Bavarian airports on the upswing: Munich, Nuremberg and Memmingen surprise!

Bavarian airports on the upswing: Munich, Nuremberg and Memmingen surprise!

Schönefeld, Deutschland - The German airports experienced a real passenger boom in 2024. Over 211 million people were handled at the commercial airports. Particularly fascinating: Three Bavarian airports have made it into the top 10 of the new ranking of Airhelp, such as Merkur. Munich Airport, number two in Germany after Frankfurt, was able to record a record of 41.6 million passengers despite some challenges.

In the other places, Berlin-Brandenburg Airport followed with 25.5 million and Düsseldorf with 20.4 million passengers. The airports Nuremberg and Memmingen are in place in nine and ten one after the other, and also showed strong growth in the first quarter of 2025.

passenger numbers continue to increase

In the first quarter of 2025, the Bavarian airports present themselves in a dazzling constitution. The Munich Airport alone had 8.1 million passengers, which corresponds to an increase of 1.8%. Statistics Bavaria emphasizes that Nuremberg Airport was also able to greet 679,000 passengers (+8.2%) and Memmingen, who welcomed 713,000 guests (+16.1%).

If you look at the number of flight movements, you can see the trend clearly: There were a total of 79,222 starts and landings in the first three months of the year - this is an increase of 3.2%. Fracht and postal volume increased by 6.2% to 78,950 tons. This shows that the aviation becomes more alive again.

Memmingen on the advance

Memmingen Airport, which has gained popularity in recent years, even overtook Nuremberg in the number of passengers in the first quarter of 2025. This could primarily be due to the expanded air offering of Airlines such as Ryanair and Wizz Air. Memmingen relies on attractive connections to 24 travel countries as a smaller airport.

The ranking also shows that the International Airport Munich dominates the industry, with connections to 68 countries and 85 different airlines, while Nuremberg and Memmingen are represented with 20 and 7 airlines each. The Bavarian airports have a lot to offer and are an important part of German air traffic.

Summary of the most important airports in Germany

Overall, it turns out that aviation in Germany is on the right track. The emergence of the largest airports grew again in 2024, and also the [West] (https://www.derwesten.de/panorama/vermischtes/groesste-flahefen-in-deutschland-passagier-Passport-Auflschaft-Flugschafts-wreuz- ID23264561.html) reported by an increase of 8.29% in comparison to 2023. Despite the challenges of recent years, the airports are preparing for a travel time that should be worth remembering.