Scottish Transport Statistics No 33 2014 Edition

Chapter 8: Air Transport

  • Air travel and freight in Scotland
  • Passenger numbers by origin, destination and type of service
  • Flight punctuality
  • Freight carried
  • Air transport movements
  • Airline finance

Chapter 8: Air Transport

Chapter 8: Air Transport

AIR TRANSPORT

1. Introduction

1.1 This chapter provides information on air transport, such as passenger numbers by origin, destination and type of service, flight punctuality, amount of freight carried, air transport movements, and income and expenditure figures of airline authorities.

Key Points

  • There were 23.3 million air passengers at Scottish airports in 2013
  • Three quarters travel to or from Edinburgh or Glasgow.
  • 54 thousand tonnes of freight are carried by air each year.

2. Main Points

Passengers & Airports

2.1 There were 23.3 million air terminal passengers in 2013, 1 million (4.7%) more than in the previous year. Passenger numbers increased by 39% between 2001 and 2007 reaching a peak of 25,132 before falling 17% to 20,907 in 2010, since when they have risen 11 per cent. (Table 8.1)

2.2 Edinburgh airport had 9.8 million terminal passengers in 2013 (7% increase) and Glasgow airport had 7.4 million, 3% more than the previous year. Aberdeen had 3.4 million, (up 3%) and Glasgow Prestwick had 1.1 million (7% more). Together these four airports accounted for 93% of the total. Over the past ten years, trends for these airports were similar to the national picture, except for Edinburgh which saw a levelling off in numbers after 2007 rather than a fall. (Table 8.1)

2.3 In 2013, London Heathrow accounted for 36% of passengers on selected domestic routes to and from Aberdeen, 29% for Edinburgh and 24% for Glasgow. There are no longer any flights between Glasgow Prestwick and Stansted. Therefore, the only domestic flights from Glasgow Prestwick go to the City of Derry. London Gatwick had 39% of the domestic passengers to/from Inverness. Other domestic routes with large passenger numbers included those between Edinburgh and Gatwick, Stansted, Belfast and London City, and between Glasgow and Gatwick, Stansted, Belfast and Luton. (Table 8.2)

Origin/destinations

2.4 The most popular country of origin/destination for passengers flying directly to and from Scottish airports was Spain (excluding the Canary Islands) with 1.9 million passenger journeys in 2013, 18% of all passengers on direct flights abroad. Other popular origins/destinations were the Netherlands (1.2 million passengers) and the Irish Republic and France (around 0.8 million passengers). The trends for many destinations are increasing numbers of passengers, either as a result of more people travelling or more routes becoming available. (Table 8.3a and Table 8.3b)

2.5 Some countries e.g. Turkey and Greece are mostly served by charter flights (62% and 56%), whereas almost all those who travelled to/from the Irish Republic or the Netherlands used scheduled flights. (Table 8.4)

2.6 The most popular international airports (those with the largest numbers of passenger journeys for flights directly to and from Scotland's main airports in 2013) were Amsterdam with 1.2 million passengers and Dublin with 0.7 million passengers. (Table 8.5)

2.7 In 2013, 6% of all terminal passenger traffic was within Scotland, 44% was to/from other parts of the UK, and 39% was between Scotland and mainland Europe. (Table 8.6)

Delays & Movements

2.8 In 2013, the overall average delay was 9 minutes for flights to or from Edinburgh and 11 minutes from Glasgow airports (the Notes and Definitions section describes the basis for these figures). Around 7% of flights to or from Edinburgh and 9% from Glasgow airports were delayed by more than 30 minutes. (Table 8.8)

2.9 The total number of aircraft movements in 2013 was 480,000. Aberdeen had the highest number of aircraft movements with 118,000, (94% of which were commercial movements), followed by Edinburgh (112,000) and Glasgow (80,000). (Table 8.9)

Air freight

2.10 Air freight carried in 2013 increased by 2,025 tonnes (4%) over the previous year to 54,225 tonnes. (Table 8.13)

Other statistics

2.11 The Civil Aviation Authority's 2013 passenger survey found large differences between the 4 main airports. Business passengers ranged from 27% at Glasgow to 57% at Aberdeen. Forty three per cent of passengers at Aberdeen airport were for leisure, compared with 74 per cent at Glasgow. (Table 8.14)

2.12 While around 39-50% of departing passengers at each airport arrived by private car, there were marked differences in the use of other modes of transport: taxi/minicab use ranged from 12% at Inverness to 36% at Aberdeen; bus/coach travellers varied from 9% at Edinburgh to 17% at Inverness and hire car users from 0.7% at Glasgow to 8% at Inverness. (Table 8.15)

Fig. 8.1 Terminal air passenger traffic, 2003 and 2013

Table 8.1 Summary of air transport
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Passengers thousand
Terminal 21,084 22,555 23,795 24,437 25,132 24,348 22,496 20,907 22,065 22,207 23,250
Transit 71 102 91 86 109 85 43 50 46 29 25
Total 21,155 22,657 23,886 24,523 25,242 24,433 22,539 20,957 22,111 22,236 23,275
Terminal passengers1 by airport
thousand
Aberdeen 2,508 2,634 2,852 3,163 3,411 3,290 2,984 2,763 3,083 3,329 3,440
Barra 8 9 9 10 10 11 10 10 10 11 9
Benbecula 32 30 31 33 35 34 33 30 34 31 31
Campbeltown 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Dundee 52 51 49 51 65 61 72 70 62 55 28
Edinburgh 7,476 7,992 8,449 8,607 9,037 8,992 9,043 8,594 9,384 9,194 9,775
Glasgow 8,115 8,557 8,775 8,820 8,726 8,135 7,213 6,522 6,858 7,150 7,358
Glasgow Prestwick 1,854 2,159 2,405 2,395 2,421 2,414 1,817 1,660 1,296 1,067 1,145
Inverness 435 520 589 671 697 671 583 528 579 602 607
Islay 21 21 22 26 28 29 26 25 26 21 26
Kirkwall 103 102 104 117 132 138 138 129 134 132 150
Lerwick (Tingwall) 2 2 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4
Scatsta 230 229 239 255 253 243 270 279 288 304 298
Stornoway 106 111 115 120 126 131 122 112 122 116 120
Sumburgh 110 108 121 128 147 154 139 139 143 149 210
Tiree 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 8
Unst 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wick John O'Groats 17 16 16 20 21 23 21 22 24 25 33
Terminal passengers by airport group2
  thousand
Heathrow Airport Holdings 8, 9 18,100 19,183 20,076 20,590 21,174 20,418 19,240 17,879 19,325 10,479 10,798
HIAL airports 7 898 981 1,072 1,193 1,279 1,269 1,161 1,082 1,151 1,158 1,231
other airports 7,9 2,086 2,390 2,648 2,655 2,679 2,662 2,092 1,944 1,589 10,570 11,222
tonnes
Freight 80,788 80,956 79,417 83,260 66,103 50,228 50,886 47,532 45,162 52,200 54,225
Aircraft movements 3
Air transport thousand
Domestic 4 229 241 255 256 254 247 225 206 206 204 201
International 4,5 113 119 128 138 144 139 129 124 135 138 145
Air taxi 4 26 26 26 26 30 31 28 24 26 29 30
Other movements 6 135 129 135 133 131 126 108 102 100 107 104
Total 503 514 544 554 560 543 490 457 467 478 480

