BUD

Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport

Budapest, Hungary

ICAOLHBPElev495 ft
The Verdict
46/100Could be worse (but not by much)

Passengers have noticed — and they're not happy about it. And it's getting worse.

Ranked #41 of 42 airportsBased on data from 1960–2026
Operational25%
65Passable
Sentiment25%
25Dire
Infrastructure15%
63Passable
Sent. Velocity15%
0Dire
Connectivity10%
93Suspiciously good
Operator10%
50Passable

Carbon Accreditation

Level 6/7Transition
2024

Paris-aligned reductions + offsetting residuals

What People Think

BUD: solidly in the 'could be worse' category.

4.0Avg Rating / 10
168
ReviewsSkytrax 168
20%Positive
SKYTRAX STARS:★★★★☆
★☆☆☆☆skytrax
Mar 2026

✅ Trip Verified | Nothing wrong with the airport per se, but the public transport to and from the airport is below par for any setting, European or...

★★☆☆☆skytrax
Mar 2026

✅ Trip Verified | Everything was great up until the boarding. I had a duty free bag full of goodies with my sweater on top. The lady told me to put...

★☆☆☆☆skytrax
Jan 2026

✅ Trip Verified | The security screening was conducted in a chaotic, inconsistent, and unreasonable manner. The requirement to remove our shoes see...

★☆☆☆☆skytrax
Dec 2025

Passport control was dreadful. You had to queue for over an hour whilst staff laughed and joked. People were making the flight with moments to spare.

★☆☆☆☆skytrax
Aug 2025

✅ Trip Verified |    Absolutely humiliating experience at security and passport control. My 1-year-old and 5-year-old were treated like security threa...

Sentiment Trajectory (2010–2024)-0.44 over 10 years
Then: 2.4/5 (14 reviews)Now: 2.0/5 (11 reviews)
Positive20%
Neutral34%
Negative45%
Queuing
2.4
Cleanliness
3.5
Staff
2.8
Food & Bev
2.6
Wifi
—
Wayfinding
3.4
Transport
3.5
Shopping
—

The Numbers

359KPassengers (1960)
-79.8%YoY Growth

359K passengers in 1960 — still 98% below the 2019 peak, though up -91% from the 2020 COVID crater.

Passenger History

Lounges

1 available
Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport
priority pass

Tardiness Report

2014/12–2014/01 · 0 flights
—Flights Delayed
—Avg Delay

Where You Can Escape To

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Middle East2
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Ground Transport

MMetro
RRail
TTram
BBus

The Runway Report

2 Runways
13L/31R12,162ft × 148ft · CON · Lighted
13R/31L9,875ft × 148ft · CON · Lighted

The Backstory

HistorySince 1937, Budapest's primary airport had been Budaörs Airport. However, within two years of its opening, it was already apparent that Budaörs was obsolete. It could not be expanded due to surrounding hills, and its runways were also inadequate. In...
ACI Service Quality Awards

None recorded. A clean record — in the worst sense.