Passenger arrivals at Hosea Kutako International Airport increased 19.6% month-on-month in July 2026, helping lift overall passenger movements through Namibia’s airports after a decline in June.
According to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA), arrivals at Hosea Kutako rose to 45,206 passengers from 37,787 in June, although they remained below the 47,090 recorded in July 2025.
The airport continued to dominate Namibia’s aviation traffic, accounting for 84.8% of all passenger movements during the month.
Overall passenger movements across Namibia’s airports increased 7.7% month-on-month to 97,796, from 90,834 in June. However, traffic remained 5.1% below the 103,070 passenger movements recorded in July 2025.
The NSA said the Passenger Movement Composite Index, which measures international, regional and domestic arrivals and departures, reversed an 8.9% month-on-month decline recorded in June.
Despite the strong monthly recovery at Hosea Kutako, arrivals remained 4.0% lower year-on-year.
Departures from the airport increased more moderately, rising 3.2% month-on-month to 37,716 passengers, from 36,549 in June. This was below the 39,232 departures recorded in July 2025, representing a 3.9% annual decline.
Walvis Bay Airport, which accounted for 8.8% of total passenger movements, recorded 4,023 arrivals in July, up 1.9% month-on-month from 3,949.
The strongest increase at Walvis Bay came from departing passengers, which jumped 27.9% month-on-month to 4,604, from 3,601 in June. Departures were, however, marginally below the 4,631 recorded in July last year.
Eros Airport recorded weaker traffic during the month, with arrivals falling 17.6% to 1,955 passengers from 2,374 in June. Arrivals were also 14.4% lower year-on-year.
Departures from Eros declined 11.6% month-on-month to 2,026 passengers and were 15.2% below the 2,390 recorded in July 2025.
The figures show that Namibia’s July recovery was largely supported by increased traffic through Hosea Kutako, while passenger movements across the country remained below year-earlier levels.
