Airport Statistics Updated November 2026

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234 Munich Airport Statistics for 2026

Munich Airport handled 43,394,442 commercial passengers in 2025 on the count of its operator, Flughafen München GmbH (FMG), 4.4% more than in 2024 but still 9.5% below 2019. It is one of Lufthansa's two hubs, and 42% of its passengers change planes there. Traffic slipped in 2026, with 31,880,591 passengers from January to September, 2.8% fewer than a year earlier.

This page brings together the main figures on Munich Airport (MUC): passengers each year and in 2026, the months of the year, domestic and international traffic, routes, who flies, Lufthansa, flights, cargo, Germany's airports, rankings, punctuality, the new Terminal 1 pier and the third runway, FMG's finances, jobs, emissions and noise. Every number links to the body that published it, with the date.

Munich figures depend on who counts. FMG counts commercial passengers, arriving, departing and in transit, and also gives a total that adds non-commercial traffic. Eurostat counts passengers carried; the German airports association ADV and Bavaria's statistics office publish their own tables. Aircraft movements and cargo each have several definitions too, so every figure here names its producer and what it counts.

Headline figures

How many passengers use Munich Airport each year?

Munich grew from 12 million passengers in 1992, the year it moved to its present site, to almost 48 million in 2019, then lost most of its traffic in the pandemic. It has recovered well since, but in 2025 it was still clearly below its 2019 level.

12.0m 1992 14.9m 1995 23.1m 2000 28.6m 2005 34.5m 2008 34.7m 2010 41.0m 2015 44.6m 2017 47.9m 2019 11.1m 2020 12.5m 2021 31.6m 2022 37.0m 2023 41.6m 2024 43.4m 2025
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Commercial passengers at Munich Airport in selected years, in millions, from FMG's table of traffic results since 1949.
PeriodValue
199212.0m
199514.9m
200023.1m
200528.6m
200834.5m
201034.7m
201541.0m
201744.6m
201947.9m
202011.1m
202112.5m
202231.6m
202337.0m
202441.6m
202543.4m
Commercial passengers at Munich Airport in selected years, in millions, from FMG's table of traffic results since 1949. (Munich Airport (Statistical Annual Report 2025), 2026)

FMG's commercial passengers are terminal passengers (arriving and departing, transfer passengers included) plus transit passengers who stay on board; non-commercial and military traffic are left out. Its total passengers add non-commercial traffic. Eurostat's passengers carried leave out direct transit, so the series differ slightly and are not mixed; the chart uses FMG's series only. Until May 1992 Munich's airport was at Riem.

How busy is Munich Airport in 2026?

Munich is having a weaker year than most large European airports. It grew in the first quarter, fell hard in April when strikes hit, and was still slightly below 2025 over the summer.

2.68m Jan 2.60m Feb 3.15m Mar 3.05m Apr 3.59m May 3.88m Jun 4.25m Jul 4.37m Aug 4.30m Sep
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Total passengers at Munich Airport each month in 2026, in millions, from FMG's monthly traffic report.
PeriodValue
Jan2.68m
Feb2.60m
Mar3.15m
Apr3.05m
May3.59m
Jun3.88m
Jul4.25m
Aug4.37m
Sep4.30m
Total passengers at Munich Airport each month in 2026, in millions, from FMG's monthly traffic report. (Munich Airport (2026 monthly traffic report), Oct 2026)

FMG's 2026 monthly figures are provisional and include non-commercial passengers; growth rates compare with the same month of 2025. ACI EUROPE reports growth on its own basis, and the strike explanation is ACI EUROPE's. Bavaria's statistics office uses Destatis data, which count take-offs and landings differently from FMG. October 2026 figures were not out when this page was reviewed.

How does traffic at Munich change through the year?

Munich is a summer airport. From June to October 2025 each month had more than four million passengers, while January and February had well under three million each.

