# List of the busiest airports in Germany

This is a list of the busiest airports in Germany.

## 2023

| Rank | Airport | IATA | City/metro area | State | Passengers | Change 2022-2023 |
| 1 | Frankfurt | FRA | Frankfurt Rhine-Main | Hesse | 59,355,389 | 0016.3% |
| 2 | Munich | MUC | Munich Metropolitan Region | Bavaria | 37,037,070 | 017.0% |
| 3 | Berlin Brandenburg | BER | Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region | Brandenburg | 23,071,865 | 0016.3% |
| 4 | Düsseldorf | DUS | Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 19,118,928 | 019.0% |
| 5 | Hamburg | HAM | Hamburg Metropolitan Region | Hamburg | 13,559,912 | 022.2% |
| 6 | Cologne/Bonn | CGN | Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 9,763,127 | 011.5% |
| 7 | Stuttgart | STR | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 8,438,084 | 0020.8% |
| 8 | Hanover | HAJ | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 4,599,823 | 0016.1% |
| 9 | Nuremberg | NUE | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 3,923,254 | 019.9% |
| 10 | Dortmund | DTM | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 2,934,316 | 0013.5% |
| 11 | Memmingen | FMM | Memmingen | Bavaria | 2,824,711 | 041.9% |
| 12 | Leipzig/Halle | LEJ | Leipzig / Halle | Saxony | 2,101,425 | 034.8% |
| 13 | Bremen | BRE | Bremen | Bremen | 1,814,892 | 021.6% |
| 14 | Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden | FKB | Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden | Baden-Württemberg | 1,733,051 | 032.8% |
| 15 | Hahn | HHN | Hahn | Rhineland-Palatinate | 1,673,219 | 021.5% |
| 16 | Weeze | NRN | Weeze | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,595,785 | 0053.9% |
| 17 | Münster/Osnabrück | FMO | Münster / Osnabrück | North Rhine-Westphalia | 991,031 | 019.3% |
| 18 | Dresden | DRS | Dresden / Klotzsche | Saxony | 929,928 | 010.9% |
| 19 | Paderborn | PAD | Paderborn / Lippstadt | North Rhine-Westphalia | 723,581 | 044.0% |
| 20 | Friedrichshafen | FDH | Friedrichshafen | Baden-Württemberg | 314,953 | 0-7.2% |
| 21 | Saarbrücken | SCN | Saarbrücken | Saarland | 310,734 | 003.6% |
| 22 | Erfurt/Weimar | ERF | Erfurt | Thuringia | 136,929 | 00-0.6% |
| 23 | Sylt | GWT | Sylt | Schleswig-Holstein | 125,745 | 005.0% |
| 24 | Kassel | KSF | Kassel | Hesse | 107,615 | 0-6.9% |
| 25 | Lübeck | LBC | Lübeck | Schleswig-Holstein | 82,550 | 0-0.0% |
| 26 | Braunschweig Wolfsburg | BWE | Braunschweig / Wolfsburg | Lower Saxony | 63,361 | 0046.3% |
| 27 | Rostock | RLG | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 53,685 | 0-12.0% |
| 28 | Mönchengladbach | MGL | Mönchengladbach | North Rhine-Westphalia | 28,582 | 0-15.5% |

## 2022

| Rank | Airport | IATA | City/metro area | State | Passengers | Change 2021-2022 |
| 1 | Frankfurt | FRA | Frankfurt Rhine-Main | Hesse | 48,918,482 | 0097.1% |
| 2 | Munich | MUC | Munich Metropolitan Region | Bavaria | 31,642,738 | 0153.2% |
| 3 | Berlin Brandenburg | BER | Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region | Brandenburg | 19,845,046 | 0099.5% |
| 4 | Düsseldorf | DUS | Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 16,071,936 | 0102.1% |
| 5 | Hamburg | HAM | Hamburg Metropolitan Region | Hamburg | 11,096,296 | 0108.6% |
| 6 | Cologne/Bonn | CGN | Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 8,756,712 | 0105.9% |
| 7 | Stuttgart | STR | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 6,986,943 | 0095.5% |
| 8 | Hanover | HAJ | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 3,961,983 | 0092.6% |
| 9 | Nuremberg | NUE | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 3,272,138 | 0207.8% |
| 10 | Dortmund | DTM | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 2,586,238 | 0052.8% |
| 11 | Memmingen | FMM | Memmingen | Bavaria | 1,991,208 | 0103.0% |
| 12 | Leipzig/Halle | LEJ | Leipzig / Halle | Saxony | 1,558,602 | 0133.4% |
| 13 | Bremen | BRE | Bremen | Bremen | 1,493,007 | 0137.0% |
| 14 | Hahn | HHN | Hahn | Rhineland-Palatinate | 1,377,087 | 0103.5% |
| 15 | Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden | FKB | Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden | Baden-Württemberg | 1,304,701 | 0114.1% |
| 16 | Weeze | NRN | Weeze | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,036,882 | 0076.5% |
| 17 | Dresden | DRS | Dresden / Klotzsche | Saxony | 838,387 | 0155.4% |
| 18 | Münster/Osnabrück | FMO | Münster / Osnabrück | North Rhine-Westphalia | 830,772 | 0131.5% |
| 19 | Paderborn | PAD | Paderborn / Lippstadt | North Rhine-Westphalia | 502,621 | 0288.7% |
| 20 | Friedrichshafen | FDH | Friedrichshafen | Baden-Württemberg | 339,556 | 0169.8% |
| 21 | Saarbrücken | SCN | Saarbrücken | Saarland | 300,034 | 0099.7% |
| 22 | Erfurt/Weimar | ERF | Erfurt | Thuringia | 137,779 | 0092.3% |
| 23 | Sylt | GWT | Sylt | Schleswig-Holstein | 119,763 | 0017.4% |
| 24 | Kassel | KSF | Kassel | Hesse | 115,597 | 0207.1% |
| 25 | Lübeck | LBC | Lübeck | Schleswig-Holstein | 82,590 | 0286.5% |
| 26 | Rostock | RLG | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 60,997 | 0185.0% |
| 27 | Braunschweig Wolfsburg | BWE | Braunschweig Wolfsburg | Lower Saxony | 43,315 | 0046.4% |
| 28 | Mönchengladbach | MGL | Mönchengladbach | North Rhine-Westphalia | 33,842 | 0-12.9% |

