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UK airports mail tonnage figures for recent years

Date added: 1 April, 2009

CAA mail data from 2002 to 2012

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport_data/2012Annual/Table_16_2_Mail_2002_2012.pdf

Extract from CAA table just showing the 15 UK airports with the most  air mail.

Airport Name20022007201020112012% change 2012 cf. 2011 
HEATHROW      75,639      82,256      78,320      84,953      91,5908
EAST MIDLANDS        9,402      27,951      30,470      34,157      35,7025
STANSTED        8,746      21,568      27,851      27,662      26,965-3
EDINBURGH      32,126      26,608      23,726      24,976      23,823-5
BELFAST INTERNAT      12,514      11,457      14,162      15,428      15,7102
BOURNEMOUTH        4,828      10,328         9,384      10,828        9,171-15
NEWCASTLE        2,368        8,483         9,062        8,532        7,929-7
EXETER        1,152        4,991        3,745        5,550        6,0229
GATWICK        9,483        5,588        4,555        4,146        3,806-8
GUERNSEY        2,431        2,799        3,234        3,460        2,920-16
ISLE OF MAN        2,577        2,279        2,557        2,711        2,656-2
JERSEY           459        1,865        1,944        2,335        2,260-3
MANCHESTER        2,677           765           636        1,125        1,44929
CARDIFF WALES 65   –  101,020    919-10
ABERDEEN 573 192 47 336   799138
Total all reporting UK airports187,908205,504206,110219,765224,4402
 2002 2007 2010 2011 2012

 

 

 


Mail 2009
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport_data/2009Annual/Table_16_2_Mail_1999_2009.pdf

(Tonnes of mail in planes taking off from UK airports)

HEATHROW                                                        71,264       down – 17%   from 2008
.
EAST MIDLANDS INTERNAT                           31,508        up + 2%
.
STANSTED                                                         30,574        down – 5%

.

EDINBURGH                                                       28,219      down – 23% from 2008

BELFAST INTERNAT                                         13,192        up + 10%

NEWCASTLE                                                       9,758         down – 10%

BOURNEMOUTH                                                 9,977         up + 3%

GATWICK                                                                 4,530       down – 3%

BRISTOL                                                                  3.979        down – 11%

EXETER                                                                    3,854       down – 9%

.
Total All UK reporting airports      208,186    down   -11% compared to 2008
.

– just showing the 10 UK airports with the largest mail tonnage (data for other
airports are on the CAA website).

.

Total All Reporting UK Airports   (CAA Table 17)

         18,872 tonnes mail to the  EU

         58,818   tonnes to other international destinations

         130,505 tonnes to  domestic destinations

by comparison: The total of all air freight (excluding mail) from the UK in 2009   was  2,047,861 tonnes   (- 10% on 2008).

 

 

 

 
 
Mail 2008

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport_data/2008Annual/Table_16_2_Mail_1998_2008.pdf

(Tonnes of mail in planes taking off from UK airports)

HEATHROW                                                       85,608     + 4%     from 2007
.
EDINBURGH                                                    36,714     + 38%
.
STANSTED                                                        32,325     + 50%

.

EAST MIDLANDS INTERNAT                         30,866     + 10%

.

BELFAST INTERNAT                                        11,970     + 4%

NEWCASTLE                                                     10,901       + 29%

BOURNEMOUTH                                                 9,702        – 6%

GATWICK                                                                4,663     – 17%

BRISTOL                                                                4,496     + 55%

EXETER                                                                   4,213     – 16%

Total
All UK reporting airports                    234,015      up   +14% compared to 2007
.

– just showing the 10 UK airports with the largest mail tonnage (data for other
airports are on the CAA website).

Total All Reporting UK Airports  in 2008
               =     + 14% from 2007

 

Total All Reporting UK Airports

24,197 tonnes mail to the  EU

72,552   tonnes to other international destinations

137,265 tonnes to  domestic destinations

by comparison: The total of all air freight (excluding mail) from the UK in 2008   was 2,282,153 tonnes   (-2% on 2007).

 

Posted: Wednesday, April 1st, 2009. Filed in Air Freight News.