The pie charts illustrate the percentages of travel purposes for passengers flying from four different airports in the UK in 2016.
Overall, it is evident that holiday travel and visiting friends and family accounted for the largest proportions in all graphs, while business and other purposes made up the smallest shares. Notably, the business sector comprised a nearly identical proportion in all airports except for Heathrow Airport.
In terms of holiday travel, the highest percentage was recorded at Gatwick, at 54%, whereas the lowest was at Heathrow, at 33%. In the other airports, the figures stood at 35% and 36%. Regarding visits to family and friends, the percentages were 30% at Gatwick, 37% at Heathrow, 50% at Luton, and 48% at Stansted.
For business travel, it accounted for approximately 14% at Luton, Gatwick, and Stansted. However, at Heathrow, this proportion was double, reaching 28%. Finally, other travel reasons constituted between 2% and 4% across all four airports.