## 2021

| Rank | Airport | IATA | City/metro area | State | Passengers | Change 2020-2021 |
| 1 | Frankfurt | FRA | Frankfurt / Rhine-Main | Hesse | 24,812,819 | 0032.3% |
| 2 | Munich | MUC | Munich | Bavaria | 12,496,434 | 0012.5% |
| 3 | Berlin Brandenburg | BER | Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region | Brandenburg | 9,946,037 | 09.3% |
| 4 | Düsseldorf | DUS | Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 7,953,014 | 0020.9% |
| 5 | Hamburg | HAM | Hamburg | Hamburg | 5,318,698 | 0016.6% |
| 6 | Cologne/Bonn | CGN | Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 4,253,568 | 0038.1% |
| 7 | Stuttgart | STR | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 3,573,728 | 0011.4% |
| 8 | Hanover | HAJ | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 2,057,452 | 0041.7% |
| 9 | Dortmund | DTM | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,693,050 | 0038.7% |
| 10 | Nuremberg | NUE | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 1,063,153 | 0015.9% |
| 11 | Memmingen | FMM | Memmingen | Bavaria | 980,708 | 0041.9% |
| 12 | Hahn | HHN | Hahn | Rhineland-Palatinate | 676,829 | 0054.9% |
| 13 | Leipzig/Halle | LEJ | Leipzig / Halle | Saxony | 667,784 | 0025.9% |
| 14 | Bremen | BRE | Bremen | Bremen | 630,062 | 0005.9% |
| 15 | Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden | FKB | Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden | Baden-Württemberg | 609,459 | 0055.6% |
| 16 | Weeze | NRN | Weeze | North Rhine-Westphalia | 587,478 | 0113.5% |
| 17 | Münster/Osnabrück | FMO | Münster / Osnabrück | North Rhine-Westphalia | 358,905 | 0062.9% |
| 18 | Dresden | DRS | Dresden / Klotzsche | Saxony | 328,276 | 0014.4% |
| 19 | Saarbrücken | SCN | Saarbrücken | Saarland | 150,220 | 0191.5% |
| 20 | Paderborn | PAD | Paderborn / Lippstadt | North Rhine-Westphalia | 129,292 | 0039.7% |
| 21 | Friedrichshafen | FDH | Friedrichshafen | Baden-Württemberg | 125,841 | 0005.7% |
| 22 | Sylt | GWT | Sylt | Schleswig-Holstein | 101,991 | 0015.7% |
| 23 | Erfurt/Weimar | ERF | Erfurt | Thuringia | 71,665 | 0160.2% |
| 24 | Mönchengladbach | MGL | Mönchengladbach | North Rhine-Westphalia | 38,861 | 0008.9% |
| 25 | Kassel | KSF | Kassel | Hesse | 37,639 | 0065.3% |
| 26 | Braunschweig Wolfsburg | BWE | Braunschweig Wolfsburg | Lower Saxony | 29,586 | 0026.9% |
| 27 | Rostock | RLG | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 21,402 | 0009.0% |
| 28 | Lübeck | LBC | Lübeck | Schleswig-Holstein | 21,366 | 0113.3% |
* ↑ Increase in traffic is over combined Berlin Tegel Airport and Berlin Schönefeld Airport traffic in 2020.