2.58m Jan 2.41m Feb 3.11m Mar 3.65m Apr 3.94m May 4.10m Jun 4.28m Jul 4.39m Aug 4.35m Sep 4.18m Oct 3.25m Nov 3.17m Dec
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Total passengers at Munich Airport each month in 2025, in millions, from FMG's monthly traffic report.
PeriodValue
Jan2.58m
Feb2.41m
Mar3.11m
Apr3.65m
May3.94m
Jun4.10m
Jul4.28m
Aug4.39m
Sep4.35m
Oct4.18m
Nov3.25m
Dec3.17m
Total passengers at Munich Airport each month in 2025, in millions, from FMG's monthly traffic report. (Munich Airport (2025 monthly traffic report), Jan 2026)

FMG's monthly passengers include non-commercial traffic; Eurostat's passengers carried are a different measure and are not mixed with them. ACI EUROPE growth lists rank airports by growth rate, not by size. The summer 2025 figures cover FMG's summer schedule period, not the calendar year.

Where do Munich passengers fly to and from?

Munich is above all a European airport, but its long-haul traffic is what has come back best: intercontinental passengers passed their 2019 level in 2025. Flights within Germany are the weak spot and remain well below their pre-pandemic level.

  • Germany 6.11m
  • Europe 27.09m
  • Outside Europe 10.16m
Scheduled and charter passengers at Munich in 2025 by market, in millions, on ADV's count. Europe here leaves out Germany, so the three parts make up the total. (ADV (December 2025 monthly statistics), Jan 2026)

Three producers split Munich's traffic in three ways, and their counts are not combined: FMG counts direct (terminal) passengers by route, ADV counts scheduled and charter passengers by market, and Eurostat counts passengers carried by route type. FMG's segment figures for intercontinental, continental and domestic traffic are rounded and come from its annual traffic report.

What are the most popular routes from Munich?

Domestic links to Hamburg, Frankfurt and Berlin and the London Heathrow route each carry around a million passengers a year. Outside Europe, Dubai, New York and Bangkok are FMG's top destinations, and airlines keep adding long-haul links.

  1. 1 London Heathrow 1,304k
  2. 2 Hamburg 1,281k
  3. 3 Frankfurt 1,012k
  4. 4 Berlin Brandenburg 918k
  5. 5 Düsseldorf 912k
  6. 6 Madrid 888k
  7. 7 Paris CDG 830k
  8. 8 Barcelona 816k
  9. 9 Amsterdam 806k
  10. 10 Palma de Mallorca 756k
Passengers on ten of Munich's main routes in 2024, in thousands, both directions, on Eurostat's count of passengers carried. (Eurostat (avia_par_de routes), 2026)

FMG's top destinations are for 2025 and count by city, so New York combines JFK and Newark. Eurostat's route data are for 2024, the latest full year published, and count airport pairs, so the two lists are not compared. Schedules and new routes are airline and FMG plans for the season named and may change.

Who uses Munich Airport, and how do they get there?

Most Munich passengers are travelling for private reasons, but business travel is a bigger share than at other large German airports, FMG says. Just over half of the passengers in FMG's survey live outside Germany.

  • Up to 29 23%
  • 30-39 25%
  • 40-49 20%
  • 50-59 18%
  • 60 and older 14%
Munich passengers by age group in 2025, from FMG's passenger survey. The average age was 42. (Munich Airport (Annual Traffic Report 2025, passenger survey), May 2026)

Survey figures come from FMG's own passenger survey and are extrapolated to all passengers. Transfer passengers change planes at Munich; originating passengers start or end their trip there. The figures on how passengers reach the airport by mode are not given here because the published chart could not be read reliably.

How much does Munich depend on Lufthansa?

Munich is one of Lufthansa's two hubs, and the airline co-owns Terminal 2, so its fleet and network plans shape the airport. Lufthansa is putting its newest long-haul jets in Munich while cutting German feeder flights.

