The pie charts illustrate the distribution of individuals’ distinct travelling purposes from Gatwic Airport, Heathrow Airport, Luton Airport, and Stansted Airport in the UK during the year of 2016.
As can be seen, the purposes of visiting friends and travelling for holidays accounted for comparably larger proportions among all airports. Specifically, 54% of the passengers travelled for holidays in Gatwic Airport, which was by far the largest proportion among all intentions. The figures in Heathrow Airport, Luton Airport, and Stansted Airport, however, recorded relatively similar patterns, ranging from 36% to 37%. The percentages of individuals aiming to visit friends, nevertheless, showed more scattered distributions, with those in Luton Airport and Stansted Airport being at 50% and 48%, while standing at 33% and 30% in Heathrow Airport and Gatwic Aiport, respectively.
On the other hand, businesses and other purposes occupied relatively lower proportions. To be detailed, 13% of the population in Luton Airport travelled for businesses, which was extremely close to the figures in Gatwic Airport (14%) and Stansted Airport (14%), more than half that in Heathrow Airport (26%). In addition, only 2% of the passengers travelled for other purposes in Gatwic Airport, Luton Airport, and Stansted Airport, the lowest percentage among all purposes in various airports, although that in Heathrow Airport was relatively higher at 4%.
Overall, most of the passengers travelled for holidays and friend visits, while only a small portion of people chose to go on business or conduct other matters. In addition, the proportions of people travelling for holidays in Heathrow Aiport, Luton Airport, and Stansted Airport were almost the same, with the exception of that in Gatwic Airport.