## 2020

| Rank | Airport | IATA | City/metro area | State | Passengers | Change 2019-2020 |
| 1 | Frankfurt | FRA | Frankfurt / Rhine-Main | Hesse | 18,768,601 | 073.4% |
| 2 | Munich | MUC | Munich | Bavaria | 11,112,773 | 076.8% |
| 3 | Düsseldorf | DUS | Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 6,577,392 | 074.2% |
| 4 | Berlin Tegel | TXL | Berlin, Potsdam | Berlin | 5,870,756 | 075.8% |
| 5 | Hamburg | HAM | Hamburg | Hamburg | 4,562,014 | 073.6% |
| 6 | Berlin Schönefeld | SXF | Berlin, Potsdam | Brandenburg | 3,227,032 | 071.7% |
| 7 | Stuttgart | STR | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 3,207,440 | 074.8% |
| 8 | Cologne/Bonn | CGN | Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 3,081,159 | 075.1% |
| 9 | Hanover | HAJ | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 1,452,361 | 077.0% |
| 10 | Dortmund | DTM | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,220,624 | 055.1% |
| 11 | Nuremberg | NUE | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 916,963 | 077.7% |
| 12 | Memmingen | FMM | Memmingen | Bavaria | 690,780 | 059.9% |
| 13 | Bremen | BRE | Bremen | Bremen | 594,680 | 074.2% |
| 14 | Leipzig/Halle | LEJ | Leipzig / Halle | Saxony | 530,221 | 079.7% |
| 15 | Hahn | HHN | Hahn | Rhineland-Palatinate | 436,862 | 070.8% |
| 16 | Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden | FKB | Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden | Baden-Württemberg | 391,696 | 070.7% |
| 17 | Dresden | DRS | Dresden / Klotzsche | Saxony | 383,568 | 076.0% |
| 18 | Weeze | NRN | Weeze | North Rhine-Westphalia | 275,220 | 077.6% |
| 19 | Münster/Osnabrück | FMO | Münster / Osnabrück | North Rhine-Westphalia | 220,381 | 077.7% |
| 20 | Friedrichshafen | FDH | Friedrichshafen | Baden-Württemberg | 119,040 | 075.7% |
| 21 | Paderborn | PAD | Paderborn / Lippstadt | North Rhine-Westphalia | 92,547 | 086.7% |
| 22 | Saarbrücken | SCN | Saarbrücken | Saarland | 51,542 | 085.9% |
| 23 | Erfurt/Weimar | ERF | Erfurt | Thuringia | 27,542 | 082.4% |
| 24 | Rostock | RLG | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | - | - |
| 25 | Kassel | KSF | Kassel | Hesse | - | - |
| 26 | Sylt | GWT | Sylt | Schleswig-Holstein | - | - |
| 27 | Heringsdorf | HDF | Heringsdorf | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | - | - |

## 2019

| Rank | Airport | IATA | City/metro area | State | Passengers | Change 2018-2019 |
| 1 | Frankfurt | FRA | Frankfurt / Rhine-Main | Hesse | 70,556,072 | 01.5% |
| 2 | Munich | MUC | Munich | Bavaria | 47,941,378 | 03.6% |
| 3 | Düsseldorf | DUS | Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 25,507,566 | 05.0% |
| 4 | Berlin Tegel | TXL | Berlin, Potsdam | Berlin | 24,227,570 | 010.1% |
| 5 | Hamburg | HAM | Hamburg | Hamburg | 17,308,773 | 00.4% |
| 6 | Stuttgart | STR | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 12,721,441 | 07.6% |
| 7 | Cologne/Bonn | CGN | Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 12,368,519 | 04.5% |
| 8 | Berlin Schönefeld | SXF | Berlin, Potsdam | Brandenburg | 11,417,435 | 010.3% |
| 9 | Hanover | HAJ | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 6,301,366 | 00.4% |
| 10 | Nuremberg | NUE | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 4,111,689 | 08.0% |
| 11 | Leipzig/Halle | LEJ | Leipzig / Halle | Saxony | 2,615,801 | 01.9% |
| 12 | Dortmund | DTM | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 2,719,566 | 19.1% |
| 13 | Bremen | BRE | Bremen | Bremen | 2,308,338 | 09.9% |
| 14 | Dresden | DRS | Dresden / Klotzsche | Saxony | 1,595,765 | 09.3% |
| 15 | Hahn | HHN | Hahn | Rhineland-Palatinate | 1,496,362 | 28.5% |
| 16 | Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden | FKB | Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden | Baden-Württemberg | 1,335,957 | 07.1% |
| 17 | Memmingen | FMM | Memmingen | Bavaria | 1,722,764 | 15.4% |
| 18 | Weeze | NRN | Weeze | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,231,100 | 26.3% |
| 19 | Münster/Osnabrück | FMO | Münster / Osnabrück | North Rhine-Westphalia | 986,260 | 03.3% |
| 20 | Paderborn | PAD | Paderborn / Lippstadt | North Rhine-Westphalia | 693,404 | 05.8% |
| 21 | Friedrichshafen | FDH | Friedrichshafen | Baden-Württemberg | 489,921 | 09.4% |
| 22 | Saarbrücken | SCN | Saarbrücken | Saarland | 366,574 | 02.1% |
| 23 | Rostock | RLG | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | - | 00.0% |
| 24 | Erfurt/Weimar | ERF | Erfurt | Thuringia | 156,326 | 040.5% |
| 25 | Kassel | KSF | Kassel | Hesse | - | 00.0% |
| 26 | Sylt | GWT | Sylt | Schleswig-Holstein | - | 00.0% |
| 27 | Heringsdorf | HDF | Heringsdorf | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | - | 00.0% |