€331m 2024 €352m 2025
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Revenue of Terminal 2 Gesellschaft, the company that runs Munich's Terminal 2, in million euros, from Lufthansa's annual report.
PeriodValue
2024€331m
2025€352m
Revenue of Terminal 2 Gesellschaft, the company that runs Munich's Terminal 2, in million euros, from Lufthansa's annual report. (Lufthansa (Annual Report 2025), Mar 2026)
  • Lufthansa Airlines, including regional partners and Discover Airlines, carried 65,706 thousand passengers in 2025 across its whole network; it has hubs at Frankfurt and Munich, which it calls the two biggest German airports. (Lufthansa (Annual Report 2025), Mar 2026)
  • Lufthansa holds 40.00% of the company that runs Terminal 2, whose profit from continuing operations was €52m in 2025, against €43m in 2024. (Lufthansa (Annual Report 2025), Mar 2026)
  • FMG holds the other 60 percent; Terminal 2 and its satellite, opened in 2016, have a capacity of 36 million passengers a year. (Munich Airport (Lufthansa growth strategy release), Mar 2026)
  • FMG and Lufthansa have extended their joint venture through 2056, including work on expanded Terminal 2 infrastructure. (Munich Airport (Integrated Report 2025, foreword), Jul 2026)
  • All eight Lufthansa A380s are flying again; the last re-entered service at Munich in the first quarter of 2025, and ten A350-900s with the Allegris cabin were in service in Munich at the end of 2025. (Lufthansa (Annual Report 2025), Mar 2026)
  • Lufthansa City Airlines flew eleven A320neo and four A319 aircraft out of Munich at the end of 2025 and plans 20 A320neos, four A319s and one A220 by the end of 2026. (Lufthansa (Annual Report 2025), Mar 2026)
  • Since October 2025, Lufthansa Ground Services has handled all Lufthansa Group flights at Munich except those of Lufthansa Airlines and Discover Airlines. (Lufthansa (Annual Report 2025), Mar 2026)
  • Lufthansa's first A350-1000 landed at its Munich home base on 11 November 2026; the Group has ordered 15 for delivery by 2030, the first ten to be based in Munich, each seating 300 passengers in four classes. (Lufthansa (first A350-1000 release), Nov 2026)
  • FMG says nine more A350-1000s will gradually be based in Munich after the first. (Munich Airport (winter 2026/27 schedule), Oct 2026)
  • Lufthansa Airlines cut more than 50 frequencies on feeder routes from summer 2026, such as Munich to Cologne, Düsseldorf and Berlin, citing the high cost burden for flights to and from Germany, and dropped Munich-Tallinn and Munich-Oviedo. (Lufthansa (summer 2026 network release), Oct 2025)
  • Munich has had three ground handling licences since the end of 2025, and the yearly average market share of FMG's handling subsidiary AeroGround fell around 7 points to 87%. (Munich Airport (Integrated Report 2025, aviation), Jul 2026)

Lufthansa's passenger figure covers its whole network, not Munich alone; Lufthansa does not publish a Munich-only count in its annual report. Fleet numbers and A350-1000 basing are Lufthansa and FMG plans as of the dates shown.

How many flights does Munich handle?

Munich has far fewer flights than before the pandemic, and EUROCONTROL lists it among the major hubs still well below 2019. Passengers have recovered faster than flights, and in 2026 movements fell again.

