Scottish Transport Statistics No 34 2015 Edition

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 24.1 million air passengers at Scottish airports in 2014
  • Three quarters travel to or from Edinburgh or Glasgow.
  • 60 thousand tonnes of freight were carried by air in 2014.

2. Main Points

Passengers & Airports

2.1 There were 24.1 million air terminal passengers in 2014, 1 million (3.6%) 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 15 per cent. (Table 8.1)

2.2 Edinburgh airport had 10.2 million terminal passengers in 2014 (4% increase) and Glasgow airport had 7.7 million, 5% more than the previous year. Aberdeen had 3.7 million, (up 8%) and Glasgow Prestwick had 0.9 million (20% less). 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 2014, London Heathrow accounted for 37% of passengers on selected domestic routes to and from Aberdeen, 31% for Edinburgh and 23% 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 34% 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 2014, 17% of all passengers on direct flights abroad. Other popular origins/destinations were the Netherlands (1.3 million passengers), the Irish Republic (almost 1 million passengers) and Germany (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. Portugal (Madeira) and Turkey are mostly served by charter flights (74% and 54%), 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 2014) were Amsterdam with 1.3 million passengers and Dublin with 0.8 million passengers. (Table 8.5)

2.7 In 2014, 6% of all terminal passenger traffic was within Scotland, 44% was to/from other parts of the UK, and 38% was between Scotland and mainland Europe. (Table 8.6)

Delays & Movements

2.8 In 2014, the overall average delay was 9 minutes for flights to or from Edinburgh and 11 minutes from Glasgow airports (the Notes and Definitions section, page 225 describes the basis for these figures). Around 8% of flights to or from both Edinburgh and Glasgow airports were delayed by more than 30 minutes. (Table 8.8)

2.9 The total number of aircraft movements in 2014 was 483,000. Aberdeen had the highest number of aircraft movements with 124,000, (94% of which were commercial movements), followed by Edinburgh (110,000) and Glasgow (84,000). (Table 8.9)

Air freight

2.10 Air freight carried in 2014 increased by 5,653 tonnes (10%) over the previous year to 59,878 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 38% at Aberdeen; bus/coach travellers varied from 9% at Edinburgh to 17% at Inverness and hire car users from 0.7% at Glasgow to 9% at Inverness. (Table 8.15)

Table 8.1  Summary of air transport
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Passengers thousand
   Terminal 22,555 23,795 24,437 25,132 24,348 22,496 20,907 22,065 22,207 23,250 24,076
   Transit 102 91 86 109 85 43 50 46 29 25 27
   Total 22,657 23,886 24,523 25,242 24,433 22,539 20,957 22,111 22,236 23,275 24,103
Terminal passengers1
by airport
thousand
    Aberdeen 2,634 2,852 3,163 3,411 3,290 2,984 2,763 3,083 3,329 3,440 3,723
    Barra 9 9 10 10 11 10 10 10 11 9 11
    Benbecula 30 31 33 35 34 33 30 34 31 31 31
    Campbeltown 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
    Dundee 51 49 51 65 61 72 70 62 55 28 22
    Edinburgh 7,992 8,449 8,607 9,037 8,992 9,043 8,594 9,384 9,194 9,775 10,159
    Glasgow 8,557 8,775 8,820 8,726 8,135 7,213 6,522 6,858 7,150 7,358 7,709
    Glasgow Prestwick 2,159 2,405 2,395 2,421 2,414 1,817 1,660 1,296 1,067 1,145 912
    Inverness 520 589 671 697 671 583 528 579 602 607 611
    Islay 21 22 26 28 29 26 25 26 21 26 27
    Kirkwall 102 104 117 132 138 138 129 134 132 150 151
    Lerwick (Tingwall) 2 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
    Scatsta 229 239 255 253 243 270 279 288 304 298 280
    Stornoway 111 115 120 126 131 122 112 122 116 120 127
    Sumburgh 108 121 128 147 154 139 139 143 149 210 263
    Tiree 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 9
    Unst 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Wick John O'Groats 16 16 20 21 23 21 22 24 25 33 28
Terminal passengers
by airport group2 thousand
    Heathrow Airport Holdings 8, 9 19,183 20,076 20,590 21,174 20,418 19,240 17,879 19,325 10,479 10,798 11,432
    HIAL airports 7 981 1,072 1,193 1,279 1,269 1,161 1,082 1,151 1,158 1,231 1,289
    other airports 7,9 2,390 2,648 2,655 2,679 2,662 2,092 1,944 1,589 10,570 11,222 11,355
tonnes
Freight 80,956 79,417 83,260 66,103 50,228 50,886 47,532 45,162 52,200 54,225 59,878
Aircraft movements 3
     Air transport thousand
        Domestic 4 241 255 256 254 247 225 206 206 204 201 202
        International 4,5 119 128 138 144 139 129 124 135 138 145 146
       Air taxi 4 26 26 26 30 31 28 24 26 29 30 28
    Other movements 6 129 135 133 131 126 108 102 100 107 104 107
Total 514 544 554 560 543 490 457 467 478 480 483

