Chapter 8: Air Transport in Scotland

Scottish Transport  Statistics, No 36, 2017 Edition

Chapter 8: Air Transport in Scotland

Chapter 8: Air Transport in Scotland

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 26.9 million air passengers at Scottish airports in 2016
  • Three quarters travel to or from Edinburgh or Glasgow.
  • 55 thousand tonnes of freight were carried by air in 2016.

2. Main Points

Passengers & Airports

2.1 There were 26.9 million air terminal passengers in 2016, 1.4 million (5.6%) 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 29 per cent. (Table 8.1)

2.2 Edinburgh airport had 12.3 million terminal passengers in 2016 (11% increase) and Glasgow airport had 9.3 million, 7% more than the previous year. Aberdeen had 3.0 million, (down 15%) and Inverness had 0.8 million (17% more). Together these four airports accounted for 94% 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 2016, London Heathrow accounted for 37% of passengers on selected domestic routes to and from Aberdeen, 20% for Edinburgh and 21% for Glasgow. There were no domestic flights from Glasgow Prestwick in 2016. London Gatwick had 36% 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 2.4 million passenger journeys in 2016, 17% of all passengers on direct flights abroad. Other popular origins/destinations were the Netherlands (1.4 million passengers), the Irish Republic (1.2 million passengers) and Germany (around 1.0 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. Bulgaria and Mexico are mostly served by charter flights (72% and 81%), 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 2016) were Amsterdam with 1.4 million passengers and Dublin with 1.1 million passengers. (Table 8.5)

2.7 In 2016, 5% of all terminal passenger traffic was within Scotland, 42% was to/from other parts of the UK, and 41% was between Scotland and mainland Europe. (Table 8.6)

Delays & Movements

2.8 In 2016, the overall average delay was 15 minutes for flights to or from Edinburgh and 14 minutes to or from Glasgow airports (the Notes and Definitions section, page 225 describes the basis for these figures). Around 13% 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 2016 was 481,000. Edinburgh had the highest number of aircraft movements with 122,000, (97% of which were commercial movements), followed by Glasgow (98,000) and Aberdeen (96,000). (Table 8.9)

Air freight

2.10 Air freight carried in 2016 decreased by 1,049 tonnes (2%) over the previous year to 55,392 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  
  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Passengers thousand
   Terminal 24,437 25,132 24,348 22,496 20,907 22,065 22,207 23,250 24,076 25,507 26,924
   Transit 86 109 85 43 50 46 29 25 27 26 21
   Total 24,523 25,242 24,433 22,539 20,957 22,111 22,236 23,275 24,103 25,533 26,945
Terminal passengers1
by airport
thousand
    Aberdeen 3,163 3,411 3,290 2,984 2,763 3,083 3,329 3,440 3,723 3,469 2,955
    Barra 10 10 11 10 10 10 11 9 11 11 13
    Benbecula 33 35 34 33 30 34 31 31 31 32 32
    Campbeltown 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8
    Dundee 51 65 61 72 70 62 55 28 22 22 38
    Edinburgh 8,607 9,037 8,992 9,043 8,594 9,384 9,194 9,775 10,159 11,113 12,348
    Glasgow 8,820 8,726 8,135 7,213 6,522 6,858 7,150 7,358 7,709 8,710 9,324
    Glasgow Prestwick 2,395 2,421 2,414 1,817 1,660 1,296 1,067 1,145 912 610 672
    Inverness 671 697 671 583 528 579 602 607 611 668 782
    Islay 26 28 29 26 25 26 21 26 27 29 28
    Kirkwall 117 132 138 138 129 134 132 150 151 150 153
    Lerwick (Tingwall) 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
    Scatsta 255 253 243 270 279 288 304 298 280 254 162
    Stornoway 120 126 131 122 112 122 116 120 127 125 124
    Sumburgh 128 147 154 139 139 143 149 210 263 270 249
    Tiree 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 9 10 11
    Unst 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Wick John O'Groats 20 21 23 21 22 24 25 33 28 24 20
tonnes
Freight 83,260 66,103 50,228 50,886 47,532 45,162 52,200 54,225 59,878 56,441 55,392
Aircraft movements 2
Air transport thousand
        Domestic 3 256 254 247 225 206 206 204 201 202 207 197
        International 3,4 138 144 139 129 124 135 138 145 146 142 146
       Air taxi 3 26 30 31 28 24 26 29 30 28 30 33
    Other movements 5 133 131 126 108 102 100 107 104 107 101 105
Total 554 560 543 490 457 467 478 480 483 480 481

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. 'Aircraft movements' excludes both Campbeltown and Barra pre-1999 (see table 8.11).
3. 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.
4. Including UK offshore flights.
5. Other includes positioning flights, local movements, test & training, other flights by air transport operators, aero club, private, official, military and business