## 2018

| Rank | Airport | IATA | City/metro area | State | Passengers | Change 2017-2018 |
| 1 | Frankfurt | FRA | Frankfurt / Rhine-Main | Hesse | 69,510,269 | 07.8% |
| 2 | Munich | MUC | Munich | Bavaria | 46,253,623 | 03.8% |
| 3 | Düsseldorf | DUS | Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 24,283,967 | 01.4% |
| 4 | Berlin Tegel | TXL | Berlin, Potsdam | Berlin | 22,000,430 | 07.5% |
| 5 | Hamburg | HAM | Hamburg | Hamburg | 17,234,229 | 02.2% |
| 6 | Cologne/Bonn | CGN | Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 12,957,828 | 04.6% |
| 7 | Berlin Schönefeld | SXF | Berlin, Potsdam | Brandenburg | 12,725,937 | 01.1% |
| 8 | Stuttgart | STR | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 11,820,612 | 07.8% |
| 9 | Hanover | HAJ | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 6,324,634 | 07.7% |
| 10 | Nuremberg | NUE | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 4,466,864 | 06.7% |
| 11 | Leipzig/Halle | LEJ | Leipzig / Halle | Saxony | 2,567,583 | 08.7% |
| 12 | Bremen | BRE | Bremen | Bremen | 2,561,535 | 00.8% |
| 13 | Dortmund | DTM | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 2,284,176 | 14.2% |
| 14 | Hahn | HHN | Hahn | Rhineland-Palatinate | 2,092,868 | 15.3% |
| 15 | Dresden | DRS | Dresden / Klotzsche | Saxony | 1,758,913 | 03.1% |
| 16 | Weeze | NRN | Weeze | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,669,476 | 11.5% |
| 17 | Memmingen | FMM | Memmingen | Bavaria | 1,492,553 | 26.5% |
| 18 | Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden | FKB | Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden | Baden-Württemberg | 1,246,969 | 00.5% |
| 19 | Münster/Osnabrück | FMO | Münster / Osnabrück | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,020,302 | 06.0% |
| 20 | Paderborn | PAD | Paderborn / Lippstadt | North Rhine-Westphalia | 736,158 | 00.3% |
| 21 | Friedrichshafen | FDH | Friedrichshafen | Baden-Württemberg | 540,782 | 04.6% |
| 22 | Saarbrücken | SCN | Saarbrücken | Saarland | 358,868 | 09.6% |
| 23 | Rostock | RLG | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 296,027 | 01.8% |
| 24 | Erfurt/Weimar | ERF | Erfurt | Thuringia | 262,530 | 07.1% |
| 25 | Kassel | KSF | Kassel | Hesse | 131,817 | 088.8% |
| 26 | Sylt | GWT | Sylt | Schleswig-Holstein | 125,000 | 010.7% |
| 27 | Heringsdorf | HDF | Heringsdorf | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 31,038 | 03.0% |

