Aviation statistics
Data and statistics about UK airports, air passenger experiences and international airports and airlines.
Latest aviation statistics
Updates to “Air passenger experience of security screening” publication
Data for this publication is drawn from Civil Aviation Authority Departing Passenger Survey. The Departing Passenger Survey was suspended from March 2020 to June 2021 because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, so data is not available for this period. Data collection has since resumed, but using a shortened survey. From July 2021 to December 2022, this shortened survey did not include the security screening questions.
From January 2023, security screening questions were restored to the Departing Passenger Survey. The ‘air passenger experience of security screening’ publication will resume from September 2024, with this release providing data from the 2023 calendar year. This will be the first release since October 2020.
Aviation statistics provides information on activity at UK airports, passengers, volume of freight handled, punctuality, UK airlines, major international airports and airlines, casualties caused by aviation and air proximity incidents, passenger experience of air travel, security screening and emissions from aviation.
Most of these statistics are collected by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and other organisations external to the department.
Aviation statistics information on current and previous air passenger experience statistics are available.
Aviation statistics: data tables
About the aviation statistics data and reports
All of the aviation statistics published are official statistics. The department’s view is that these statistics, which are not designated as accredited official statistics, are robust and have been produced to a suitable standard.
Last updated 15 December 2022 + show all updates
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Call-to-action box updated to the Latest aviation statistics section on page, detailing why there is no 2020, 2021 and 2022 update for the air passenger experience of security screening publication. Links to where users can view the source data, and where updates to release schedules from DfT, affected by COVID-19, can be found.
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Call-to-action box added to the Latest aviation statistics section on page, detailing why there is no 2020 and 2021 update for the air passenger experience of security screening publication. Links to where users can view the source data, and where updates to release schedules from DfT, affected by COVID-19, can be found.
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Air passenger experience of security screening 2019 added to the latest aviation statistics.
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Published 'Air passenger experience of security screening: 2018'.
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New release published.
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New release published.
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New release published.
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'Air passenger experience of security screening: 2014' published.
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First published.