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics 1. Statistics are not collected for some of the smaller airports on Orkney and Shetland, which are therefore not included in any overall totals.
2. In cases where the ownership of an airport has changed during the period covered by the table, it is counted on the basis of its ownership in the latest year. Tables 8.14 and 8.15 indicate which airports were HIAL airports and BAA airports in the latest year
3. 'Aircraft movements' excludes both Campbeltown and Barra pre-1999 (see table 8.11).
4. For 2000 and earlier years, air taxi movements were counted under domestic and International aircraft movements. From 2001, this breakdown is no longer available. They have therefore been shown separately for 2001 onwards.
5. Including UK offshore flights.
6. Other includes positioning flights, local movements, test & training, other flights by air transport operators, aero club, private, official, military and business
7. Revisions have been made to these figures as Dundee airport had been included in' Other airports' rather than 'HIAL'.
8. Heathrow Airport Holdings took over from BAA in 2006
9. Heathrow Airport Holdings sold Edinburgh Airport in April 2012. Edinburgh now included in 'other airports

Table 8.2 Passengers on selected domestic routes, to/from certain Scottish airports 1
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
thousands
Aberdeen
Edinburgh 0.0 0.1 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Glasgow 5.2 4.1 1.1 - - 0.1 - - 0.2 0.1 0.1
Kirkwall 40.5 38.8 39.1 42.2 42.8 44.4 39.5 38.6 41.5 47.2 48.6
Sumburgh 63.0 61.2 64.3 68.8 73.3 74.9 63.8 63.5 69.1 75.2 115.3
Other Scottish 132.8 132.7 139.9 156.5 158.7 154.5 166.0 172.4 174.9 188.3 185.3
Heathrow 507.3 623.6 664.0 673.2 659.0 656.0 641.3 617.7 652.5 663.8 712.2
Gatwick 254.7 240.0 217.3 216.7 214.9 148.0 135.5 129.9 177.8 233.9 173.2
London City 0.0 - 0.0 - - - - - - 15.8 73.2
Luton 159.1 156.0 156.7 148.7 149.9 139.4 126.9 129.0 147.7 120 82.8
Stansted - - - - - - - - - - -
Belfast2 4.1 4.4 26.7 29.9 25.7 25.4 24.2 19.0 18.9 21.5 30.2
Birmingham 62.3 58.2 60.5 77.9 151.5 146.5 111.1 89.9 83.0 87.3 96.8
Bristol 0.4 2.3 19.5 28.7 26.7 26.9 23.2 22.7 32.8 32.9 34.9
Cardiff Wales 0.1 3.5 13.7 1.4 0.0 - 6.9 0.5 10.5 14.1 13.2
Durham Tees valley 19.6 20.5 24.3 33.7 33.4 33.2 31.9 29.9 31.3 33.4 32.7
East Midlands 14.4 20.9 21.2 22.5 18.8 20.8 19.5 18.1 18.9 19.8 18.4
Exeter - - - 3.3 24.6 17.6 28.1 30.1 22.4 4.8 -
Humberside 28.0 26.7 29.9 29.6 32.5 33.7 32.0 27.1 30.2 32.2 34.2
Leeds/Bradford 12.3 15.9 16.6 20.9 26.7 21.6 15.5 8.1 0.5 0.6 12.3
Manchester 125.3 119.2 119.4 134.7 121.6 132.3 104.6 93.1 144.5 180.7 203.3
Newcastle 19.6 19.9 21.2 26.7 21.8 22.4 18.5 26.4 24.8 24.9 30.8
Norwich 60.7 59.1 57.6 68.7 65.6 65.8 60.9 60.0 61.7 64.6 63.8
Plymouth 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Southampton 18.8 20.6 30.0 33.2 40.3 55.5 45.2 27.9 22.6 16.3 9.5
Total these routes 1,528.0 1,627.8 1,723.0 1,817.4 1,887.9 1,819.0 1,694.6 1,603.9 1,765.8 1,877.4 1,970.8
Channel Islands 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 2.4 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.2
Edinburgh
Aberdeen 0.0 0.1 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Glasgow 0.3 - - - - - - - - 0.2 -
Inverness 12.7 17.1 17.1 15.3 10.5 7.5 0.9 1.0 - - -
Kirkwall 20.4 20.7 20.4 23.2 29.2 35.7 39.1 35.6 36.5 40.0 43.5
Sumburgh 15.2 15.8 21.9 23.3 26.7 30.8 32.9 32.4 35.6 36.9 39.9
Other Scottish 30.1 37.2 34.7 31.9 31.3 35.6 39.4 29.7 30.8 29.6 30.7
Heathrow 1,661.8 1,696.3 1,660.3 1,495.0 1,436.6 1,319.0 1,306.1 1,244.8 1,271.5 1,255.0 1,355.9
Gatwick 771.1 739.1 753.8 754.1 748.3 704.9 647.9 604.1 669.1 696.8 693.7
London City 117.7 192.3 236.6 313.9 353.9 371.5 326.6 334.8 344.9 322.7 333.9
Luton 485.2 453.2 475.9 444.0 429.1 359.5 315.6 242.0 259.4 269.8 273.5
Stansted 499.9 499.7 520.6 470.2 448.7 401.9 373.7 329.9 390.4 346.4 326.6
Belfast2 327.7 407.1 439.2 423.3 401.8 363.4 351.5 331.2 351.9 361.5 372.8
Birmingham 373.4 384.3 471.1 495.3 435.3 401.1 336.2 288.0 289.0 285.9 284.2
Bournemouth 0.1 - - - - 19.3 88.4 17.7 - 0.2 0.1
Bristol 326.7 326.1 329.7 318.2 260.6 249.8 235.2 227.0 286.6 295.5 305.2
Cardiff Wales 132.3 151.7 159.5 156.3 158.1 162.6 161.0 111.5 83.6 77.7 77.0
East Midlands 314.6 330.2 240.4 175.8 169.8 164.1 130.2 108.7 109.8 72.7 86.7
Exeter - 35.9 70.9 82.9 67.7 68.0 61.1 53.8 51.4 40.2 36.5
Humberside - - - - - - - - - - -
Leeds/Bradford 55.1 57.4 51.8 50.8 51.3 36.5 19.0 13.0 9.8 2.2 -
Manchester 209.2 222.0 285.9 257.6 237.8 228.6 158.3 126.7 119.6 108.3 118.5
Manston (Kent Int) - - - - - - - 17.6 26.5 3.4 -
Newcastle 0.0 - 0.0 - - 0.1 - - - - -
Newquay - - - 5.4 20.4 17.9 12.2 13.1 13.7 9.9 4.5
Norwich 19.5 21.8 52.7 64.0 57.3 58.6 50.4 47.8 46.4 39.7 24.7
Plymouth - - - - - - - - 0.1 - -
Oxford (Kidlington) - - - - - - - - - - 4.1
Southampton 98.4 198.4 221.4 237.5 208.1 205.1 191.5 194.0 203.6 204.5 207.6
Southend - - - - - - - - - - 39.1
Total these routes 5,471.2 5,806.4 6,064.0 5,838.1 5,582.7 5,241.5 4,877.2 4,404.4 4,630.2 4,499.1 4,619.6
Channel Islands 20.1 13.1 9.2 26.5 31.1 28.7 23.2 18.3 14.6 11.1 9.2
Isle of Man 12.7 12.7 - 6.0 11.9 13.0 11.5 11.4 11.6 10.8 4.2

