CAA Statistics

[backtrack]

How is ABZ bearing up in terms of passenger figures?

 

[News Guru]

Aberdeen Airport reports first growth in almost 3 years

Aberdeen Airport saw an end to nearly three years of falling passenger numbers in January. Almost 200,000 people passed through the terminal in January, a 9.1% increase on the same period last year. It is the first time the airport’s passenger figures have increased since April 2008, although heavy snowfall in January 2010 did make the figures from a year ago lower than expected.

The airport’s managing director, Derek Provan, said: ‘These figures must be analysed in the context of the severe weather experienced in January of last year, which was more badly affected by winter weather than January 2011. However, we are seeing a gradual growth in confidence from some airlines and continue to work with our airline partners to deliver growth at Aberdeen Airport this year.’

Edinburgh and Glasgow also saw increased passengers, with rises of 13.6% and 8% respectively.

Source

 

[Aviador]

CAA Passenger Stats for May 2011

A total of 256,447 passengers passed through Aberdeen Airport during May up 11.9% compared with May last year. Rolling year passenger numbers stand at 2,898,205 up 1.8% on the previous 12 months.

 

[News Guru]

Record week for Aberdeen Airport

A record number of people passed through the terminals at Aberdeen Airport during Offshore Europe week. More than 67,000 passengers from across the globe used the airport, over 2000 more than the 2009 total. The airport also recorded its biggest ever day of departures on Thursday, September 8, with 6623 passengers.

The airport’s operations director, Carol Benzie, said: ‘The week went incredibly well, with months of planning going into the operation. The team pulled out all the stops to deliver a first class result and it showed.'

‘It was a great team effort from people across the airport to ensure we had no operational issues, no delays due to the number of passengers, great feedback and an increase in retail spend at the airport.’

Source

 

[TheLocalYokel]

November 2011

After nearly three years of continually falling passenger numbers Aberdeen has had a remarkable 2011 to date.

CAA stats show that In November it handled 260,683 passengers, up 15.8% on November 2010, though it was helped considerably by a 19.4% increase in atms.

Rolling 12-month total was 3,045,520, up 9.5% on a year ago.

Every month in 2011 has seen large percentage increases, either in double digits or nearly so for most months.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

December 2011

CAA stats show that 233,069 passengers used the airport in December, up a startling 19% on December 2010.

The reason was twofold: a snow affected December 2010 and 14.3% more atms in December 2011.

Rolling 12-month figure (ie the calendar year) was 3,082,626, up 11.5% on a year ago.

 

[News Guru]

Aberdeen Airport reports surge in passenger traffic

Aberdeen Airport has reported its busiest October for five years, following a surge in international traffic during the school holidays.

The airport, which is owned by Heathrow Airport Holdings (HAH), said passenger numbers increased year-on-year by 11.3% to more than 316,000.

It was the second highest passenger total ever recorded by the airport for the month of October.

International traffic rose by 16.2%, while domestic numbers were up 10.2%.

The number of helicopter passengers rose by 6.6%.

Aberdeen airport said a busier than expected October school break helped drive numbers.

Full Story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-s ... s-20296279

 

[TheLocalYokel]

December 2011

CAA stats show that 233,069 passengers used the airport in December, up a startling 19% on December 2010.

The reason was twofold: a snow affected December 2010 and 14.3% more atms in December 2011.

Rolling 12-month figure (ie the calendar year) was 3,082,626, up 11.5% on a year ago.

Haven't looked at ABZ for a number of years. My last post showed the December 2011 figures (see above) when the airport was beginning to boom.

It reached over 3,725,000 by the end of 2014 but this year has been downhill all the way. The savage cutbacks in the oil industry have affected Aberdeen and its airport to a worrying degree.

CAA stats for September show that annual throughput had dropped to 3,566,363. This is only 2.6% down on a year ago but recent months have seen exaggerated drops. September was 18% down at 279,077 with atms for the month down a massive 44%. There are suggestions that October will be down around 15%.

Until the oil industry stabilises it's difficult to see how ABZ can stem the passenger number decreases.

 

[jfy1999]

March 2016

Passengers this month = 236,318 (-16.1)
Rolling year = 3,341,188 (-10.2)
Aircraft movements this month = 6,821 (-18.8)
Rolling year = 90,735 (-14.3)

Pretty grim statistics overall, provoking a lot of displeasure on other forums. Only a few routes out of ABZ haven't experienced drops in passenger numbers.

 

[Aviador]

It just goes to show how local economic conditions can impact flights from regional airports. Aberdeen is effectively in a micro #recession.

So far as the figures go and purely from a selfish perspective it does at least allow my local airport to climb the airport league table a little bit more.

 

[Jerry]

CAA stats September 2017
280,601 passengers used the airport up 3.9% on 2016. The rolling year was 3,047,258 up 0.8% on 2016.
Atms were 7284 up 3.9%.