## 2017

| Rank | Airport | IATA | City/metro area | State | Passengers | Change 2016-2017 |
| 1 | Frankfurt | FRA | Frankfurt / Rhine-Main | Hesse | 64,500,386 | 06.1% |
| 2 | Munich | MUC | Munich | Bavaria | 44,577,241 | 05.5% |
| 3 | Düsseldorf | DUS | Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 24,640,564 | 04.8% |
| 4 | Berlin Tegel | TXL | Berlin, Potsdam | Berlin | 20,460,688 | 03.7% |
| 5 | Hamburg | HAM | Hamburg | Hamburg | 17,622,997 | 08.6% |
| 6 | Berlin Schönefeld | SXF | Berlin, Potsdam | Brandenburg | 12,865,312 | 10.4% |
| 7 | Cologne/Bonn | CGN | Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 12,384,223 | 04.0% |
| 8 | Stuttgart | STR | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 10,962,247 | 03.2% |
| 9 | Hanover | HAJ | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 5,870,104 | 08.5% |
| 10 | Nuremberg | NUE | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 4,186,961 | 20.1% |
| 11 | Bremen | BRE | Bremen | Bremen | 2,540,084 | 01.3% |
| 12 | Hahn | HHN | Hahn | Rhineland-Palatinate | 2,471,900 | 05.3% |
| 13 | Leipzig/Halle | LEJ | Leipzig / Halle | Saxony | 2,361,534 | 07.8% |
| 14 | Dortmund | DTM | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 2,000,695 | 04.3% |
| 15 | Weeze | NRN | Weeze | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,885,811 | 01.7% |
| 16 | Dresden | DRS | Dresden / Klotzsche | Saxony | 1,706,563 | 02.5% |
| 17 | Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden | FKB | Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden | Baden-Württemberg | 1,240,551 | 12.3% |
| 18 | Memmingen | FMM | Memmingen | Bavaria | 1,179,875 | 18.4% |
| 19 | Münster/Osnabrück | FMO | Münster / Osnabrück | North Rhine-Westphalia | 962,348 | 23.1% |
| 20 | Paderborn | PAD | Paderborn / Lippstadt | North Rhine-Westphalia | 738,474 | 04.6% |
| 21 | Friedrichshafen | FDH | Friedrichshafen | Baden-Württemberg | 517,209 | 01.3% |
| 22 | Saarbrücken | SCN | Saarbrücken | Saarland | 396,849 | 07.2% |
| 23 | Rostock | RLG | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 290,654 | 031% |
| 24 | Erfurt/Weimar | ERF | Erfurt | Thuringia | 282,731 | 20.1% |

## 2016

| Rank | Airport | IATA | City/metro area | State | Passengers | Change 2015-2016 |
| 1 | Frankfurt | FRA | Frankfurt / Rhine-Main | Hesse | 60,786,937 | 00.4% |
| 2 | Munich | MUC | Munich | Bavaria | 42,261,309 | 03.1% |
| 3 | Düsseldorf | DUS | Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 23,521,919 | 04.7% |
| 4 | Berlin Tegel | TXL | Berlin, Potsdam | Berlin | 21,253,959 | 01.2% |
| 5 | Hamburg | HAM | Hamburg | Hamburg | 16,224,154 | 03.9% |
| 6 | Cologne/Bonn | CGN | Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 11,910,138 | 15.2% |
| 7 | Berlin Schönefeld | SXF | Berlin, Potsdam | Brandenburg | 11,652,922 | 36.7% |
| 8 | Stuttgart | STR | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 10,626,430 | 01.1% |
| 9 | Hanover | HAJ | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 5,408,814 | 00.8% |
| 10 | Nuremberg | NUE | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 3,485,372 | 03.1% |
| 11 | Hahn | HHN | Hahn | Rhineland-Palatinate | 2,608,984 | 02.1% |
| 12 | Bremen | BRE | Bremen | Bremen | 2,573,502 | 03.3% |
| 13 | Leipzig/Halle | LEJ | Leipzig / Halle | Saxony | 2,189,804 | 05.5% |
| 14 | Dortmund | DTM | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,918,845 | 03.4% |
| 15 | Weeze | NRN | Weeze | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,853,818 | 02.9% |
| 16 | Dresden | DRS | Dresden / Klotzsche | Saxony | 1,664,676 | 03.4% |
| 17 | Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden | FKB | Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden | Baden-Württemberg | 1,105,103 | 05.1% |
| 18 | Memmingen | FMM | Memmingen | Bavaria | 996,714 | 12.8% |
| 19 | Münster/Osnabrück | FMO | Münster / Osnabrück | North Rhine-Westphalia | 781,753 | 04.3% |
| 20 | Paderborn | PAD | Paderborn / Lippstadt | North Rhine-Westphalia | 706,268 | 08.5% |
| 21 | Friedrichshafen | FDH | Friedrichshafen | Baden-Württemberg | 523,888 | 06.4% |
| 22 | Saarbrücken | SCN | Saarbrücken | Saarland | 427,566 | 08.5% |
| 23 | Rostock | RLG | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 250,199 | 031% |
| 24 | Erfurt/Weimar | ERF | Erfurt | Thuringia | 235,331 | 02.1% |

