Passenger numbers at Kerry airport last year rose 18% on the previous year.
This brought the numbers to levels not seen for 15 years, the airport said.
In total 419,281 passengers passed through the facility over the twelve months.
That was just 4,000 less than in 2008 which was the highest ever year of traffic since scheduled flights commenced at Kerry Airport.
"More than eight million people have flown in and out of Kerry Airport in the 34 years since scheduled flights commenced in 1989," said John Mulhern, CEO of Kerry Airport.
"We've surpassed the 400,000-mark twice during that period – in 2023 and before that in 2008 when passenger figures peaked at 423,248."
"We were on an upward trajectory in 2019 before the aviation industry was decimated by the pandemic."
"The recovery has been achieved thanks to the commitment of the Kerry Airport Board, our hard-working management team and staff, the airlines who service the routes and of course, the travelling public."
Among the destinations served last year by the airport were Dublin as well as locations in the UK, Germany, France, Spain and Portugal.
Flights to Manchester, London Luton and London Stansted made up half of the overall passenger footfall.
Destinations in Spain and Portugal recorded a 92% average seat occupancy.
Chalair is also set to offer services on three routes to popular summer holiday destinations in France from the end of June.
