Birmingham Airport Records Busiest Month Ever with Record-Breaking Summer
Birmingham Airport (BHX) recorded its busiest month ever in August following a record-breaking summer for passenger volume.
1,519,621 passengers travelled through the regional transport hub in August 2025 – a 4.8% increase compared to the same period last year and the highest total number of passengers recorded during a single month in the airport's history.
The milestone month is bolstered with new routes from the airport to popular destinations including Gibraltar, Jerez, and Rome. Birmingham Airport remain on track to experience its busiest year ever with nearly 14 million passengers forecast to travel through the transport hub in 2025/26.
Some of the most popular destinations for August included sunshine spots such as Tenerife, Malaga, and Palma de Mallorca. Other busy routes included Dublin, Dubai, and Amsterdam.
Last month, the Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander, visited Birmingham Airport for a tour of ongoing development works amidst the delivery of the airport’s most ambitious capital investment plan ever. The Secretary of State was shown key investment projects including new baggage facilities, the Next-Generation Security Hall and refreshed boarding gate lounges.
Al Titterington, Terminal Operations Director of Birmingham Airport said: “We’re delighted to report that August was our busiest month ever here at BHX with over 1.5 million passengers choosing to travel through the Airport. This historic milestone is indicative of our extensive route network and our ongoing commitment to enhancing our operations to facilitate sustained growth.
“As we enter the final part of this year, we are pleased to see the launch of even more new routes from BHX including services to City of Derry, Lapland-Rovaniemi and Sibiu. We are also continuing the delivery of our most ambitious investment programme ever, which will bring significant improvements to capacity which our customers will experience when they travel through through the Airport experience.”
Overview of August Figures
Top Five Routes: Dublin, Palma de Mallorca, Dubai, Antalya, Alicante
Total Passengers by World Region
Europe: 1,366,901
Middle East: 79,792
Africa: 43,157
Caribbean: 11,732
North America: 7,311
Scheduled/Charter Split
Scheduled Flights: 8122
Chartered Flights: 954