August was the busiest month at the airport with 524,100 passengers handled, and January was the month with biggest annual growth in passenger numbers, 30%, the ministry said in a statement late on Monday.
Domestic traffic via Henri Coanda saw a 21% increase last year, to 497,208 passengers.
A plane was taking off or landing on either of the two runways of Henri Coanda every seven minutes on the average in 2008.