Dublin Airport delivered its busiest month on record in July 2026, handling 3,839,635 passengers – a 2.3% year‑on‑year increase – as sustained summer travel, strong inbound tourism and exceptional transatlantic demand pushed volumes to historic highs. The airport managed an average of 123,000 passengers per day, with every day in July exceeding the 100,000 threshold and the busiest day – Sunday, July 12 – reaching 133,472 passengers. Despite these volumes, security wait times remained under 20 minutes for the vast majority of travellers. Passenger Cap RemovalThe record month also coincided with a regulatory shift, as legislation passed last month formally lifted the 32 million annual passenger cap. Its removal provides Dublin with long‑term certainty for infrastructure planning and reframes current throughput levels as a sustainable baseline rather than a temporary spike.