its first flight on 23 April 2026; ground was broken on 15 October 2015. (Fraport (Terminal 3 opening), Apr 2026)
  • The first phase uses Piers G, H and J; adding Pier K in a later phase could raise capacity to up to 25 million passengers a year. (Fraport (Terminal 3 opening), Apr 2026)
  • 57 airlines were moving permanently to Terminal 3 in four waves, planned to finish by 9 June 2026. (Fraport (Terminal 3 opening), Apr 2026)
  • The terminal has 64 stores and restaurants, and up to 3,000 tradespeople worked on the site at the peak of construction. (Fraport (Terminal 3 opening), Apr 2026)
  • Fraport's 2025 annual report gives Terminal 3 a capacity of around 20 million passengers and says Terminal 2 will then be temporarily closed and modernised. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, strategy), Mar 2026)
  • Fraport closed the Center runway (25C/07C) from 8 to 24 March 2026 to renew the asphalt on around 76,000 square metres. (Fraport (Center runway closure), Mar 2026)
  • The team renewed 2,500 metres of the 4,000-metre runway, moving about 33,000 tonnes of asphalt, and the runway reopened on time. (Fraport (Center runway reopening), Mar 2026)

Fraport gives Terminal 3 two capacity figures: up to 19 million passengers a year in its April 2026 opening release, and around 20 million in its 2025 annual report of March 2026. The airline move dates were plans at the time of the release. The Pier K phase and the Terminal 2 works are plans, with no dates given.

How punctual is Frankfurt, and how do passengers rate it?

Frankfurt's punctuality improved in 2025 and again in 2026, but departures are still less punctual than at Munich or Heathrow. Fraport's own passenger survey shows satisfaction edging up.

  1. 1 Heathrow 78.3%
  2. 2 Munich 76.3%
  3. 3 Madrid 70.6%
  4. 4 Frankfurt 67.0%
  5. 5 Amsterdam 65.2%
  6. 6 Paris-CDG 64.6%
Share of departures within 15 minutes of schedule at six large European airports in 2025, on EUROCONTROL's measure. (EUROCONTROL (Performance Review Report 2025), Mar 2026)

Fraport's punctuality rate and EUROCONTROL's arrival and departure punctuality are different measures: Fraport does not publish its definition, while EUROCONTROL counts arrivals and departures separately within 15 minutes, from airport operator data. They are not compared. Satisfaction is the top-box share in Fraport's own continuous survey.

How much money does Fraport make?

Fraport, which owns and runs Frankfurt Airport and manages airports abroad, earned record revenue in 2025 and returned to positive free cash flow after building Terminal 3. Its airports outside Frankfurt now earn more EBITDA than any of its Frankfurt segments.

€2.59bn 2016 €2.93bn 2017 €3.48bn 2018 €3.71bn 2019 €1.68bn 2020 €2.14bn 2021 €3.19bn 2022 €4.00bn 2023 €4.43bn 2024 €4.43bn 2025
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Fraport Group revenue each year, in billion euros, as reported, including IFRIC 12 construction revenue and its airports abroad.
PeriodValue
2016€2.59bn
2017€2.93bn
2018€3.48bn
2019€3.71bn
2020€1.68bn
2021€2.14bn
2022€3.19bn
2023€4.00bn
2024€4.43bn
2025€4.43bn
Fraport Group revenue each year, in billion euros, as reported, including IFRIC 12 construction revenue and its airports abroad. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, ten-year overview), Mar 2026)
  • Fraport Group EBITDA rose 10.4% to €1.44 billion in 2025, while net profit fell 6.7% to €468.1 million. (Fraport (2025 results), Mar 2026)
  • Reported Group revenue, including IFRIC 12 construction revenue at its concessions, was €4,432.2 million in 2025, against €3,705.8 million in 2019 and €1,677.0 million in 2020. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, ten-year overview), Mar 2026)
  • Group EBITDA was minus €250.6 million in 2020 and the Group result a loss of €690.4 million. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, ten-year overview), Mar 2026)
  • The Group EBITDA margin was 32.4% in 2025, against 29.4%, and free cash flow was €24.4 million, against minus €674.7 million in 2024. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, at a glance), Mar 2026)
  • Net financial debt was €8,190.5 million at the end of 2025, 5.7 times EBITDA, and Fraport proposed a dividend of €1.00 a share, its first since the dividend for 2018. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, at a glance), Mar 2026)
  • Fraport's airports outside Frankfurt earned €1,460.7 million of revenue adjusted for IFRIC 12 in 2025, up 6.2%, and €605.9 million of EBITDA. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, segments), Mar 2026)
  • Group revenue was €853.4 million in the first quarter of 2026, adjusted for IFRIC 12, up 5.2%; EBITDA rose 10.4% to €196.0 million and the Group result was minus €33.1 million. (Fraport (Q1 2026 results), May 2026)
  • Group revenue was €2,069.1 million in the first half of 2026, up 4.0%; EBITDA rose 3.8% to €582.3 million, and net profit fell 47.7% to €51.6 million. (Fraport (H1 2026 results), Aug 2026)
  • In August 2026 Fraport forecast 2026 Group EBITDA of up to around €1.5 billion. (Fraport (H1 2026 results), Aug 2026)
  • Passengers across the airports Fraport manages rose 5.3% to 183.7 million in 2025, including records of about 25.5 million at Lima and about 37.1 million at 14 Greek regional airports. (Fraport (traffic figures 2025), Jan 2026)
  • Antalya, where Fraport holds 51% of the capital, handled about 38.9 million passengers in 2025; about 27% of its international passengers came from Germany. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, Group sites), Mar 2026)
  • From January to September 2026 Lima had 19,608,829 passengers, up 2.8%, the Greek airports 33,412,717, up 5.1%, and Antalya 30,159,689, down 3.2%. (Fraport (Group monthly traffic figures), Oct 2026)
  • Against 2019, Lima was 11.1% higher and the Greek airports 27.6% higher over January to September 2026. (Fraport (Group monthly traffic figures, 2019 base), Oct 2026)

