List of the busiest airports in the Balkans

A list of countries belonging to the Balkans, is found in Balkans#The Balkans.

Rank
2012
CountryAirportCityPassengers
2011
Passengers
2012
Passengers
2013
Passengers
2014
Change
2013-2014
1  Greece Athens Airport Athens14,446,96312,944,04112,536,03815,196,463Increase21.2%

2  Greece Macedonia International Airport Thessaloniki3,958,475 4,006,2044,039,5765,072,691Increase23.7%

3  Serbia Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport Belgrade3,124,6333,363,9193,543,1944,638,577Increase31.3%

4  Bulgaria Sofia International Airport Sofia3,474,9333,467,4553,504,3263,815,158Increase8.9%

5  Bulgaria Burgas International Airport Burgas2,229,0452,356,8652,461,6482,530,368Increase2.0%

6  Croatia Zagreb International Airport Zagreb2,319,0982,342,3092,300,2312,430,971Increase5.6%

7  Albania Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza Tirana1,817,0731,665,3311,757,3421,810,305Increase5.6%

8  Croatia Split Airport Split1,300,3811,425,7491,581,7341,752,657Increase10,80%

9  Croatia Dubrovnik Airport Dubrovnik1,349,5011,480,4701,522,6291,584,471Increase4,06%

10  Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]Pristina Airport Pristina1,422,3021,521,1851,628,6781,404,775Decrease13.7%

11  Bulgaria Varna International Airport Varna1,163,8841,211,1961,303,6791,387,494Increase5.2%

12  Slovenia Ljubljana Joze Pucnik Airport Ljubljana1,369,4851,198,9111,321,0001,338,619Increase1.3%

13  Macedonia Skopje Alexander the Great Airport Skopje759,928828,831984,4071,208,359Increase22,7%

14  Montenegro Tivat Airport Tivat647,169725,392868,423910,915Increase4,89%

15  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Airport Sarajevo599,596580,058665,638709,901Increase6,64%

16  Montenegro Podgorica Airport Podgorica611,666620,117680,854701,320Increase3,00%

17  Croatia Zadar Airport Zadar284,980371,256472,572-Increase27.3%

18  Croatia Pula Airport Pula355,920362,415351,250382,992Increase9.05%

19  Greece Aktion National Airport Aktion 316,435358,238Increase13.2%

20  Greece Alexandroupolis International Airport Alexandroupolis 316,365Increase48.9%

21  Greece Kalamata International Airport Kalamata 136,992236,202Increase72.4%

22  Greece Kavala International Airport Kavala 209,400223,057Increase6.5%

23  Bosnia and Herzegovina Tuzla Airport Tuzla4,5274,19161,513151,353Increase146.05%

24  Greece Araxos Airport Araxos 139,689146,403Increase4.8%

25  Bulgaria Plovdiv International Airport Plovdiv76,83587,52691,000103,500Increase13.7%

26  Croatia Rijeka Airport Rijeka79,31671,558139,296101,939Decrease26.82%

27  Macedonia Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport OhridNA78,04083,060-Increase6.4%

28  Greece Nea Anchialos National Airport Nea Anchialos 70,07965,485Decrease6.5%

29  Greece Ioannina National Airport Ioannina 64,48979,395Increase23.1%

30  Bosnia and Herzegovina Mostar Airport Mostar36,80778,05568,93967,980Decrease1.39%

31  Bosnia and Herzegovina Banja Luka Airport Banja Luka8,3676,4248,83727,636Increase212.73%

32  Croatia Osijek Airport Osijek21,9032,1643,40426,768Increase686.37%

33  Serbia Nis Airport Nis25,11227,42621,669-Decrease21%

34  Slovenia Maribor Airport MariborNA6,50013,500-Increase107.7%

35  Croatia Bol Airport Bol11,36711,4029,4339,616Increase1.94%

36  Greece Kastoria National Airport Kastoria 5,115Increase10.7%

37  Greece Kozani National Airport Kozani 3.504Increase9.2%

38  Croatia Lošinj Airport Mali Lošinj1,59779400Decrease100.0%

39  Slovenia Portorož Airport PortorožNANANA-Steady

40  Serbia Kraljevo-Lađevci Airport Kraljevo0000Steady

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 Serbia and the Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. Kosovo's independence has been recognised by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.

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