EuroAirport April 2026 cargo volume ties all-time low.

May 2, 2026

In April 2026, EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg recorded 461,878 passengers, 3,701 flight movements, and 1,986.3 metric tons of cargo, with all metrics falling significantly below historical averages for the month. The reduced activity was primarily due to a scheduled main runway renovation from April 16 to May 20, which limited operations to the secondary runway and resulted in cargo volume tying the all-time low for that month.

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, 3,701 flight movements, and 1,986.3 metric tons of cargo. Compared to the historical average for April, passenger numbers were 16% lower than the typical 548,025, flight movements were 37% below the average of 5,906, and cargo volume was 59% below the average of 4,797 tons. The month's passenger count was well below the all-time April maximum of 857,560 and above the April minimum of 1,177. Similarly, flight movements were far below the April record of 8,383 but above the April low of 1,035. Cargo volume in April 2026 matched the all-time April minimum of 1,986 tons, making it the lowest cargo month on record for that month. When compared to absolute historical extremes across all months, April 2026 did not set any new all-time records. The all-time maximum for passengers was 1,010,155 in August 2025, for flights was 9,600 in June 2019, and for cargo was 6,770 tons in March 2022. The all-time minimum for passengers was 1,177 in April 2020, for flights was 1,035 in April 2020, and for cargo was 1,986 tons in April 2026, meaning this month tied the all-time low for cargo. The reduced activity in April 2026 can be attributed to the scheduled renovation of the main runway from April 16 to May 20, during which flight operations were handled via the secondary runway, leading to a reduced but still operational flight schedule focusing on key European business and leisure destinations.


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

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