192.2k 1992 319.0k 2000 398.8k 2005 431.8k 2007 432.3k 2008 389.9k 2010 379.9k 2015 417.1k 2019 146.8k 2020 153.1k 2021 285.0k 2022 302.2k 2023 327.2k 2024 337.4k 2025
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Aircraft movements at Munich Airport in selected years, in thousands, from FMG's table of traffic results since 1949.
PeriodValue
1992192.2k
2000319.0k
2005398.8k
2007431.8k
2008432.3k
2010389.9k
2015379.9k
2019417.1k
2020146.8k
2021153.1k
2022285.0k
2023302.2k
2024327.2k
2025337.4k
Aircraft movements at Munich Airport in selected years, in thousands, from FMG's table of traffic results since 1949. (Munich Airport (Statistical Annual Report 2025), 2026)

Five counts of flights are in use and none is compared with another. FMG's aircraft movements are all take-offs and landings except military ones; its commercial movements leave out non-commercial flights. Bavaria's statistics office uses Destatis data on commercial traffic, Eurostat counts commercial passenger flights only, and EUROCONTROL counts flights under instrument flight rules (IFR). EUROCONTROL's daily data do not give causes, and no day is linked here to a strike.

How much cargo goes through Munich?

Munich cargo is now back around its pre-pandemic level and kept growing in 2026 while passengers fell. Almost nine in ten tonnes fly in the holds of passenger jets.

192k t 2004 238k t 2006 265k t 2008 291k t 2010 290k t 2012 309k t 2014 354k t 2016 379k t 2017 368k t 2018 350k t 2019 150k t 2020 173k t 2021 267k t 2022 284k t 2023 311k t 2024 341k t 2025
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Freight and mail loaded and unloaded at Munich in selected years, in thousand tonnes, on Eurostat's count, which leaves out transit freight.
PeriodValue
2004192k t
2006238k t
2008265k t
2010291k t
2012290k t
2014309k t
2016354k t
2017379k t
2018368k t
2019350k t
2020150k t
2021173k t
2022267k t
2023284k t
2024311k t
2025341k t
Freight and mail loaded and unloaded at Munich in selected years, in thousand tonnes, on Eurostat's count, which leaves out transit freight. (Eurostat (avia_gooa freight and mail), Nov 2026)

Munich cargo has several definitions, and each figure here gives its own. FMG's cargo is terminal air freight plus terminal mail, without transit; its terminal air freight leaves out mail and transit; its commercial air freight includes transit freight. ADV, Eurostat and Bavaria's statistics office use their own counting rules. None of these figures includes trucked freight, and they are not compared with each other.

How does Munich compare with other German airports?

Munich and Frankfurt are the two biggest German airports, as Lufthansa puts it, far ahead of Berlin and Düsseldorf. Munich handles most of the air traffic in Bavaria.

  1. 1 Frankfurt 63.19m
  2. 2 Munich 43.39m
  3. 3 Berlin 26.05m
  4. 4 Düsseldorf 21.03m
  5. 5 Hamburg 14.77m
  6. 6 Cologne/Bonn 10.06m
  7. 7 Stuttgart 9.59m
  8. 8 Hanover 5.34m
  9. 9 Nuremberg 4.51m
Passengers at nine German airports in 2025, in millions, arriving plus departing, on ADV's count. (ADV (December 2025 monthly statistics), Jan 2026)

ADV, the German airports association, collects figures from its member airports, and its Munich passenger count equals FMG's commercial passengers. Destatis uses its own counting rule, so its national total is lower than ADV's and the two are not compared. Bavaria's statistics office works with Destatis data.

Where does Munich rank in Europe and the world?

Munich is a top-ten airport in Europe for passengers and does better still on connections and passenger ratings. Its Skytrax ranking has slipped since the mid-2010s, though it is still in the world's top ten.

  1. 1 London-LHR 84.5m
  2. 2 Istanbul-IST 84.4m
  3. 3 Paris-CDG 72.0m
  4. 4 Amsterdam 68.8m
  5. 5 Madrid 68.1m
  6. 6 Frankfurt 63.2m
  7. 7 Barcelona 57.4m
  8. 8 Rome-FCO 51.0m
  9. 9 Istanbul-SAW 48.4m
  10. 10 Munich 43.4m
Passengers at Europe's ten busiest airports in 2025, in millions, as printed in FMG's annual traffic report from Airports Council International figures. Russian airports are not included. (Munich Airport (Annual Traffic Report 2025, European ranking), May 2026)

Each rank belongs to its producer and scope. Destatis ranks EU airports only, on Eurostat data, so UK and Turkish airports are missing; FMG's European ranking uses ACI figures for wider Europe. Connectivity ranks come from ACI EUROPE's June 2025 report, based on schedules. Skytrax ranks come from its own passenger survey.