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 
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
thousands
Aberdeen
Edinburgh  0.1  0.0  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Glasgow  4.1  1.1  -  -  0.1  -  -  0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Kirkwall  38.8  39.1  42.2  42.8  44.4  39.5  38.6  41.5 47.2 48.6 49.1
Sumburgh  61.2  64.3  68.8  73.3  74.9  63.8  63.5  69.1 75.2 115.3 150.7
Other Scottish  132.7  139.9  156.5  158.7  154.5  166.0  172.4  174.9 188.3 185.3 180.5
Heathrow  623.6  664.0  673.2  659.0  656.0  641.3  617.7  652.5 663.8 712.2 776.9
Gatwick  240.0  217.3  216.7  214.9  148.0  135.5  129.9  177.8 233.9 173.2 161.8
London City  -   0.0  -   -   -   -   -   -  15.8 73.2 72.0
Luton  156.0  156.7  148.7  149.9  139.4  126.9  129.0  147.7 120 82.8 74.5
Stansted  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - 0.5
Belfast2  4.4  26.7  29.9  25.7  25.4  24.2  19.0  18.9 21.5 30.2 37.5
Birmingham  58.2  60.5  77.9  151.5  146.5  111.1  89.9  83.0 87.3 96.8 125.1
Bristol  2.3  19.5  28.7  26.7  26.9  23.2  22.7  32.8 32.9 34.9 31.8
Cardiff Wales  3.5  13.7  1.4  0.0  -   6.9  0.5  10.5 14.1 13.2 12.9
Durham Tees valley  20.5  24.3  33.7  33.4  33.2  31.9  29.9  31.3 33.4 32.7 35
East Midlands  20.9  21.2  22.5  18.8  20.8  19.5  18.1  18.9 19.8 18.4 16.7
Exeter  -  -  3.3  24.6  17.6  28.1  30.1  22.4 4.8  -   - 
Humberside  26.7  29.9  29.6  32.5  33.7  32.0  27.1  30.2 32.2 34.2 36.6
Leeds/Bradford  15.9  16.6  20.9  26.7  21.6  15.5  8.1  0.5 0.6 12.3 7.0
Manchester  119.2  119.4  134.7  121.6  132.3  104.6  93.1  144.5 180.7 203.3 226.1
Newcastle  19.9  21.2  26.7  21.8  22.4  18.5  26.4  24.8 24.9 30.8 30.2
Norwich  59.1  57.6  68.7  65.6  65.8  60.9  60.0  61.7 64.6 63.8 60.2
Plymouth  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Southampton  20.6  30.0  33.2  40.3  55.5  45.2  27.9  22.6 16.3 9.5 14.0
Total these routes  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  2,099.2
Channel Islands  1.6  1.6  1.5  1.5  2.4  2.0  2.2  2.1 2.3 2.2 13.0
Edinburgh
Aberdeen  0.1  0.0  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Glasgow  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  0.2  -  -
Inverness  17.1  17.1  15.3  10.5  7.5  0.9  1.0  -  -  -  -
Kirkwall  20.7  20.4  23.2  29.2  35.7  39.1  35.6  36.5 40.0 43.5 45.4
Sumburgh  15.8  21.9  23.3  26.7  30.8  32.9  32.4  35.6 36.9 39.9 45
Other Scottish  37.2  34.7  31.9  31.3  35.6  39.4  29.7  30.8 29.6 30.7 32.2
Heathrow  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  1,472.8
Gatwick  739.1  753.8  754.1  748.3  704.9  647.9  604.1  669.1 696.8  693.7 690.4
London City  192.3  236.6  313.9  353.9  371.5  326.6  334.8  344.9 322.7  333.9 352.3
Luton  453.2  475.9  444.0  429.1  359.5  315.6  242.0  259.4 269.8  273.5 259.7
Stansted  499.7  520.6  470.2  448.7  401.9  373.7  329.9  390.4 346.4  326.6 360.3
Belfast2  407.1  439.2  423.3  401.8  363.4  351.5  331.2  351.9 361.5 372.8 377.9
Birmingham  384.3  471.1  495.3  435.3  401.1  336.2  288.0  289.0 285.9 284.2 284
Bournemouth  -  -  -  -  19.3  88.4  17.7  - 0.2 0.1  -
Bristol  326.1  329.7  318.2  260.6  249.8  235.2  227.0  286.6 295.5 305.2 322.8
Cardiff Wales  151.7  159.5  156.3  158.1  162.6  161.0  111.5  83.6 77.7 77.0 57.6
East Midlands  330.2  240.4  175.8  169.8  164.1  130.2  108.7  109.8 72.7 86.7 92.7
Exeter  35.9  70.9  82.9  67.7  68.0  61.1  53.8  51.4 40.2 36.5 38.3
Humberside  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Leeds/Bradford  57.4  51.8  50.8  51.3  36.5  19.0  13.0  9.8 2.2  -  -
Manchester  222.0  285.9  257.6  237.8  228.6  158.3  126.7  119.6 108.3 118.5 109.3
Manston (Kent Int)  -  -  -  -  -  -  17.6  26.5 3.4  -  -
Newcastle  -   0.0  -   -   0.1  -  -  -  -  -  -
Newquay  -   -   5.4  20.4  17.9  12.2  13.1  13.7 9.9 4.5 2.3
Norwich  21.8  52.7  64.0  57.3  58.6  50.4  47.8  46.4 39.7 24.7 28.5
Plymouth  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  0.1  -  -  -
Oxford (Kidlington)  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - 4.1  -