## 2015

| Rank | Airport | IATA | City/metro area | State | Passengers | Change 2014-2015 |
| 1 | Frankfurt | FRA | Frankfurt / Rhine-Main | Hesse | 61,032,022 | 02.5% |
| 2 | Munich | MUC | Munich | Bavaria | 40,981,522 | 03.2% |
| 3 | Düsseldorf | DUS | Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 22,476,685 | 02.9% |
| 4 | Berlin Tegel | TXL | Berlin, Potsdam | Berlin | 21,005,196 | 01.5% |
| 5 | Hamburg | HAM | Hamburg | Hamburg | 15,610,072 | 05.8% |
| 6 | Stuttgart | STR | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 10,512,225 | 08.2% |
| 7 | Cologne/Bonn | CGN | Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 10,338,375 | 09.4% |
| 8 | Berlin Schönefeld | SXF | Berlin, Potsdam | Brandenburg | 8,526,268 | 16.9% |
| 9 | Hanover | HAJ | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 5,452,669 | 03.0% |
| 10 | Nuremberg | NUE | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 3,381,681 | 03.8% |
| 11 | Hahn | HHN | Hahn | Rhineland-Palatinate | 2,665,105 | 08.9% |
| 12 | Bremen | BRE | Bremen | Bremen | 2,660,754 | 04.1% |
| 13 | Leipzig/Halle | LEJ | Leipzig / Halle | Saxony | 2,317,255 | 00.5% |
| 14 | Dortmund | DTM | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,985,379 | 01.0% |
| 15 | Weeze | NRN | Weeze | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,909,704 | 05.7% |
| 16 | Dresden | DRS | Dresden / Klotzsche | Saxony | 1,722,863 | 01.9% |
| 17 | Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden | FKB | Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden | Baden-Württemberg | 1,051,435 | 06.9% |
| 18 | Memmingen | FMM | Memmingen | Bavaria | 883,490 | 17.8% |
| 19 | Münster/Osnabrück | FMO | Münster / Osnabrück | North Rhine-Westphalia | 817,049 | 08.6% |
| 20 | Paderborn | PAD | Paderborn / Lippstadt | North Rhine-Westphalia | 771,749 | 01.0% |
| 21 | Friedrichshafen | FDH | Friedrichshafen | Baden-Württemberg | 559,985 | 06.1% |
| 22 | Saarbrücken | SCN | Saarbrücken | Saarland | 467,092 | 17.3% |
| 23 | Erfurt/Weimar | ERF | Erfurt | Thuringia | 230,436 | 01.7% |
| 24 | Rostock | RLG | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 190,869 | 12.3% |

## 2014

| Rank | Airport | IATA | City/metro area | State | Passengers | Change 2013-2014 |
| 1 | Frankfurt | FRA | Frankfurt / Rhine-Main | Hesse | 59,566,132 | 02.6% |
| 2 | Munich | MUC | Munich | Bavaria | 39,700,515 | 02.7% |
| 3 | Düsseldorf | DUS | Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 21,850,489 | 02.9% |
| 4 | Berlin Tegel | TXL | Berlin, Potsdam | Berlin | 20,688,016 | 05.6% |
| 5 | Hamburg | HAM | Hamburg | Hamburg | 14,760,280 | 09.3% |
| 6 | Stuttgart | STR | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 9,718,438 | 01.5% |
| 7 | Cologne/Bonn | CGN | Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 9,450,493 | 04.1% |
| 8 | Berlin Schönefeld | SXF | Berlin, Potsdam | Brandenburg | 7,292,517 | 08.4% |
| 9 | Hanover | HAJ | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 5,291,882 | 01.1% |
| 10 | Nuremberg | NUE | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 3,257,348 | 01.6% |
| 11 | Bremen | BRE | Bremen | Bremen | 2,773,129 | 06.1% |
| 12 | Hahn | HHN | Hahn | Rhineland-Palatinate | 2,447,140 | 08.3% |
| 13 | Leipzig/Halle | LEJ | Leipzig / Halle | Saxony | 2,328,341 | 04.2% |
| 14 | Dortmund | DTM | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,965,723 | 02.1% |
| 15 | Weeze | NRN | Weeze | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,807,543 | 27.3% |
| 16 | Dresden | DRS | Dresden / Klotzsche | Saxony | 1,756,459 | 00.1% |
| 17 | Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden | FKB | Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden | Baden-Württemberg | 983,451 | 07.2% |
| 18 | Münster/Osnabrück | FMO | Münster / Osnabrück | North Rhine-Westphalia | 894,390 | 04.7% |
| 19 | Paderborn | PAD | Paderborn / Lippstadt | North Rhine-Westphalia | 763,872 | 03.9% |
| 20 | Memmingen | FMM | Memmingen | Bavaria | 750,334 | 08.9% |
| 21 | Friedrichshafen | FDH | Friedrichshafen | Baden-Württemberg | 591,343 | 10.3% |
| 22 | Saarbrücken | SCN | Saarbrücken | Saarland | 398,128 | 01.8% |
| 23 | Erfurt/Weimar | ERF | Erfurt | Thuringia | 226,586 | 05.4% |
| 24 | Rostock | RLG | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 169,946 | 04.2% |