Table 8.2(continued) Passengers on selected domestic routes, to/from certain Scottish airports 1
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
thousands
Glasgow
Aberdeen 5.2 4.1 1.1 - - 0.1 - - 0.2 0.1 0.1
Edinburgh 0.3 - - - - - - - - 0.2 -
Inverness 21.4 6.2 5.6 1.9 0.1 0.1 - - - 1.0 2.0
Kirkwall 5.8 6.9 6.9 11.6 15.5 15.1 15.4 14.9 15.3 15.1 17.6
Sumburgh 15.4 14.4 15.2 15.1 16.5 17.2 17.4 16.8 17.9 18.0 20.1
Other Scottish 107.4 102.9 102.8 122.8 131.3 138.7 129.9 122.2 128.6 125.9 130.9
Heathrow 1,465.2 1,535.6 1,427.1 1,284.5 1,207.1 1,143.5 1,080.0 1,003.3 820.9 828.5 870.0
Gatwick 387.8 396.5 372.3 433.0 570.7 521.9 514.7 488.8 565.8 607.4 606.3
London City 28.2 0.0 - 0.0 78.1 112.7 114.9 111.1 149.4 158.2 175.4
Luton 475.0 466.5 451.7 413.9 407.7 352.4 326.0 247.7 274.6 276.5 280.7
Stansted 377.9 396.7 436.4 461.6 448.0 358.6 305.1 301.8 342.8 331.6 308.7
Belfast2 377.0 421.3 457.9 426.1 392.8 324.2 323.9 308.2 352.8 367.0 370.1
Birmingham 361.4 345.1 324.3 326.5 347.0 337.1 269.4 212.6 211.9 208.1 203.5
Bournemouth - - - - - - 0.1 - - - -
Bristol 293.4 308.8 299.3 279.9 243.1 220.2 212.3 201.2 222.2 239.7 257.4
Cardiff Wales 53.9 0.1 0.1 82.5 76.9 84.0 56.4 52.4 47.2 39.8 48.2
City of Derry 15.5 14.2 14.3 15.9 11.9 9.4 - - - - -
East Midlands 266.2 209.7 170.1 184.0 172.6 150.9 115.0 99.7 103.4 70.7 85.5
Exeter - 33.8 42.0 53.1 56.3 39.4 33.4 26.5 24.4 25.6 23.8
Leeds/Bradford 42.2 44.2 42.8 41.0 38.7 30.4 19.9 14.6 13.2 11.9 10.0
Liverpool 0.6 - 12.4 - - 0.1 - - 0.1 - -
Manchester 169.2 182.7 169.9 171.2 167.2 151.8 100.4 68.3 49.4 50.0 52
Newcastle - - - - - - 0.2 - - - -
Newquay - - - - - - 0.3 0.2 0.9 3.6 1.8
Plymouth 0.3 - - - - 17.2 24.4 23.3 13.6 - -
Southampton 77.3 117.3 192.6 202.6 166.5 161.6 156.3 143.4 139.6 173.6 182.6
Total these routes 4,546.7 4,607.1 4,544.7 4,527.1 4,547.9 4,186.6 3,815.4 3,457.0 3,494.2 3,552.5 3,646.7
Channel Islands 13.2 9.1 10.3 7.4 6.3 5.6 5.4 9.2 17.0 28.3 36.4
Isle of Man 18.1 29.4 29.7 21.8 18.5 16.7 13.8 11.0 11.0 11.1 4.0
Glasgow Prestwick
Stansted 721.1 590.7 504.8 469.6 427.1 402.7 278.3 224.6 88.5 - -
Belfast City - - - 0.0 11.8 86.3 91.7 61.2 - - -
Birmingham - - - - - - - - - - -
Bournemouth 85.0 100.4 97.5 93.3 94.1 129.0 34.3 - - - -
Cardiff Wales 36.3 50.9 32.8 4.9 - - - - - - -
City of Derry - - - 2.8 58.6 64.0 51.3 55.0 70.6 72.8 69.5
Total these routes 842.4 742.0 635.2 570.6 591.6 682.0 455.6 340.8 159.1 72.8 69.5
Channel Islands - - - - - - - 1.4 - - -
Isle of Man 8.1 0.3 - - - - - - - - -
Inverness
Edinburgh 12.7 17.1 17.1 15.3 10.5 7.5 0.9 1.0 - - -
Glasgow 21.4 6.2 5.6 1.9 0.1 0.1 - - - 1.0 2.0
Kirkwall 16.0 16.4 18.5 22.0 25.9 25.1 24.8 23.1 21.7 16.8 19.2
Sumburgh 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 - - 1.5 4.2 3.3
Other Scottish 28.4 31.5 33.2 33.5 37.8 35.7 33.1 29.8 36.4 36.3 33.6
Heathrow - 46.9 65.7 51.0 53.5 7.9 - - - - -
Gatwick 224.5 247.8 235.0 240.8 221.6 243.2 224.9 206.8 222.7 230.4 219.3
London City - - - - - - - - - - -
Luton 112.3 115.0 102.4 100.5 102.3 102.5 86.6 90.3 99.6 88.8 91.8
Stansted - 0.2 - - 0.3 - - - 0.2 0.1 -
Belfast2 - - 29.2 40.7 24.4 22.6 19.3 16.8 21.5 23.6 23.3
Birmingham 1.6 12.7 15.3 18.2 15.1 24.9 30.3 30.4 30.3 33.0 34.8
Bristol - - 41.3 82.5 82.1 74.0 73.3 69.2 75.4 78.1 81.2
East Midlands Int - - - - 34.1 40.2 20.4 - - - -
Exeter - - - - - 5.8 - - - - -
Leeds/Bradford - - - 4.7 2.4 0.8 - - - 0.1 -
Liverpool - - - 14.5 43.8 - - - - - -
Manchester 14.4 15.3 18.1 20.6 16.7 42.9 50.5 46.4 49.2 51.0 55.8
Southhampton - - - - 3.3 14.9 3.9 2.4 2.1 1.8 -
Total these routes 431.4 509.3 581.6 646.3 673.8 648.3 568.0 516.2 560.6 565.2 564.3
Channel Islands - - - - - 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.8 1.6 1.7

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. In this table only, non-paying passengers are excluded up to 2001 but included from then on. In addition, this table excludes some of the smaller domestic routes.
Note also that passengers between the four main cities will be counted twice (e.g. flights between Aberdeen and Edinburgh will appear in both the 'Aberdeen' and the 'Edinburgh' sections).
2. Belfast includes Belfast and Belfast City airport.