Southampton  198.4  221.4  237.5  208.1  205.1  191.5  194.0  203.6 204.5 207.6 203.2
Southend  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - 39.1 23.7
Total these routes  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  4,774.7
Channel Islands  13.1  9.2  26.5  31.1  28.7  23.2  18.3  14.6 11.1 9.2 3.2
Isle of Man  12.7  -  6.0  11.9  13.0  11.5  11.4  11.6 10.8 4.2  -
Glasgow
Aberdeen  4.1  1.1  -  -  0.1  -  -  0.2  0.1  0.1  0.1
Edinburgh  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  0.2  -  -
Inverness  6.2  5.6  1.9  0.1  0.1  -  -  -  1.0  2.0  0.1
Kirkwall  6.9  6.9  11.6  15.5  15.1  15.4  14.9  15.3 15.1 17.6 17.3
Sumburgh  14.4  15.2  15.1  16.5  17.2  17.4  16.8  17.9 18.0 20.1 24.5
Other Scottish  102.9  102.8  122.8  131.3  138.7  129.9  122.2  128.6 125.9 130.9 139.9
Heathrow  1,535.6  1,427.1  1,284.5  1,207.1  1,143.5  1,080.0  1,003.3  820.9 828.5 870.0 871
Gatwick  396.5  372.3  433.0  570.7  521.9  514.7  488.8  565.8 607.4 606.3 613.3
London City  0.0  -  0.0  78.1  112.7  114.9  111.1  149.4 158.2 175.4 207.9
Luton  466.5  451.7  413.9  407.7  352.4  326.0  247.7  274.6 276.5 280.7 270.2
Stansted  396.7  436.4  461.6  448.0  358.6  305.1  301.8  342.8 331.6 308.7 304.2
Belfast2  421.3  457.9  426.1  392.8  324.2  323.9  308.2  352.8 367.0 370.1 384.6
Birmingham  345.1  324.3  326.5  347.0  337.1  269.4  212.6  211.9 208.1 203.5 229.4
Bournemouth  -  -  -  -  -  0.1  -  -  -  - 0.1
Bristol  308.8  299.3  279.9  243.1  220.2  212.3  201.2  222.2 239.7 257.4 245.3
Cardiff Wales  0.1  0.1  82.5  76.9  84.0  56.4  52.4  47.2 39.8 48.2 27.9
City of Derry  14.2  14.3  15.9  11.9  9.4  -  -  -  -  - 13.3
East Midlands  209.7  170.1  184.0  172.6  150.9  115.0  99.7  103.4 70.7 85.5 91.9
Exeter  33.8  42.0  53.1  56.3  39.4  33.4  26.5  24.4 25.6 23.8 20.7
Leeds/Bradford  44.2  42.8  41.0  38.7  30.4  19.9  14.6  13.2 11.9 10.0 9.8
Liverpool  -    12.4  -  -  0.1  -  -  0.1  -  - 0.1
Manchester  182.7  169.9  171.2  167.2  151.8  100.4  68.3  49.4 50.0 52 68.3
Newcastle  -  -  -  -  -  0.2  -  -  -  -  -
Newquay  -  -  -  -  -  0.3  0.2  0.9 3.6 1.8  -
Plymouth  -  -  -  -  17.2  24.4  23.3  13.6  -  -  -
Southampton  117.3  192.6  202.6  166.5  161.6  156.3  143.4  139.6 173.6 182.6 173
Total these routes  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  3,712.9
Channel Islands  9.1  10.3  7.4  6.3  5.6  5.4  9.2  17.0 28.3 36.4 34.1
Isle of Man  29.4  29.7  21.8  18.5  16.7  13.8  11.0  11.0 11.1 4.0 7.5
Glasgow Prestwick
Stansted  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  100.4  97.5  93.3  94.1  129.0  34.3  -  -  -  -  -
Cardiff Wales  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 52.1
Total these routes  742.0  635.2  570.6  591.6  682.0  455.6  340.8  159.1  72.8  69.5  52.1
Channel Islands  -  -  -  -  -  -  1.4  -  -  -  -
Isle of Man  0.3  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Inverness
Edinburgh  17.1  17.1  15.3  10.5  7.5  0.9  1.0  -  -  -  -
Glasgow  6.2  5.6  1.9  0.1  0.1  -  -  -  1.0  2.0  0.1
Kirkwall  16.4  18.5  22.0  25.9  25.1  24.8  23.1  21.7 16.8 19.2 19.1
Sumburgh  0.2  0.1  0.2  0.1  0.2  -  -  1.5 4.2 3.3 3.4
Other Scottish  31.5  33.2  33.5  37.8  35.7  33.1  29.8  36.4 36.3 33.6 30.5
Heathrow  46.9  65.7  51.0  53.5  7.9  -  -  -  -  -  -
Gatwick  247.8  235.0  240.8  221.6  243.2  224.9  206.8  222.7 230.4 219.3 192.9
London City  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - 7.6
Luton  115.0  102.4  100.5  102.3  102.5  86.6  90.3  99.6 88.8 91.8 89.6
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 27.2
Birmingham  12.7  15.3  18.2  15.1  24.9  30.3  30.4  30.3 33.0 34.8 41.2
Bristol  -  41.3  82.5  82.1  74.0  73.3  69.2  75.4 78.1 81.2 77.6
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  15.3  18.1  20.6  16.7  42.9  50.5  46.4  49.2 51.0 55.8 70.5
Southhampton  -  -  -  3.3  14.9  3.9  2.4  2.1 1.8  -  -
Total these routes  509.3  581.6  646.3  673.8  648.3  568.0  516.2  560.6  565.2  564.3  559.7
Channel Islands  -  -  -  -  0.9  1.2  1.3  1.8 1.6 1.7 1.8

