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Statistical data drawn from:
1. CAA 2009 Airports Statistics These can be accessed at their website  The Annual statistics are usually issued in the April or May following the end of the calendar year in question.  These figures will, therefore, be updated again in April or May 2011.
2. CAA Passenger Survey - for details visit the CAA's website

Notes
1. "Air transport movements" are landings or take-offs of aircraft engaged on the transport of passengers, cargo or mail on commercial terms.
3 .  A "terminal passenger" is a passenger joining or leaving an aircraft at the airport. A passenger who changes from one aircraft to another, carrying the same flight number (change of gauge) is treated as a terminal passenger, as is an interlining passenger.
4 .  A "transit passenger" is a passenger who arrives at and departs from the airport on the same aircraft which is transiting the airport. Each transit passenger is counted once only and not both on arrival and on departure.
5 .  Click the thumbnails to see larger charts
6. The 2010 figures will be available in March or April 2011

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CAA 2009 Airports Statistics

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In 2009 Liverpool John Lennon Airport handled 4,879 million terminal passengers representing 2.2% of traffic at UK airports.  This represents an increase of 46% over 2004 when the Airport handled 3,352 million terminal passengers representing 1.6% of traffic at UK airports. 

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Aircraft Movements

In 2009 there were 79,298 aircraft movements, a reduction of 6.6% on the previous year.  Chart 1 shows that 54.5% of these (43,174 movements) were air transport movements (atms).  Of the remainder the largest prooprtion (31,964 - 40%) were classified as aero club flights.
Aircraft Movements 2008
Chart 1
Aircraft Movements 1988 - 2008
Chart 2
Chart 2 shows aircraft movements at Liverpool year by year since 1988.  Air transport movements are shown in blue.  It can be seen that over the decade 1995-2005 there was a rising trend but since then the numbers have fallen off year by year. Ten years ago in 1999 a third of flights were air transport movements - by 2009 this had risen to more than half (53%).
From Chart 3 it will be seen that among air transport movements (atms) the number of scheduled flights (97%) by far exceeded charter movements.  Chart 4 shows that just over half (53.7%) the atms were flown by UK carriers with most of the balance (46.1%) flown by other EU airlines.
Air Transport Movements 2008
Chart 3
Air Transport Movements by Nationality of Airline 2008
Chart 4
Diversions 2008 - Monthly Totals
Chart 5
2008 Diversions - Destinations
Chart 6

Chart 5 shows for each month of 2009 the number of diverted flights and Chart 6 the airports to which they were diverted.  The number of diversions was very small - only 31 flights or 0.08% of landings.  Most of the diverted flights went to East Midlands, Manchester and Birmingham with a few going to Bristol, Doncaster Sheffield and Leeds Bradford.

During 2009 Liverpool handled 264 tonnes of freight and no mail - 78% of the freight was carried on scheduled flights.

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Passengers

In 2009 Liverpool was used by 4,884, 494 passengers, a decrease of 449,648 (8.4%) passengers.  Of this number the great majority (4,879,468 - 99.9%) were classifed as terminal passengers (see above).  Only 5,026 passengers were transit passengers

Chart 7 shows the number of terminal pasengers at Liverpool year by year since 1988. It can be seen that in the 20 years since 1989 the number of passengers has increased by 923% although the numbers have fallen off over the last couple of years. Chart 8 shows that in 2009 the majority of passengers (99%) travelled on scheduled flights.
Terminal Passengers 1988- 2008
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Total Passengers 2008
Chart 8
Terminal Passenger Traffic 2008
Chart 9
Total Passengers by Nationality of Airline 2008
Chart 10

Chart 9 shows that about 16% of passengers travelled to or from UK destinations.  Another 79% flew to or from EU countries while the remainder (5%) travelled to or from other international destinations. From Chart 10 it can be seen that more than 50.5% of passengers flew with UK airlines with most of the rest (49.3%) using other EU carriers.

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CAA Passenger Survey

This 2003 data is based on interviews with 6,325 passengers using the Airport. The average age of those interviewed was 38 and the average earnings of each passenger £38,000.

About 42% of passengers travelled alone and another 35% in pairs.  The rest formed part of larger groups (Chart 11).  Chart 15 shows that well over half the passengers (64%) travelled to or from the Airport by private car.  About a fifth (21%) used taxis and the remainder either public transport (10%) or hire cars (5%).
Passenger Group Size
Chart 11
Mode of Surface Tranport
Chart 12


The most popular destinations for leisure passengers were Amsterdam, Belfast, Paris, Malaga and Dublin.  Some of these also featured on the most popular destinations of business passengers - Amsterdam, Belfast, Paris, Dublin and the Isle of Man.

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