All figures in this section are for the Fraport Group, which includes Frankfurt and airports abroad such as Lima and the Greek regional airports; Antalya is held at equity. Reported revenue includes IFRIC 12 construction revenue at concessions, so it is higher than the adjusted figure, and prior years are not restated. The EBITDA figure for 2026 is a forecast.

What does Frankfurt Airport earn, and what does it charge airlines?

The Aviation business, mostly airport charges paid by airlines, brings in the most revenue at Frankfurt, and charges are rising each year under a deal with the airlines. Shops and property earn a high margin, while ground handling returned to a small profit at EBITDA level in 2025.

  1. 1 International Activities €605.9m
  2. 2 Aviation (Frankfurt) €422.4m
  3. 3 Retail & Real Estate (Frankfurt) €386.1m
  4. 4 Ground Handling (Frankfurt) €22.5m
EBITDA of Fraport's four segments in 2025, in million euros, from its annual report. International Activities covers airports outside Frankfurt; the other three are Frankfurt businesses. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, segments), Mar 2026)
  • Fraport's Aviation segment at Frankfurt earned €1,342.0 million of revenue in 2025, up 8.7%, including €1,008.2 million from airport charges and €272.6 million from aviation security charges. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, segments), Mar 2026)
  • Aviation segment EBITDA rose 13.1% to €422.4 million. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, segments), Mar 2026)
  • The Retail & Real Estate segment earned €551.3 million of revenue and €386.1 million of EBITDA; Fraport's net retail revenue was €3.29 per passenger, against €3.35 in 2024. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, segments), Mar 2026)
  • Ground Handling revenue rose 14.9% to €856.5 million, and its EBITDA turned positive at €22.5 million, from minus €39.8 million. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, segments), Mar 2026)
  • Frankfurt airport charges rose by an average of 5.7% from 1 January 2025 and 3.9% from 1 January 2026, under a charges agreement with the airlines for 2025 to 2028. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, notes), Mar 2026)
  • Airport charges made up 36.80% of Fraport AG's revenue in 2025, against 36.29% in 2024. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, notes), Mar 2026)

Aviation, Retail & Real Estate and Ground Handling are Fraport's Frankfurt segments. The 36.80% share is of revenue at Fraport AG, the parent company, not the Group. Net retail revenue per passenger is what Fraport takes from shops, restaurants and advertising, not what passengers spend. Charges are approved by the Hessian transport ministry.

What are Frankfurt's night-flight rules, and how many people are affected by noise?

Frankfurt has one of Europe's strictest night-flight regimes, set by Germany's highest administrative court in 2012. Even so, the Hessian authorities count hundreds of thousands of people around the airport exposed to aircraft noise by day.

