# Donegal Airport (CFN / EIDL)

**Donegal Airport** (IATA: CFN, ICAO: EIDL) is a medium airport in Donegal, County Donegal, Ireland. It opened in 1986. It has one runway, 1,496 m (4,908 ft) long, asphalt. In 2024 it handled 51 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidl

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CFN / EIDL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Donegal, County Donegal, Ireland
- Opened: 1986
- Elevation: 9 m / 30 ft
- Coordinates: 55.0442, -8.3410
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,496 m / 4,908 ft
- Passengers: 50,530 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/Dublin
- Website: http://www.donegalairport.ie/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1161027
- Weather station: EIDL
- Ident: EIDL

## Timeline

- 1986: Donegal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,496 m / 4,908 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 020° / 200° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 33,768 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 35,415 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 36,552 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 44,156 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 46,514 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 46,537 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 48,542 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 18,067 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 14,603 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 36,934 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 41,867 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 50,530 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · Ireland · 225 km / 140 mi · Aer Lingus
- [GLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpf.md) Glasgow Airport · United Kingdom · 263 km / 163 mi · Loganair

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CFN, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- EI [Aer Lingus](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aer-lingus) · 1
- LM [Loganair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/loganair) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 51K (2024) | #2,081 of 3,974 | #438 in Europe | #6 in IE |
| Longest runway | 1,496 m / 4,908 ft | =7,309 of 29,858 | #993 in Europe | #7 in IE |
| Elevation | 9 m / 30 ft | =40,463 of 43,403 | =5,452 in Europe | #45 in IE |
| Age | Opened 1986 | =9,000 of 15,079 | =1,262 in Europe | =7 in IE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =8 in IE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 129.925 |
| GND | GND | 129.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 129.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [LDY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egae.md) City of Derry Airport · 75 km / 47 mi
- [ENK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egab.md) Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport · 84 km / 52 mi
- [SXL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eisg.md) Sligo Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [NOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eikn.md) Ireland West Airport Knock · 130 km / 81 mi
- [BFS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egaa.md) Belfast International Airport · 143 km / 89 mi
- [ILY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpi.md) Islay Airport · 150 km / 93 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Donegal Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donegal_Airport&oldid=1373003215), revision of 3 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidl/data