Fukuoka Airport (FUK) Statistics

Domestic traffic remained the larger segment in FY2024, with 18.61 million domestic passengers and 8.51 million international passengers.

• From FY2014 to FY2018, domestic passengers increased from 16.33 million to 17.93 million, while international passengers rose faster from 3.67 million to 6.92 million.
• FY2019 kept domestic traffic high at 17.57 million, while international traffic slipped to 5.47 million.
• International traffic nearly disappeared during the pandemic, falling to 16,831 passengers in FY2020 and 26,229 in FY2021.
• Recovery began in FY2022, when international traffic returned to 2.26 million passengers and domestic traffic reached 15.71 million.
• By FY2024, international passengers reached 8.51 million, raising the international share to 31.4% of total traffic.

Fukuoka International Airport Co. reported ¥58.87 billion in sales for FY2024, its highest value in the official operator-period series.

• FY2019 sales stood at ¥41.24 billion, before the full impact of the pandemic.
• Sales fell sharply to ¥14.61 billion in FY2020, when passenger traffic collapsed.
• The early recovery was gradual, with sales rising to ¥17.70 billion in FY2021 and ¥31.21 billion in FY2022.
• By FY2023, sales had recovered to ¥51.30 billion as passenger traffic returned above pre-pandemic levels.
• FY2024 sales increased again to ¥58.87 billion, while the net loss narrowed to ¥1.01 billion.

Fukuoka Airport handled 155,292 metric tons of cargo in FY2024, still below its late-2010s cargo peak.

• From FY2014 to FY2018, cargo remained high, ranging from 248,664 metric tons to 258,559 tons.
• The highest value in the available series came in FY2017, when cargo reached 258,559 metric tons.
• FY2019 cargo stood at 243,675 metric tons before the pandemic disrupted airport freight flows.
• Cargo fell to 132,912 metric tons in FY2020, then improved to 145,591 metric tons in FY2021.
• Recovery has been slower than passenger traffic, with cargo reaching 155,292 metric tons in FY2024 following a minor dip in FY2023.

Fukuoka Airport ranked 4th in Japan by total passengers and 4th by total landings in FY2024.

• By FY2018, Fukuoka had reached 24.85 million passengers, placing it among Japan's largest airports before the pandemic.
• After the FY2020 collapse to 6.50 million passengers, traffic rebuilt to 24.94 million in FY2023.
• FY2024 traffic reached 27.12 million passengers, ranking Fukuoka 4th nationally by total passenger traffic.
• Domestic passenger traffic ranked 3rd nationally in FY2024, with 18.61 million domestic passengers.
• International passenger traffic ranked 4th nationally in FY2024, with 8.51 million international passengers.
• Total landings ranked 4th nationally in FY2024, with 94,706 landings.
• Before the second runway opened, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) described Fukuoka as Japan's busiest single-runway airport by passenger and aircraft-movement scale.

Note: Official ranking support is national and metric-specific; no official global ranking is included here.