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Airports: Public Transport

Answer

The tables below show the number and proportion of air passengers who travelled to or from Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport and Luton Airport by public transport in each of the past 10 years. Figures for Luton Airport are for 1996 and 2000 to 2007 as no survey was conducted 1997 to 1999.

Table 1: Air passengers who travelled to or from Heathrow Airport by public transport (rail, bus/coach, or tube)¹
	Public Transport	Public transport (million)	Total passengers (million)
1998	32	13.0	40.6
1999	35	14.7	42.1
2000	36	16.1	44.7
2001	35	14.2	41.2
2002	34	13.6	39.7
2003	36	14.2	40.1
2004	36	15.7	43.6
2005	37	16.1	43.6
2006	35	15.6	44.2
2007	38	16.8	44.0
¹ Figures for use of public transport are based on final mode of transport used by passengers arriving at Heathrow
Source: CAA Passenger Survey

Table 2: Air passengers who travelled to or from Gatwick Airport by public transport (rail or bus/coach)
	Public transport	Public transport (million)	Total terminating passengers (million)
1998	30	6.9	22.9
1999	33	7.6	22.9
2000	32	7.7	24.5
2001	30	7.4	24.5
2002	30	7.4	24.6
2003	32	8.0	24.6
2004	31	8.3	26.5
2005	32	8.5	26.7
2006	35	10.3	29.3
2007	35	10.8	30.6
¹ Figures for use of public transport are based on final mode of transport used by passengers arriving at Gatwick
Source: CAA Passenger Survey

Table 3: Air passengers who travelled to or from Luton Airport by public transport (rail or bus/coach)
	Public transport %	Public transport (million)	Total terminating passengers (million)
1996	14	0.3	2.3
2000	20	1.2	5.8
2001	26	1.6	6.1
2002	24	1.4	5.8
2003	24	1.5	6.2
2004	25	1.7	7.1
2005	28	2.3	8.3
2006	30	2.7	8.9
2007	29	2.8	9.3
¹ Figures for use of public transport are based on final mode of transport used by passengers arriving at Luton
Source: CAA Passenger Survey

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

5073; 703 c228-9WA

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Heathrow Airport Public transport Passengers Gatwick Airport Luton Airport

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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