National airports handled 4.4 million passengers in January, a 4.0% increase compared to the same month in 2025, according to data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE) this Friday, the 13th. Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon handled 56.6% of total passengers (2.5 million), a year-on-year increase of 3.4%, while Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport in Porto handled 23.6% of the total (1.0 million passengers, equivalent to a 9.6% rise). Gago Coutinho Airport in Faro saw a year-on-year decrease of 2.5%, handling 302,100 passengers, or 6.8% of the total. Cristiano Ronaldo Airport in Funchal was the third busiest airport in the first month of this year, with a year-on-year increase of 4.8% to 345,900. On average, 68,200 passengers disembarked per day, up from 65,600 in the same month last year. Throughout January, 16,500 commercial aircraft landed at national airports, a 2.9% year-on-year increase. Spain was the main country of origin for flights, with a 5.6% rise in disembarked passengers, followed by France (-3.8%), while for destinations the positions were reversed, with France in first place (a 4.1% decrease in embarked passengers) and Spain in second (a 5.4% increase). The United Kingdom occupied third place for both origin and destination, with increases of 1.5% in disembarked passengers and 3.2% in embarked passengers. Brazil and Germany alternated between fourth and fifth positions depending on whether they were the origin or destination country, INE added. Regarding cargo and mail handled at national airports, there was a year-on-year decrease of 1.6% to 17,992 tonnes. Lisbon Airport handled 13,679 tonnes, equivalent to 76.3% of the total and a year-on-year decrease of 2.4%, while other airports saw a 1.0% increase.