The graphs illustrate data about the intention of travel for visitor using four different UK airports in 2016.
Overall, it is evident that visiting friends/family accounted for the largest proportion of three different airport. Following this, holiday made up the largest percentage of Gatwick airport, while other purposes made up the least share. It is also worth mentioning that the difference between the biggest and the smallest proportions was significant.
Looking at the details, Luton and Stansted airports exhibited a similar trend, with around 50% and 48% of travelers visiting friends and family. Heathrow followed a slightly different pattern, with around 33% in this category, while Gatwick had the highest proportion at 54%. As for holiday purposes, three airports – Luton, Stansted, Heathrow each accounted for approximately 35%, whereas Gatwick airport had the highest share, at about 54%. In terms of business travel, three airports followed a similar trend such as Luton, Stansted, and Gatwick airports each accounted for 14%, however the percentage of Heathrow had a slightly higher percentage, at around 26%.
Finally, the category of ‘other purposes’, which remained the same across all airports, ranging between 2% and 4%, surprisingly.