Table 8.2   Passengers on selected domestic routes, to/from certain Scottish airports  1 
  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
thousands
Aberdeen
Glasgow  -  -  0.1  -  -  0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0 0.1
Kirkwall  42.2  42.8  44.4  39.5  38.6  41.5 47.2 48.6 49.1 48.2 35.7
Scatsta  138.4  137.0  130.8  145.1  151.4  154.1 168.1 165.7 159.9 142.7 75.1
Stornoway  5.4  6.8  7.1  6.4  6.3  6.0 5.6 5.5 6.2 5.5 3.6
Sumburgh  68.8  73.3  74.9  63.8  63.5  69.1 75.2 115.3 150.7 143.7 107.4
Wick John O'Groats  12.7  14.9  16.6  14.5  14.7  14.8 14.6 13.9 14.4 12.8 5.7
Gatwick  216.7  214.9  148.0  135.5  129.9  177.8 233.9 173.2 161.8 163.2 143.7
Heathrow  673.2  659.0  656.0  641.3  617.7  652.5 663.8 712.2 776.9 726.7 592.7
London City  -   -   -   -   -   -  15.8 73.2 72.0 63.3 64.5
Luton  148.7  149.9  139.4  126.9  129.0  147.7 120 82.8 74.5 71.3 72.1
Belfast2  29.9  25.7  25.4  24.2  19.0  18.9 21.5 30.2 37.5 40 43.3
Birmingham  77.9  151.5  146.5  111.1  89.9  83.0 87.3 96.8 125.1 115.8 129.6
Bristol  28.7  26.7  26.9  23.2  22.7  32.8 32.9 34.9 31.8 26.4 21.6
Cardiff Wales  1.4  -   -   6.9  0.5  10.5 14.1 13.2 12.9 10.6 5.6
Durham Tees valley  33.7  33.4  33.2  31.9  29.9  31.3 33.4 32.7 35 28.2 13.2
East Midlands  -   -   20.8  19.5  18.1  18.9 19.8 18.4 16.7 15.5 5.4
Exeter  3.3  24.6  17.6  28.1  30.1  22.4 4.8  -   -   -   - 
Humberside  29.6  32.5  33.7  32.0  27.1  30.2 32.2 34.2 36.6 30.1 18.2
Leeds/Bradford  20.9  26.7  21.6  15.5  8.1  0.5 0.6 12.3 7.0 9.2 3.6
Manchester  134.7  121.6  132.3  104.6  93.1  144.5 180.7 203.3 226.1 202.6 202.4
Newcastle  26.7  21.8  22.4  18.5  26.4  24.8 24.9 30.8 30.2 20.8 8.9
Norwich  68.7  65.6  65.8  60.9  60.0  61.7 64.6 63.8 60.2 50.6 42.4
Southampton  33.2  40.3  55.5  45.2  27.9  22.6 16.3 9.5 14.0 13.9 6.7
Total these routes  1,794.8  1,869.0  1,819.0  1,694.6  1,603.9  1,765.8  1,877.4  1,970.6  2,098.7  1,941.1  1,601.5
Channel Islands  1.5  1.5  2.4  2.0  2.2  2.1 2.3 2.2 13.0 17.9 2.4
Edinburgh
Inverness  15.3  10.5  7.5  0.9  1.0  -  -  -  -  - 0.1
Kirkwall  23.2  29.2  35.7  39.1  35.6  36.5 40.0 43.5 45.4 44.5 45.8
Stornoway  27.1  25.2  28.3  31.8  21.9  21.7 19.9 19.3 20.5 20.6 20.6
Sumburgh  23.3  26.7  30.8  32.9  32.4  35.6 36.9 39.9 45 44.8 43.5
Wick John O'Groats  4.8  6.1  7.3  7.6  7.8  9.1 9.6 11.4 11.7 11.1 11.6
Gatwick 754.1 748.3 704.9 647.9 604.1 669.1 696.8 693.7 690.4 672.9  700.1
Heathrow 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 1,383.9 1,053.4
London City 313.9 353.9 371.5 326.6 334.7 344.9 322.7 333.9 352.3 532.9 528
Luton 444 429.1 359.5 315.6 242.1 259.4 269.8 273.5 259.7 266.6 272.5
Stansted 470.2 448.7 401.9 373.7 329.9 390.4 346.4 326.6 360.3 622.2 836.9
Belfast2  423.3  401.8  363.4  351.5  331.2  351.9 361.5 372.8 377.9 400.8 439.9
Birmingham  495.3  435.3  401.1  336.2  288.0  289.0 285.9 284.2 284 277.9 267.3
Bournemouth  -  -  19.3  88.4  17.7  - 0.2 0.1  -  0.3 0.1
Bristol  318.2  260.6  249.8  235.2  227.0  286.6 295.5 305.2 322.8 352 381.9
Cardiff Wales  156.3  158.1  162.6  161.0  111.5  83.6 77.7 77.0 57.6 69.2 94.3
East Midlands  175.8  169.8  164.1  130.2  108.7  109.8 72.7 86.7 92.7 95.3 93.7
Exeter  82.9  67.7  68.0  61.1  53.8  51.4 40.2 36.5 38.3 45.1 45.2
Leeds/Bradford  50.8  51.3  36.5  19.0  13.0  9.8 2.2  -  -  -  -
Liverpool  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - 15.9
Manchester  257.6  237.8  228.6  158.3  126.7  119.6 108.3 118.5 109.3 114.1 102.3
Manston (Kent Int)  -  -  -  -  17.6  26.5 3.4  -  -  -
Newquay  5.4  20.4  17.9  12.2  13.1  13.7 9.9 4.5 2.3 2.4 2.7
Norwich  64.0  57.3  58.6  50.4  47.8  46.4 39.7 24.7 28.5 29.3 25.8
Southampton  237.5  208.1  205.1  191.5  194.0  203.6 204.5 207.6 203.2 194.1 198.5
Southend  -  -  -  -  -  -  - 39.1 23.7  -  -
Total these routes  5,838.0  5,582.5  5,241.4  4,877.2  4,404.4  4,630.1  4,498.8  4,615.5  4,774.7  5,180.0  5,180.1
Channel Islands  26.5  31.1  28.7  23.2  18.3  14.6 11.1 9.2 3.2 6.4 7.0
Isle of Man  6.0  11.9  13.0  11.5  11.4  11.6 10.8 4.2  -  -  -

