My favourite strategy to guide a vacation is to open Skyscanner, enter your nearest airport, enter a couple of dates and hit the ‘wherever’ search.
This device has taken me in every single place from Skopje in North Macedonia to the Maldives, however not everyone seems to be fortunate sufficient to have a megahub like London’s Heathrow or Doha’s Hamad Worldwide as their residence base.
Do you reside in Europe and marvel how linked your nearest airport is? Fear no extra as a result of we have compiled a listing of the highest 25 most linked airports on the continent.
International journey information firm OAG shared with Euronews Journey the variety of locations served by every of Europe’s high airports, and there’s a clear winner.
Istanbul Airport serves 294 locations and is probably the most accessible airport in Europe. This isn’t stunning contemplating that Turkish Airways, which makes use of the airport as its residence base, holds the Guinness World Report for probably the most international locations served by an airline.
Vacationers through Istanbul Airport can go wherever from Antalya and Bodrum to Mexico Metropolis and Sydney.
In a tie for second place are Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, each providing direct flights to 262 locations.
Europe’s most linked airport
1. Turkiye, Istanbul – 294 direct locations
2= Paris, Charles de Gaulle, France – 262
2=Amsterdam Schiphol, Netherlands – 262
4. Frankfurt, Germany – 258
5. Rome Fiumicino, Italy – 230
6. Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas, Spain – 227
7. Josep Talladeras Barcelona-El Prat, Spain – 220
8. Munich, Germany – 211
9. London Heathrow Airport, UK – 210
10. London Gatwick, UK – 200
11. Dublin, Eire – 193
12= Manchester, UK – 188
12= Milan Malpensa, Italy – 188
14= Zurich, Switzerland – 187
14= Antalya, Turkiye – 187
16. Palma de Mallorca, Spain – 185
17. Vienna, Austria – 182
18. Copenhagen Kastrup, Denmark – 176
19. Athens Eleftherios Venizelos, Greece – 169
20. Malaga, Spain – 166
21. Paris, Orly, France – 156
22. Lisbon, Portugal – 153
23. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen, Turkiye – 149
24. Oslo Gardermoen, Norway – 142
25. Moscow Sheremetyevo, Russia – 124
Variety of flight locations is correct as of July 29, 2026. This quantity modifications often.
OAG has posted the Megahubs report on its web site, with the subsequent version anticipated to be revealed in September.
To rank the highest 50 busiest airports, OAG appears at each the variety of locations served immediately and the variety of scheduled worldwide connections on the airport’s busiest days.
Based mostly on this, London Heathrow Airport has been named the world’s high megahub in 2025, adopted by Istanbul Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
