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Kirkwall Airport Passenger Statistics
KOI · Official CAA data · May 2026
Passengers (12 months)
146k
145,653 total
+2.7% year on year
UK rank
#31
of 43 reporting UK airports
May 2026
15k
14,669 passengers in the month
Cancellations
1.3%
11 of 878 flights cancelled
Passenger Trend (rolling 12 months)
12 months to May 2026145,653
Same period a year earlier141,791
Kirkwall Airport handled 145,653 passengers in the 12 months to May 2026, up 2.7% on the same period a year earlier.
How Kirkwall Airport Compares
Manchester Airport32.2m
London Luton Airport18.0m
Edinburgh Airport17.3m
Birmingham Airport13.8m
Bristol Airport11.0m
Kirkwall Airport146k
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.