How punctual is Munich, and how fast is security?

Munich was one of Europe's more punctual large airports in 2025, with a big jump in on-time departures. Delays caused by air traffic control are rare there, and FMG says most passengers get through security in minutes.

  1. 1 Munich arrivals 80.4%
  2. 2 Top 30 arrivals 76.5%
  3. 3 Munich departures 76.3%
  4. 4 Top 30 departures 71.5%
Share of flights within 15 minutes of schedule in 2025, at Munich and on average at Europe's top 30 airports, on EUROCONTROL's measure. (EUROCONTROL (Performance Review Report 2025), Mar 2026)

EUROCONTROL counts arrivals and departures within 15 minutes of schedule separately (OTP15). FMG does not publish how it measures its own punctuality rate, so the two are not compared. Security waiting times and the Passenger Experience Index are FMG's own figures.

What is being built at Munich, and what about the third runway?

The Terminal 1 pier for non-Schengen flights opened in 2026, and FMG and Lufthansa plan a further Terminal 2 pier for the mid-2030s. The third runway has had final legal approval since 2015 but stays frozen by Bavarian politics.

  1. 1 Passengers 36%
  2. 2 Take-offs and landings around 30%
The Terminal 2 satellite's share of Terminal 2 traffic, from FMG's release marking its ten years in operation. (Munich Airport (satellite ten years release), Apr 2026)

Capacity figures are FMG's design figures. The T-Pier is a plan by FMG and Lufthansa, with the opening date as stated in July 2026. The third runway has legal approval, but building it is on hold under a political moratorium agreed by Bavaria's governing coalition.

How much money does Munich Airport make?

FMG has been back in profit since 2023, and 2025 was its strongest year since the pandemic. Airport charges paid by airlines are its biggest income, and they now bring in more than in 2019 even with fewer flights.

€1,188m 2022 €1,373m 2023 €1,621m 2024 €1,761m 2025
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Munich Airport Group revenue each year, in million euros, under IFRS, from FMG's Integrated Report 2025.
PeriodValue
2022€1,188m
2023€1,373m
2024€1,621m
2025€1,761m
Munich Airport Group revenue each year, in million euros, under IFRS, from FMG's Integrated Report 2025. (Munich Airport (Integrated Report 2025, data tables), Jul 2026)

All figures are for the Munich Airport Group, FMG and its subsidiaries, under IFRS, from the audited Integrated Report 2025; FMG's preliminary figures of March 2026 are not used. Revenue excludes other income. The 2025 investment figure for property at Munich has a different scope from the group investment figure.

How many people work at Munich Airport?

FMG calls the airport campus one of Germany's largest employment sites, but most of the people there work for airlines, shops and other firms, not for FMG. The FMG group itself employs about 9,000.

8,610 2022 8,362 2023 9,059 2024 8,977 2025
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Munich Airport Group employees at 31 December each year, not counting apprentices, minor and temporary workers or interns, from FMG's Integrated Report 2025.
PeriodValue
20228,610
20238,362
20249,059
20258,977
Munich Airport Group employees at 31 December each year, not counting apprentices, minor and temporary workers or interns, from FMG's Integrated Report 2025. (Munich Airport (Integrated Report 2025, employee structure), Jul 2026)

The campus figure counts everyone working there for all employers and is FMG's own figure; the jobs and value-added figures are FMG estimates. Group figures cover FMG and its subsidiaries only, as a yearly average or at year-end, and are not compared with the campus figure.

What are Munich Airport's emissions, and how much noise does it make?