Table 8.3 (a) International air passenger traffic to and from the main Scottish international airports1
REGIONAL AREA / COUNTRY 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
EU 28 countries (Excl UK) thousand
Austria 13.1 21.9 28.4 23.3 21.9 21.7 28.9 24.9 28.2 28.3 28.6
Belgium 139.7 149.2 161.8 140.1 121.0 121.0 113.3 134.0 110.6 115.6 153.7
Bulgaria 34.7 60.4 71.7 65.4 60.1 63.1 48.4 45.2 45.6 46.8 46.1
Croatia 3 0.2 1.9 5.7 11.7 15.6 12.9 24.3 11.6 7.1 12.9 31.6
Cyprus 145.7 126.6 153.6 151.2 139.4 152.8 139.4 95.9 148.7 152.9 119.6
Czech Republic 32.0 119.8 207.0 142.5 70.0 63.4 47.5 44.6 47.9 48.0 89.6
Denmark 75.6 71.2 102.8 135.8 129.6 147.2 178.1 175.8 178.2 188.6 220.3
Estonia - - - - - - - - 29.1 - -
Finland - 5.5 6.2 22.0 16.6 5.7 3.5 34.6 37.4 32.1 3.7
France 435.2 474.2 525.6 569.4 690.0 859.4 862.1 790.7 787.5 808.3 806.7
Germany 344.8 319.7 493.1 484.4 566.4 641.7 663.7 660.3 682.0 698.7 761.2
Greece 276.0 272.8 248.6 235.2 209.8 161.6 158.9 153.8 163.7 212.9 193.0
Hungary - 0.5 0.1 0.1 6.9 33.1 30.2 19.6 24.4 36.5 37.9
Irish Republic 946.7 994.8 1,024.5 1,113.7 1,143.3 1,186.3 1,015.9 849.4 852.8 816.6 843.9
Italy 86.0 246.3 365.0 331.0 380.3 348.1 401.8 359.2 342.3 384.3 396.9
Latvia - - - 7.3 49.5 31.5 36.5 47.2 46.5 20.2 31.9
Lithuania - 0.2 - 0.8 4.2 6.0 - 28.3 32.3 29.0 24.8
Luxembourg - - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.1
Malta 40.3 49.2 45.9 35.7 40.9 37.9 45.6 52.7 71.2 57.5 61.5
Netherlands 1,035.5 1,028.6 988.8 1,072.4 1,125.3 1,078.8 987.2 1,006.9 1,135.0 1,223.3 1,244.6
Poland - 1.0 15.1 227.4 341.3 384.3 374.2 328.0 326.9 341.3 431.4
Portugal (excl Madeira) 174.8 190.5 214.2 252.5 261.0 266.0 207.5 212.4 280.0 273.9 298.3
Portugal (Madeira) 25.7 30.4 22.2 20.0 25.7 36.1 34.4 21.7 23.1 22.8 21.3
Romania - - - - - - 3.0 - - - -
Slovenia - - 0.8 0.1 - 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.9 - -
Slovak Republic - - - - - 6.6 50.3 49.9 44.2 33.6 32.1
Spain (excl Canary Isles) 1,536.2 1,663.2 1,799.1 1,948.7 2,101.8 1,908.4 1,679.7 1,483.7 1,726.8 1,746.8 1,929.4
Spain (Canary Islands) 778.0 734.0 766.9 773.2 771.2 795.6 666.0 658.1 838.3 816.6 849.5
Sweden 88.0 209.6 192.8 143.9 152.5 149.5 159.3 131.9 137.4 128.2 112.6
Total EU28 countries (Excl UK) 6,208.1 6,771.6 7,439.8 7,907.7 8,444.5 8,518.8 7,959.8 7,420.7 8,148.2 8,275.7 8,770.4
Total EU15 countries2 5,955.3 6,412.0 6,940.0 7,265.7 7,716.5 7,727.1 7,160.3 6,697.4 7,323.5 7,497.1 7,863.9
Other identified countries
Azerbaijan - - - - - - - - 4.1 5.8 -
Barbados - - - - 3.5 7.1 8.0 8.4 7.6 6.0 5.2
Canada 135.1 210.3 216.7 189.5 207.7 160.0 107.5 103.3 112.4 117.8 106.1
Cape Verde Islands - - - - - - - - 13.4 22.0 0.2
Cuba - - - - - - - 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.6
Dominican Republic - 10.7 23.7 13.5 14.0 22.8 25.5 23.1 16.8 0.7 -
Egypt - - 25.5 64.0 55.8 67.5 97.9 97.8 72.9 66.3 67.0
Faroe Islands 8.8 5.6 5.0 3.8 3.8 0.7 0.5 1.1 0.9 0.6 1.5
Greenland - - - - - - - 4.1 8.7 - 0.2
Iceland 52.8 58.9 62.3 55.4 46.5 30.8 9.7 25.0 33.2 42.6 72.8
Jamaica - - - - - - 2.3 0.5 0.9 - -
Mexico 15.4 15.1 21.6 19.8 27.9 22.1 22.9 28.6 35.3 33.2 30.5
Morocco - - - - - - - 19.7 25.2 0.2 0.2
Norway 208.7 246.3 271.4 285.9 307.2 305.2 302.1 281.2 309.4 337.4 339.9
Pakistan - - 2.5 27.9 9.3 18.4 25.5 26.3 1.9 - -
Russia .. 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.7 - 0.8 0.7 - 0.7 0.8
Switzerland 29.7 41.4 52.8 118.4 149.8 155.5 148.2 154.9 215.4 236.5 241.1
Tunisia 13.7 35.5 28.8 35.6 35.7 34.0 38.9 66.3 21.6 32.7 61.4
Turkey 98.3 135.0 176.0 165.9 216.3 260.4 268.6 329.3 328.0 316.0 351.7
United Arab Emirates .. 98.6 167.6 192.9 231.1 240.7 244.7 268.5 275.0 314.7 402.3
United States of America 256.1 382.4 438.5 559.9 569.5 483.5 459.7 366.1 411.3 367.7 367.0
Total these countries 818.6 1,240.8 1,493.0 1,733.0 1,878.9 1,808.7 1,762.8 1,805.5 1,895.3 1,901.6 2,048.4
All identified countries for these airports 7,026.7 8,012.5 8,932.8 9,640.7 10,323.4 10,327.5 9,722.6 9,226.2 10,043.5 10,177.3 10,818.7

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. For the purpose of preparing this table, Scotland's main international airports are Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Glasgow Prestwick. This table does not cover all international traffic, as indicated by the lower part of table 8.4.
2. The EU15 was the number of member countries in the European Union prior to the accession of ten candidate countries on 1 May 2004. The EU15 comprised the following 15 countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
3. Croatia joined the EU in 2013.

