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Bristol Airport Passenger Statistics
BRS · Official CAA data · May 2026
Passengers (12 months)
11.0m
10,967,977 total
+2.0% year on year
UK rank
#8
of 43 reporting UK airports
May 2026
1.08m
1,077,861 passengers in the month
Cancellations
0.3%
19 of 7,264 flights cancelled
Passenger Trend (rolling 12 months)
12 months to May 202610,967,977
Same period a year earlier10,750,717
Bristol Airport handled 10,967,977 passengers in the 12 months to May 2026, up 2.0% on the same period a year earlier.
How Bristol Airport Compares
Manchester Airport32.2m
London Luton Airport18.0m
Edinburgh Airport17.3m
Birmingham Airport13.8m
Bristol Airport11.0m
Rolling 12-month passenger totals to May 2026. Busiest UK airports shown for comparison.
Live cancellations
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Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), UK Airport Data, May 2026. Passenger totals are terminal passengers; cancellation figures are cancelled air transport movements as reported by the CAA. Figures are published by the CAA and reproduced here with attribution.