FMG has cut the emissions it controls per passenger by almost half since 2005 and aims for net zero operations by 2035, though its total was higher in 2025 than in 2022. Aircraft noise is regulated tightly at night, and FMG used only about half of its night noise quota in 2025.

90.4k t 2022 90.5k t 2023 95.0k t 2024 94.6k t 2025
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CO2 emissions attributable to Munich Airport, scope 1 and 2, in thousand tonnes, from FMG's Integrated Report 2025. Aircraft emissions are not included.
PeriodValue
202290.4k t
202390.5k t
202495.0k t
202594.6k t
CO2 emissions attributable to Munich Airport, scope 1 and 2, in thousand tonnes, from FMG's Integrated Report 2025. Aircraft emissions are not included. (Munich Airport (Integrated Report 2025, data tables), Jul 2026)

Scope 1 and 2 cover the airport operator's own sources and the energy it buys, not aircraft. The net zero goal is FMG's target, not a result. Night is 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. under the night-flight rules of 23 March 2001. Noise levels are averages over the six busiest months, as FMG reports them.

Glossary

MUC
The IATA code for Munich Airport.
FMG
Flughafen München GmbH, the company that owns and runs Munich Airport. It calls itself Munich Airport and is owned by Bavaria, Germany and the City of Munich.
ADV
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen, the German airports association, which publishes monthly traffic figures for its member airports.
Destatis
Germany's Federal Statistical Office. Bavaria's State Office for Statistics publishes its Bavarian airport data.
Eurostat
The statistical office of the European Union, which publishes passenger and freight data for EU airports.
EUROCONTROL
The European organisation that manages air traffic across its member states and reviews airport punctuality.
ACI
Airports Council International, the trade body for airport operators. ACI World works globally; ACI EUROPE covers Europe.
BVerwG
Germany's Federal Administrative Court, which made the third runway approval final in 2015.
Commercial passengers
FMG's headline count: arriving and departing passengers plus transit passengers, without non-commercial traffic.
Transfer passengers
Passengers who change planes at Munich. FMG counts them in its terminal passengers.
Transit
Passengers or freight that stay on board a flight stopping at Munich.
Aircraft movements
Take-offs and landings. FMG's total leaves out military flights.
IFR
Instrument flight rules, under which commercial flights operate; EUROCONTROL counts IFR flights.
OTP15
On-time performance: the share of flights within 15 minutes of schedule, EUROCONTROL's punctuality measure.
ATFM delay
Delay given to a flight by air traffic flow management when capacity is short.
ASMA
Arrival sequencing and metering area, the airspace around an airport where arriving aircraft are lined up. Additional ASMA time is time spent there above an unimpeded flight.
Belly cargo
Freight carried in the hold of a passenger aircraft.
EBITDA
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation.
Scope 1 and 2
Greenhouse gas emissions from an organisation's own sources and from the energy it buys. They leave out aircraft.
dB(A)
Decibels weighted to match human hearing, the usual unit for aircraft noise levels.
Schengen
The group of European countries without passport checks between them. Flights to other countries use the non-Schengen areas, such as the new Terminal 1 pier.

Methodology and sources

Figures come from FMG's annual traffic report, monthly traffic reports, statistical annual report, Integrated Report, environmental statement, night flight report and press releases; Eurostat; ADV; Destatis and Bavaria's State Office for Statistics; Munich's statistics office; Bavaria's transport ministry; Germany's Federal Administrative Court; EUROCONTROL; ACI EUROPE and ACI World; Airport Carbon Accreditation; Lufthansa; and Skytrax. Each figure links to the body that produced it, with the date. Passenger counts from FMG, ADV, Eurostat and Destatis are kept apart, as are the different counts of flights and cargo, and FMG's and EUROCONTROL's punctuality measures. Rankings are given with their producer and scope. Forecasts and plans are labelled with who made them and when. The page is reviewed monthly and the date is shown at the top.