373k Day, over 55 dB(A) 82k Night, over 50 dB(A)
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People around Frankfurt Airport exposed to aircraft noise in 2022, in thousands, from the Hessian noise action plan as quoted by Fraport: by day above 55 dB(A), by night above 50 dB(A).
PeriodValue
Day, over 55 dB(A)373k
Night, over 50 dB(A)82k
People around Frankfurt Airport exposed to aircraft noise in 2022, in thousands, from the Hessian noise action plan as quoted by Fraport: by day above 55 dB(A), by night above 50 dB(A). (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, sustainability), Mar 2026)
  • The 2007 planning approval for the new runway had allowed an average of 150 scheduled flights per night between 22:00 and 06:00; the Federal Administrative Court ruled on 4 April 2012 that this was too many. (BVerwG (night flights ruling), Apr 2012)
  • About 82,000 people around the airport were exposed to night-time noise above 50 dB(A) in 2022. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, sustainability), Mar 2026)
  • Under Frankfurt's noise respite model, single runways are not used in turn during the two shoulder hours of the night, extending the six-hour quiet period by one hour in some areas. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, sustainability), Mar 2026)
  • Fraport Group's Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions fell 31.6% to 109,171 tonnes of CO2e in 2025, from 159,496 tonnes. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, at a glance), Mar 2026)

The night rules are averages over the calendar year, and delayed and emergency flights fall under separate rules not covered here. The noise counts are made by the Hessian authorities and repeated in Fraport's annual report. Scope 1 and 2 emissions are Fraport Group's own and leave out aircraft.

How many people work at Frankfurt Airport?

Frankfurt Airport is Germany's largest place of employment, Fraport says, with many employers on the site. Fraport Group's own staff numbers have grown since 2023 but are still below 2019.

20.3k 2016 20.7k 2017 22.0k 2018 22.5k 2019 21.2k 2020 18.4k 2021 18.9k 2022 17.8k 2023 19.0k 2024 19.6k 2025
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Average number of Fraport Group employees each year, in thousands, including staff abroad, from its ten-year overview.
PeriodValue
201620.3k
201720.7k
201822.0k
201922.5k
202021.2k
202118.4k
202218.9k
202317.8k
202419.0k
202519.6k
Average number of Fraport Group employees each year, in thousands, including staff abroad, from its ten-year overview. (Fraport (Annual Report 2025, ten-year overview), Mar 2026)

The figure of around 80,000 covers everyone working on the airport site for all employers and is Fraport's estimate. Fraport Group employee counts cover only Fraport's own staff, including those at airports abroad, so the two are not compared.

Glossary

FRA
The IATA code for Frankfurt Airport.
Fraport
Fraport AG, the company that owns and runs Frankfurt Airport and manages airports in other countries. The Fraport Group includes those airports.
ACI
Airports Council International, the trade body for airport operators. ACI World publishes global rankings; ACI EUROPE covers Europe.
EUROCONTROL
The European organisation that manages air traffic across its member states and reviews airport punctuality.
Eurostat
The statistical office of the European Union, which publishes passenger and freight data for EU airports.
Destatis
Germany's Federal Statistical Office, which publishes air traffic figures for Germany's main airports.
BVerwG
Germany's Federal Administrative Court, which ruled on Frankfurt's night flights in 2012.
Transfer passengers
Passengers who change planes at Frankfurt.
Transit
Passengers or freight that stay on board a flight stopping at the airport. Fraport's passenger count includes transit passengers; its headline cargo figure includes transit freight.
Aircraft movements
Take-offs and landings. Fraport's figures cover civil traffic only.
Seat load factor
Passengers as a share of seats offered on scheduled and charter flights.
MTOW
Maximum take-off weight, the heaviest weight an aircraft is certified to take off at. Some airport charges are based on it.
Traffic units
Fraport's combined measure of passengers and cargo at the airport.
EBITDA
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation.
IFRIC 12
An accounting rule under which construction work at airports run under concession is booked as revenue. Fraport also reports revenue without it.
dB(A)
Decibels weighted to match human hearing, the usual unit for aircraft noise levels.
Scope 1 and 2
Greenhouse gas emissions from an organisation's own sources and from the energy it buys. They leave out aircraft.
Pier
A section of a terminal with its own gates. Terminal 3 has Piers G, H and J, with Pier K planned.

Methodology and sources

Figures come from Fraport's annual reports from 2004 to 2025, its monthly traffic figures for Frankfurt and the Group, its press releases and facts page, Eurostat, Destatis, Germany's Federal Administrative Court, ACI World, ACI EUROPE and EUROCONTROL. Each figure links to the body that produced it, with the date. Fraport's passenger counts, Eurostat's passengers carried and Destatis's national totals are kept apart, as are cargo with and without transit freight, Fraport's and EUROCONTROL's punctuality measures, and Fraport Group figures and Frankfurt figures. Strike and Middle East figures are Fraport's own, in its wording. Forecasts and plans are labelled with who made them and when. The page is reviewed monthly and the date is shown at the top.