List of the busiest airports in the Balkans

The following list is for all of the countries to occupy Balkan territory with the exception of Turkey, the information contained is for all airports on those territories irrespective of whether the airports are on the Balkan peninsula.

Rank	Country	Airport	City	Passengers 2011	Passengers 2012	Passengers 2013	Passengers 2014	Passengers 2015	Change 2014-2015
1	Greece	Athens Airport	Athens	14,446,963	12,944,041	12,536,038	15,196,463	18,086,894	19% 0
2	Greece	Heraklion Airport	Heraklion	5,292,687	5,076,329	5,792,429	6,019,296	6,066,885	0.7% 0
3	Greece	Macedonia International Airport	Thessaloniki	3,958,475	4,006,204	4,039,576	5,072,691	5,401,589	9.1% 0
4	Serbia	Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport	Belgrade	3,124,633	3,363,919	3,543,194	4,638,577	4,776,110	3% 0
8	Greece	Rhodes International Airport	Rhodes	4,148,386	3,813,947	4,200,059	4,552,056	4,579,023	0
5	Bulgaria	Sofia International Airport	Sofia	3,474,933	3,467,455	3,504,326	3,815,158	4,088,943	7.2% 0
8	Greece	Chania International Airport	Chania	1,774,623	1,836,965	2,078,857	2,458,130	2,702,283	0
6	Croatia	Zagreb International Airport	Zagreb	2,319,098	2,342,309	2,300,231	2,430,971	2,587,798	6.4% 0
7	Bulgaria	Burgas International Airport	Burgas	2,229,045	2,356,865	2,461,648	2,530,368	2,360,320	6.7% 0
8	Greece	Santorini (Thira) National Airport	Santorini	785,547	763,539	898,153	1,179,653	2,213,029	86.7% 0
8	Albania	Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza	Tirana	1,817,073	1,665,331	1,757,342	1,810,305	1,997,044	0
9	Croatia	Split Airport	Split	1,300,381	1,425,749	1,581,734	1,752,657	1,955,400	11.6% 0
10	Croatia	Dubrovnik Airport	Dubrovnik	1,349,501	1,480,470	1,522,629	1,584,471	1,693,934	6.9% 0
11	Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]	Pristina Airport	Pristina	1,422,302	1,521,185	1,628,678	1,404,775	1,549,198	10.3% 0
12	Macedonia	Skopje Alexander the Great Airport	Skopje	759,928	828,831	984,407	1,208,359	1,452,465	20.2% 0
13	Slovenia	Ljubljana Joze Pucnik Airport	Ljubljana	1,369,485	1,198,911	1,321,000	1,338,619	1,438,304	10% 0
14	Bulgaria	Varna International Airport	Varna	1,163,884	1,211,196	1,303,679	1,387,494	1,398,694	0.8% 0
15	Montenegro	Tivat Airport	Tivat	647,169	725,392	868,423	910,915	895,033	2% 0
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo Airport	Sarajevo	599,596	580,058	665,638	709,901	772,904	8.8% 0
17	Montenegro	Podgorica Airport	Podgorica	611,666	620,117	680,854	701,320	748,175	7% 0
18	Croatia	Zadar Airport	Zadar	284,980	371,256	472,572	496,542	487,652	1.8% 0
19	Croatia	Pula Airport	Pula	355,920	362,415	351,250	382,992		0
20	Greece	Aktion /Preveza Airport	Aktion			316,435	358,238		0
21	Greece	Alexandroupolis International Airport	Alexandroupolis			316,365			0
22	Greece	Kalamata International Airport	Kalamata			136,992	236,202		0
23	Greece	Kavala International Airport	Kavala			209,400	223,057	0
24	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Tuzla Airport	Tuzla	4,527	4,191	61,513	151,353	259,074	71.2% 0
25	Greece	Araxos Airport	Araxos			139,689	146,403		0
26	Bulgaria	Plovdiv International Airport	Plovdiv	76,835	87,526	91,000	103,500		0
27	Croatia	Rijeka Airport	Rijeka	79,316	71,558	139,296	101,939		0
28	Macedonia	Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport	Ohrid	NA	78,040	83,060	69,984	107,916	54.2% 0
29	Greece	Nea Anchialos National Airport	Nea Anchialos			70,079	65,485		0
30	Greece	Ioannina National Airport	Ioannina			64,489	79,395		0
31	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mostar Airport	Mostar	36,807	78,055	68,939	67,980	75.024	10% 0
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Banja Luka Airport	Banja Luka	8,367	6,424	8,837	27,636	22.800	17.5% 0
33	Croatia	Osijek Airport	Osijek	21,903	2,164	3,404	26,768		0
34	Serbia	Nis Airport	Nis	25,112	27,426	21,669	1,335	36,200	2611.6% 0
35	Slovenia	Maribor Airport	Maribor	NA	6,500	13,500	17,368	24,886	42% 0
36	Croatia	Bol Airport	Bol	11,367	11,402	9,433	9,616		0
37	Greece	Kastoria National Airport	Kastoria			5,115			0
38	Greece	Kozani National Airport	Kozani			3.504			0
39	Croatia	Lošinj Airport	Mali Lošinj	1,597	794	0	0		0
40	Slovenia	Portorož Airport	Portorož	NA	NA	26.000	21,000		0
41	Serbia	Kraljevo-Lađevci Airport	Kraljevo	0	0	0	0		0

Sometimes the European part of  Turkey is considered part of the Balkan Peninsula. The Istanbul Atatürk Airport is located there. It had 56,954,790 passengers in 2014, placing it on the top spot in the list.

Annotations

1. Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.

See also

• List of airports in Albania
• List of airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• List of airports in Bulgaria
• List of airports in Croatia
• List of airports in Greece
• List of airports in Kosovo
• List of airports in the Republic of Macedonia
• List of airports in Montenegro
• List of airports and airstrips in Serbia
• List of airports in Slovenia
• List of airports in Turkey
• List of busiest airports in the Former Yugoslav Republics

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