In 2025, passenger traffic through Tallinn Airport remained relatively unchanged compared with the previous year, with nearly 3.5 million passengers served, according to new data from Statistics Estonia.
This followed several years of growth in Baltic air transport, but the latest figures indicate a stabilisation in passenger volumes across the region.
‘Virtually unchanged’
“Compared with 2024, the number of passengers was virtually unchanged at Tallinn Airport and also at Riga Airport [in Latvia],” commented Anton Kardakov, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia.
“There was an increase in air traffic only in Lithuania, as the number of passengers grew by 8.4% compared with 2024. The number of air passengers in Lithuania was 0.5% higher than in Latvia, which had previously been at the top, and reached 7.13 million last year.”
At Tallinn Airport, international routes continued to account for the majority of traffic, with the busiest route between Tallinn and Stockholm Arlanda Airport, where 322,800 passengers were carried, close to the level recorded in 2024.
Other high-volume routes included Tallinn–Riga with 304,200 passengers and Tallinn–Helsinki-Vantaa with 302,700 passengers.
“Passenger traffic between Tallinn and Warsaw Chopin Airport ranked fifth with 241,100 passengers, whereas the number of passengers on this route was up by 17% from 2024,” added Kardakov.
Domestic air transport
Domestic air transport in Estonia declined in 2025, however. The number of passengers travelling between Tallinn and Kuressaare fell to 34,100, a decrease of 17% compared with 2024. The Tallinn–Kärdla route also recorded a decline, with 11,900 passengers, down 23% year on year.
In terms of freight and mail traffic, meanwhile, around 12,400 tonnes of cargo were handled through Tallinn Airport in 2025, representing a rise of 33% compared with 2024.
Freight flows were concentrated on a small number of routes. Around one quarter of total air freight moved between Tallinn and Leipzig, while 16% was linked to Copenhagen. Additional freight flows were associated with connections via Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, which together accounted for about a quarter of air cargo volumes, partly linked to e-commerce logistics. Read more here.
