Cork Airport

Cork Airport

*Aerfort Chorcaí*
Cork Airport; Aerfort Chorcaí
	IATA: ORK; ICAO: EICK;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Ireland
Operator	daa plc
Serves	Cork, Ireland
Location	Farmers Cross, Cork City
Focus city for	Aer Lingus
Operating base for	Ryanair
Elevation AMSL	502 ft / 153 m
Coordinates	51°50′29″N 008°29′28″W / 51.84139°N 8.49111°W
Website	www.corkairport.com
Map
	ORK/EICK Location of airport in Ireland ORK/EICK ORK/EICK (County Cork)
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Passengers
Passengers	2,801,900
Passenger change 22–23	025%
Aircraft Movements	21,442
Movements change 18–19	04.6%
	Location/geo data: AIS; Passengers; Aircraft Movements: IAA; , CSO

Cork Airport (Irish: Aerfort Chorcaí) (IATA: ORK, ICAO: EICK) is the second-largest of the three principal international airports in Ireland, after Dublin and ahead of Shannon. It is located in Cork City, 6.5 km (4.0 mi)^[1] south of the city centre in an area known as Farmers Cross.^[5] In 2018, Cork Airport handled 2.39 million passengers,^[6] growing by over 8% to 2.58 million in 2019. Following a decline during the COVID-19 global pandemic, which saw passenger numbers fall to 530,000 in 2020,^[7] numbers in 2022 rose to 2.24 million.^[8]

Cork is the state's second-busiest airport in terms of passenger numbers, after Dublin, and third busiest on the island of Ireland, after Dublin and Belfast International.

^ ^a ^b EICK – CORK/International (PDF). AIP and charts from the Irish Aviation Authority.
^ "Designation numbers of Cork Airport runway to change for first time 50 years". Irish Examiner. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Aviation Statistics Quarter 4 and Year 2019 - CSO - Central Statistics Office". 16 April 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^ "Busiest Ever Year for Irish Aviation as the IAA Handles a Record-Breaking 1.1 Million + Flights". iaa.ie. Irish Aviation Authority. 18 January 2018. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
^ "Cork Airport – Information about Cork Airport". DiscoveringIreland.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
^ Cite error: The named reference DAA Annual Report 2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Passenger numbers at Cork airport fell 80% last year". RTE. 11 January 2021. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ "Passenger numbers at Cork Airport in 2022 up 708% on 2021 and 86% on 2019". breakingnews.ie. Irish Times DAC. 10 January 2023. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.

[AIP-1] EICK – CORK/International (PDF). AIP and charts from the Irish Aviation Authority.

[2] "Designation numbers of Cork Airport runway to change for first time 50 years". Irish Examiner. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

[cso.ie-3] "Aviation Statistics Quarter 4 and Year 2019 - CSO - Central Statistics Office". 16 April 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

[4] "Busiest Ever Year for Irish Aviation as the IAA Handles a Record-Breaking 1.1 Million + Flights". iaa.ie. Irish Aviation Authority. 18 January 2018. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

[5] "Cork Airport – Information about Cork Airport". DiscoveringIreland.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

[DAA_Annual_Report_2018-6] Cite error: The named reference DAA Annual Report 2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[rte2021-7] "Passenger numbers at Cork airport fell 80% last year". RTE. 11 January 2021. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[8] "Passenger numbers at Cork Airport in 2022 up 708% on 2021 and 86% on 2019". breakingnews.ie. Irish Times DAC. 10 January 2023. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.

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