Table 8.3(b) Scheduled international passenger traffic to/from the main Scottish international airports1
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Foreign airports served 2 54 66 71 83 93 95 103 100 101 107 113
Routes 3 82 95 97 122 142 150 168 145 146 154 167
thousand
Passengers on scheduled services 3,982.2 5,161.6 6,279.2 7,141.3 7,938.3 8,153.4 8,054.5 7,390.8 8,172.6 8,396.7 9,240.5

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. These figures are produced from the information about scheduled services in the Civil Aviation Authority's UK Airport Statistics Table 12.1, so are based on its conventions and definitions.
For the purpose of this table, Scotland's main international airports are Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Glasgow Prestwick. This table does not cover all scheduled international traffic.
2. The number of foreign airports is shown in the CAA table as the destinations of international scheduled services from Scottish airports in that year. For example, the CAA table shows Rome (Ciampino) and Rome (Fiumicino) separately (for services from Glasgow Prestwick and Edinburgh respectively, in 2003) so they are counted as two separate foreign airports.
3. International scheduled services to the same foreign airport from different Scottish airports are counted as separate routes. For example, Aberdeen/Dublin, Edinburgh/Dublin, Glasgow/Dublin and Glasgow Prestwick/Dublin are counted as four separate routes. More than one airline may operate services on a particular route.

Table 8.4 Passenger traffic on selected international routes, to and from Scotland's main airports1, 2013
Scheduled Charter Total
Austria 3,943 24,642 28,585
Barbados - 5,182 5,182
Belgium 151,981 1,681 153,662
Bulgaria - 46,113 46,113
Canada 105,914 190 106,104
Cape Verde Islands 232 - 232
Croatia 30,036 1,607 31,643
Cuba - 647 647
Cyprus 56,901 62,664 119,565
Czech Republic 89,608 - 89,608
Denmark 219,129 1,171 220,300
Egypt - 66,952 66,952
Faroe Islands - 1,453 1,453
Finland - 3,708 3,708
France 787,508 19,182 806,690
Germany 760,208 1,029 761,237
Greece 83,973 109,045 193,018
Hungary 37,819 70 37,889
Iceland 72,290 478 72,768
Irish Republic 841,059 2,855 843,914
Italy 354,121 42,791 396,912
Latvia 31,477 398 31,875
Lithuania 24,770 24 24,794
Malta 54,621 6,913 61,534
Mexico - 30,501 30,501
Netherlands 1,240,333 4,282 1,244,615
Norway 332,536 7,320 339,856
Poland 430,041 1,311 431,352
Portugal (other than Madeira) 279,604 18,697 298,301
Portugal (Madeira) - 21,321 21,321
Russia - 769 769
Slovak Republic 32,094 - 32,094
Spain (other than Canary Islands) 1,515,362 414,053 1,929,415
Spain (Canary Islands) 485,161 364,343 849,504
Sweden 111,282 1,316 112,598
Switzerland 225,592 15,499 241,091
Tunisia - 61,379 61,379
Turkey 134,366 217,380 351,746
United Arab Emirates 402,092 248 402,340
United States of America 346,402 20,569 366,971
Total passenger traffic counted for these countries for Scotland's main airports2 9,240,455 1,577,783 10,818,238
Other international traffic at main Scottish airports2 .. .. 1,612
All international traffic for Scotland's main airports .. .. 10,819,850
International traffic at other Scottish airports .. .. 39,151
Total International traffic at all Scottish airports .. .. 10,859,001

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. For the purpose of preparing this table, Scotland's main international airports are Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Glasgow Prestwick.
2. Charter only routes are counted under 'Other international traffic' in cases where fewer than 5,000 passengers were carried from an airport to a particular country.

Table 8.5 The 10 international airports with the largest numbers of passenger journeys for flights directly to and from Scotland's main airports 1 , 2013
Scheduled Charter Total
Amsterdam 1,240,210 3,857 1,244,067
Dublin 725,801 2,300 728,101
Paris (Charles De Gaulle) 521,813 2,450 524,263
Tenerife (Surreina Sofia) 282,032 182,066 464,098
Palma De Mallorca 393,302 65,753 459,055
Alicante 258,246 188,417 446,663
Malaga 402,092 248 402,340
Dubai 355,001 21,732 376,733
Frankfurt Main 317,295 - 317,295
Faro 241,583 18,282 259,865

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. For the purpose of preparing this table, Scotland's main international airports are Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Glasgow Prestwick

Table 8.6 Terminal passenger traffic by origin/destination, 2013
Other Scottish Airports Other UK Airports 1 UK offshore Eire Europe North America Rest of world Total
Aberdeen 349,271 1,623,768 507,365 41,844 915,868 - 1,354 3,439,470
Barra 9,410 - - - - - - 9,410
Benbecula 30,614 - - - - - - 30,614
Campbeltown 9,365 - - - - - - 9,365
Dundee - 27,730 - - - - - 27,730
Eday 750 - - - - - - 750
Edinburgh 114,019 4,557,684 - 489,854 4,419,245 158,000 25,795 9,764,597
Fair Isle 2,473 - - - - - - 2,473
Foula 1,211 - - - - - - 1,211
Glasgow 168,664 3,517,181 11 180,239 2,657,358 315,075 540,615 7,379,143
Inverness 56,138 508,120 276 31 37,493 - - 602,058
Islay 25,647 - - - - - - 25,647
Kirkwall 158,541 - 41 - 96 - - 158,678
Lerwick (Tingwall) 3,784 - - - - - - 3,784
North Ronaldsay 6,570 - - - - - - 6,570
Out Skerries 180 - - - - - - 180
Papa Stour 29 - - - - - - 29
Papa Westray 4,190 - - - - - - 4,190
Glasgow Prestwick 62 69,454 - 131,977 942,626 - - 1,144,119
Sanday 2,921 - - - - - - 2,921
Scatsta 165,736 - 137,206 - - - - 302,942
Stornoway 122,974 166 - - - - - 123,140
Stronsay 3,084 - - - - - - 3,084
Sumburgh 187,379 - 13,540 - 1,288 - - 202,207
Tiree 7,555 - - - - - - 7,555
Westray 3,365 - - - - - - 3,365
Wick John O'Groats 25,222 - 8,503 - 243 - - 33,968
Total 1,459,154 10,304,103 666,942 843,945 8,974,217 473,075 567,764 23,289,200

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. Channel Islands and the Isle of Man were not included in previous editions of this table. Although they are now, they represent less than one percent of travel to other UK airports.

Table 8.7 Terminal air passengers by airport, international/domestic and type of service, 2013
Airport International/UK Offshore Domestic 1 Total
Scheduled Charter Total Scheduled Charter Total
Aberdeen 862,070 604,237 1,466,307 1,761,141 212,877 1,974,018 3,440,325
Barra - - - 9,410 - 9,410 9,410
Benbecula - - - 30,612 - 30,612 30,612
Campbeltown - 62 62 9,303 62 9,365 9,427
Dundee - 44 44 25,802 1,714 27,516 27,560
Edinburgh 4,839,634 253,956 5,093,590 4,679,808 1,628 4,681,436 9,775,026
Glasgow 2,466,610 1,227,746 3,694,356 3,661,797 1,946 3,663,743 7,358,099
Glasgow Prestwick 1,073,678 1,231 1,074,909 69,659 - 69,659 1,144,568
Inverness 34,417 3,403 37,820 567,458 1,444 568,902 606,722
Islay - - - 25,721 - 25,721 25,721
Kirkwall 10 147 157 149,138 279 149,417 149,574
Lerwick (Tingwall) - - - 3,784 - 3,784 3,784
Scatsta - 137,206 137,206 - 161,102 161,102 298,308
Stornoway - - - 119,088 816 119,904 119,904
Sumburgh 1,120 13,676 14,796 151,984 42,967 194,951 209,747
Tiree - - - 8,270 - 8,270 8,270
Wick John O'Groats - 8,746 8,746 23,275 1,070 24,345 33,091
Total 9,277,539 2,250,454 11,527,993 11,296,250 425,905 11,722,155 23,250,148

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. Domestic traffic is counted both at the airport of arrival and at the airport of departure.
The total of domestic traffic is, therefore, only a measure of airport activity.
Statistics are not collected for some of the smaller airports on Orkney and Shetland and are therefore not included in any overall totals.

