EuroAirport passenger traffic hits yearly high, cargo volume declines sharply.

April 5, 2026

On April 3, 2026, EuroAirport saw its highest passenger day of the year, with traffic 53% above the recent 30-day average. Cargo volume, however, was 51% below the 30-day average, while flight movements were 21% above average.

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

On April 3, 2026, EuroAirport recorded 32,948 passengers, 72.6 metric tons of cargo, and 224 flight movements. Passenger traffic was 53% above the 30-day average of 21,512, making it the highest passenger day of the year so far. Cargo volume was 51% below the 30-day average of 149.1 metric tons. Flight movements were 21% above the 30-day average of 185 flights, ranking as the sixth busiest day for flights this year.

Compared to the seasonal average for April, passenger activity was significantly higher than the 2025 daily average of 7,146 for the same period, while flight movements were above the 2025 daily average of 80. The cargo volume was below the recent 30-day trend. Relative to the long-term average since 2019, passenger numbers were strong, though still below the all-time daily record of 37,476 passengers set on October 10, 2025. Flight movements were also below the all-time record of 439 flights set on June 13, 2019.


Table 1: Yearly Statistics of Air Traffic at Basel/Mulhouse Airport for April
Year Passengers Flights Avg Daily Passengers Avg Daily Flights Max Passengers Max Flights
2026 88716 671 29572 224 32948 232
2025 857560 8154 28585 272 33426 314
2024 791881 7633 26396 254 31122 338
2023 736527 7255 24551 242 29236 308
2022 630536 7044 21018 235 26276 324
2021 87500 4044 2917 135 5357 236
2020 1177 1035 39 34 384 65
2019 817142 8383 27238 279 32530 351


Table 2: Top 10 Busiest Days at EuroAirport Basel Since 2019
Rank Date passengers flights
1 2025-10-10 37476 236
2 2025-10-06 37141 237
3 2025-10-05 36896 230
4 2025-08-08 36788 238
5 2025-10-12 36202 236
6 2025-08-01 36094 230
7 2025-09-28 35708 230
8 2025-10-13 35518 241
9 2025-09-29 35449 233
10 2025-09-19 35332 237

Figure 1: Passengers at Euroairport in the last 30 days

Data source: EuroAirport: Tägliche Flugbewegungen, Passagiere und Fracht
Additional resources: Euroairport homepage, eurostat - Air passenger transport statistics

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