Annual passenger figures for all UK airports in 2016

[TheLocalYokel]

2016

The CAA has now finalised its airport passenger figures for 2016 with the following result. I have listed the top 30 UK airports in terms of annual passenger throughput. The figures are for terminal passengers (000s).

All these stats, including some smaller airports not included in my list, as well as comparison figures for 2015 can be found on the CAA website at:

http://www.caa.co.uk/uploadedFiles/...data_2016_12/Table_01_Size_of_UK_Airports.pdf

Heathrow..........75,672
Gatwick.............43,115
Manchester........25,599
Stansted............24,318
Luton.................14,642
Edinburgh..........12,348
Birmingham.......11,639
Glasgow..............9,324
Bristol.................7,604
Belfast Int...........5,147
Newcastle...........4,805
Liverpool.............4,777
East Midlands......4,651
London City.........4,539
Leeds-Bradford...3,611
Aberdeen............2,955
Belfast City.........2,665
Southampton......1,947
Cardiff................1,344
Doncaster-Shef...1,256
Southend............. 874
Exeter..................847
Inverness.............782
Prestwick.............672
Bournemouth.......666
Norwich...............506
Newquay.............370
Derry...................291
Sumburgh............249
Humberside.........201

 

[Aviador]

Thanks for posting those figures TLY. I have to admit, these days I barely venture anywhere near the CAA website.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Looking at the CAA airport stats for the calendar year 2016 (at beginning of this thread) I looked back at the position 25 years ago with airport figures for 1991 in respect of the top 20 airports in 2016.

18 of the 20 airports featuring in the 2016 top 20 also featured in 1991. The two that didn't were Doncaster-Sheffield (did not exist as an airport in 1991) and London City. In 1991 Sumburgh and Durham Tees Valley were in the top 20.

Some of the airports have made huge percentage jumps in passenger numbers in the period under review, with the phenomenon of low-cost airlines clearly playing a major part.

The three left-hand columns denote 2016 position in 'league table', airport name and annual passenger throughput in millions or part millions, with the two right-hand columns showing annual passenger throughput and 'league table' for 1991.


1. Heathrow..........75.672..........40.245 (1)
2. Gatwick.............43.115..........18.690 (2)
3. Manchester........25.599..........10.102 (3)
4. Stansted............24.318..........1.685 (10)
5. Luton.................14.642..........1.958 (9)
6. Edinburgh..........12.348..........2.340 (6)
7. Birmingham.......11.639..........3.246 (5)
8. Glasgow..............9.324...........4.154 (4)
9. Bristol.................7.604.......... 0.783 (13)
10. Belfast Int..........5.147..........2.168 (7)
11. Newcastle...........4.805..........1.527 (11)
12. Liverpool.............4.777..........0.457 (17)
13. East Midlands......4.651..........1.145 (12)
14. London City.........4.539..........0.172 (23)
15. Leeds-Bradford...3.611...........0.638 (14)
16. Aberdeen............2.955...........2.020 (8)
17. Belfast City.........2.665...........0.537 (15)
18. Southampton......1.947...........0.428 (19)
19. Cardiff................1.344...........0.513 (16)
20. Doncaster-Shef...1.256...........n/a
29. Sumburgh...........0.249...........0.433 (18)
33. Durham T V........ 0.131...........0.300 (20)