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 8.2(continued)   Passengers on selected domestic routes, to/from certain Scottish airports  1 
  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
thousands
Glasgow
Barra 8.1 8.7 9.1 8.7 8.6 8.4 9 9.1 10.5 10.7 12.8
Benbecula 22.6 24.3 25.2 24.7 21.9 22.6 19.7 21.8 23 23.5 24.2
Campbeltown 8.8 8.6 9.1 9.3 8.7 9.2 8.6 9.3 9.3 8.2 8.4
Inverness  1.9  0.1  0.1  -  -  -  -   -   0.1  -  0.5
Islay  26.1  28.4  29.3  26  25  26  25.1  25.6  27.2 28.7 22.3
Kirkwall  11.6  15.5  15.1  15.4  14.9  15.3 15.1 17.6 17.3 17.4 16
Stornoway  50.2  53.8  58.1  53.7  51.0  55.1 55.6 57.5 61.9 62.4 55.4
Sumburgh  15.1  16.5  17.2  17.4  16.8  17.9 18.0 20.1 24.5 28.6 24.5
Tiree  7.0  7.4  7.9  7.3  7.2  7.8 7.9 7.6 8 8.7 8.3
Gatwick  433.0  570.7  521.9  514.7  488.8  565.8 607.4 606.3 613.3 612.5 608.6
Heathrow  1,284.5  1,207.1  1,143.5  1,080.0  1,003.3  820.9 828.5 870.0 871.0 907.9 893.8
London City  -   78.1  112.7  114.9  111.1  149.4 158.2 175.4 207.9 238.4 235.1
Luton  413.9  407.7  352.4  326.0  247.7  274.6 276.5 280.7 270.2 215.1 214.7
Stansted  461.6  448.0  358.6  305.1  301.8  342.8 331.6 308.7 304.2 533.3 652.4
Belfast2  426.1  392.8  324.2  323.9  308.2  352.8 367.0 370.1 384.6 421.5 452.2
Birmingham  326.5  347.0  337.1  269.4  212.6  211.9 208.1 203.5 229.4 226.7 226.7
Bristol  279.9  243.1  220.2  212.3  201.2  222.2 239.7 257.4 245.3 267.2 297.3
Cardiff Wales  82.5  76.9  84.0  56.4  52.4  47.2 39.8 48.2 27.9 18.1 37.7
City of Derry  15.9  11.9  9.4  -  -  -  -  - 13.3 76 80.7
East Midlands  184.0  172.6  150.9  115.0  99.7  103.4 70.7 85.5 91.9 95 109.5
Exeter  53.1  56.3  39.4  33.4  26.5  24.4 25.6 23.8 20.7 3.1 32.8
Leeds/Bradford  41.0  38.7  30.4  19.9  14.6  13.2 11.9 10.0 9.8 8.3 7
Manchester  171.2  167.2  151.8  100.4  68.3  49.4 50.0 52 68.3 45.4 42.5
Newquay  -  -  2  0.3  0.2  0.9 3.6 1.8  -  - 2.3
Plymouth  -  -  17.2  24.4  23.3  13.6  -  -  -  -  -
Southampton  202.6  166.5  161.6  156.3  143.4  139.6 173.6 182.6 173 158.3 179.4
Total these routes  4,487.7  4,506.3  4,144.6  3,772.4  3,417.8  3,453.7  3,513.9  3,604.4  3,669.8  3,972.6  4,160.9
Channel Islands  7.4  6.3  5.6  5.4  9.2  17.0 28.3 36.4 34.1 34.7 40.7
Isle of Man  21.8  18.5  16.7  13.8  11.0  11.0 11.1 4.0 7.5 9.9 8
Glasgow Prestwick
Stansted  469.6  427.1  402.7  278.3  224.6  88.5  -  -  -  -  -
Belfast City  0.0  11.8  86.3  91.7  61.2  -  -  -  -  -  -
Bournemouth  93.3  94.1  129.0  34.3  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Cardiff Wales  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  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  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Inverness
Benbecula 1.1 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 1.4 2.1  -
Kirkwall  22.0  25.9  25.1  24.8  23.1  21.7 16.8 19.2 19.1 19.9 19.2
Stornoway  32.4  36.4  35.6  33.1  29.8  36.4 36.2 32.9 29.1 27.1 31.2
Sumburgh  0.2  0.1  0.2  -  -  1.5 4.2 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.5
Gatwick  240.8  221.6  243.2  224.9  206.8  222.7 230.4 219.3 192.9 207.1 237.9
Heathrow  51.0  53.5  7.9  -  -  -  -  -  -  - 57.9
London City  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - 7.6 4.9  -
Luton  100.5  102.3  102.5  86.6  90.3  99.6 88.8 91.8 89.6 93.5 133.9
Stansted  -  0.3  -  -  -  0.2 0.1  -  -  - 0.1
Belfast2  40.7  24.4  22.6  19.3  16.8  21.5 23.6 23.3 27.2 29.2 30.3
Birmingham  18.2  15.1  24.9  30.3  30.4  30.3 33.0 34.8 41.2 41.4 42.5
Bristol  82.5  82.1  74.0  73.3  69.2  75.4 78.1 81.2 77.6 82.4 87.7
East Midlands Int  -  33.5  40.2  20.4  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Manchester  20.6  16.7  42.9  50.5  46.4  49.2 51.0 55.8 70.5 84.5 68.2
Southhampton  -  3.3  14.9  3.9  2.4  2.1 1.8  -  -  -  -
Total these routes  608.9  615.2  634.0  567.1  515.2  560.6  564.0  561.6  558.2  593.7  658.5
Channel Islands  -  -  0.9  1.2  1.3  1.8 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.1 1.9

