Frankfurt Airport passenger traffic remains flat as cargo grows in August

Frankfurt Airport handled around 6.3 million passengers in August 2026, a slight decrease of 0.3% from the same month last year but its highest monthly total of 2026. The airport’s two busiest days of the year also occurred in August, with each exceeding 220,000 passengers.

Cargo volumes rose by 2.9% to 179,400 tonnes. Aircraft movements fell by 4.6% to 40,968 take-offs and landings, while accumulated maximum take-off weight declined by 1.6% to approximately 2.6 million tonnes.

Most of Fraport’s international airports reported passenger growth. Ljubljana recorded the strongest increase, rising 19.3% to 222,231 passengers. Traffic grew by 5.1% across the group’s 14 Greek airports, by 4.9% at Lima and the two Brazilian airports, and by 2.1% at Burgas and Varna. Antalya was the main exception, with traffic slipping 0.9% to 5.9 million passengers.

Across all airports actively managed by Fraport, passenger numbers increased by 2.1% to approximately 24.1 million.