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[Collapse]Total18,79311,23610,11131,88131,08528,93426,25625,07725,86424,87926,84229,13025,64527,00337,12343,96342,055
Total[Collapse]Commercial Movements7,2462,3763,59917,12117,40217,51516,56315,02115,13714,86014,79817,19518,07421,32824,71324,28423,269
Commercial MovementsAir TransportAir transport movements are landings or take-offs of aircraft engaged in the transport of passengers or cargo on commercial terms.6,7472,0593,22916,54916,74916,76115,89514,09514,25214,07014,00816,18117,25820,53723,55923,11722,007
Positioning Flights4993173705726537546689268857907901,0148167891,1511,1651,262
Local Movements00000000000002320
[Collapse]Non-Commercial Movements11,5478,8606,51214,76013,68311,4199,69310,05610,72710,01912,04411,9357,5715,67512,41019,67918,786
Non-Commercial MovementsTest and Training323312144625640247221166147110178239158178278443837
Other Flights.The data item is not applicable0300004401014201419619
Aero Club5,1124,5183,4287,6347,0575,7584,2344,2344,4654,7664,9654,6882,2281,3247,77513,61412,586
Private Flights5,8713,6922,7246,1555,8045,1844,9425,4315,9085,0356,7766,7794,9863,9424,1505,3235,078
Official00000002200000000
Military241338213346182230296219200108114215179217188293266
Business Aviation00000000101000000

Metadata

Title

Aircraft movements at Cardiff Airport by movement type and year

Last update

May 2023 May 2023

Next update

May 2024 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Airport Data, Civil Aviation Authority

Contact email

stats.transport@gov.wales

Designation

None

Languages covered

English and Welsh

General description

The statistics refer to the number of aircraft movements at Cardiff Airport by movement type and year. The figures relate to Cardiff International Airport as this is the only major domestic and international airport in Wales. An aircraft movement is an aircraft taking off or landing at an airport.

Data collection and calculation

The information on air transport through Cardiff Airport in these tables reproduces the statistics compiled by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Their work is gratefully acknowledged. The CAA data are outside the scope of National Statistics. The information can be found on the CAA's website (see weblinks), including the CAA’s own notes about the figures.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

2006 to 2022

Statistical quality

Information on statistical quality can be found on the Civil Aviation Authority website (see weblinks).

Keywords

Transport Air Passengers Airport