Seeing both airports of Istanbul in top10 is insane
dreamyangel on
Data is beautiful -> top 10 barchart
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WunkerWanker on
“Europe’s Busiest Airports” – includes airport in Asia.
Edit: For all the downvoters: Look where SAW airport is located, I’m not talking about IST.
Ribbitor123 on
London Heathrow struggles on with only two runways. Hilariously, a third one was first proposed publically back in 2003 and they’re still debating whether they need to build it.
missuseme on
It’s always wild to me to think more than the entire UK population flies through Heathrow every single year.
Okano666 on
Ah this explains why UK are TOP GDP
ethereal3xp on
Which is considered the best amongst these listed?
motorbit on
Very glad not to see my city on that chart. I live in Hamburg: 1.9M inhabitants, 7.7M tourists 2025. Planes are banned from flying over or landing here at night. our airport had 14,8M passengers in 2025 and i am happy its not any larger.
geviar on
Funny LHR ans IST so close, and MAD and AMS so close.
Outrageous_Concept_1 on
I remember when IST was the old IST. It had an absolutely blinding lounge, it was easy to get around and to/from. I used to go out of way to stop there. Last year I again intentionally flew to Istanbul. I cannot describe the disappointment.
The walk from one gate to another was such a crazy distance, and immigration took ages.
Food and drink in the airport were extortionately priced.
It is unbelievably far from the city, and there is ***nothing*** near by. We stayed the night in some propped up hotel town, was painful.
And the star alliance lounge, once amazing, is decidedly meh, soulless compared to the previous edition.
I had arranged it so we were stopping there again on the way back, and I did everything I could to change the flight home. I failed. And that was the last time I’ll visit IST.
jmorais00 on
And LHR has only 2 runways
mathgoy on
does it include domestic? international? transit?
LongPotato1052 on
What amazed me about Frankfurt is that no flights are allowed between 23:00 and 05:00 (I think it was a restriction to limit noise for nearby residents). Really strange for a high traffic international airport.
Also sucks if your flight is delayed and you have to stay overnight and then miss all your connecting flights like we experienced.
flippertyflip on
Famous ‘London’ airport.
Also Istanbul is on there twice.
3BouSs on
Technically SAW airport is on the Asian side of the city, so it shouldn’t count towards Europe.
![[OC] Europe’s Busiest Airports](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wpe1b5u1q1jg1-847x1024.jpeg "[OC] Europe’s Busiest Airports")
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Seeing both airports of Istanbul in top10 is insane
Data is beautiful -> top 10 barchart
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“Europe’s Busiest Airports” – includes airport in Asia.
Edit: For all the downvoters: Look where SAW airport is located, I’m not talking about IST.
London Heathrow struggles on with only two runways. Hilariously, a third one was first proposed publically back in 2003 and they’re still debating whether they need to build it.
It’s always wild to me to think more than the entire UK population flies through Heathrow every single year.
Ah this explains why UK are TOP GDP
Which is considered the best amongst these listed?
Very glad not to see my city on that chart. I live in Hamburg: 1.9M inhabitants, 7.7M tourists 2025. Planes are banned from flying over or landing here at night. our airport had 14,8M passengers in 2025 and i am happy its not any larger.
Funny LHR ans IST so close, and MAD and AMS so close.
I remember when IST was the old IST. It had an absolutely blinding lounge, it was easy to get around and to/from. I used to go out of way to stop there. Last year I again intentionally flew to Istanbul. I cannot describe the disappointment.
The walk from one gate to another was such a crazy distance, and immigration took ages.
Food and drink in the airport were extortionately priced.
It is unbelievably far from the city, and there is ***nothing*** near by. We stayed the night in some propped up hotel town, was painful.
And the star alliance lounge, once amazing, is decidedly meh, soulless compared to the previous edition.
I had arranged it so we were stopping there again on the way back, and I did everything I could to change the flight home. I failed. And that was the last time I’ll visit IST.
And LHR has only 2 runways
does it include domestic? international? transit?
What amazed me about Frankfurt is that no flights are allowed between 23:00 and 05:00 (I think it was a restriction to limit noise for nearby residents). Really strange for a high traffic international airport.
Also sucks if your flight is delayed and you have to stay overnight and then miss all your connecting flights like we experienced.
Famous ‘London’ airport.
Also Istanbul is on there twice.
Technically SAW airport is on the Asian side of the city, so it shouldn’t count towards Europe.