Table 8.8 Punctuality of flights at Edinburgh and Glasgow airports
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Edinburgh
Flights to/from UK origins / destinations numbers
Matched 70,112 76,096 82,233 79,818 75,021 72,499 64,086 58,282 58,404 56,926 55,314
Unmatched - actual 1 271 767 318 278 308 366 193 268 106 82 83
Unmatched - planned 2 657 718 1,326 932 816 517 365 1,083 274 257 224
Percentage of flights late 3 percentages
early to 15 mins late 75 75 74 74 73 79 84 79 84 84 85
16 to 30 mins late 12 13 13 13 13 10 8 9 8 8 7
31 to 60 mins late 7 8 8 8 8 7 5 6 5 5 5
1 hr 1 min to 3 hrs late 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 5 3 3 3
3hrs 1 min to 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
more than 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
minutes
Average delay 4 14 13 14 15 15 12 10 13 9 9 9
All flights (UK and international) numbers
Matched 96,141 102,667 108,802 109,307 109,402 107,172 100,408 94,863 99,823 97,645 98,670
Unmatched - actual 1 526 1,051 526 508 613 518 387 492 276 188 150
Unmatched - planned 2 934 837 1,536 1,107 1,074 769 575 2,061 552 312 275
Percentage of flights late 3 percentages
early to 15 mins late 75 74 74 74 73 77 82 77 83 84 84
16 to 30 mins late 12 13 13 13 13 11 9 10 9 8 8
31 to 60 mins late 7 8 8 8 8 7 5 7 5 5 4
1 hr 1 min to 3 hrs late 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 5 3 3 3
3hr 1 min to 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
more than 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
minutes
Average delay 4 14 14 14 15 16 13 11 15 10 9 9
Glasgow
Flights to/from UK origins / destinations numbers
Matched 60,771 63,046 66,243 66,121 65,538 60,243 51,934 47,933 46,214 47,010 46137
Unmatched - actual 1 551 496 308 466 906 636 198 233 118 88 70
Unmatched - planned 2 345 296 390 778 726 375 274 763 305 240 205
Percentage of flights late percentages
early to 15 mins late 78 80 79 76 77 79 85 80 85 85 84
16 to 30 mins late 11 10 10 11 11 10 7 8 7 7 7
31 to 60 mins late 7 6 6 7 7 7 4 6 4 4 5
1 hr 1 min to 3 hrs late 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 5 3 3 3
3hrs 1 min to 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
more than 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
minutes
Average delay 4 12 12 12 13 13 12 10 12 9 9 10
All flights (UK and international) numbers
Matched 86,500 90,093 95,198 95,383 91,886 85,274 73,262 68,291 69,507 71,637 71,901
Unmatched - actual 1 834 916 522 730 1,146 814 294 482 176 160 136
Unmatched - planned 2 559 763 568 966 908 526 330 1,175 393 297 252
Percentage of flights late percentages
early to 15 mins late 77 78 78 75 74 75 82 77 83 83 83
16 to 30 mins late 11 10 11 12 11 11 8 9 8 8 8
31 to 60 mins late 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 7 5 5 5
1 hr 1 min to 3 hrs late 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 6 4 4 3
3hrs 1 min to 6 hrs late 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
more than 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
minutes
Average delay 4 14 14 14 15 17 16 12 16 11 11 11

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. Air transport movements which took place but for which there was no corresponding planned flight (e.g. diversions from another airport to this airport)
2. Planned flights for which there was no air transport movement (e.g. flights that were cancelled or diverted to another airport)
3. The punctuality figures for Edinburgh for 2001 onwards are not comparable to the figures for 2000 and earlier years.
From January 2001, a different assumption has been used for the taxi-ing time for departures from Edinburgh airport.
4. The average delays for 2000 onwards are not comparable to the figures for 1999 and earlier years.
Up to December 1999, an early flight was counted as a "negative delay"; from January 2000, an early flights is counted as "zero delay"

Table 8.9 Aircraft movements, by airport and type of movement, 2013 1
Commercial Movements Non-commercial Movements Total
Airport Air Transport Positioning Flights Local Movements Total Test and Training Other Flights by air transport operators Aero Club Private Official Millitary Business Total
Aberdeen 106,755 4,314 2 111,071 4,293 89 2,346 82 2 73 263 7,148 118,219
Barra 881 2 - 883 - 1 - 78 - 4 - 83 966
Benbecula 3,286 280 4 3,570 6 1 - 101 - 28 2 138 3,708
Campbeltown 1,123 96 1 1,220 6 - - 197 - 173 - 376 1,596
Dundee 1,543 250 227 2,020 540 110 36,597 719 5 31 405 38,407 40,427
Edinburgh 106,748 1,610 4 108,362 58 29 447 287 5 162 2,386 3,374 111,736
Glasgow 75,585 1,757 6 77,348 146 54 1,224 118 10 199 421 2,172 79,520
Glasgow Prestwick 8,623 302 - 8,925 2,610 1 6,886 2,045 - 3,838 - 15,380 24,305
Inverness 14,425 1,396 20 15,841 1,925 158 8,530 1,664 - 62 767 13,106 28,947
Islay 1,739 150 - 1,889 2 - - 583 - 158 5 748 2,637
Kirkwall 12,951 726 14 13,691 292 27 63 312 - 8 10 712 14,403
Lerwick (Tingwall) 1,748 288 1 2,037 8 9 4 17 - - 9 47 2,084
Scatsta 13,338 1,007 - 14,345 310 13 - - - - - 323 14,668
Stornoway 8,644 357 294 9,295 883 1 - 454 - 412 4 1,754 11,049
Sumburgh 13,606 1,073 328 15,007 1,683 4 - 49 - 28 - 1,764 16,771
Tiree 1,111 12 - 1,123 - - 1 121 - 2 - 124 1,247
Wick John O'Groats 4,276 1,227 5 5,508 1,126 1 - 1,111 - 36 5 2,279 7,787
Total 376,382 14,847 906 392,135 13,888 498 56,098 7,938 22 5,214 4,277 87,935 480,070

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. Statistics are not collected for some of the smaller airports on Orkney and Shetland and are therefore not included in any overall totals.

