EuroAirport March 2026 passenger traffic exceeds historical average.

April 2, 2026

In March 2026, EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg saw passenger traffic exceed its historical March average, while cargo volume and flight movements were below their respective averages for the month. The month's figures did not set any new all-time records for the airport.

Photo: Dürrenberger, Heinz, EuroAirport Basel - Mulhouse - Freiburg, on ethz, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0..

In March 2026, EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg handled 653,743 passengers, 4,295 tons of cargo, and 5,637 flight movements. Compared to historical March averages, passenger traffic was above the March average of 484,289, while cargo volume was below the March average of 5,658 tons, and flight movements were below the March average of 6,047. For March specifically, the highest passenger count recorded was 671,729, the highest cargo volume was 6,770 tons, and the highest number of flights was 7,799. The lowest March passenger count was 72,052, the lowest cargo volume was 4,295 tons, and the lowest flight count was 3,965. Looking at all-time records across all months, March 2026 did not set a new high or low. The all-time passenger maximum was 1,010,155 in August 2025, and the all-time minimum was 1,177 in April 2020. The all-time flight maximum was 9,600 in June 2019, and the all-time minimum was 1,035 in April 2020. For cargo, the all-time maximum was 6,770 tons in March 2022, and the all-time minimum was 3,808 tons in January 2026.


Table 1: Statistics of Air Traffic at Mulhouse Airport for March
Year Total Passengers Busiest Day Busiest Day Passengers Quietest Day Quietest Day Passengers
2026 653743 2026-03-29 30060 2026-03-17 2129
2025 630867 2025-03-30 25186 2025-03-18 15102
2024 630875 2024-03-29 24552 2024-03-12 15960
2023 529013 2023-03-31 22470 2023-03-08 11857
2022 439319 2022-03-27 20243 2022-03-09 10530
2021 72052 2021-03-06 5214 2021-03-24 728
2020 246710 2020-03-01 22252 2020-03-27 125
2019 671729 2019-03-31 29218 2019-03-13 16779

Figure 1: Passengers Arriving at and Departing from the Airport in March

Data source: EuroAirport: Tägliche Flugbewegungen, Passagiere und Fracht

🤖 This text was generated with the assistance of AI. All quantitative statements are derived directly from the dataset listed under Data Source.