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.

Fig. 8.1 Terminal air passenger traffic, 2004 and 2014

Fig. 8.1 Terminal air passenger traffic, 2004 and 2014

Table 8.3 (a)  International air passenger traffic to and from the main Scottish international airports1 
REGIONAL AREA / COUNTRY 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
EU 28 countries (Excl UK) thousand
Austria  21.9  28.4  23.3  21.9  21.7  28.9  24.9  28.2  28.3  28.6  29.9
Belgium  149.2  161.8  140.1  121.0  121.0  113.3  134.0  110.6  115.6  153.7  153.0
Bulgaria  60.4  71.7  65.4  60.1  63.1  48.4  45.2  45.6  46.8  46.1  39.3
Croatia 3  1.9  5.7  11.7  15.6  12.9  24.3  11.6  7.1  12.9  31.6  42.0
Cyprus  126.6  153.6  151.2  139.4  152.8  139.4  95.9  148.7  152.9  119.6  112.4
Czech Republic  119.8  207.0  142.5  70.0  63.4  47.5  44.6  47.9  48.0  89.6  79.0
Denmark  71.2  102.8  135.8  129.6  147.2  178.1  175.8  178.2  188.6  220.3  187.0
Estonia  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    29.1  -    -    -  
Finland  5.5  6.2  22.0  16.6  5.7  3.5  34.6  37.4  32.1  3.7  4.5
France  474.2  525.6  569.4  690.0  859.4  862.1  790.7  787.5  808.3  806.7  727.2
Germany  319.7  493.1  484.4  566.4  641.7  663.7  660.3  682.0  698.7  761.2  823.5
Greece  272.8  248.6  235.2  209.8  161.6  158.9  153.8  163.7  212.9  193.0  270.3
Hungary  0.5  0.1  0.1  6.9  33.1  30.2  19.6  24.4  36.5  37.9  37.1
Irish Republic  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  950.8
Italy  246.3  365.0  331.0  380.3  348.1  401.8  359.2  342.3  384.3  396.9  375.4
Latvia  -    -    7.3  49.5  31.5  36.5  47.2  46.5  20.2  31.9  38.5
Lithuania  0.2  -    0.8  4.2  6.0  -    28.3  32.3  29.0  24.8  21.3
Luxembourg  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    0.2  0.1  0.1
Malta  49.2  45.9  35.7  40.9  37.9  45.6  52.7  71.2  57.5  61.5  67.1
Netherlands  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  1,323.5
Poland  1.0  15.1  227.4  341.3  384.3  374.2  328.0  326.9  341.3  431.4  355.7
Portugal (excl Madeira)  190.5  214.2  252.5  261.0  266.0  207.5  212.4  280.0  273.9  298.3  294.8
Portugal (Madeira)  30.4  22.2  20.0  25.7  36.1  34.4  21.7  23.1  22.8  21.3  29.3
Romania  -    -    -    -    -    3.0  -    -    -    -    0.4
Slovak Republic  -    -    -    -    6.6  50.3  49.9  44.2  33.6  32.1  23.1
Slovenia  -    0.8  0.1  -    0.1  0.1  0.2  0.9  -    -    0.3
Spain (excl Canary Isles)   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  1,874.3
Spain (Canary Islands)   734.0  766.9  773.2  771.2  795.6  666.0  658.1  838.3  816.6  849.5  934.1
Sweden  209.6  192.8  143.9  152.5  149.5  159.3  131.9  137.4  128.2  112.6  83.5
Total EU28 countries (Excl UK)  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  8,877.3
Total EU15 countries2  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  8,061.0
Other identified countries
Azerbaijan  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    4.1  5.8  -    -  
Barbados  -    -    -    3.5  7.1  8.0  8.4  7.6  6.0  5.2  6.4
Canada  210.3  216.7  189.5  207.7  160.0  107.5  103.3  112.4  117.8  106.1  112.3
Cape Verde Islands  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    13.4  22.0  0.2  -  
Cuba  -    -    -    -    -    -    0.8  1.3  0.8  0.6  0.6
Dominican Republic  10.7  23.7  13.5  14.0  22.8  25.5  23.1  16.8  0.7  -    6.1
Egypt  -    25.5  64.0  55.8  67.5  97.9  97.8  72.9  66.3  67.0  46.8
Faroe Islands  5.6  5.0  3.8  3.8  0.7  0.5  1.1  0.9  0.6  1.5  1.4
Greenland  -    -    -    -    -    -    4.1  8.7  -    0.2  -  
Iceland  58.9  62.3  55.4  46.5  30.8  9.7  25.0  33.2  42.6  72.8  97.0
Jamaica  -    -    -    -    -    2.3  0.5  0.9  -    -    0.2
Mexico  15.1  21.6  19.8  27.9  22.1  22.9  28.6  35.3  33.2  30.5  29.2
Morocco  -    -    -    -    -    -    19.7  25.2  0.2  0.2  5.4
Norway  246.3  271.4  285.9  307.2  305.2  302.1  281.2  309.4  337.4  339.9  352.8
Pakistan  -    2.5  27.9  9.3  18.4  25.5  26.3  1.9  -    -    -  
Qatar  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    54.0
Russia  1.2  0.7  0.4  0.7  -    0.8  0.7  -    0.7  0.8  -  
Switzerland  41.4  52.8  118.4  149.8  155.5  148.2  154.9  215.4  236.5  241.1  266.0
Tunisia  35.5  28.8  35.6  35.7  34.0  38.9  66.3  21.6  32.7  61.4  67.7
Turkey  135.0  176.0  165.9  216.3  260.4  268.6  329.3  328.0  316.0  351.7  404.0
United Arab Emirates  98.6  167.6  192.9  231.1  240.7  244.7  268.5  275.0  314.7  402.3  424.6
United States of America  382.4  438.5  559.9  569.5  483.5  459.7  366.1  411.3  367.7  367.0  446.8
Total these countries  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  2,321.3
All identified countries
for these airports  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  11,198.7