Table 8.10 Air transport movements by airport, type of service and operator, 2013 2
Airport Scheduled Charter Air taxi 1 movements Total
UK Operators Over seas Operators Total UK Operators Over seas Operators Total
Aberdeen 39,721 13,604 53,325 46,057 511 46,568 6,862 106,755
Barra 880 - 880 - - - 1 881
Benbecula 1,887 - 1,887 - - - 1,399 3,286
Campbeltown 1,018 - 1,018 - 4 4 101 1,123
Dundee 14 1,296 1,310 41 6 47 186 1,543
Edinburgh 68,192 29,070 97,262 4,642 1,924 6,566 2,920 106,748
Glasgow 55,269 10,620 65,889 5,561 1,056 6,617 3,079 75,585
Glasgow Prestwick 4 8,520 8,524 2 80 82 17 8,623
Inverness 9,891 26 9,917 67 27 94 4,414 14,425
Islay 1,558 - 1,558 - - 0 181 1,739
Kirkwall 10,639 - 10,639 144 3 147 2,165 12,951
Lerwick (Tingwall) 1,329 - 1,329 - - - 419 1,748
Scatsta - - - 13,174 - 13,174 164 13,338
Stornoway 6,316 - 6,316 22 2 24 2,304 8,644
Sumburgh 6,604 - 6,604 2,508 85 2,593 4,409 13,606
Tiree 985 - 985 - - - 126 1,111
Wick John O'Groats 1,930 - 1,930 184 1,223 1,407 939 4,276
Total 206,237 63,136 269,373 72,402 4,921 77,323 29,686 376,382

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. A breakdown of air taxi movements between scheduled and chartered aircraft transport movements is no longer available. They have therefore
been shown as a separate category.
2. Statistics are not collected for some of the smaller airports on Orkney and Shetland, which are therefore not included in any overall totals.

Table 8.11 Air transport movements 1
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Aberdeen 84,313 81,488 85,302 94,382 102,989 108,453 106,366 99,419 92,287 99,452 104,227 106,755
Barra 1,226 1,282 1,227 1,232 1,265 1,209 1,262 1,199 1,178 1,183 1,319 881
Benbecula 3,489 3,527 3,702 3,911 4,052 4,320 4,145 4,292 3,965 3,912 3,958 3,286
Campbeltown 1,395 1,294 1,357 1,293 1,268 1,307 1,216 1,359 1,251 1,133 1,105 1,123
Dundee 2,875 2,884 2,513 2,536 2,523 3,513 3,910 4,159 3,838 3,033 2,872 1,543
Edinburgh 106,920 107,558 115,205 119,061 118,690 120,096 118,899 111,059 104,288 108,708 106,958 106,748
Glasgow 91,027 91,862 96,278 99,700 99,157 97,277 90,977 77,874 71,598 72,377 74,615 75,585
Glasgow Prestwick 15,280 19,423 19,189 20,554 19,464 20,454 20,427 15,496 13,135 10,017 8,166 8,623
Inverness 13,426 16,105 18,427 20,139 20,601 19,352 17,936 15,791 13,254 15,097 14,814 14,425
Islay 1,520 1,557 1,528 1,579 1,738 1,731 1,869 1,677 1,809 2,004 1,817 1,739
Kirkwall 11,065 11,771 11,714 11,954 13,226 14,008 14,121 13,849 12,945 12,599 12,400 12,951
Lerwick (Tingwall) 2,140 2,325 2,127 2,328 2,029 1,913 1,863 2,011 1,652 1,817 1,783 1,748
Scatsta 10,392 9,888 10,012 10,430 11,445 11,333 10,743 12,704 12,731 13,199 13,915 13,338
Stornoway 5,822 6,558 7,259 8,135 9,646 9,741 10,028 9,484 8,842 9,190 9,367 8,644
Sumburgh 8,042 6,137 6,157 7,562 8,453 9,861 9,812 8,435 8,237 9,156 10,963 13,606
Tiree 751 744 724 724 753 755 937 1,109 1,023 1,019 1,121 1,111
Unst - - - - - - - - - - - -
Wick John O'Groats 2,908 2,933 2,905 3,280 3,253 2,860 2,571 2,776 2,394 2,416 2,660 4,276
Total 362,591 367,336 385,626 408,800 420,552 428,183 417,082 382,693 354,427 366,312 372,060 376,382

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. Statistics are not collected for some of the smaller airports on Orkney and Shetland and are therefore not included in any overall totals.

Table 8.12 Total aircraft movements, by airport 1
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Aberdeen 100,207 97,895 98,598 109,232 116,971 121,927 119,831 109,876 102,396 108,862 115,013 118,219
Barra 1,307 1,394 1,358 1,323 1,321 1,296 1,310 1,356 1,252 1,258 1,403 966
Benbecula 4,068 4,147 4,209 4,466 4,462 4,810 4,660 4,779 4,402 4,366 4,478 3,708
Campbeltown 1,957 1,828 1,913 2,500 3,837 3,674 1,921 2,418 2,334 1,993 1,527 1,596
Dundee 18,713 30,716 32,099 37,261 37,444 37,292 36,297 39,274 37,169 36,815 40,926 40,427
Edinburgh 118,416 118,943 125,317 127,122 126,914 128,172 125,550 115,969 108,997 113,357 110,288 111,736
Glasgow 104,393 105,597 107,885 110,581 110,034 108,305 100,087 85,281 77,755 78,111 80,472 79,520
Glasgow Prestwick 43,190 57,099 55,998 54,996 48,189 47,910 42,708 34,230 33,087 28,546 25,670 24,305
Inverness 26,959 31,171 33,477 37,879 40,826 39,139 40,538 30,290 28,155 30,755 31,764 28,947
Islay 2,178 2,576 2,306 2,334 2,558 2,650 2,625 2,603 2,775 3,003 2,969 2,637
Kirkwall 12,461 13,524 13,466 13,375 14,719 15,574 15,982 15,590 14,535 14,131 13,980 14,403
Lerwick (Tingwall) 2,240 2,361 2,214 2,416 2,131 2,050 2,085 2,157 1,859 1,926 1,924 2,084
Scatsta 10,997 10,728 10,958 11,257 12,335 12,961 12,951 14,364 13,841 14,475 15,587 14,668
Stornoway 8,092 8,841 9,508 10,665 12,363 12,716 13,072 11,627 10,952 11,255 11,564 11,049
Sumburgh 11,776 8,701 8,655 10,409 12,185 13,984 14,758 12,159 11,118 12,228 14,045 16,771
Tiree 901 849 868 858 858 868 1,071 1,316 1,210 1,111 1,224 1,247
Unst - - - - - - - - - - - -
Wick John O'Groats 5,440 6,363 5,624 6,931 6,721 6,327 7,221 6,231 4,754 4,734 5,474 7,787
Total 473,295 502,733 514,453 543,605 553,868 559,655 542,667 489,520 456,591 466,926 478,308 480,070

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. Statistics are not collected for some of the smaller airports on Orkney and Shetland, which are therefore not included in any overall totals.

