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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Transport Statistics No 29: 2010 Edition

Published
20 December 2010
ISBN
9780755998449

Has figures on (e.g.) road vehicles, traffic, accidents, bus and rail passengers, road and rail freight, air and water transport, finance, personal travel and international comparisons.

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Table 8.13 Freight carried by airport 1

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

tonnes

Aberdeen

4,484

4,489

4,927

3,808

3,478

3,762

4,089

4,022

3,434

4,006

3,822

Barra

39

40

40

35

37

35

35

36

35

34

30

Benbecula

247

261

242

219

206

218

235

245

240

235

224

Campbeltown

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

Dundee

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Edinburgh 2

17,715

17,894

16,169

21,232

24,761

27,376

29,595

36,389

19,292

12,418

23,791

Glasgow 2

8,972

8,545

5,928

5,041

4,927

8,122

8,733

6,289

4,276

3,546

2,334

Glasgow Prestwick

40,845

41,450

43,104

39,500

39,975

34,102

29,199

28,537

31,517

22,966

13,385

Inverness

275

286

459

880

967

1,393

894

652

568

526

452

Islay

166

171

176

191

196

200

197

245

272

275

229

Kirkwall

139

129

111

123

227

451

138

102

108

106

89

Lerwick (Tingwall)

-

-

-

-

44

0

1

-

-

-

-

Scatsta

300

956

714

676

655

695

725

730

765

723

752

Stornoway

219

248

405

767

743

772

559

520

558

551

475

Sumburgh

402

79

90

98

203

413

81

86

104

144

53

Tiree

24

28

26

26

26

25

25

25

24

23

21

Unst

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Wick

10

5

8

3

4

6

5

5

2

2

1

Total

73,849

74,582

72,400

72,602

76,451

77,572

74,515

77,884

61,197

45,554

45,659

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. Statistics are not collected for some of the smaller airports on Orkney and Shetland, which are therefore not included in any overall totals.
2. The change in the figures for Glasgow and Edinburgh in 1998 was due to a company switching its parcel hub from Glasgow to Edinburgh in 1998.

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