Ground transport

Bus
Bus Éireann

Bus Éireann

Bus Éireann provides bus services in Ireland with the exception of those operated entirely within the Dublin Region, which are provided by Dublin Bus. Bus Éireann, established as a separate company in 1987, is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann. The logo of Bus Éireann incorporates a red Irish...

 currently provide services from the Airport on the Derry-Sligo-Galway and Galway-Sligo-Derry Route 64, Ireland West Airport Knock - Castlebar - Westport - Achill Island route 440, Dublin - Athlone - Ireland West Airport Knock - Westport route 21, and connects with Dublin - Mullingar - Longford - Ballina route 22 via Charlestown.
Taxi
The airport is also served by taxis

Taxicab

A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice...

. There is a taxi rank located outside the arrivals/departures entrance. To pre-book see www.knockairporttaxis.com.
Road
Ireland West Airport Knock is conveniently located on the main N17 North – South road, halfway between Galway and Sligo. It is also close to the junction of the East - West N5 Westport-Castlebar-Longford road.
Train
The nearest railway station to Ireland West Airport Knock is Ballyhaunis, accessible by airport cabs or bus services.
Car Hire
Car hire is available in the main concourse - terminal building, with eight car rental firms located at the airport.
Car Parking
The airport has over 1,500 accessible car parking spaces for short-term and long-term parking outside the main terminal.

Passenger statistics

Passenger numbers by year

Year	Passengers	Rank in Ireland	Rank in Republic of Ireland
1987	55,000
1988	117,000
1989	145,000
1990	146,000
1991	101,000
1992	106,000
1993	108,000
1994	130,000
1995	137,912
1996	161,435
1997	172,070
1998	186,689
1999	197,358
2000	173,421
2001	203,000
2002	199,000
2003	247,000
2004	373,000
2005	530,084	6	4
2006	621,171	6	4
2007	556,357	6	4
2008	629,000	6	4
2009	607,228	6	4
2010	589,180	6	4

Busiest routes

Busiest routes to and from Ireland West Airport Knock (2010)

Rank	Airport	Airline	Passengers
1	London Stansted	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	98,760
2	London Luton	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	73,929
3	London Gatwick	Republic of Ireland Aer Lingus Aer Lingus Aer Lingus Group Plc is the flag carrier of Ireland. It operates a fleet of Airbus aircraft serving Europe and North America. It is Ireland's oldest extant airline, and its second largest after low-cost rival Ryanair...	67,506
4	Liverpool	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	61,259
5	Manchester	United Kingdom bmibaby Bmibaby Bmibaby Limited is a small British low-cost airline and a subsidiary of British Midland International. It flies to destinations in the UK and Europe from its bases at Belfast-City, Birmingham and East Midlands airports....	47,885
6	East Midlands	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	43,074
7	Birmingham	United Kingdom bmibaby Bmibaby Bmibaby Limited is a small British low-cost airline and a subsidiary of British Midland International. It flies to destinations in the UK and Europe from its bases at Belfast-City, Birmingham and East Midlands airports....	41,934
8	Portugal Faro Faro Airport -Incidents and accidents:*On 21 December 1992, Martinair Flight 495 skidded off the runway in bad weather at Faro Airport killing 54 passengers and two crew out of a total of 340 people on board....	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....  /  European Union Charter Air charter Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft as opposed to individual aircraft seats...	35,699
9	Bristol Bristol Airport Bristol Airport may refer to:* Bristol Airport, serving Bristol, England, United Kingdom ** Bristol Airport , a docu-soap based on events at Bristol Airport...	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	29,536
10	Spain Alicante Alicante Airport Alicante Airport , , originally named El Altet, is the sixth busiest airport in Spain, and the main airport for the Province of Alicante and the Region of Murcia. The airport is situated southwest of Alicante and east of Elche in the municipality of Elche on Mediterranean coast. Up to eighty...	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	24,654
11	Leeds-Bradford	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	20,973
12	Spain Barcelona-Reus Reus Airport -Incidents and accidents:* On 20 July 1970, a Condor Boeing 737-100 which was approaching Reus Airport, collided with a privately owned Piper Cherokee light aircraft near Tarragona, Spain. The Piper subsequently crashed, resulting in the death of the three persons on board...	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	20,233
13	Spain Lanzarote	European Union Charter Air charter Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft as opposed to individual aircraft seats...	7,185
14	Republic of Ireland Dublin Dublin Airport Dublin Airport, , is operated by the Dublin Airport Authority. Located in Collinstown, in the Fingal part of County Dublin, 18.4 million passengers passed through the airport in 2010, making it the busiest airport in the Republic of Ireland, followed by Cork and Shannon...	Republic of Ireland Aer Arann Aer Arann Aer Arann is a regional airline based in Dublin, Ireland. Aer Arann operates scheduled services from Ireland and the Isle of Man to destinations in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and France, with a fleet of 18 aircraft. Aer Arann has expanded from a single aircraft to Ireland's third largest airline...	6,978
15	France Lourdes	European Union Charter Air charter Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft as opposed to individual aircraft seats...	4,329

