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2012 Results
Aircraft Movements - Annual Totals 1987/2012
Passengers - Annual Totals 1987/2012
Aircraft Movements (Monthly Moving Annual Totals) 1989/2011
Number of Passengers (Monthly Moving Annual Totals) - 1989/2011
Aircraft Movements by Type of Aircraft - quarterly summary
Ranking Among UK Airports
Principal Destinations - Monthly Moving Annual Totals -  1993/2008
UK Domestic Destinations - May 2001onwards
CAA Annual Airports Statistics 2010
CAA Passenger Survey 2008
Passengers - Last Mode of Transport 2010

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There are also operational statistics, dealing with regularity, punctuality delays etc, in the quarterly reports of the Airport Director to the Consultative Committee - see the Committee's Minutes Page

"Air Transport Movements" (ATMs) are landings or take-offs of aircraft engaged on the transport of passengers, cargo or mail on commercial terms. All scheduled movements, including those operated empty, loaded charter and air taxi movements are included.

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2012 Results

According to information supplied by the CAA during the year ended 31st December 2012 the Airport handled 70,781 aircraft movements and 3,016,884 passengers. This compares with 68,792 aircraft movements and 2,992,847 passengers during 2011.

One of the requirements of the s. 106 Agreement entered into on 9th July 2009 is that on 1 July each year the Airport should send to the local planning authority an Annual Performance Report describing its performance and compliance with the planning agreement in the preceding calendar year. The Report is to be published on this website. The Report for 2010 and its Appendices (in two files click here and here) was posted to this website on 1st August 2011. Chapter 2 on pages 9,10 and 11 deals with aircraft movements- see also Appendices 3 and 8.
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Aircraft Movements - Annual Totals 1988/2012

THE chart opposite, based on figures supplied by the CAA, shows the total number of flights each year since 1988. The Airport opened in October 1987 and by the end of year there had been just 1244 movements carrying 15,403 passengers.

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Aircraft Movements - Annual Totals 1987/2009
Passengers - Annual Totals 1987/2009


Scheduled Terminal Passengers - Annual Totals 1987/2012

THIS chart, also based on CAA figures, shows the total number of terminal passengers for each year since 1987. The Airport opened for business in October that year.

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Aircraft Movements (Monthly Moving Annual Totals) - 1989/2013

THE charts opposite plot for each month since January 1989 the number of flights in the previous 12 months.  The figures on which these charts are based are available in Acrobat .pdf format. The figures for the period 1988 - 1992 were supplied by the CAA and refer to Air Transport Movements (ATMs). The remaining figures come from London City Airport and show total movements. In July 2012 the Airport handled its millionth flight - see press release

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Number of Passengers (Monthly Moving Annual Totals)  - 1989/2013

LIKEWISE these charts plot for each month since January 1989 the number of passengers in the previous 12 months. The figures on which these charts are based are available in Acrobat .pdf format. The figures for the period 1988 - 1992 were supplied by the CAA. The remaining figures come from London City Airport.

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Aircraft Movements by Type of Aircraft - quarterly summary

The Airport maintains a record of the numbers and types of aircraft using the airport the Airport. A summary of these figures is published quarterly on this page:

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Ranking among UK Airports

In 2012 the Airport ranked 15th among UK airports in terms of its annual terminal passenger throughput, handling 1.4% of passengers using UK airports.  In terms of Air Transport Movements London City ranked 9th.

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Principal Destinations - Moving Annual Totals - 1993/2012

These six charts relate to those services presently operating from London City Airport which have done so for more than 12 months.  The first three charts plot for each month since January 1993 the number of passengers in the previous 12 months.  In these charts the domestic routes, i.e. those to destinations in the UK, are grouped - see below for information about current domestic routes. The remaining charts start in 2004 and 2006. (The figures are drawn from the CAA's monthly Airports Statistics which are not published until 3 months after the close of each monthly period).