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, 2006 and 2016

Fig. 8.1 Terminal air passenger traffic, 2006 and 2016
Table 8.3 (a)  International air passenger traffic to and from the main Scottish international airports1 
Regional Area / Country 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
EU 28 countries (Excl UK) thousand
Austria  23.3  21.9  21.7  28.9  24.9  28.2  28.3  28.6  29.9  29.0  79.6
Belgium  140.1  121.0  121.0  113.3  134.0  110.6  115.6  153.7  153.0  172.2  194.8
Bulgaria  65.4  60.1  63.1  48.4  45.2  45.6  46.8  46.1  39.3  39.3  49.6
Croatia 3  11.7  15.6  12.9  24.3  11.6  7.1  12.9  31.6  42.0  56.3  62.2
Cyprus  151.2  139.4  152.8  139.4  95.9  148.7  152.9  119.6  112.4  134.3  162.4
Czech Republic  142.5  70.0  63.4  47.5  44.6  47.9  48.0  89.6  79.0  96.3  97.9
Denmark  135.8  129.6  147.2  178.1  175.8  178.2  188.6  220.3  187.0  254.0  298.3
Estonia  -    -    -    -    -    29.1  -    -    -    0.2  0.1
Finland  22.0  16.6  5.7  3.5  34.6  37.4  32.1  3.7  4.5  4.8  32.1
France  569.4  690.0  859.4  862.1  790.7  787.5  808.3  806.7  727.2  725.7  861.7
Germany  484.4  566.4  641.7  663.7  660.3  682.0  698.7  761.2  823.5  852.6  1,009.8
Greece  235.2  209.8  161.6  158.9  153.8  163.7  212.9  193.0  270.3  258.6  277.2
Hungary  0.1  6.9  33.1  30.2  19.6  24.4  36.5  37.9  37.1  60.6  86.9
Irish Republic  1,113.7  1,143.3  1,186.3  1,015.9  849.4  852.8  816.6  843.9  950.8  1,102.3  1,239.0
Italy  331.0  380.3  348.1  401.8  359.2  342.3  384.3  396.9  375.4  398.7  584.9
Latvia  7.3  49.5  31.5  36.5  47.2  46.5  20.2  31.9  38.5  20.3  29.5
Lithuania  0.8  4.2  6.0  -    28.3  32.3  29.0  24.8  21.3  29.8  36.2
Luxembourg  -    -    -    -    -    -    0.2  0.1  0.1  0.0  0.5
Malta  35.7  40.9  37.9  45.6  52.7  71.2  57.5  61.5  67.1  74.8  84.8
Netherlands  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  1,353.4  1,368.7
Poland  227.4  341.3  384.3  374.2  328.0  326.9  341.3  431.4  355.7  489.7  589.8
Portugal (excl Madeira)  252.5  261.0  266.0  207.5  212.4  280.0  273.9  298.3  294.8  306.5  346.0
Portugal (Madeira)  20.0  25.7  36.1  34.4  21.7  23.1  22.8  21.3  29.3  53.4  55.7
Romania  -    -    -    3.0  -    -    -    -    0.4  1.9  58.2
Slovak Republic  -    -    6.6  50.3  49.9  44.2  33.6  32.1  23.1  23.6  30.9
Slovenia  0.1  -    0.1  0.1  0.2  0.9  -    -    0.3  -    0.4
Spain (excl Canary Isles)   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  1,987.3  2,351.0
Spain (Canary Islands)   773.2  771.2  795.6  666.0  658.1  838.3  816.6  849.5  934.1  933.1  1,145.0
Sweden  143.9  152.5  149.5  159.3  131.9  137.4  128.2  112.6  83.5  105.7  107.8
Total EU28 countries (Excl UK)  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  9,564.2  11,241.1
Total EU15 countries2  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  8,537.2  9,952.0
Other identified countries
Azerbaijan  -    -    -    -    -    4.1  5.8  -    -    0.2  -  
Barbados  -    3.5  7.1  8.0  8.4  7.6  6.0  5.2  6.4  7.3  5.1
Canada  189.5  207.7  160.0  107.5  103.3  112.4  117.8  106.1  112.3  148.4  166.6
Cape Verde Islands  -    -    -    -    -    13.4  22.0  0.2  -    -    3.3
Cuba  -    -    -    -    0.8  1.3  0.8  0.6  0.6  0.9  2.9
Dominican Republic  13.5  14.0  22.8  25.5  23.1  16.8  0.7  -    6.1  -    -  
Egypt  64.0  55.8  67.5  97.9  97.8  72.9  66.3  67.0  46.8  44.9  -  
Faroe Islands  3.8  3.8  0.7  0.5  1.1  0.9  0.6  1.5  1.4  8.6  11.0
Greenland  -    -    -    -    4.1  8.7  -    0.2  -    -    -  
Iceland  55.4  46.5  30.8  9.7  25.0  33.2  42.6  72.8  97.0  112.6  172.0
Jamaica  -    -    -    2.3  0.5  0.9  -    -    0.2  1.3  0.8
Mexico  19.8  27.9  22.1  22.9  28.6  35.3  33.2  30.5  29.2  37.1  38.7
Morocco  -    -    -    -    19.7  25.2  0.2  0.2  5.4  30.9  15.8
Norway  285.9  307.2  305.2  302.1  281.2  309.4  337.4  339.9  352.8  320.5  288.1
Pakistan  27.9  9.3  18.4  25.5  26.3  1.9  -    -    -    -    -  
Qatar  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    54.0  115.5  134.0
Russia  0.4  0.7  -    0.8  0.7  -    0.7  0.8  -    0.1  0.1
Switzerland  118.4  149.8  155.5  148.2  154.9  215.4  236.5  241.1  266.0  276.9  281.8
Tunisia  35.6  35.7  34.0  38.9  66.3  21.6  32.7  61.4  67.7  35.2  -  
Turkey  165.9  216.3  260.4  268.6  329.3  328.0  316.0  351.7  404.0  425.7  319.1
United Arab Emirates  192.9  231.1  240.7  244.7  268.5  275.0  314.7  402.3  424.6  502.4  555.7
United States of America  559.9  569.5  483.5  459.7  366.1  411.3  367.7  367.0  446.8  489.1  524.8
Total these countries  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  2,557.5  2,519.7
All identified countries
for these airports		  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  12,121.7  13,760.8

