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Shannon Airport

ICAO EINN52.7020°N 8.9248°W14 m / 46 ftLarge airport
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Shannon Airport (IATA: SNN, ICAO: EINN) is a large airport in Shannon, County Clare, Ireland. It opened in 1942. It has one runway, 3,199 m (10,495 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Shannon Development. In 2025 it handled 2.2 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1942–1942
1942
OpenedShannon Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Shannon Airport
06/24052° / 232° · LIT
LENGTH3,199 m10,495 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.5M
1.6M
1.7M
1.6M
1.7M
1.6M
271K
317K
1.4M
1.9M
2.0M
2.2M
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Routes

37 destinations · 13 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 miLPL · Liverpool John Lennon Airport · 412 km / 256 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 450 km / 280 miBHX · Birmingham Airport · 486 km / 302 miEDI · Edinburgh Airport · 510 km / 317 miLHR · London Heathrow Airport · 594 km / 369 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 623 km / 387 miSTN · London Stansted Airport · 629 km / 391 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 903 km / 561 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 1,417 km / 880 miALC · Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport · 1,728 km / 1,074 miPOZ · Poznań-Ławica Airport · 1,731 km / 1,076 miFAO · Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport · 1,746 km / 1,085 miWRO · Copernicus Wrocław Airport · 1,770 km / 1,100 miAGP · Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · 1,815 km / 1,128 miWMI · Warsaw Modlin Airport · 1,985 km / 1,233 miKRK · Kraków John Paul II International Airport · 2,000 km / 1,243 miCIA · Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport · 2,014 km / 1,251 miBUD · Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · 2,080 km / 1,292 miKUN · Kaunas International Airport · 2,160 km / 1,342 miFNC · Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport · 2,312 km / 1,437 miACE · César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport · 2,669 km / 1,658 miFUE · Fuerteventura Airport · 2,727 km / 1,694 miLPA · Gran Canaria Airport · 2,806 km / 1,744 miTFS · Tenerife Sur Airport · 2,814 km / 1,749 miBOS · Boston Logan International Airport · 4,646 km / 2,887 miJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 4,946 km / 3,073 miOPO · Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport · 1,274 km / 792 miBZR · Béziers Vias airport · 1,382 km / 859 miTRN · Turin Airport · 1,464 km / 910 miGRO · Girona-Costa Brava Airport · 1,485 km / 923 miREU · Reus Airport · 1,493 km / 928 miPMI · Palma de Mallorca Airport · 1,712 km / 1,064 miNAP · Naples International Airport · 2,186 km / 1,358 miRVN · Rovaniemi Airport · 2,434 km / 1,512 miMLA · Malta International Airport · 2,621 km / 1,629 miCFU · Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport · 2,629 km / 1,634 miYYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport · 5,119 km / 3,181 miYYZJFKTFSCFUMLARVNFNCNAPKUNBUDKRKWMIAGPPMIGROTRNMADOPOCDGSTNEDIBOSFUEWROFAOPOZALCBZRMANLPACIAREULGWBHXACELHRSNN
Year-round26
LPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair412 km256 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair450 km280 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair486 km302 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair510 km317 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Aer Lingus594 km369 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair623 km387 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair629 km391 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Aer Lingus903 km561 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Ryanair1,417 km880 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Ryanair1,728 km1,074 miPOZPoznań-Ławica AirportPoland · Ryanair1,731 km1,076 miFAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Ryanair1,746 km1,085 miWROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Ryanair1,770 km1,100 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Ryanair1,815 km1,128 miWMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Ryanair1,985 km1,233 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair2,000 km1,243 miCIACiampino–G. B. Pastine International AirportItaly · Ryanair2,014 km1,251 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Ryanair2,080 km1,292 miKUNKaunas International AirportLithuania · Ryanair2,160 km1,342 miFNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · Ryanair2,312 km1,437 miACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · Ryanair2,669 km1,658 miFUEFuerteventura AirportSpain · Ryanair2,727 km1,694 miLPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Ryanair2,806 km1,744 miTFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Ryanair2,814 km1,749 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Aer Lingus4,646 km2,887 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Aer Lingus4,946 km3,073 mi
Most destinationsRyanair 32Aer Lingus 4Air Canada 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SNN. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Shannon Airport” (revision of 8 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.2M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#549of 3,974 · #146 Europe · #3 IELongest runway3,199 m10,495 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#886of 29,823 · #121 Europe · #1 IEElevation14 m46 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,436of 43,341 · =5,286 Europe · #42 IEAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =619 Europe · #3 IERunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =8 IE
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPAPP120.200
ATISATIS130.950
GNDGND121.800
TWRTWR118.700