Amsterdam, Zurich and UK Domestic Paris, Rotterdam, Geneva and Antwerp Dublin, Luxembourg and Frankfurt
Amsterdam, Zurich
and UK Domestic destinations (total)
Paris, Rotterdam, Geneva and Antwerp Dublin, Luxembourg and Frankfurt
Munich, Copenhagen, Nice, Nantes and New York Milan, Madrid, Billund, Eindhoven and Barcelona
Munich, Copenhagen, Nice, Nantes and New York (Chart starts 2005) Milan, Madrid, Billund, Eindhoven and Barcelona, The Barcelona service did not operate between November 2009 and February 2010. (Chart starts 2007)

Palma, Ibiza, Deauville, Brive, Pau, Berne and Toulon. It will be noted that some of these services did not operate at various times. (Chart starts 2011)

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UK Destinations - Moving Annual Totals - May 2001 onwards

For each UK domestic route operating for more than one year (Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, the Isle of Man and Jersey) the chart opposite plots for each month since May 2001 the number of passengers in the previous 12 months. (The figures are drawn from the CAA's monthly Airports Statistics which are not published until 3 months after the close of each monthly period.) The service to Jersey did not operate between November 2010 and March 2011.

(Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Isle of Man


 

CAA Annual Airports Statistics 2011

Here is some of the information about London City Airport drawn from the CAA's Annual Airports Statistics for 2011.  The Annual statistics are issued in March or April of the following year.  Thus the 2012 statistics will be available in March or April 2013.

Air Services - Passengers by Destination 2011

This chart shows the number of passengers carried to each destination served by the Airport during the year ended 31st December 2011. It shows that the most popular service remains that to Zurich followed by Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Geneva and Frankfurt.

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Air Services - Passengers by Destination 2010
Air Transport Movements 1987/2007

Air Transport Movements 1988/2011

This chart shows the total number of air transport movements* for each of the 24 years 1988 - 2011. It should be noted that the Airport opened in October 1987. By the end of 2011 the total number of aircraft using the Airport since it opened in 1987 was almost 1.1 million.

Number of Terminal Passengers 1987/2011

This chart shows the number of terminal passengers for each of the 25 years 1987 - 2011. It should be noted that the Airport opened in October 1987. By the end of 2011 the Airport had been used by nearly 34million passengers over the 25 years it had been operating.

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Number of Passengers 1987/2007

Growth 1994-2011

In the seven years 1994 - 2001 the number of passengers using London City Airport increased steadily from 0.477 mppa to 1.619 mppa - 239%.  In 2002 the number fell to 1.602 mppa (-1.05%) and in 2003 there was a further fall to 1.471 mppa (-8%).  In 2004, however, there was renewed growth of 0.204mppa (14%) taking the total to 1.675 mppa. This was continued in 2005 (1.996mppa -19%), 2006 (2.377mppa - 16%), 2007 (2.912mppa - 23%) and 2008 (3.260mppa - 12%). But in 2009, because of the recession the number of passenger fell back to 2.797mppa and in 2010 there was a further slight fall to 2.781mppa. But in 2011 there was growth again and the number passengers reached 2.993 mppa

Over the 10 years ending 2011 the overall increase in terminal passengers per annum at London City was almost 85% compared with 21% for UK airports generally.  Likewise the total number of flights at London City per annum increased by more than 21% compared with a fall of 13% for UK airports generally. 

Countries Served 2000/2007

Countries Served 2000/2011

This chart shows the countries served by the airport in 2011 and the number of passengers carried to/from each - the figures for 2000-2010 are given for comparison.  It will be seen that most passengers using London City Airport travel to or from destinations in Switzerland. This is followed by the UK (including Jersey and the Isle of Man).  Other popular countries in Europe served are Netherlands and Germany.

Charter Flights

In 2011 there were 4 charter flights making up 0.01% of the total number of air transport movements. There were 210 charter passengers making up 0.01% of the total number of passengers. These figures exclude 6320 air taxi flights.

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Diversions 2007

Diversions 2011

During 2011 some 180 air transport flights to London City were diverted to other airports, a decrease of 9.5% over the previous year. This is equivalent to 0.26% of air landings at the Airport. Most of these flights were diverted to Stansted (146), Gatwick (19),Southend (6) and Luton (5). The remainder went to Birmingham, Edinburgh and Mancheter.

Nationality of Operators

The charts to the right show that 87% of flights to and from London City Airport in 2011 were operated by UK or other EU operators who carried 82% of the passengers:

Nationality of Operators - Flights

Nationality of Operators - Passengers
Other Flights

Other Flights

In addition to air transport movements there were 1415 positioning, test and training and business aviation flights plus a small number (11) of official, military and "other" flights. 