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 
  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Foreign airports served 2 83 93 95 103 100 101 107 113 110 120 137
Routes 3 122 142 150 168 145 146 154 167 176 185 219
thousand
Passengers on 
scheduled services 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 10,805.1 12,605.2

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, 2016
  Scheduled Charter Total
Austria  60,382  19,194  79,576
Barbados  589  4,538  5,127
Belgium  194,307  456  194,763
Bosnia-Herzegovina  -    230  230
Bulgaria  13,781  35,865  49,646
Canada  166,509  93  166,602
Cape Verde Islands  199  3,064  3,263
Croatia  58,118  4,097  62,215
Cuba  1,385  1,506  2,891
Cyprus  91,307  71,090  162,397
Czech Republic  97,414  495  97,909
Denmark  297,209  1,138  298,347
Estonia  -    144  144
Faroe Islands  10,823  162  10,985
Finland  24,076  8,004  32,080
France  839,208  22,450  861,658
Germany  1,007,260  2,539  1,009,799
Gibraltar  -    60  60
Greece  212,186  65,047  277,233
Hungary  86,856  -    86,856
Iceland  171,842  203  172,045
Irish Republic  1,235,788  3,197  1,238,985
Italy  537,737  47,171  584,908
Jamaica  -    821  821
Jordan  -    496  496
Latvia  29,447  94  29,541
Lithuania  36,071  112  36,183
Luxembourg  11  469  480
Malta  84,273  540  84,813
Mexico  7,191  31,471  38,662
Morocco  15,753  -    15,753
Netherlands  1,368,225  477  1,368,702
Norway  285,710  2,342  288,052
Poland  588,194  1,615  589,809
Portugal(Excluding Madeira)  325,835  20,154  345,989
Portugal(Madeira)  46,296  9,363  55,659
Qatar  133,983  -    133,983
Republic Of Korea  -    199  199
Romania  58,222  -    58,222
Russia  -    110  110
Slovak Republic  30,771  152  30,923
Slovenia  -    388  388
Spain  2,006,650  344,398  2,351,048
Spain(Canary Islands)  824,113  320,898  1,145,011
Sweden  107,793  -    107,793
Switzerland  269,821  11,999  281,820
Turkey  241,737  77,345  319,082
United Arab Emirates  555,444  280  555,724
United States of America  482,689  42,079  524,768
Total passenger traffic counted for these
countries for Scotland's main airports2		  12,544,823  1,137,351  13,682,174
Other international traffic at main Scottish airports2  ..   ..   80,155
All international traffic for Scotland's main airports  ..   ..   13,762,329
International traffic at other Scottish airports   ..   ..   80,217
Total International traffic at all Scottish airports  ..   ..   13,842,546

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 , 2016
  Scheduled Charter Total
Amsterdam  1,368,225  477  1,368,702
Dublin  1,120,359  2,217  1,122,576
Tenerife (Surreina Sofia)  426,377  173,129  599,506
Paris (Charles De Gaulle)  558,154  2,883  561,037
Alicante  487,850  34,446  522,296
Palma De Mallorca  346,719  151,002  497,721
Malaga  424,538  34,921  459,459
Dubai  428,098  -    428,098
Frankfurt Main  324,498  -    324,498
Barcelona  300,606  8,107  308,713

