Quick answer: Munich Airport (MUC) handled 41.6 million passengers in 2024, making it Germany's second-busiest airport and Europe's 11th-busiest.
Key figures
41,555,090 passengers in 2024 — up 12.24% from 2023 (37,024,823)
2nd-busiest airport in Germany (after Frankfurt)
11th-busiest in Europe, 39th-busiest worldwide (2024)
Two runways: 08R/26L and 08L/26R, each 4,000 m long
Opened 17 May 1992; owned/operated by Flughafen München GmbH
Location
The airport sits about 28.5 km northeast of central Munich, near Freising, Bavaria.