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CAA Passenger Survey 2008

During 2008 London City Airport again participated in a CAA Survey of departing passengers at a number of airports around the country including those in London. The headline results, as they affect London City Airport, are shown tin the following graphs. For more detailed information visit the CAA's website  

(Note:  Where available the 2000 Survey results, and those of 2003 and 2006, are provided for comparison. )

Note:  LCY =London City,  LGW = London Gatwick,  LHR = London Heathrow,  LTN = London Luton,  STN = London Stansted

London Airports - Business and Leisure Passengers

57% of passengers using London City Airport are travelling on business. This is by far the highest proportion among the London Airports. The second chart shows for UK and Foreigh passengers the percentage of business and leisure travellers at each of the London Airports. LCY has the largest proportion of business travellers in both categories.   [2000, 2003 and 2006 Figures for Comparison]

Business and Leisure Passengers
Ticket Types Ticket Types 2006/2008

Comparison of Ticket Types Purchased at London Airports 

LCY still has the highest proportion of passengers (22%) using Business/First and Economy full fare tickets when compared to the other London Airports, although the percentage has been falling over time. [2000 and 2003/2006 Figures for Comparison ]

London Airport - Connecting Passengers

Most passengers (92%) using London City Airport make point-to-point journeys. Only about 2% of arriving passengers have connected at the airport of origin from a flight from elsewhere although 6% of departing passengers will connect with other flights on arrival from LCY. [2006 Figures for Comparison ]

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Connecting Passengers
Country of Residence

LCY Passengers - Country of Residence

Well over half the Airport's passengers are resident in the UK.

[2000, 2003 and 2006 Figures for Comparison]

London Airports - International/Domestic Split

There are more domestic passengers at LCY (21%) than the other London Airportsalthough the percetnage has been falling. [Figures for 2000 and 2003 and 2006 for Comparison]

Internatinal;/Domestic Split

Gender Split

LCY Passengers - Gender

About 62% of the Airport's passengers are male. This is a higher pecentage than at the other London Airports.[2003 and 2006 LCY Figures for Comparison]

LCY Passengers -  Age

More than three quarters of the Airport's passenger are aged between 25 and 54. On the whole the age profile of passengers at London City Airport is younger than at the London airports. [2003 and 2006 LCY Figures for Comparison]

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Socio Economic Groups

The first chart shows the proportion of passengers in socio-economic groups A, B, C1, C2, D at London City Airport in both 2006 and 2008 while the second chart shows these proportions for all passengers using London's Airports. It can be seen that the majority of LCY's passengers continue to be in socio-economic groups A, B and C1. [2000 Figures and those for 2003/2006 at LCY and all London Airports for comparison]

LCY Passengers - Employment Sectors

MOre than 60% of passengers using LCY are in Banking and Finance and other business services.  [LCY figures for 2000, 2003 and 2006 for comparison]

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Emplyment Sectors

LCY Passenger Income London Passenger Income

Income of Passengers

LCY passengers tend to be high earners. Business passengers using London City had the highest average individual incomes at £89,000, compared with £78,000 at Heathrow and £68,000 at Luton. [Figures for 2000and 2003 and 2006 for LCY and other London Airports for comparison]

Surface Origin and Destination of Passengers

Most of the the Airport's passengers come from the south-east of England (96%) with another 2% from East Anglia. The percentage of passengers from the Cities of London and Westminster (27%) has fallen slightlyand likewise since 2006 there has been a slight decline (1%) in the percentage of passengers from the Docklands. But between them these areas still dominate the Airport's catchment area (54%). [2000 , 2003 and 2006 LCY Figures for Comparison]

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O&D of Passengers

Surface Transport

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LCY Passengers -  Modes of Surface Transport

These figures (comparing 2006 with 2008) show that the new DLR line direct to the Airport is now carrying 44% of air passengers. Another 36% use taxis. Only 15% of passengers use private cars and of these only about a quarter use the Airport's car park. [2000/2003 LCY Figures for Comparison]

 

Passengers - Last Mode of Transport 2010

This chart shows the last mode of transport of air passengers at London City Airport in 2010. The figures are percentages. They are based on the average of the four quarterly passenger survey results carried out on the Airport’s behalf by Continental Research, .

It will be seen that more than half the passengers used the Docklands Light Railway. More than 30% used taxis or mini-cabs while only about 13% used private road transport. Only 3% of passengers left private cars in the Airport's car parks.

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