## 2013

| Rank | Airport | IATA | City/metro area | State | Passengers | Change 2012-2013 |
| 1 | Frankfurt | FRA | Frankfurt / Rhine-Main | Hesse | 58,036,948 | 00.9% |
| 2 | Munich | MUC | Munich | Bavaria | 38,672,644 | 00.8% |
| 3 | Düsseldorf | DUS | Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 21,228,226 | 01.9% |
| 4 | Berlin Tegel | TXL | Berlin | Berlin | 19,591,838 | 07.9% |
| 5 | Hamburg | HAM | Hamburg | Hamburg | 13,502,553 | 01.4% |
| 6 | Stuttgart | STR | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 9,577,551 | 01.5% |
| 7 | Cologne/Bonn | CGN | Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 9,077,346 | 02.2% |
| 8 | Berlin Schönefeld | SXF | Berlin, Potsdam | Brandenburg | 6,727,306 | 05.2% |
| 9 | Hanover | HAJ | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 5,234,909 | 01.0% |
| 10 | Nuremberg | NUE | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 3,309,629 | 08.0% |
| 11 | Hahn | HHN | Hahn | Rhineland-Palatinate | 2,667,402 | 04.4% |
| 12 | Bremen | BRE | Bremen | Bremen | 2,612,627 | 06.8% |
| 13 | Weeze | NRN | Weeze | North Rhine-Westphalia | 2,487,843 | 12.7% |
| 14 | Leipzig/Halle | LEJ | Leipzig / Halle | Saxony | 2,234,231 | 02.0% |
| 15 | Dortmund | DTM | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,924,386 | 01.2% |
| 16 | Dresden | DRS | Dresden / Klotzsche | Saxony | 1,754,139 | 07.0% |
| 17 | Baden Airpark | FKB | Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden | Baden-Württemberg | 1,059,227 | 17.7% |
| 18 | Münster Osnabrück | FMO | Münster / Osnabrück | North Rhine-Westphalia | 853,904 | 16.4% |
| 19 | Paderborn | PAD | Paderborn / Lippstadt | North Rhine-Westphalia | 794,889 | 09.0% |
| 20 | Memmingen | FMM | Memmingen | Bavaria | 838,969 | 09.7% |
| 21 | Friedrichshafen | FDH | Friedrichshafen | Baden-Württemberg | 536,029 | 01.7% |
| 22 | Saarbrücken | SCN | Saarbrücken | Saarland | 405,265 | 04.7% |
| 23 | Zweibrücken | ZQW | Zweibrücken | Rhineland-Palatinate | 220,740 | 09.1% |
| 24 | Erfurt | ERF | Erfurt | Thuringia | 214,948 | 16.8% |
| 25 | Rostock | RLG | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 177,464 | 13.0% |

## 2012

| Rank | Airport | IATA | City/metro area | State | Passengers | Change 2011-2012 |
| 1 | Frankfurt | FRA | Frankfurt / Rhine-Main | Hesse | 57,520,001 | 01.9% |
| 2 | Munich | MUC | Munich | Bavaria | 38,360,604 | 01.6% |
| 3 | Düsseldorf | DUS | Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 20,833,246 | 02.4% |
| 4 | Berlin Tegel | TXL | Berlin | Berlin | 18,164,023 | 07.4% |
| 5 | Hamburg | HAM | Hamburg | Hamburg | 13,697,402 | 001% |
| 6 | Stuttgart | STR | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 9,720,877 | 01.4% |
| 7 | Cologne/Bonn | CGN | Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 9,280,070 | 03.6% |
| 8 | Berlin Schönefeld | SXF | Berlin, Potsdam | Brandenburg | 7,097,274 | 00.2% |
| 9 | Hanover | HAJ | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 5,287,831 | 001% |
| 10 | Nuremberg | NUE | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 3,597,136 | 09.2% |
| 11 | Hahn | HHN | Hahn | Rhineland-Palatinate | 2,790,961 | 03.6% |
| 12 | Bremen | BRE | Bremen | Bremen | 2,447,007 | 04.4% |
| 13 | Leipzig/Halle | LEJ | Leipzig / Halle | Saxony | 2,279,221 | 00.7% |
| 14 | Weeze | NRN | Weeze | North Rhine-Westphalia | 2,208,429 | 08.8% |
| 15 | Dortmund | DTM | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,902,133 | 04.4% |
| 16 | Dresden | DRS | Dresden / Klotzsche | Saxony | 1,886,425 | 01.6% |
| 17 | Baden Airpark | FKB | Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden | Baden-Württemberg | 1,287,382 | 15.5% |
| 18 | Münster Osnabrück | FMO | Münster / Osnabrück | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,020,917 | 22.9% |
| 19 | Paderborn | PAD | Paderborn / Lippstadt | North Rhine-Westphalia | 873,244 | 10.4% |
| 20 | Memmingen | FMM | Memmingen | Bavaria | 869,937 | 13.7% |
| 21 | Friedrichshafen | FDH | Friedrichshafen | Baden-Württemberg | 545,121 | 04.7% |
| 22 | Saarbrücken | SCN | Saarbrücken | Saarland | 425,429 | 05.9% |
| 23 | Rostock | RLG | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 203,990 | 08.7% |
| 24 | Erfurt | ERF | Erfurt | Thuringia | 183,999 | 34.5% |

