A positive summary: Cologne-Bonn Airport welcomed more than 1.7 million passengers who took off or landed at the airport during the Summer holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia. This means that passenger numbers in the past six and a half weeks were once again above the already high level of the Summer holidays in previous years.

The busiest day at the airport during the Summer holidays was Sunday, 27 July 2025: more than 41,000 passengers travelled via Cologne/Bonn for the traditional ‘changeover’ halfway through the holidays. The busiest weekend was accordingly the third week-end of the holidays (25 to 27 July) with around 121,000 passengers.

Once again, classic sun and beach destinations in Europe were particularly popular in 2025. Turkey was the top holiday destination with around 530,000 travellers, followed by Spain (373,000) and Italy (128,500). The most popular destination during the holidays was the Turkish beach resort of Antalya with around 250,000 passengers. It was followed by the Spanish sun island of Mallorca (190,000). City breaks were also popular, for example to Istanbul (130,000).

Passenger numbers in Cologne/Bonn will remain high in the coming weeks as many passengers continue to head off on holiday: in September and October, with the two-week Autumn half-term break, more than one million travellers are expected to depart from or arrive at the airport.