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, 2016
Other Scottish Airports Other UK        Airports 1 UK offshore Eire Europe North America Rest of world Total
Aberdeen  227,686  1,378,264  400,601  38,064  899,148  -  -  2,943,763
Barra  12,808  -  -  -  -  -  -  12,808
Benbecula  32,439  -  -  -  -  -  -  32,439
Campbeltown  8,472  -  -  -  -  -  -  8,472
Dundee  46  20,948  -  -  15,258  -  -  36,252
Eday  673  746  -  -  -  -  -  1,419
Edinburgh  121,740  5,066,027  -  677,973  5,905,754  310,681  263,856  12,346,031
Fair Isle  3,276  -  -  -  -  -  -  3,276
Foula  1,235  -  -  -  -  -  -  1,235
Glasgow  172,565  4,122,008  -  522,690  3,599,270  380,538  493,512  9,290,583
Inverness  54,597  660,630  -  19,016  44,910  -  -  779,153
Islay  22,406  -  -  -  -  -  -  22,406
Kirkwall  147,655  118  15  -  -  -  -  147,788
Lerwick (Tingwall)  4,440  -  -  -  -  -  -  4,440
North Ronaldsay  6,423  -  -  -  -  -  -  6,423
Out Skerries  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Papa Stour  53  -  -  -  -  -  -  53
Papa Westray  4,915  -  -  -  -  -  -  4,915
Glasgow Prestwick  49  159  -  258  670,434  151  -  671,051
Sanday  3,060  -  -  -  -  -  -  3,060
Scatsta  75,148  -  73,276  -  -  -  -  148,424
Stornoway  119,042  173  -  -  -  -  -  119,215
Stronsay  3,246  -  -  -  -  -  -  3,246
Sumburgh  188,147  -  65,436  -  1,033  -  -  254,616
Tiree  8,412  -  -  -  -  -  -  8,412
Westray  3,560  -  -  -  -  -  -  3,560
Wick John O'Groats  17,331  188  -  -  -  -  -  17,519
Total  1,239,424  11,249,261  539,328  1,258,001  11,135,807  691,370  757,368  26,870,559

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, 2016
Airport International/UK Offshore Domestic 1 Total
Scheduled Charter Total Scheduled Charter Total
Aberdeen  834,294  503,129  1,337,423  1,519,069  89,347  1,608,416  2,945,839
Barra  -  -  -  12,808  -  12,808  12,808
Benbecula  -  -  -  32,439  -  32,439  32,439
Campbeltown  -  -  -  8,472  -  8,472  8,472
Dundee  15,258  169  15,427  20,789  1,416  22,205  37,632
Edinburgh  6,913,694  245,603  7,159,297  5,187,685  844  5,188,529  12,347,826
Glasgow  4,222,060  811,378  5,033,438  4,288,947  1,710  4,290,657  9,324,095
Glasgow Prestwick  669,598  1,693  671,291  -    370  370  671,661
Inverness  63,919  2,089  66,008  715,946  291  716,237  782,245
Islay  -  -  -  27,973  -  27,973  27,973
Kirkwall  -  24  24  152,044  659  152,703  152,727
Lerwick (Tingwall)  -  -  -  4,438  -  4,438  4,438
Scatsta  -  73,276  73,276  -  88,658  88,658  161,934
Stornoway  -  -  -  124,154  184  124,338  124,338
Sumburgh  1,033  65,633  66,666  166,998  15,370  182,368  249,034
Tiree  -  -  -  11,206  4  11,210  11,210
Wick John O'Groats  -  28  28  19,790  203  19,993  20,021
Total  12,719,856  1,703,022  14,422,878  12,292,758  199,056  12,491,814  26,914,692

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
  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Edinburgh
Flights to/from UK origins / destinations numbers
Matched 79,818 75,021 72,499 64,086 58,282 58,404 56,926 55,314 54,580 58,822 57,931
Unmatched - actual 1 278 308 366 193 268 106 82 83 71 71 20
Unmatched - planned 2 932 816 517 365 1,083 274 257 224 212 285  -
Percentage of flights late 3 percentages
early to 15 mins late 74 73 79 84 79 84 84 85 82 80 75
16 to 30 mins late 13 13 10 8 9 8 8 7 9 10 11
31 to 60 mins late 8 8 7 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 8
1 hr 1 min to 3 hrs late 5 5 4 3 5 3 3 3 4 4 6
3hrs 1 min to 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
more than 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
minutes
Average delay 4 15 15 12 10 13 9 9 9 10 12 15
All flights (UK and international) numbers
Matched 109,307 109,402 107,172 100,408 94,863 99,823 97,645 98,670 96,292 102,038 110,276
Unmatched - actual 1 508 613 518 387 492 276 188 150 113 134 36
Unmatched - planned 2 1,107 1,074 769 575 2,061 552 312 275 260 394  -
Percentage of flights late 3 percentages
early to 15 mins late 74 73 77 82 77 83 84 84 82 78 73
16 to 30 mins late 13 13 11 9 10 9 8 8 9 11 13
31 to 60 mins late 8 8 7 5 7 5 5 4 5 6 8
1 hr 1 min to 3 hrs late 5 5 4 3 5 3 3 3 3 4 5
3hr 1 min to 6 hrs late 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
more than 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
minutes
Average delay 4 15 16 13 11 15 10 9 9 9 12 15
Glasgow
Flights to/from UK origins / destinations numbers
Matched 66,121 65,538 60,243 51,934 47,933 46,214 47,010 46,137 47,175 50,524 51,293
Unmatched - actual 1 466 906 636 198 233 118 88 70 77 132 16
Unmatched - planned 2 778 726 375 274 763 305 240 205 229 247  -
Percentage of flights late percentages
early to 15 mins late 76 77 79 85 80 85 85 84 83 77 77
16 to 30 mins late 11 11 10 7 8 7 7 7 8 10 10
31 to 60 mins late 7 7 7 4 6 4 4 5 5 7 7
1 hr 1 min to 3 hrs late 4 5 4 3 5 3 3 3 3 5 5
3hrs 1 min to 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
more than 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
minutes
Average delay 4 13 13 12 10 12 9 9 10 10 14 14
All flights (UK and international) numbers
Matched 95,383 91,886 85,274 73,262 68,291 69,507 71,637 71,901 73,396 79,618 83,691
Unmatched - actual 1 730 1,146 814 294 482 176 160 136 152 238 41
Unmatched - planned 2 966 908 526 330 1,175 393 297 252 262 314  -
Percentage of flights late percentages
early to 15 mins late 75 74 75 82 77 83 83 83 82 76 75
16 to 30 mins late 12 11 11 8 9 8 8 8 9 11 11
31 to 60 mins late 8 8 8 5 7 5 5 5 5 7 8
1 hr 1 min to 3 hrs late 5 5 5 4 6 4 4 3 3 5 5
3hrs 1 min to 6 hrs late 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
more than 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
minutes
Average delay 4 15 17 16 12 16 11 11 11 11 14 14