## 2011

| Rank | Airport | IATA | City/metro area | State | Passengers | Change 2010-2011 |
| 1 | Frankfurt Airport | FRA | Frankfurt / Rhine-Main | Hesse | 56,436,255 | 06.5% |
| 2 | Munich Airport | MUC | Munich | Bavaria | 37,763,701 | 08.8% |
| 3 | Düsseldorf | DUS | Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 20,339,466 | 07.1% |
| 4 | Berlin Tegel Airport | TXL | Berlin | Berlin | 16,919,820 | 12.6% |
| 5 | Hamburg Airport | HAM | Hamburg | Hamburg | 13,558,261 | 04.6% |
| 6 | Cologne/Bonn Airport | CGN | Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 9,623,398 | 02.3% |
| 7 | Stuttgart Airport | STR | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 9,582,265 | 04.0% |
| 8 | Berlin Schönefeld Airport | SXF | Berlin, Potsdam | Brandenburg | 7,113,989 | 02.5% |
| 9 | Hanover Airport | HAJ | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 5,340,264 | 05.5% |
| 10 | Nuremberg Airport | NUE | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 3,962,617 | 02.6% |
| 11 | Frankfurt-Hahn Airport | HHN | Hahn | Rhineland-Palatinate | 2,894,109 | 17.2% |
| 12 | Bremen Airport | BRE | Bremen | Bremen | 2,560,023 | 04.3% |
| 13 | Weeze Airport | NRN | Weeze | North Rhine-Westphalia | 2,421,108 | 16.4% |
| 14 | Leipzig/Halle Airport | LEJ | Leipzig / Halle | Saxony | 2,263,668 | 03.6% |
| 15 | Dresden Airport | DRS | Dresden / Klotzsche | Saxony | 1,917,915 | 04.1% |
| 16 | Dortmund Airport | DTM | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,822,066 | 04.3% |
| 17 | Münster Osnabrück Airport | FMO | Münster / Osnabrück | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,323,689 | 00.7% |
| 18 | Baden Airpark | FKB | Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden | Baden-Württemberg | 1,114,535 | 05.3% |
| 19 | Paderborn Lippstadt Airport | PAD | Paderborn / Lippstadt | North Rhine-Westphalia | 974,775 | 05.2% |
| 20 | Memmingen Airport | FMM | Memmingen | Bavaria | 764,782 | 16.1% |
| 21 | Friedrichshafen Airport | FDH | Friedrichshafen | Baden-Württemberg | 571,709 | 03.2% |
| 22 | Rostock Airport | RLG | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 223,516 | 01.8% |

## 2010

| Rank | Airport | IATA | City/metro area | State | Passengers | Change 2009-2010 |
| 1 | Frankfurt Airport | FRA | Frankfurt / Rhine-Main | Hesse | 53,009,221 | 04.1% |
| 2 | Munich Airport | MUC | Munich | Bavaria | 34,721,605 | 06.2% |
| 3 | Düsseldorf | DUS | Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 18,988,149 | 06.7% |
| 4 | Berlin Tegel Airport | TXL | Berlin | Berlin | 15,025,600 | 06.0% |
| 5 | Hamburg Airport | HAM | Hamburg | Hamburg | 12,962,429 | 06.0% |
| 6 | Cologne/Bonn Airport | CGN | Cologne, Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 9,849,779 | 01.1% |
| 7 | Stuttgart Airport | STR | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 9,218,095 | 03.2% |
| 8 | Berlin Schönefeld Airport | SXF | Berlin, Potsdam | Brandenburg | 7,297,911 | 07.4% |
| 9 | Hanover Airport | HAJ | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 5,059,800 | 01.8% |
| 10 | Nuremberg Airport | NUE | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 4,068,799 | 02.6% |
| 11 | Frankfurt-Hahn Airport | HHN | Hahn | Rhineland-Palatinate | 3,438,298 | 07.9% |
| 12 | Weeze Airport | NRN | Weeze | North Rhine-Westphalia | 2,896,999 | 20.5% |
| 13 | Bremen Airport | BRG | Bremen | Bremen | 2,676,297 | 09.2% |
| 14 | Leipzig/Halle Airport | LEJ | Leipzig / Halle | Saxony | 2,348,597 | 03.1% |
| 15 | Dresden Airport | DRS | Dresden / Klotzsche | Saxony | 1,847,166 | 07.2% |
| 16 | Dortmund Airport | DTM | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,740,642 | 01.4% |
| 17 | Münster Osnabrück Airport | FMO | Münster / Osnabrück | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,337,879 | 04.3% |
| 18 | Baden Airpark | FKB | Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden | Baden-Württemberg | 1,192,894 | 08.2% |
| 19 | Paderborn Lippstadt Airport | PAD | Paderborn / Lippstadt | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,030,802 | 04.7% |