April 2026 cargo at EuroAirport hits all-time low.

May 2, 2026

In April 2026, EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg recorded 461,878 passengers, 1,986.3 metric tons of cargo, and 3,701 flight movements, with all three metrics falling below their respective historical April averages. Notably, the cargo volume set a new all-time low for any month on record.

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

In April 2026, EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg recorded 461,878 passengers, 1,986.3 metric tons of cargo, and 3,701 flight movements. Compared to historical Aprils, this April's passenger count was below the average of 548,025 and far below the April maximum of 857,560, but well above the April minimum of 1,177. Flight movements were also below the April average of 5,906 and the April maximum of 8,383, yet above the April minimum of 1,035. Cargo volume matched the historical April minimum of 1,986 tons and was significantly below the April average of 4,797 tons and the April maximum of 6,095 tons. Looking at all months on record, April 2026 set a new all-time low for cargo with 1,986.3 tons, surpassing the previous low. The all-time high for cargo was 6,770 tons in March 2022. For passengers, the all-time high was 1,010,155 in August 2025, and the all-time low was 1,177 in April 2020. For flights, the all-time high was 9,600 in June 2019, and the all-time low was 1,035 in April 2020.


Table 1: Statistics of Air Traffic at Mulhouse Airport for April
Year Total Passengers Busiest Day Busiest Day Passengers Quietest Day Quietest Day Passengers
2026 461878 2026-04-06 34111 2026-04-29 1059
2025 857560 2025-04-18 33426 2025-04-02 20875
2024 791881 2024-04-26 31122 2024-04-09 21962
2023 736527 2023-04-23 29236 2023-04-01 18254
2022 630536 2022-04-24 26276 2022-04-06 12546
2021 87500 2021-04-02 5357 2021-04-22 991
2020 1177 2020-04-04 384 2020-04-05 2
2019 817142 2019-04-19 32530 2019-04-02 19381

Figure 1: Passengers Arriving at and Departing from the Airport in April

Data source: EuroAirport: Tägliche Flugbewegungen, Passagiere und Fracht

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