Over 170,000 passengers flew to and from Ireland West Airport in the first three months of this year.
That's a 4.6 per cent increase on the same time last year.
A total of 170,283 passengers passed through the airport's doors from January to March.
Similarly to previous years, the top route for Knock was London-Luton.
18,747 passengers arrived from there with 19,634 departing.
The Ryanair Liverpool saw an increase in departures rising to 15,255 from 14,591.