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There is more statistical data in the slide
show shown to the Airport Transport Forum in December
2002. 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
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2007 Results
According to information supplied by Lonond City Airport during the year ended 31st December 2007 the Airport handled 91,489
aircraft movements and 2,928,820 passengers.
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Aircraft Movements - Annual Totals 1987/2007
THE chart opposite, based on figures supplied by the CAA, shows the total number of flights each year since 1987. The Airport opened in October 1987 and by the end of year there had been just 1244 movements carrying 15,403 passengers. In 1988 there were 8781 movements and 132,986 passengers.
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Passengers - Annual Totals 1987/2007
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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Ranking among UK Airports
In 2007 the Airport ranked 15th among UK airports
in terms of its annual terminal passenger throughput, handling 1.2%
of passengers using UK airports. In terms of Air Transport
Movements London City ranked 9th.
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Principal Destinations - Moving Annual Totals - 1993/2007
These four charts relate to those services
presently operating from London City Airport which have done
so for more than 12 months. Each chart plots 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 figures are drawn from the
CAA's monthly Airports Statistics which are not published until
3 months after the close of each monthly period although provisional figures for the international routes are usually available and are included in these charts) |
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Dublin, Amsterdam, Zurich
and UK Domestic destinations (total) |
Paris, Rotterdam, Geneva and Antwerp |
Luxembourg, Brussels and Frankfurt |
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Basle, Munich, Copenhagen and Dusseldorf
(Chart starts 2004) |
Milan, Stockholm, Hamburg and Madrid
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UK Destinations - Moving Annual Totals - May 2001 onwards
For each UK domestic route operating for more
than one year the charts below plot 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.)

Edinburgh, Manchester,
Dundee
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Jersey and the
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CAA Annual Airports Statistics 2007
Here is some of the information about London
City Airport drawn from the CAA's Annual Airports Statistics
for 2007. The Annual statistics are issued in March or
April of the following year. Thus the 2008 statistics
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Air Services - Passengers by Destination 2007
This chart shows the number of passengers carried
to each destination served by the Airport during the year ended
31st December 2007. It shows that the most popular service was that to Edinburgh followed by Zurich, Amsterdam Geneva and Frankfurt. Eight new new services started at various times during the year but six were withdrawn..
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Air Transport Movements 1987/2007
This chart shows the number of air transport
movements (atms) for each of the 21 years 1987 - 2007. It should
be noted that the Airport opened in October 1987. By the end of 2007 the total number of flights using the Airport since it opened in 1987 was more than 769,000. |
Number of Passengers 1987/2007
This chart shows the number of
passengers for each of the 21 years 1987 - 2007. It should be
noted that the Airport opened in October 1987. By the end of 2007 the Airport had been used by more than 22 million passengers over the 21years it has been operating.
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Growth 1994-2007
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%) and 2007 (2.912mppa - 23%).
Over the 10 years ending 2007 the overall increase
in terminal passengers at London City was more than 129% compared with
64% for UK airports generally. Likewise the total number
of flights at London City increased by more than 160% compared with 13%
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Countries Served 2000/2007
This chart shows the countries served by the
airport in 2007 and the number of passengers carried to/from
each - the figures for 2000-2006 are given for comparison.
It will be seen that most passengers using London City Airport
travel to or from destinations in the UK (including Jersey and
the Isle of Man). In Europe the most popular countries
served are Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany. |
Charter Flights
In 2007 there were 198 charter flights making
up 0.26% of the total number of air transport movements. There
were 1150 charter passengers making up 0.04% of the total number
of passengers. These figures exclude 8301 air taxi flights.
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Diversions 2007
During 2007 some 130 air transport flights to
London City were diverted to other airports, an increase of 32% over
the previous year. This is equivalent to 0.29% of air landings
at the Airport. Most of these flights were diverted to
Stansted (65), Southend (50) and Heathrow (12).
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Nationality of Operators
The charts to the right show that 81% of flights
to and from London City Airport in 2007 were operated by UK
or other EU operators who carried a similar proportion (80%)
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Other Flights
In addition to air transport movements there
were 5583 positioning, test and training and business aviation
flights plus a small number (19) of official, military and "other" flights.
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CAA Passenger Survey 2006
During 2006 London City Airport again participated
in a CAA Survey of departing passengers at London's Airports.
Using a common questionnaire the Authority interviewed more
than 6,500 passengers at LCY during the year. Here are some
of the headline results.
(Note: Where available the 2000 Survey
results, and those of 2003, 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
64% 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 and 2003 LCY Figures for Comparison]
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Comparison of Ticket Types Purchased at London
Airports
LCY still has the highest proportion of passengers
(30%) using Business/First and Economy full fare tickets when
compared to the other London Airports.[2000 LCY Figures for Comparison ]
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London Airport - Connecting Passengers
Most passengers 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 5% of departing passengers will connect with other flights on arrival from LCY.
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LCY Passengers - Country of Residence
Well over half the Airport's passengers are resident in the UK.
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London Airports - International/Domestic Split
There are more domestic passengers at LCY (27%) than the other London Airports although the detailed figures show that the percentage of business passengers on domestic flights is higher at LGW (34%) and LTN (37%) than it is at LCY (30%). [LCY figures for 2000 and 2003 for Comparison] |
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LCY Passengers - Gender
About two thirds of the Airport's passengers are male .[2003 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 2003 and 2006 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 for Comparison] |
LCY Passengers - Employment Sectors
Nearly 60% of passengers using LCY are in Banking and Finance and other business services. [2000 and 2003 LCY Figures for Comparison]
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Income
of Passengers
LCY passengers tend to be high earners. The average salary
among UK passengers was £85,834 - the highest figure among
the London airports. The average salry of business passengers at LCY was over £91,000. [2000 and 2003 LCY Figures for Comparison] |

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LCY Passengers - Modes of Surface Transport
These figures show that the new DLR line direct to the Airport is carrying 40% of air passengers. Another 39% use taxis. Only 17% of passengers use private cars and of these less than half use the Airport's car park. [2000/2003 LCY Figures for Comparison] |
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