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 
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Foreign airports served 2 66 71 83 93 95 103 100 101 107 113 110
Routes 3 95 97 122 142 150 168 145 146 154 167 176
  thousand
Passengers on 
scheduled services		 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 9,824.0

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, 2014
  Scheduled Charter Total
Austria  4,185  25,677  29,862
Barbados  -    6,410  6,410
Belgium  152,670  336  153,006
Bulgaria  -    39,261  39,261
Canada  111,690  655  112,345
Croatia  40,619  1,414  42,033
Cuba  -    630  630
Cyprus  54,719  57,671  112,390
Czech Republic  78,752  201  78,953
Denmark  186,236  734  186,970
Dominican Republic  -    6,070  6,070
Egypt  -    46,776  46,776
Faroe Islands  -    1,372  1,372
Finland  -    4,469  4,469
France  697,412  29,756  727,168
Germany  820,580  2,924  823,504
Greece  135,033  135,241  270,274
Hungary  37,131  -    37,131
Iceland  96,405  625  97,030
Irish Republic  948,039  2,736  950,775
Italy  324,143  51,217  375,360
Jamaica  -    242  242
Japan  -    198  198
Latvia  38,349  178  38,527
Lithuania  20,791  537  21,328
Luxembourg  -    94  94
Malta  59,164  7,979  67,143
Mexico  13,135  16,075  29,210
Morocco  5,193  216  5,409
Netherlands  1,321,958  1,510  1,323,468
Norway  351,022  1,744  352,766
Poland  353,458  2,275  355,733
Portugal (other than Madeira)  277,015  17,832  294,847
Portugal (Madeira)  7,486  21,809  29,295
Qatar  54,006  -    54,006
Romania  -    377  377
Slovak Republic  22,897  190  23,087
Slovenia  -    345  345
Spain (other than  Canary Islands)  1,512,824  361,460  1,874,284
Spain (Canary Islands)  727,881  206,267  934,148
Sweden  82,935  578  83,513
Switzerland  249,546  16,416  265,962
Tunisia  -    67,736  67,736
Turkey  187,140  216,848  403,988
United Arab Emirates  424,561  -    424,561
United States of America  427,043  19,769  446,812
Total passenger traffic counted for these  
countries for Scotland's main airports2  9,824,018  1,374,850  11,198,868
Other international traffic at main Scottish airports2  ..   ..   -
All international traffic for Scotland's main airports  ..   ..   11,198,868
International traffic at other Scottish airports   ..   ..   47,714
Total International traffic at all Scottish airports  ..   ..   11,246,582

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, 2014
  Scheduled Charter Total
Amsterdam  1,321,958  978  1,322,936
Dublin  835,338  1,495  836,833
Paris (Charles De Gaulle)  508,410  4,702  513,112
Tenerife (Surreina Sofia)  368,237  120,272  488,509
Palma De Mallorca  256,152  168,721  424,873
Dubai  424,561  -    424,561
Alicante  379,382  36,850  416,232
Malaga  356,353  23,789  380,142
Frankfurt Main  361,053  408  361,461
Faro  236,214  17,664  253,878

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, 2014
  Other Scottish Airports Other UK        Airports 1 UK offshore Eire Europe North America Rest of world Total
Aberdeen  380,417  1,731,699  564,930  48,388  992,059  -  2,829  3,720,322
Barra  10,521  -  -  -  -  -  -  10,521
Benbecula  31,190  -  -  -  -  -  -  31,190
Campbeltown  9,331  -  -  -  -  -  -  9,331
Dundee  48  21,968  -  -  61  -  -  22,077
Eday  563  -  -  -  -  -  -  563
Edinburgh  122,725  4,678,823  -  548,247  4,477,001  239,756  85,148  10,151,700
Fair Isle  2,526  -  -  -  -  -  -  2,526
Foula  971  -  -  -  -  -  -  971
Glasgow  182,020  3,572,615  -  244,542  2,829,160  319,201  553,271  7,700,809
Inverness  53,211  508,417  100  3,601  39,493  -  -  604,822
Islay  27,196  -  -  -  -  -  -  27,196
Kirkwall  160,570  -  71  -  -  -  -  160,641
Lerwick (Tingwall)  3,567  10  1  -  -  -  -  3,578
North Ronaldsay  6,003  -  -  -  -  -  -  6,003
Out Skerries  132  -  -  -  -  -  -  132
Papa Stour  28  -  -  -  -  -  -  28
Papa Westray  4,520  -  -  -  -  -  -  4,520
Glasgow Prestwick  -  52,194  -  109,598  749,468  200  -  911,460
Sanday  2,905  -  -  -  -  -  -  2,905
Scatsta  159,930  -  128,828  -  -  -  -  288,758
Stornoway  124,488  92  -  -  -  -  -  124,580
Stronsay  3,274  -  -  -  -  -  -  3,274
Sumburgh  232,579  43  15,378  3,838  691  -  -  252,529
Tiree  7,996  -  -  -  -  -  -  7,996
Westray  3,496  -  -  -  -  -  -  3,496
Wick John O'Groats  26,105  -  2,417  -  30  -  -  28,552
Total  1,556,312  10,565,861  711,725  958,214  9,087,963  559,157  641,248  24,080,480

