In March 2025

Passenger movement at the airports of the Autonomous Region of Madeira registered a growth of 6.7% year-on-year

According to information provided by ANA - Airports of Portugal to the Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM), in March 2025, the airports of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (ARM) recorded a movement of 442.5 thousand passengers, transported on 2 975 commercial flights, representing year-on-year changes of +6.7% and +7.1%, respectively.

In the month of reference, Madeira Airport recorded an increase, both in the movement of aircraft (2 808; +8.5% compared to March 2024), and in the number of passengers (431.8 thousand; +7.7%). In contrast, at Porto Santo Airport, despite the reduction of aircraft movement (167; -12.1% compared to the same period of 2024), the number of passengers increased (10.7 thousand; -22.0%).

It is worth noting that the results for this month may have been slightly influenced by the calendar effect, as Easter was celebrated in March 2024, but occurred later in April 2025.

Over the first three months of 2025, changes in aircraft and passenger movements were +8.8% and +6.7%, respectively.

In the first quarter of 2025, each aircraft (considering both landings and take-offs) transported, on average, approximately 154 passengers (155 in March 2024) at Madeira Airport, while at Porto Santo Airport, this figure approached 64 passengers (72 in the same period of 2024).

In March 2025, passenger movement at airports in the Autonomous Region of Madeira grew by 15.8% in international traffic (205.9 thousand) while decreasing by 3.2% in the domestic segment (191.5 thousand).

At Madeira Airport, international traffic (57.1%) predominated over domestic (42.9% of the total). At Porto Santo Airport, there was a preponderance of domestic traffic (60.8% of the total), but with a higher disproportion compared to the same period in 2024 (58.6% of the total).

In this reference month, regular flights at the ARM airports accounted for 91.5% of the total aircraft movements and 93.1% of passengers (91.4% and 93.6% in March 2024, respectively).

In March 2025, the occupancy of aircraft movements at the ARM airports was around 86.0%, with Madeira Airport reaching 86.7% and Porto Santo at 65.6%. %.  The corresponding figures for March 2024 were higher across the board: 87.9% for both airports combined, 88.5% for Madeira Airport and 72.9% for Porto Santo Airport.

The number of passengers embarked and disembarked at the ARM airports (not considering transit passengers) totalled 1 139.5 thousand from January to March of 2025, with almost half corresponding to traffic exclusively between airports located within the national territory, including internal and domestic connections (43.5% of the total together), and the other half to international traffic (56.5%). In the context of the latter, the United Kingdom was the main country of origin and destination for international flights from the ARM airports (29.1%), followed by Germany (22.8%) and Poland (12.4%).

The IATA Winter (International Air Transport Association) began on 27 October 2024 and ended on 29 March 2025. During this period,  Madeira Airport operated commercial flights from 32 airlines (28 in the IATA Winter 23/24), covering 65 routes (62 in the same period last year) to 61 destinations (56 in the IATA Winter 23/24). At Porto Santo Airport, commercial flights were operated across 5 routes (5 in the IATA Winter 23/24), by 5 airlines (5 in the same period last year) to 5 destinations (5 in the IATA Winter 23/24).

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