FAQ Answer

FAQ Answer

How soon after a month is data released?

Provisional data are first released 14 days after data month, these are updated weekly until receipt of data is complete and validation finalised. The provisional tables available are:

- Air Transport Movement and Passenger figures for current period and same period previous year, also rolling year totals by airport.
- International and Domestic Routes totals.

Finalised data are available by 7 weeks after data month.


Airport Statistics

  1. What is the source of UK Airport data?
  2. Who is included in the passenger numbers on the Airport published tables?
  3. How is it determined which airports are included?
  4. How often are data made available?
  5. How soon after a month is data released?
  6. What is the difference between Aircraft Movements and Air Transport Movements?
  7. What sort of information can I access from the Airport database?
  8. What is the definition of an Air Taxi Movement?
  9. Where can I find information on helicopter movements?
  10. Where can I find figures on Business Aviation?
  11. How can I identify ‘low cost’ operations within the Airport data?
  12. How can I find figures for cargo carried to/from UK Airports?
  13. Where can I find passenger numbers between two airports?
  14. Why are domestic passenger figures different when comparing the grand total on table 12.2 with other tables identifying domestic totals?
  15. What is the difference between Terminal and Transit passengers as recorded in Airport Statistics?