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, 2014
Airport International/UK Offshore Domestic 1 Total
Scheduled Charter Total Scheduled Charter Total
Aberdeen  938,229  670,613  1,608,842  1,886,425  228,144  2,114,569  3,723,411
Barra  -  -  -  10,521  -  10,521  10,521
Benbecula  -  -  -  31,190  -  31,190  31,190
Campbeltown  -  -  -  9,331  -  9,331  9,331
Dundee  -  94  94  20,294  1,681  21,975  22,069
Edinburgh  5,076,685  271,355  5,348,040  4,810,285  581  4,810,866  10,158,906
Glasgow  2,951,030  997,221  3,948,251  3,759,118  1,498  3,760,616  7,708,867
Glasgow Prestwick  858,775  1,268  860,043  52,270  86  52,356  912,399
Inverness  41,448  1,627  43,075  567,321  754  568,075  611,150
Islay  -  -  -  27,412  -  27,412  27,412
Kirkwall  -  71  71  150,601  205  150,806  150,877
Lerwick (Tingwall)  -  1  1  3,588  2  3,590  3,591
Scatsta  -  128,771  128,771  -  151,028  151,028  279,799
Stornoway  -  -  -  126,716  521  127,237  127,237
Sumburgh  653  19,303  19,956  176,101  66,569  242,670  262,626
Tiree  -  -  -  9,026  -  9,026  9,026
Wick John O'Groats  -  2,447  2,447  23,396  1,790  25,186  27,633
Total  9,866,820  2,092,771  11,959,591  11,663,595  452,859  12,116,454  24,076,045

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
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Edinburgh
Flights to/from UK origins / destinations numbers
Matched 76,096 82,233 79,818 75,021 72,499 64,086 58,282 58,404 56,926 55,314 54580
Unmatched - actual 1 767 318 278 308 366 193 268 106 82 83 71
Unmatched - planned 2 718 1,326 932 816 517 365 1,083 274 257 224 212
Percentage of flights late 3 percentages
early to 15 mins late 75 74 74 73 79 84 79 84 84 85 82
16 to 30 mins late 13 13 13 13 10 8 9 8 8 7 9
31 to 60 mins late 8 8 8 8 7 5 6 5 5 5 5
1 hr 1 min to 3 hrs late 4 4 5 5 4 3 5 3 3 3 4
3hrs 1 min to 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
more than 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
minutes
Average delay 4 13 14 15 15 12 10 13 9 9 9 10
All flights (UK and international) numbers
Matched 102,667 108,802 109,307 109,402 107,172 100,408 94,863 99,823 97,645 98,670 96292
Unmatched - actual 1 1,051 526 508 613 518 387 492 276 188 150 113
Unmatched - planned 2 837 1,536 1,107 1,074 769 575 2,061 552 312 275 260
Percentage of flights late 3 percentages
early to 15 mins late 74 74 74 73 77 82 77 83 84 84 82
16 to 30 mins late 13 13 13 13 11 9 10 9 8 8 9
31 to 60 mins late 8 8 8 8 7 5 7 5 5 4 5
1 hr 1 min to 3 hrs late 4 4 5 5 4 3 5 3 3 3 3
3hr 1 min to 6 hrs late 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 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 15 16 13 11 15 10 9 9 9
Glasgow
Flights to/from UK origins / destinations numbers
Matched 63,046 66,243 66,121 65,538 60,243 51,934 47,933 46,214 47,010 46,137 47,175
Unmatched - actual 1 496 308 466 906 636 198 233 118 88 70 77
Unmatched - planned 2 296 390 778 726 375 274 763 305 240 205 229
Percentage of flights late percentages
early to 15 mins late 80 79 76 77 79 85 80 85 85 84 83
16 to 30 mins late 10 10 11 11 10 7 8 7 7 7 8
31 to 60 mins late 6 6 7 7 7 4 6 4 4 5 5
1 hr 1 min to 3 hrs late 4 4 4 5 4 3 5 3 3 3 3
3hrs 1 min to 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 13 13 12 10 12 9 9 10 10
All flights (UK and international) numbers
Matched 90,093 95,198 95,383 91,886 85,274 73,262 68,291 69,507 71,637 71,901 73,396
Unmatched - actual 1 916 522 730 1,146 814 294 482 176 160 136 152
Unmatched - planned 2 763 568 966 908 526 330 1,175 393 297 252 262
75 75 75 75
Percentage of flights late percentages
early to 15 mins late 78 78 75 74 75 82 77 83 83 83 82
16 to 30 mins late 10 11 12 11 11 8 9 8 8 8 9
31 to 60 mins late 7 7 8 8 8 5 7 5 5 5 5
1 hr 1 min to 3 hrs late 4 4 5 5 5 4 6 4 4 3 3
3hrs 1 min to 6 hrs late 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
more than 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
minutes
Average delay 4 14 14 15 17 16 12 16 11 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, 2014 1 
  Commercial Movements Non-commercial Movements Total
Airport Air Transport Position-  ing Flights Local Move-ments Total Test and Training Other Flights by air transport operators Aero Club Private Official Millitary Business Total  
Aberdeen  112,537  4,604  -  117,141  3,726  140  2,899  178  -  112  86 7,141 124,282
Barra  888  4  -  892  4  -  -  90  -  2  - 96 988
Benbecula  3,013  346  14  3,373  5  -  -  84  -  42  - 131 3,504
Campbeltown  1,150  110  -  1,260  2  -  -  136  -  230  - 368 1,628
Dundee  1,407  205  156  1,768  784  113  31,762  731  3  23  546 33,962 35,730
Edinburgh  103,388  1,739  14  105,141  66  38  331  572  110  164  3,123 4,404 109,545
Glasgow  77,447  1,662  2  79,111  137  40  4,015  229  16  144  308 4,889 84,000
Glasgow Prestwick  6,659  270  -  6,929  4,352  -  7,893  2,416  -  4,053  - 18,714 25,643
Inverness  13,886  1,496  25  15,407  1,894  122  8,840  1,503  -  57  672 13,088 28,495
Islay  1,730  180  -  1,910  3  -  -  529  -  160  8 700 2,610
Kirkwall  12,935  783  22  13,740  225  19  5  410  -  6  15 680 14,420
Lerwick (Tingwall)  1,583  381  44  2,008  31  14  -  111  -  -  5 161 2,169
Scatsta  12,503  1,053  -  13,556  212  10  -  -  -  -  - 222 13,778
Stornoway  8,358  368  302  9,028  1,418  -  -  390  -  68  5 1,881 10,909
Sumburgh  14,677  1,429  365  16,471  1,566  -  -  95  -  39  - 1,700 18,171
Tiree  1,138  16  -  1,154  2  -  -  127  -  12  - 141 1,295
Wick John O'Groats  2,885  1,098  4  3,987  812  -  4  860  -  38  10 1,724 5,711
Total 376,184 15,744 948 392,876 15,239 496 55,749 8,461 129 5,150 4,778 90,002 482,878

