SCT08183658301-52

Table 37b: Frequency of flying for leisure by destination in last 12 months for those who have flown1
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
All leisure flights Column percentages
1 or 2 49.8 50.9 50.6 49.4 50.2 49.6 .. 43.7 ..
3 or 4 25.1 23.8 24.3 24.9 23.6 24.2 .. 26.1 ..
5 or 6 11.4 10.8 10.4 11.5 12.2 11.0 .. 12.6 ..
7 or 8 6.1 5.6 5.6 6.2 5.9 5.9 .. 7.7 ..
9 to 12 4.4 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.3 .. 5.8 ..
13 to 20 2.3 2.8 3.1 2.0 2.2 2.9 .. 3.1 ..
More than 20 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 .. 1.1 ..
Lower decile 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 .. 2.0 ..
Lower quartile 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 .. 2.0 ..
Median 3.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 .. 4.0 ..
Upper quartile 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 .. 6.0 ..
Upper decile 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 .. 8.0 ..
Mean* 4.2 20.8 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.4 .. 4.7 ..
Of which:
Flights within Scotland
0 92.9 93.8 95.9 94.2 94.3 95.2 .. 95.3 ..
1 or 2 4.9 4.6 2.8 4.1 4.0 3.3 .. 2.6 ..
3 or 4 1.2 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.8 .. 1.0 ..
5 or 6 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 .. 0.4 ..
7 or 8 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 .. 0.2 ..
9 to 12 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 .. 0.3 ..
13 to 20 0.1 ** ** 0.1 0.1 0.1 .. 0.0 ..
More than 20 0.1 ** ** 0.0 ** 0.1 .. 0.0 ..
Flights to rest of UK
0 67.2 67.0 68.9 69.8 70.5 71.7 .. 69.3 ..
1 or 2 22.4 22.0 20.3 19.8 18.8 17.8 .. 19.9 ..
3 or 4 5.8 5.7 5.3 6.0 5.5 5.6 .. 5.7 ..
5 or 6 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.6 .. 2.3 ..
7 or 8 0.8 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.0 .. 1.2 ..
9 to 12 0.8 0.9 1.3 0.8 1.0 0.8 .. 1.0 ..
13 to 20 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.4 .. 0.4 ..
More than 20 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 .. 0.2 ..
Flights to other European Countries
0 27.1 30.5 28.1 26.2 25.9 24.0 .. 26.3 ..
1 or 2 49.7 47.8 48.6 48.7 48.7 49.5 .. 48.3 ..
3 or 4 15.3 13.5 15.1 17.0 16.2 15.7 .. 16.1 ..
5 or 6 4.7 4.3 4.5 4.6 5.8 6.2 .. 5.4 ..
7 or 8 2.0 2.1 1.9 2.2 1.9 2.3 .. 2.1 ..
9 to 12 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.7 .. 1.3 ..
13 to 20 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.6 .. 0.4 ..
More than 20 ** 0.2 0.1 ** 0.2 0.1 .. 0.1 ..
Flights to countries outside Europe
0 68.3 63.5 66.1 67.3 70.2 69.3 .. 67.5 ..
1 or 2 25.2 29.0 26.6 26.6 23.7 24.2 .. 25.7 ..
3 or 4 4.3 4.9 5.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 .. 4.5 ..
5 or 6 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.3 .. 1.3 ..
7 or 8 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 .. 0.5 ..
9 to 12 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 .. 0.4 ..
13 to 20 0.1 0.1 ** 0.2 ** 0.1 .. 0.1 ..
More than 20 ** ** . ** ** . .. 0.0 ..
Sample size (=100%)2 5,310 4,180 5,100 4,250 4,380 4,280 .. 4,450 ..

1. Question asked in alternate years from 2014. 2016 data is the latest available.

2. Sample size is those who answered yes to previous question asking whether respondent had flown for leisure, holildays and visiting friends or family in the last 12 months.

* Note mean value can be dragged up by a handful of respondents reporting making a large number of flights eg in 2010.  The median is a better measure of the average.

** value supressed as cell contains fewer than 5 responses