Donegal Airport guide

Donegal Airport sits at Carrickfinn in The Rosses, on the north-west coast of County Donegal. The airfield lies about 3.7 km south-west of Bunbeg, beside the Atlantic shore. Its ICAO code is EIDL. The airport opened officially in March 1978. It began with 2,000 ft of grass and handled its first scheduled passenger flights on 24 December 1985.

The single runway, 02/20, is 1,495 m long with a bitumen surface. The terminal building dates from 1992-93 and is small, so check-in and boarding take little time. Drive times from the surrounding area are short. Dungloe and Gweedore are about 15 minutes away, and Letterkenny is about 45 minutes away.

The airport runs a public service route to Dublin with Aer Lingus, with flights every day. Loganair flies to Glasgow on Wednesdays and Sundays. Traffic fell to 14,603 passengers in 2021 and has risen each year since, reaching 55,129 in 2025. That is above the pre-pandemic level of 48,542 in 2019. Aircraft movements numbered 1,680 in 2025.