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). Due to changes to the collection of planned flights, this data is no longer available.
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, 2016 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  87,337  3,631  1  90,969  2,932  588  1,196  2  2  60  407 5,187 96,156
Barra  1,252  -  -  1,252  13  -  -  78  -  2  - 93 1,345
Benbecula  3,171  262  7  3,440  77  6  -  72  -  53  - 208 3,648
Campbeltown  1,082  95  -  1,177  25  -  2  183  -  65  - 275 1,452
Dundee  1,631  299  138  2,068  1,032  97  32,135  813  6  72  507 34,662 36,730
Edinburgh  116,831  1,650  21  118,502  38  26  40  2,896  2  109  607 3,718 122,220
Glasgow  90,990  1,746  5  92,741  223  1,440  3,273  10  7  63  370 5,386 98,127
Glasgow Prestwick  4,706  334  -  5,040  7,419  -  6,678  3,081  2  3,494  - 20,674 25,714
Inverness  15,201  1,710  530  17,441  2,616  125  7,936  1,733  -  65  534 13,009 30,450
Islay  1,702  168  2  1,872  8  -  -  616  -  44  - 668 2,540
Kirkwall  12,786  764  16  13,566  317  198  -  436  -  14  8 973 14,539
Lerwick (Tingwall)  1,821  336  157  2,314  20  1  -  91  -  -  - 112 2,426
Scatsta  7,473  273  -  7,746  140  8  -  -  -  -  - 148 7,894
Stornoway  8,406  411  194  9,011  1,012  -  -  386  -  191  - 1,589 10,600
Sumburgh  17,435  1,623  243  19,301  1,009  722  -  75  -  22  - 1,828 21,129
Tiree  1,758  14  2  1,774  2  -  -  161  -  -  - 163 1,937
Wick John O'Groats  2,085  829  17  2,931  546  198  2  678  -  66  6 1,496 4,427
Total 375,667 14,145 1,333 391,145 17,429 3,409 51,262 11,311 19 4,320 2,439 90,189 481,334

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, 2016 2 
Scheduled Charter Air taxi 1 movements Total
Airport UK Operators Over seas Operators Total UK Operators Over seas Operators Total
Aberdeen  31,066  13,143 44,209  31,009  2,461 33,470  9,056 86,735
Barra  1,313  - 1,313  -  -  -  9 1,322
Benbecula  1,755  - 1,755  -  -  -  1,439 3,194
Campbeltown  1,037  - 1,037  -  -  -  98 1,135
Dundee  1,397  - 1,397  40  28 68  186 1,651
Edinburgh  74,324  39,104 113,428  1,931  922 2,853  1,012 117,293
Glasgow  58,242  21,246 79,488  3,889  700 4,589  6,657 90,734
Glasgow Prestwick  -  4,577 4,577  12  104 116  5 4,698
Inverness  10,677  498 11,175  7  24 31  4,052 15,258
Islay  1,612  - 1,612  -  - 0  162 1,774
Kirkwall  10,962  - 10,962  81  2 83  1,882 12,927
Lerwick (Tingwall)  1,149  - 1,149  -  -  -  653 1,802
Scatsta  -  -  -  7,465  - 7,465  3 7,468
Stornoway  6,277  - 6,277  -  2 2  2,147 8,426
Sumburgh  6,930  90 7,020  4,911  - 4,911  5,603 17,534
Tiree  1,712  - 1,712  2  -  2  140 1,854
Wick John O'Groats  1,742  - 1,742  26  7 33  372 2,147
Total 210,195 78,658 288,853 49,373 4,250 53,623 33,476 375,952

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
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Aberdeen 94,382 102,989 108,453 106,366  99,419  92,287  99,452  104,227  106,755  112,537  106,755 86,735
Barra 1,232 1,265 1,209 1,262  1,199  1,178  1,183  1,319  881  888  881 1,322
Benbecula 3,911 4,052 4,320 4,145  4,292  3,965  3,912  3,958  3,286  3,013  3,286 3,194
Campbeltown 1,293 1,268 1,307 1,216  1,359  1,251  1,133  1,105  1,123  1,150  1,123 1,135
Dundee 2,536 2,523 3,513 3,910  4,159  3,838  3,033  2,872  1,543  1,407  1,543 1,651
Edinburgh 119,061 118,690 120,096 118,899  111,059  104,288  108,708  106,958  106,748  103,388  106,748 117,293
Glasgow 99,700 99,157 97,277 90,977  77,874  71,598  72,377  74,615  75,585  77,447  75,585 90,734
Glasgow Prestwick 20,554 19,464 20,454 20,427  15,496  13,135  10,017  8,166  8,623  6,659  8,623 4,698
Inverness 20,139 20,601 19,352 17,936  15,791  13,254  15,097  14,814  14,425  13,886  14,425 15,258
Islay 1,579 1,738 1,731 1,869  1,677  1,809  2,004  1,817  1,739  1,730  1,739 1,774
Kirkwall 11,954 13,226 14,008 14,121  13,849  12,945  12,599  12,400  12,951  12,935  12,951 12,927
Lerwick (Tingwall) 2,328 2,029 1,913 1,863  2,011  1,652  1,817  1,783  1,748  1,583  1,748 1,802
Scatsta 10,430 11,445 11,333 10,743  12,704  12,731  13,199  13,915  13,338  12,503  13,338 7,468
Stornoway 8,135 9,646 9,741 10,028  9,484  8,842  9,190  9,367  8,644  8,358  8,644 8,426
Sumburgh 7,562 8,453 9,861 9,812  8,435  8,237  9,156  10,963  13,606  14,677  13,606 17,534
Tiree 724 753 755 937  1,109  1,023  1,019  1,121  1,111  1,138  1,111 1,854
Unst  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Wick John O'Groats  3,280 3,253 2,860  2,571  2,776  2,394  2,416  2,660  4,276  2,885  4,276 2,147
Total 408,800 420,552 428,183 417,082  382,693  354,427  366,312  372,060  376,382  376,184  376,382  375,952