 

[Seasider]

It looks as if they have got to the "bottom of the trough" and will start increasing again, but at a slow rate.

 

[Jerry]

Yep Ryanair adding routes will help with that.

 

[Seasider]

Pax for March 2022 - 142,661

 

[Jerry]

CAA Stats 2022
Aberdeen saw 1,960,307 passengers use the airport in 2022 up 82% on 2021 (1,075,639)
Aircraft movements were 74,098.

 

[GeorgeNTravels]

	2019	2022	2023	% Change 23 vs 22
January	204,435	90,979	148,392	63.12%
February	196,653	106,150	150,397	41.68%
March	224,705	142,661	173,898	21.90%
April	239,815	164,336	180,809	9.80%
May	270,058	182,234	202,154	10.93%
June	268,317	191,138	208,531	9.10%
July	280,120	190,236	213,863	12.42%
August	267,638	183,451	212,899	16.05%
September	261,795	185,991	206,027	10.77%
October	269,335	194,594	201,899	3.75%
November	217,174	170,410	172,545	1.25%
December	212,838	158,127	158,504	0.24%
TOTALS	2,912,307	1,960,307	2,229,918

 

[GeorgeNTravels]

	2019	2022	2023	% Change 23 vs 22
January	204,435	90,979	148,392	63.12%
February	196,653	106,150	150,397	41.68%
March	224,705	142,661	173,898	21.90%
April	239,815	164,336	180,809	9.80%
May	270,058	182,234	202,154	10.93%
June	268,317	191,138	208,531	9.10%
July	280,120	190,236	213,863	12.42%
August	267,638	183,451	212,899	16.05%
September	261,795	185,991	206,027	10.77%
October	269,335	194,594	201,899	3.75%
November	217,174	170,410	172,545	1.25%
December	212,838	158,127	158,504	0.24%
TOTALS	2,912,307	1,960,307	2,229,918

TOTALS now added, apologies for forgetting them

 

[GeorgeNTravels]

Terminal Passenger Numbers January 2024: 147,266 (-1%)

	2024	2023	Change
Denmark	584	966	-382
Ireland	3,519	3,680	-161
Netherlands	20,219	17,470	+2,749
Norway	7,065	7,671	-606
Poland	3,321	3,407	-86
Spain	3,359	5,351	-1,992
Switzerland	1,160	1,148	+12
UK	77,858	81,205	-3,347

 

[GeorgeNTravels]

	Aberdeen			Edinburgh			Glasgow			Prestwick
	2023	2024		2023	2024		2023	2024		2023	2024
January	148,392	147,266		823,542	894,763		403,866	432,447		17,156	20,902
February	150,397	156,482		835,047	948,005		410,440	475,854		16,680	18,110
March	173,898	174,666		1,009,599	1,118,057		516,429	568,517		28,114	25,280
April	180,809	189,148		1,198,258	1,283,382		590,851	637,960		56,820	53,446
May	202,154	203,708		1,289,223	1,494,105		728,760	796,343		59,235	57,358
June	208,531	211,464		1,398,433	1,560,119		763,264	830,479		61,812	60,185
July	213,863	229,349		1,528,859	1,626,726		765,095	846,819		63,619	65,092
August
September
October
November
December
PAX NUMBERS	1,280,067	1,314,107		8,084,984	8,927,181		4,180,728	4,590,443		305,459	302,397
PAX INCREASE		34,040			842,197			409,715			-3,062
% CHANGE		2.66%			10.42%			9.80%			-1.00%

 

[GeorgeNTravels]

4 main Scottish Airports below for Jan-October

	ABZ			EDI			GLA			PIK
	2023	2024		2023	2024		2023	2024		2023	2024
January	148,392	147,266		823,542	894,763		403,866	432,447		17,156	20,902
February	150,397	156,482		835,047	948,005		410,440	475,854		16,680	18,110
March	173,898	174,666		1,009,599	1,118,057		516,429	568,517		28,114	25,280
April	180,809	189,148		1,198,258	1,283,382		590,851	637,960		56,820	53,446
May	202,154	203,708		1,289,223	1,494,105		728,760	796,343		59,235	57,358
June	208,531	211,464		1,398,433	1,560,119		763,264	830,479		61,812	60,185
July	213,863	229,349		1,528,859	1,626,726		765,095	846,819		63,619	65,092
August	212,899	222,672		1,480,878	1,617,538		708,820	793,832		62,947	63,116
September	206,027	208,600		1,387,610	1,528,637		728,905	801,653		61,052	62,389
October	201,899	212,638		1,388,463	1,465,440		723,268	779,305		57,393	58,731
November
December
PAX NUMBERS	1,900,892	1,958,017		12,341,935	13,538,766		6,341,721	6,965,233		486,851	486,633
PAX INCREASE		57,125			1,196,861			623,512			-218
% CHANGE		3.01%			9.70%			9.83%			-0.04%