Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed some 6.1 million passengers in September 2026, representing an increase of 1.6 percent year-on-year. With the summer school vacations still ongoing in the neighboring German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg during September, demand for traditional leisure destinations remained strong throughout the month.

In the January-to-September period of 2026, passenger numbers in Frankfurt declined slightly by 0.2 percent year-on-year to approximately 47.5 million. Traffic was negatively impacted by a number of adverse factors, including geopolitical tensions and, in particular, strikes at Lufthansa, which affected almost 700,000 passengers in Frankfurt during the first nine months. Excluding the impact of these strikes, FRA’s nine-month passenger numbers would have grown by about 1.3 percent.

Cargo throughput (comprising airfreight and airmail) in September rose by 2.5 percent year-on-year to 174,773 metric tons. In contrast, aircraft movements decreased by 3.5 percent to 40,539 takeoffs and landings. This decline was largely attributable to a 25.2 percent reduction in flights to and from destinations within Germany, reflecting in particular the suspension of services to Bremen and Stuttgart. Meanwhile, accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) contracted by 1.2 percent year-on-year to about 2.5 million metric tons in the month under review.