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, 2014 2
  Scheduled Charter   Total
Airport UK Operators Over seas Operators Total UK Operators Over seas Operators Total Air taxi 1 movements  
Aberdeen  41,053  14,417 55,470  50,032  641 50,673  6,394 112,537
Barra  882  - 882  -  -  -  6 888
Benbecula  1,681  - 1,681  -  -  -  1,332 3,013
Campbeltown  1,035  - 1,035  -  -  -  115 1,150
Dundee  859  293 1,152  43  9 52  203 1,407
Edinburgh  65,403  29,332 94,735  4,631  2,041 6,672  1,981 103,388
Glasgow  54,408  13,845 68,253  4,644  1,139 5,783  3,411 77,447
Glasgow Prestwick  9  6,475 6,484  10  121 131  44 6,659
Inverness  9,582  - 9,582  30  12 42  4,262 13,886
Islay  1,540  - 1,540  -  - 0  190 1,730
Kirkwall  10,630  - 10,630  117  - 117  2,188 12,935
Lerwick (Tingwall)  1,041  - 1,041  2  -  2  540 1,583
Scatsta  -  -  -  12,381  - 12,381  122 12,503
Stornoway  6,278  - 6,278  14  4 18  2,062 8,358
Sumburgh  6,999  - 6,999  3,114  114 3,228  4,450 14,677
Tiree  1,018  - 1,018  -  -  -  120 1,138
Wick John O'Groats  1,919  - 1,919  221  224 445  521 2,885
Total 204,337 64,362 268,699 75,239 4,305 79,544 27,941 376,184

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
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Aberdeen 81,488 85,302 94,382 102,989 108,453 106,366  99,419  92,287  99,452  104,227  106,755 112,537
Barra 1,282 1,227 1,232 1,265 1,209 1,262  1,199  1,178  1,183  1,319  881 888
Benbecula 3,527 3,702 3,911 4,052 4,320 4,145  4,292  3,965  3,912  3,958  3,286 3,013
Campbeltown 1,294 1,357 1,293 1,268 1,307 1,216  1,359  1,251  1,133  1,105  1,123 1,150
Dundee 2,884 2,513 2,536 2,523 3,513 3,910  4,159  3,838  3,033  2,872  1,543 1,407
Edinburgh 107,558 115,205 119,061 118,690 120,096 118,899  111,059  104,288  108,708  106,958  106,748 103,388
Glasgow 91,862 96,278 99,700 99,157 97,277 90,977  77,874  71,598  72,377  74,615  75,585 77,447
Glasgow Prestwick 19,423 19,189 20,554 19,464 20,454 20,427  15,496  13,135  10,017  8,166  8,623 6,659
Inverness 16,105 18,427 20,139 20,601 19,352 17,936  15,791  13,254  15,097  14,814  14,425 13,886
Islay 1,557 1,528 1,579 1,738 1,731 1,869  1,677  1,809  2,004  1,817  1,739 1,730
Kirkwall 11,771 11,714 11,954 13,226 14,008 14,121  13,849  12,945  12,599  12,400  12,951 12,935
Lerwick (Tingwall) 2,325 2,127 2,328 2,029 1,913 1,863  2,011  1,652  1,817  1,783  1,748 1,583
Scatsta 9,888 10,012 10,430 11,445 11,333 10,743  12,704  12,731  13,199  13,915  13,338 12,503
Stornoway 6,558 7,259 8,135 9,646 9,741 10,028  9,484  8,842  9,190  9,367  8,644 8,358
Sumburgh 6,137 6,157 7,562 8,453 9,861 9,812  8,435  8,237  9,156  10,963  13,606 14,677
Tiree 744 724 724 753 755 937  1,109  1,023  1,019  1,121  1,111 1,138
Unst  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Wick John O'Groats  2,933  2,905  3,280 3,253 2,860  2,571  2,776  2,394  2,416  2,660  4,276 2,885
Total 367,336 385,626 408,800 420,552 428,183 417,082  382,693  354,427  366,312  372,060  376,382  376,184

