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Islay Airport Passenger Statistics
ILY · Official CAA data · May 2026
Passengers (12 months)
31k
31,426 total
+1.8% year on year
UK rank
#33
of 43 reporting UK airports
May 2026
3k
3,199 passengers in the month
Cancellations
1.9%
2 of 104 flights cancelled
Passenger Trend (rolling 12 months)
12 months to May 202631,426
Same period a year earlier30,875
Islay Airport handled 31,426 passengers in the 12 months to May 2026, up 1.8% on the same period a year earlier.
How Islay Airport Compares
Manchester Airport32.2m
London Luton Airport18.0m
Edinburgh Airport17.3m
Birmingham Airport13.8m
Bristol Airport11.0m
Islay Airport31k
Rolling 12-month passenger totals to May 2026. Busiest UK airports shown for comparison.
Live cancellations
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UK airport traffic report
Monthly passenger figures and risers & fallers →
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.