# Kerry Airport (KIR / EIKY)

**Kerry Airport** (IATA: KIR, ICAO: EIKY) is a medium airport in Farranfore, County Kerry, Ireland. It opened in 1969. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,562 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 440 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KIR / EIKY
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Farranfore, County Kerry, Ireland
- Opened: 1969
- Elevation: 34 m / 112 ft
- Coordinates: 52.1809, -9.5238
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,562 ft
- Passengers: 440,180 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/Dublin
- Website: https://kerryairport.ie/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Airport (21 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431699
- Weather station: EIKY
- Ident: EIKY

## Timeline

- 1969: Kerry Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 071° / 251° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 294,955 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 303,039 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 325,670 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 335,480 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 365,339 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 369,836 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 82,959 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 115,398 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 355,043 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 414,571 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 412,034 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 440,180 | Eurostat |

## Routes

11 destinations in 6 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · Ireland · 259 km / 161 mi · Ryanair
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 504 km / 313 mi · Ryanair
- [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 627 km / 390 mi · Ryanair
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 668 km / 415 mi · Ryanair
- [HHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edfh.md) Frankfurt-Hahn Airport · Germany · 1,196 km / 743 mi · Ryanair

### Seasonal (6)

- [BES](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfrb.md) Brest Bretagne airport · France · 551 km / 342 mi · Chalair Aviation
- [CFR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfrk.md) Caen Carpiquet airport · France · 720 km / 447 mi · Chalair Aviation
- [BVE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfsl.md) Brive Souillac airport · France · 1,132 km / 703 mi · Chalair Aviation
- [PUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbp.md) Pau Pyrénées Airport · France · 1,190 km / 739 mi · Chalair Aviation
- [FAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpfr.md) Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport · Portugal · 1,691 km / 1,051 mi · Ryanair
- [ALC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leal.md) Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport · Spain · 1,694 km / 1,053 mi · Ryanair

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 7
- CE [Chalair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chalair-aviation) · 4 · seasonal

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 440K (2025) | #1,176 of 3,974 | #265 in Europe | #5 in IE |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | =3,840 of 29,858 | =725 in Europe | #5 in IE |
| Elevation | 34 m / 112 ft | =36,442 of 43,403 | =4,848 in Europe | #37 in IE |
| Age | Opened 1969 | =6,015 of 15,079 | =1,090 in Europe | #5 in IE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =8 in IE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 123.325 |

## Nearby airports

- [IE-0023](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ie-0023.md) Ardfert Airstrip · 25 km / 15 mi
- [IE-0018](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ie-0018.md) Abbeyfeale Airfield · 27 km / 17 mi
- [EIRT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eirt.md) Rathcoole Aerodrome · 38 km / 23 mi
- [IE-0067](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ie-0067.md) Feohanagh Airstrip · 44 km / 27 mi
- [BYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eibn.md) Bantry Aerodrome · 56 km / 35 mi
- [IE-0021](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ie-0021.md) Eniskeane Airfield · 67 km / 42 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [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: “Kerry Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerry_Airport&oldid=1371844072), revision of 28 Aug 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/eiky/data