Table 8.13 Freight carried by airport1
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
tonnes
Aberdeen 3,478 3,762 4,089 4,022 3,434 4,006 3,822 4,211 5,311 6,166 7,102
Barra 3 87 87 86 56 37 34 34 29 29 27 26
Benbecula 3 1,450 1,383 1,416 910 590 587 564 531 466 475 457
Campbeltown 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 - 1
Dundee - - - - - - - - - - -
Edinburgh 2 24,761 27,376 29,595 36,389 19,292 12,418 23,791 20,357 19,332 19,115 18,624
Glasgow 2 4,927 8,122 8,733 6,289 4,276 3,546 2,334 2,914 2,430 9,497 11,837
Glasgow Prestwick 39,975 34,102 29,199 28,537 31,517 22,966 13,385 12,163 11,846 10,314 9,526
Inverness 3 1,724 1,645 1,722 2,170 2,347 2,104 2,443 2,800 1,833 2,601 2,524
Islay 3 252 252 252 246 312 335 340 310 287 284 273
Kirkwall 3 696 893 904 904 709 730 646 777 132 97 103
Lerwick (Tingwall) 44 0 1 - - - - - - - -
Scatsta 655 695 725 730 765 723 752 765 808 873 849
Stornoway 3 1,622 1,523 1,562 1,881 1,717 1,610 1,641 1,630 1,659 1,704 1,752
Sumburgh 3 1,041 1,045 1,068 1,061 1,036 1,109 1,075 990 979 990 1,095
Tiree 3 56 58 57 59 60 56 56 52 49 57 55
Unst - - - - - - - - - - -
Wick John O'Groats 3 18 12 5 6 8 3 2 2 1 - 1
Total 80,788 80,956 79,417 83,260 66,103 50,228 50,886 47,532 45,162 52,200 54,225

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. Statistics are not collected for some of the smaller airports on Orkney and Shetland, which are therefore not included in any overall totals.
2. The change in the figures for Glasgow and Edinburgh in 1998 was due to a company switching its parcel hub from Glasgow to Edinburgh in 1998.
3. Data for these airports previously came from CAA which does not hold detailed information (passengers/freight carried) etc for charter services operated by aircraft
below 15 tonnes Maximum Take Off Mass. However, more detailed information including smaller aircraft has now been obtained from Highland & Islands airports Ltd
and the figures have been revised back to 2000.

Table 8.14 Characteristics of terminal passengers, 2013 1
International passengers Domestic passengers All services All
Business Leisure Business Leisure Business Leisure UK resid. Foreign resid.
Airport UK resid. Non UK resid. UK resid. Non UK resid. UK resid. Non UK resid. UK resid. Non UK resid.
row percentages
Aberdeen 12.4 7.5 10.7 5.5 33.8 3.0 24.3 2.9 56.7 43.4 81.2 18.9 100
Edinburgh 4.4 3.6 26.6 17.8 21.2 1.3 20.7 4.4 30.5 69.5 72.9 27.1 100
Glasgow 2.5 2.1 38.9 7.1 20.7 1.2 24.5 3.1 26.5 73.6 86.6 13.5 100
Inverness 1.0 0.5 1.6 3.0 29.7 1.3 56.4 6.6 32.5 67.6 88.7 11.4 100

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. The CAA survey collected statistics only for the airports shown in the table.

Table 8.15 Mode of surface transport used to arrive at the airport 1
Airport 2   Bus and rail Car and taxi Other modes Total all modes*
Bus / coach Rail Total bus + rail Private car Hire car Taxi / minicab Total car + taxi
row percentages
Aberdeen 1975 13 0 13 50 7 28 85 3 101
1982 9 0 9 50 8 30 88 3 100
1990 6 0 6 49 8 36 93 1 100
1996 5 0 5 55 7 32 94 1 100
2001 4.7 0.0 4.7 49.2 5.2 38.8 93.2 2.1 100
2005 6.2 0.0 6.2 49.5 6.1 36.9 92.5 1.3 100
2009 5.4 2.5 7.9 49.2 4.3 36.2 89.7 2.4 100
2013 10.1 4.0 14.1 43.9 3.9 36.2 84.0 1.9 100
Edinburgh 1970 24 0 24 54 6 13 73 3 100
1975 22 0 22 55 8 14 77 1 100
1982 9 0 9 61 10 19 90 2 101
1990 7 0 7 56 10 25 91 1 99
1996 9 0 9 53 10 28 91 0 100
2001 18.4 0.0 18.4 46.8 6.3 28.1 81.2 0.4 100
2005 19.3 0.0 19.3 48.6 5.8 25.7 80.1 0.6 100
2009 28.1 3.3 31.4 42.6 5.1 20.4 68.1 0.5 100
2013 9.0 3.8 12.8 39.3 1.1 21.6 62.0 25.1 100
Glasgow 1970 24 0 24 54 4 16 74 2 100
1975 16 0 16 60 4 19 83 1 100
1982 8 0 8 70 4 17 91 1 100
1990 8 0 8 62 7 22 91 2 101
1996 7 0 7 61 7 23 91 1 99
2001 8.3 0.0 8.3 60.1 4.9 26.0 91.0 0.7 100
2005 10.7 0.0 10.7 57.6 4.4 26.4 88.4 0.9 100
2009 13.5 3.7 17.2 49.8 4.7 27.6 82.1 0.8 100
2013 13.9 4.0 17.9 50.4 0.7 26.1 77.2 4.8 100
Glas. Prestwick 2005 3.6 20.8 24.4 57.2 12.5 5.2 74.9 0.7 100
2009 11.3 30.1 41.4 41.2 6.0 8.9 56.1 2.3 100
Inverness 1990 7 0 7 62 15 15 92 1 100
1996 6 0 6 57 17 17 91 3 100
2001 4.0 0.0 4.0 56.3 17.1 20.8 94.2 1.8 100
2005 4.9 0.0 4.9 60.5 17.9 14.4 92.8 2.3 100
2009 9.5 2.2 11.7 56.3 17.9 12.0 86.2 2.2 100
2013 16.6 3.1 19.7 50.4 7.6 12.2 70.2 10.1 100

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. The CAA surveys collected statistics only for the airports shown in the table. These results are based on a departure survey only.
The CAA's assumption, for weighting purposes, is that arriving and departing passengers share the same modal characteristics
2. Airports are shown only for the years for which figures are given in the CAA survey reports for 1996 (which also gives earlier years' results), 2001, 2005 and 2009.

Table 8.16 Origins/destinations of terminating passengers: 2013 1
Aberdeen Edinburgh Glasgow Inverness Total
thousands
Borders - 188 21 - 209
Central 2 541 278 - 821
Dumfries & Galloway - 38 81 - 119
Fife 9 994 139 - 1,142
Grampian 2,354 223 159 110 2,846
Highlands & Islands 67 160 166 470 863
Lothian 7 5,753 303 1 6,064
Strathclyde 20 828 5,667 - 6,515
Tayside 67 781 267 2 1,117
Total all Scottish areas 2,526 9,506 7,081 583 19,696
England & Wales 17 117 59 - 193
All passengers 2 2,543 9,623 7,140 583 19,889

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. The CAA survey collected statistics only for the airports shown in the table. 2. Terminating passengers are those who arrive at or depart from an airport by surface means of transport. As explained in the Notes and Definitions, their numbers are not the same as the numbers of terminal passengers: the latter also include transfer passengers (people who change aircraft at an airport).