# Shannon Airport (SNN)

> Shannon, IE · IATA: SNN · ICAO: EINN · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `SNN` |
| ICAO | `EINN` |
| City | Shannon |
| Country | IE |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 14 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| Cargo Rank | #2 |
| GPS | 52.70200, -8.92482 |

## Description

3,199 metres of runway – the longest in Ireland – explain much of what Shannon Airport (IATA: SNN, ICAO: EINN) means to the freight business. The strip on the Shannon estuary handles heavy-lift charters, freighter fuel stops and outsize project cargo up to Antonov An-124 size, work that Dublin rarely sees. Turkish Cargo routes A330 freighters of up to 70 tonnes payload from Istanbul through Shannon and onward to New York JFK, Chicago and Atlanta with full fifth-freedom rights. Annual throughput sits around 17,000 tonnes, and since IAG Cargo closed its handling facility at the end of 2024 the business has leaned more heavily on charter and project traffic. History buffs know Shannon for two world firsts: the first duty-free shop (1947) and the first free trade zone, the Shannon Free Zone of 1959. A third first followed in 1986, when Shannon became the first airport outside the Americas to offer US preclearance. The surrounding region hosts a dense cluster of aircraft leasing and MRO companies – a sizeable share of the world's leased airliners is managed from Ireland. The Shannon Airport Group is currently expanding its adjacent business park in a roughly €14 million development. Surface access runs via the M18 motorway, with Limerick about 25 km away and Galway roughly 90; passenger traffic is a modest two million or so a year.

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