Table 37b: Frequency of flying for leisure by destination in last 12 months for those who have flown
26 September 2017 - Transport and Travel in Scotland 2016
Table 37b: Frequency of flying for leisure by destination in last 12 months for those who have flown
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ||
| All leisure flights | Column percentages | ||||||||
| 1 or 2 | 49.8 | 50.9 | 50.6 | 49.4 | 50.2 | 49.6 | .. | 43.7 | |
| 3 or 4 | 25.1 | 23.8 | 24.3 | 24.9 | 23.6 | 24.2 | .. | 26.1 | |
| 5 or 6 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 12.2 | 11.0 | .. | 12.6 | |
| 7 or 8 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | .. | 7.7 | |
| 9 to 12 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | .. | 5.8 | |
| 13 to 20 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.9 | .. | 3.1 | |
| More than 20 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | .. | 1.1 | |
| Lower decile | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | .. | 2.0 | |
| Lower quartile | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | .. | 2.0 | |
| Median | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | .. | 4.0 | |
| Upper quartile | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | .. | 6.0 | |
| Upper decile | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | .. | 8.0 | |
| Mean* | 4.2 | 20.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | .. | 4.7 | |
| Of which: | |||||||||
| Flights within Scotland | |||||||||
| 0 | 92.9 | 93.8 | 95.9 | 94.2 | 94.3 | 95.2 | .. | 95.3 | |
| 1 or 2 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.3 | .. | 2.6 | |
| 3 or 4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | .. | 1.0 | |
| 5 or 6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | .. | 0.4 | |
| 7 or 8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | .. | 0.2 | |
| 9 to 12 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | .. | 0.3 | |
| 13 to 20 | 0.1 | ** | ** | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .. | 0.0 | |
| More than 20 | 0.1 | ** | ** | 0.0 | ** | 0.1 | .. | 0.0 | |
| Flights to rest of UK | |||||||||
| 0 | 67.2 | 67.0 | 68.9 | 69.8 | 70.5 | 71.7 | .. | 69.3 | |
| 1 or 2 | 22.4 | 22.0 | 20.3 | 19.8 | 18.8 | 17.8 | .. | 19.9 | |
| 3 or 4 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.6 | .. | 5.7 | |
| 5 or 6 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.6 | .. | 2.3 | |
| 7 or 8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | .. | 1.2 | |
| 9 to 12 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | .. | 1.0 | |
| 13 to 20 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | .. | 0.4 | |
| More than 20 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | .. | 0.2 | |
| Flights to other European Countries | |||||||||
| 0 | 27.1 | 30.5 | 28.1 | 26.2 | 25.9 | 24.0 | .. | 26.3 | |
| 1 or 2 | 49.7 | 47.8 | 48.6 | 48.7 | 48.7 | 49.5 | .. | 48.3 | |
| 3 or 4 | 15.3 | 13.5 | 15.1 | 17.0 | 16.2 | 15.7 | .. | 16.1 | |
| 5 or 6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 6.2 | .. | 5.4 | |
| 7 or 8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | .. | 2.1 | |
| 9 to 12 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.7 | .. | 1.3 | |
| 13 to 20 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | .. | 0.4 | |
| More than 20 | ** | 0.2 | 0.1 | ** | 0.2 | 0.1 | .. | 0.1 | |
| Flights to countries outside Europe | |||||||||
| 0 | 68.3 | 63.5 | 66.1 | 67.3 | 70.2 | 69.3 | .. | 67.5 | |
| 1 or 2 | 25.2 | 29.0 | 26.6 | 26.6 | 23.7 | 24.2 | .. | 25.7 | |
| 3 or 4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | .. | 4.5 | |
| 5 or 6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | .. | 1.3 | |
| 7 or 8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | .. | 0.5 | |
| 9 to 12 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | .. | 0.4 | |
| 13 to 20 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ** | 0.2 | ** | 0.1 | .. | 0.1 | |
| More than 20 | ** | ** | . | ** | ** | . | .. | 0.0 | |
| Sample size (=100%) | 5,310 | 4,180 | 5,100 | 4,250 | 4,380 | 4,280 | .. | 4,450 | |
1. Sample size is those who answered yes to previous question asking whether respondent had flown for leisure, holildays and visiting friends or family in the last 12 months.
* Note mean value can be dragged up by a handful of respondents reporting making a large number of flights eg in 2010. The median is a better measure of the average.
** value supressed as cell contains fewer than 5 responses