Portuguese national airports handled 7.7 million passengers in July, a year-on-year growth of 2.0%, according to data from the National Statistics Institute released in September. In total, between January and July 2026, national airports received 43.07 million passengers, up 2.4% from the same period last year. On average, 128.5 thousand passengers arrived daily during July.
The vast majority of passengers were international traffic, representing 82.7% of arrivals, equivalent to 3.3 million passengers, with Europe as the main origin, concentrating 69% of the total, followed by the American continent with 9.2%. In departures, 81% also corresponded to international traffic, representing 3.0 million passengers.
Cargo and mail traffic also grew by 4.4% in July, to 23.8 thousand tons, while the number of aircraft landings on commercial flights increased by 1.3%, with 26.5 thousand movements recorded. On a cumulative basis for the year, cargo movement grew by 1.0% to 149.7 thousand tons.
Regarding distribution by airport, Lisbon concentrated 48.4% of total passengers handled, with 20.8 million, followed by Porto with 10.3 million and Faro with 6.2 million, representing 14.3% of the total. The United Kingdom remained the main country of origin and destination for passenger flights, followed by France, Spain, Germany and Italy.