Busiest routes to and from Ireland West Airport Knock (2011 Jan-Jun)

Rank	Airport	Airline	Passengers	% Change 2010 / 11
1	London Stansted	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	49,973	13
2	London Luton	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	39,971	12
3	Liverpool	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	32,507	16
4	London Gatwick	Republic of Ireland Aer Lingus Aer Lingus Aer Lingus Group Plc is the flag carrier of Ireland. It operates a fleet of Airbus aircraft serving Europe and North America. It is Ireland's oldest extant airline, and its second largest after low-cost rival Ryanair...	30,420	2
5	Manchester	United Kingdom bmibaby Bmibaby Bmibaby Limited is a small British low-cost airline and a subsidiary of British Midland International. It flies to destinations in the UK and Europe from its bases at Belfast-City, Birmingham and East Midlands airports....	20,073	4
6	Birmingham	United Kingdom bmibaby Bmibaby Bmibaby Limited is a small British low-cost airline and a subsidiary of British Midland International. It flies to destinations in the UK and Europe from its bases at Belfast-City, Birmingham and East Midlands airports....	19,524	15
7	East Midlands	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	19,514	2
8	Portugal Faro Faro Airport -Incidents and accidents:*On 21 December 1992, Martinair Flight 495 skidded off the runway in bad weather at Faro Airport killing 54 passengers and two crew out of a total of 340 people on board....	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....  /  European Union Charter Air charter Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft as opposed to individual aircraft seats...	14,943	33
9	Bristol Bristol Airport Bristol Airport may refer to:* Bristol Airport, serving Bristol, England, United Kingdom ** Bristol Airport , a docu-soap based on events at Bristol Airport...	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	13,731	1
10	Leeds-Bradford	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	11,503	92
11	Spain Alicante Alicante Airport Alicante Airport , , originally named El Altet, is the sixth busiest airport in Spain, and the main airport for the Province of Alicante and the Region of Murcia. The airport is situated southwest of Alicante and east of Elche in the municipality of Elche on Mediterranean coast. Up to eighty...	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	10,204	23
12	Spain Barcelona-Reus Reus Airport -Incidents and accidents:* On 20 July 1970, a Condor Boeing 737-100 which was approaching Reus Airport, collided with a privately owned Piper Cherokee light aircraft near Tarragona, Spain. The Piper subsequently crashed, resulting in the death of the three persons on board...	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	9,030	63
13	Spain Tenerife Tenerife South Airport Tenerife South Airport , previously known as Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport, is one of two international airports located on the island of Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands . Between its opening and the end of 2006, a total of 173,912,207 passengers passed through the airport...	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	5,259	N/A
14	Spain Lanzarote	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....  /  European Union Charter Air charter Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft as opposed to individual aircraft seats...	4,880	593
15	Spain Gran Canaria	Republic of Ireland Ryanair Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....	4,239	N/A
16	Edinburgh Edinburgh Airport Edinburgh Airport is located at Turnhouse in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, and was the busiest airport in Scotland in 2010, handling just under 8.6 million passengers in that year. It was also the sixth busiest airport in the UK by passengers and the fifth busiest by aircraft movements...	United Kingdom flybe Flybe Flybe Group PLC is a British low-cost regional airline headquartered at the Jack Walker House at Exeter International Airport in Devon, England...	2,604	N/A

Incidents and accidents

• On 23 March 2006, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800
  Boeing 737
  The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range, twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers...
  
   "only marginally avoided controlled flight into terrain", during an approach to the airport following a flight from London Gatwick, according to the Irish Air Accident Investigation Unit
  Air Accident Investigation Unit
  The Air Accident Investigation Unit is part of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport of the Republic of Ireland, and is responsible for the investigation of aircraft accidents and serious incidents within Ireland and in some cases to Irish registered aircraft elsewhere.The Air Accident...
  
  . An unbriefed descent, while the flight crew concentrated on reprogramming for a new approach, meant they arrived over the airport at 410 ft with landing gear and flaps up. The aircraft landed successfully following a second approach attempt.

Music

The construction of Knock Airport is the subject of "Knock Song" by Irish folk singer-songwriter Christy Moore

Christy Moore

Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is a popular Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is well known as one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts...

. The musical "On a Wing and a Prayer" deals with the life and times of Monsignor James Horan, focusing on his long and arduous struggle to get the airport built. It premièred in the Royal Theatre, Castlebar, on the 25 November 2010.

External links

• Ireland West Airport Knock