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
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Aberdeen  109,232  116,971  121,927  119,831  109,876  102,396  108,862  115,013  118,219  124,282  118,219 96,156
Barra  1,323  1,321  1,296  1,310  1,356  1,252  1,258  1,403  966  988  966 1,345
Benbecula  4,466  4,462  4,810  4,660  4,779  4,402  4,366  4,478  3,708  3,504  3,708 3,648
Campbeltown  2,500  3,837  3,674  1,921  2,418  2,334  1,993  1,527  1,596  1,628  1,596 1,452
Dundee  37,261  37,444  37,292  36,297  39,274  37,169  36,815  40,926  40,427  35,730  40,427 36,730
Edinburgh  127,122  126,914  128,172  125,550  115,969  108,997  113,357  110,288  111,736  109,545  111,736 122,220
Glasgow  110,581  110,034  108,305  100,087  85,281  77,755  78,111  80,472  79,520  84,000  79,520 98,127
Glasgow Prestwick  54,996  48,189  47,910  42,708  34,230  33,087  28,546  25,670  24,305  25,643  24,305 25,714
Inverness  37,879  40,826  39,139  40,538  30,290  28,155  30,755  31,764  28,947  28,495  28,947 30,450
Islay  2,334  2,558  2,650  2,625  2,603  2,775  3,003  2,969  2,637  2,610  2,637 2,540
Kirkwall  13,375  14,719  15,574  15,982  15,590  14,535  14,131  13,980  14,403  14,420  14,403 14,539
Lerwick (Tingwall)  2,416  2,131  2,050  2,085  2,157  1,859  1,926  1,924  2,084  2,169  2,084 2,426
Scatsta  11,257  12,335  12,961  12,951  14,364  13,841  14,475  15,587  14,668  13,778  14,668 7,894
Stornoway  10,665  12,363  12,716  13,072  11,627  10,952  11,255  11,564  11,049  10,909  11,049 10,600
Sumburgh  10,409  12,185  13,984  14,758  12,159  11,118  12,228  14,045  16,771  18,171  16,771 21,129
Tiree  858  858  868  1,071  1,316  1,210  1,111  1,224  1,247  1,295  1,247 1,937
Unst  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Wick John O'Groats  6,931  6,721  6,327  7,221  6,231  4,754  4,734  5,474  7,787  5,711  7,787 4,427
Total  543,605  553,868  559,655  542,667  489,520  456,591  466,926  478,308  480,070  482,878  480,070  481,334

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
  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
tonnes
Aberdeen  4,022  3,434  4,006  3,822  4,211  5,311  6,166  7,102  6,278  6,545  5,731
Barra 3  56  37  34  34  29  29  27  26  21  19  15
Benbecula 3  910  590  587  564  531  466  475  457  310  313  339
Campbeltown 3  1  2  1  1  1  1  -    1  -    -    -  
Dundee  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  
Edinburgh 2  36,389  19,292  12,418  23,791  20,357  19,332  19,115  18,624  19,369  19,322  20,369
Glasgow 2  6,289  4,276  3,546  2,334  2,914  2,430  9,497  11,837  15,411  13,193  12,921
Glasgow Prestwick  28,537  31,517  22,966  13,385  12,163  11,846  10,314  9,526  12,540  11,242  10,822
Inverness 3  2,170  2,347  2,104  2,443  2,800  1,833  2,601  2,524  2,507  2,507  2,584
Islay 3  246  312  335  340  310  287  284  273  276  288  303
Kirkwall 3  904  709  730  646  777  132  97  103  107  94  97
Lerwick (Tingwall)  -   -   -   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  
Scatsta  730  765  723  752  765  808  873  849  788  702
Stornoway 3  1,881  1,717  1,610  1,641  1,630  1,659  1,704  1,752  1,200  1,173  1,153
Sumburgh 3  1,061  1,036  1,109  1,075  990  979  990  1,095  1,018  998  1,005
Tiree 3  59  60  56  56  52  49  57  55  52  44  53
Unst  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  
Wick John O'Groats 3  6  8  3  2  2  1  -    1  1  1  1
Total 83,260 66,103 50,228 50,886 47,532 45,162 52,200 54,225 59,878 56,441 55,392

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 
  Bus and rail Car and taxi Other modes Total all modes*
Airport 2 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 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
20093 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).