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
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Aberdeen  97,895  98,598  109,232  116,971  121,927  119,831  109,876  102,396  108,862  115,013  118,219 124,282
Barra  1,394  1,358  1,323  1,321  1,296  1,310  1,356  1,252  1,258  1,403  966 988
Benbecula  4,147  4,209  4,466  4,462  4,810  4,660  4,779  4,402  4,366  4,478  3,708 3,504
Campbeltown  1,828  1,913  2,500  3,837  3,674  1,921  2,418  2,334  1,993  1,527  1,596 1,628
Dundee  30,716  32,099  37,261  37,444  37,292  36,297  39,274  37,169  36,815  40,926  40,427 35,730
Edinburgh  118,943  125,317  127,122  126,914  128,172  125,550  115,969  108,997  113,357  110,288  111,736 109,545
Glasgow  105,597  107,885  110,581  110,034  108,305  100,087  85,281  77,755  78,111  80,472  79,520 84,000
Glasgow Prestwick  57,099  55,998  54,996  48,189  47,910  42,708  34,230  33,087  28,546  25,670  24,305 25,643
Inverness  31,171  33,477  37,879  40,826  39,139  40,538  30,290  28,155  30,755  31,764  28,947 28,495
Islay  2,576  2,306  2,334  2,558  2,650  2,625  2,603  2,775  3,003  2,969  2,637 2,610
Kirkwall  13,524  13,466  13,375  14,719  15,574  15,982  15,590  14,535  14,131  13,980  14,403 14,420
Lerwick (Tingwall)  2,361  2,214  2,416  2,131  2,050  2,085  2,157  1,859  1,926  1,924  2,084 2,169
Scatsta  10,728  10,958  11,257  12,335  12,961  12,951  14,364  13,841  14,475  15,587  14,668 13,778
Stornoway  8,841  9,508  10,665  12,363  12,716  13,072  11,627  10,952  11,255  11,564  11,049 10,909
Sumburgh  8,701  8,655  10,409  12,185  13,984  14,758  12,159  11,118  12,228  14,045  16,771 18,171
Tiree  849  868  858  858  868  1,071  1,316  1,210  1,111  1,224  1,247 1,295
Unst  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Wick John O'Groats  6,363  5,624  6,931  6,721  6,327  7,221  6,231  4,754  4,734  5,474  7,787 5,711
Total 502,733  514,453  543,605  553,868  559,655  542,667  489,520  456,591  466,926  478,308  480,070  482,878

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
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
  tonnes
Aberdeen  3,762  4,089  4,022  3,434  4,006  3,822  4,211  5,311  6,166  7,102  6,278
Barra 3  87  86  56  37  34  34  29  29  27  26  21
Benbecula 3  1,383  1,416  910  590  587  564  531  466  475  457  310
Campbeltown 3  2  2  1  2  1  1  1  1  -    1  -  
Dundee  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  
Edinburgh 2  27,376  29,595  36,389  19,292  12,418  23,791  20,357  19,332  19,115  18,624  19,369
Glasgow 2  8,122  8,733  6,289  4,276  3,546  2,334  2,914  2,430  9,497  11,837  15,411
Glasgow Prestwick  34,102  29,199  28,537  31,517  22,966  13,385  12,163  11,846  10,314  9,526  12,540
Inverness 3  1,645  1,722  2,170  2,347  2,104  2,443  2,800  1,833  2,601  2,524  2,507
Islay 3  252  252  246  312  335  340  310  287  284  273  276
Kirkwall 3  893  904  904  709  730  646  777  132  97  103  107
Lerwick (Tingwall)  0  1  -   -   -   -    -    -    -    -    -  
Scatsta  695  725  730  765  723  752  765  808  873  849  788
Stornoway 3  1,523  1,562  1,881  1,717  1,610  1,641  1,630  1,659  1,704  1,752  1,200
Sumburgh 3  1,045  1,068  1,061  1,036  1,109  1,075  990  979  990  1,095  1,018
Tiree 3  58  57  59  60  56  56  52  49  57  55  52
Unst  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  
Wick John O'Groats 3  12  5  6  8  3  2  2  1  -    1  1
Total 80,956 79,417 83,260 66,103 50,228 50,886 47,532 45,162 52,200 54,225 59,878

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 Busin-ess 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    
Bus / coach Rail Total bus + rail Private car Hire car Taxi / minicab Total car + taxi Other modes Total all modes*
 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 3 5.7 3.3 9.0 48.1 3.9 36.6 88.6 2.4 100
2013 3 9.0 3.5 12.5 43.6 4.0 38.4 85.9 1.6 100
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 3 26.9 2.6 29.5 43.2 5.3 21.3 69.9 0.6 100
2013 3 9.2 3.8 13.0 38.5 1.0 21.8 61.3 25.7 100
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 3 11.6 3.1 14.7 51.6 4.0 27.0 82.5 2.8 100
2013 3 14.1 4.2 18.3 50.4 0.7 25.7 76.7 5.0 100
Glas. Prestwick 2005 3.6 20.8 24.4 57.2 12.5 5.2 74.9 0.7 100
2009 3 11.0 26.7 37.7 44.8 5.5 9.8 60.2 2.1 100
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 3 9.1 2.2 11.4 55.6 18.3 12.5 86.4 2.3 100
2013 3 17.1 3.3 20.4 49.6 8.5 11.8 69.9 9.7 100

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.
3. A small adjustment has been made to the percentages due to an error in the calculations used to produce the figures.
*. The figures for 1996 and earlier years may appear not to total 100% because they were rounded independently and then given only as whole percentages. The mode of transport includes cases where more than one form of transport is used.

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).