What is the largest airport in Europe by area?

Charles de Gaulle Airport is the biggest airport in Europe based on its land size and the third based on its estimated passenger traffic after Istanbul Atatürk Airport and Istanbul Airport.



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During the period from 2013 to 2019, Germany was the country with the highest number of airports in Europe. Among a total of 539 airports in the country, 318 had paved runways, while 221 had unpaved runways.

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TOP 5 biggest airports in Europe
  • Istanbul Airport, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Heathrow Airport, London, UK.
  • Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France.
  • Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Madrid, Spain.


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London Heathrow Airport (LHR) continues to be the busiest airport in Europe with 4.4 million seats in October 2023.

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Yrausquin Airport in Saba, Netherlands is the smallest airport in the world right now.

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Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Covering an area of 69.63 square kilometres, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is the third-largest airport in the world.

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King Fahd International Airport (DMM), Saudi Arabia –With a surface area of around 300 sq miles, King Fahd International Airport (DMM) is the largest airport in the world by size. The airport is located in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, and sprawls over 192,000 acres of land!

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Also known as the Leonardo Da Vinci Airport, Fiumicino is Rome's main airport. With five terminals and 36 gates, it is the larger and busier of the two, with more than 43 million passengers passing through its gates.

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Top 10 airports in Europe
  • 1- Charles de Gaulle Airport, France. ...
  • 2- Zurich Airport, Switzerland. ...
  • 3- Munich International Airport, Germany. ...
  • 4- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands. ...
  • 5- Copenhagen Kastrup International Airport, Denmark. ...
  • 6- Helsinki Airport, Finland. ...
  • 7- Hamburg Airport, Germany.


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London Heathrow Airport is the busiest airport in Europe, handling over 80 million passengers annually. Located in West London, the airport serves as a hub for many airlines, including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.

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Tenzing–Hillary Airport is frequently referred to as the most dangerous airport in the world. Arriving and departing aircraft must use a single runway (06 for landing and 24 for takeoff). There is a low prospect of a successful go-around on a short final approach due to the terrain.

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According to sentiment analysis from TensiStrength, 82.5% of reviews for Manchester Airport indicate stress, making it the most stressful airport in the world.

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Rome Fiumicino (FCO) is the largest Italian airport both in terms of passenger traffic and in terms of the number of people who use it as an arrival or departure airport.

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Rome is a larger airport so that's the one I would choose to fly into as it will be more relaxing to leave from Florence. You should also look at Pisa airport since it's international and only an hour from Florence. The train to Florence stops at the Pisa airport.

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Still, the Ryanair Group remains the top dog, with its average daily flights reaching a whopping 3,078. This number is almost double that of low-cost rivals easyJet, with 1,656. Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa, and the Air France Group are also witnessing average daily flights of over 1,000.

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London. The undisputed winner of the European city with the most airports goes to London with six.

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Barajas Airport in Madrid is the second-largest airport in Europe by physical size, just slightly behind Paris–Charles de Gaulle Airport. Today, the airport has four terminals in operation.

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